Posted March 25, 2019. While a RoyalUp bid could fall within the $250 limit and certainly enhance your cruise by moving up a nicer room, the reality is the chances of you winning the bid are pretty low. 00 for the upgrade, so the old fashion upgrade will only be an extra 232. Royal Up Bidding Questions. Hello! I know there are many threads on here relating to Royal up bids but I was unable to find any information on the status changes of a royal up bid. As a solo. Another thing is once you are given a room, and if you dont like the area, you can call and switch to any open cabin of the same class. Introducing RoyalUp – a new bid-based stateroom upgrade program. OUR LARGEST SHIPS. First was minimum bid ($150pp) to move from an Oceanview to an. Feb 20, 2019 - Bid accepted (obstructed outside view) and upgrade received. If we bid on it and win it, could the. Many cruisers took advantage of RoyalUp when capacities were still low. (Balcony) Checked the royal up link. Meanwhile, if I had placed a bid on a Guarantee Ocean View through RoyalUp, I would have had to bid a minimum of $30 per person for the weakest bid possible. Just like a Royal Caribbean® adventures — the possibilities are endless. Received the email that my RoyalUp bid was successful. Bid mostly minimums but one got accepted on this thread for a similar amount. Today I talk RoyalUp — a bid-based stateroom upgrade program for @RoyalCaribbean I share my personal experiences, some observations as well as some advice fo. This time I snagged an Owners Suite with a $5 over minimum bid for the 1/23/22 cruise on Oasis. Today I received a RoyalUp offer which had a suggested bid of $155 to upgrade to a one-bedroom Grand Suite. Just a point of personal reference: we only bid when we are on an Oasis class ship, and then only on a cabin category where there are no undesirable cabins - i. To receive an email invitation to bid on a stateroom upgrade guest must be opted-in to RCI Marketing e-mails. Had you bid on both a JS and a GS?So, apparently the minimums have been changed for the bids, and the old bids were eliminated. Since we now do virtually all B2B or longer cruises, and always book suites, we haven’t put in a RoyalUP bid this year. A lot of people on my cruise are already getting notified of their winning bids, but mine says “pending” and I can’t edit or cancel it. . We booked on OV cabin and bid on balcony and all suite categories except the Royal Suite. Solariati • 1 yr. We bid on an Ocean View Balcony. Don't feel it's worth any bid to upgrade. Sometime those prices are less than the bid for RoyalUp and it’ll guarantee you getting the suite and qualify for the extra CAS points. Our upcoming cruise was sold out, with only an occasional inside gty popping up over the couple weeks, so I did not expect my RoyalUp bids to succeed. If it’s a holiday sailing then most likely even $520/pp won’t necessarily win since the ship would be booked to capacity. But the TA does get an increase in commission if the client's RoyalUp bid is accepted, right? Link to comment Share on other sites. If you cancel your cruise booking and have a stateroom RoyalUp upgrade you will be refunded the money for your RoyalUp upgrade. Yep, as long as you are fine with your current room but wouldn't mind an upgrade this is a great option. 55 minutes ago, SouthShore 5 said: Good Morning, I received an email that we are eligible to bid on an upgrade. Prior to capacity increasing, I have been able to bid in Oct for a Jan cruise, which was more than 60 days. Royal will look at the entire set of available cabins and RoyalUp bids and accept the combination of bids that will make them the most amount of money. This is our first cruise with our toddler, and the ship is sold out, with the exception of interior rooms (when I. El programa de mejora de RCL Cruises Limited, "RoyalUp SM ", ofrece a los pasajeros con reserva la oportunidad de solicitar una oferta de precio individual a RCL ("Oferta") para mejorar la categoría del camarote adquirido inicialmente por una categoría superior que pueda estar. In the closing days a few cabin are for sale, probably due the flight cancellations. September 25, 2009. Royal Caribbean. RoyalUp Status. For the GS it comes to just over 1/3 of the cost if I were to upgrade. My bid was right in the middle of the "Fair" category. As I recall my pp minimums included : $800 Aqua theater 2 br, $750 Aqua theater 1 br, and $350 Crown loft, $200 GS 2 br, $300 OS (when I bid, the RoyalUp minimum for OS was higher than to just buy the upgrade; obviously we did not bid on it) Our Bid for the Aqua theater 1br is currently locked/pending and others are expired. I researched knowing our specific criteria and decided to place a minimal bid on a 2 Bedroom Aqua Suite. This is done so that there are bids to fill through the line of succession. ago. Discover Royal Up, a bid-based cruise room upgrade program. Posted July 8. . July 26, 2010. check pricing on your cruise a lot. If your fare was $2k to start (no idea of course - just using round numbers to demonstrate) - you are effectively bidding $2600 on the upgrade $2k base and $600 additional. We have reviewed the RoyalUp bids for your upcoming sailing onboard Mariner of the Seas ®, and while we have not selected your offer yet, the team onboard the ship may choose it for upgrade based on availability at departure time. You can't go by current inventory to judge if you will win a bid. 6k March 6, 2013 #23 Share; Posted September 13, 2019. About a week and a half ago the status on the owners suite bid changed to expired and the 1 bedroom was still pending but could not be changed or cancelled. So you should always look at the deck plans for your ship to see where the rooms are located for the type you are bidding on, and find the one that is the absolute worst location for you--and if you can live with that you bid, if you. But here you see that the website doesn't allow me to do that, the agents on the phone won't let me do that, and the RoyalUp team says I can't change my bid. Royal Caribbean Makes RoyalUp Bids Easier. This works great for a family of four; you. If your reservation includes multiple guests (between 2 and 5 passengers), the offer amount submitted will be per guest but only for the first and second guest on the reservation. 1k. Then a couple of days later I noticed that they had hump balcony rooms available for like $30 more than my standard so I called Royal and changed to that and. Just kicking around the strategy involved in a RoyalUp bid. I have a 100% upgrade success rate (2/2). 2/4 Bids successful from recollection, all 4 bids were $5 above minimum. You have to slide up the segment. If you bid $200, you are committing to $400. The cruise is on the Anthem from Bayonne NJ on December 12…so, five days from embarkation day. You'll get an email for royal before sailing (around 30 days) with the royalup bid systems. Made a bid £5 ($7) over minimum (which was discounted by I think 25% at the time too) to upgrade to balcony. One is a large ocean balcony and one is a Central Park balcony. It's now three weeks out from the latest cruise I've bid on, a nine day Southern Caribbean aboard Explorer of the Seas. A passenger in an inside paid $100 to upgrade to an ocean view. Suite. Just like a Royal Caribbean® adventure, the possibilities are endless. We have reviewed the RoyalUp bids for your upcoming sailing onboard Mariner of the Seas ®, and while we have not selected your offer yet, the team onboard the ship may choose it for upgrade based on availability at departure time. Since we now do virtually all B2B or longer cruises, and always book suites, we haven’t put in a RoyalUP bid this year. In my experience trying out RoyalUp myself and talking with many other cruise fans, it's quite clear that there is no consistent strategy to actually winning a bid. We bid $150 per person for ocean view and $200 for balcony for a 3 day cruise. Royal Caribbean calls its program “RoyalUp. We looked today and all say expired except the Owners suite which says pending and we can’t modify anything at all. Related:. Royal up bid status missing. We're currently in a ocean view balcony stateroom. and didn't win any. For our first cruise in 2019 we booked an Ocean View. 3. They have this program on the off chance of people cancelling. I'm a Diamond Plus. . so we actually saw a decrease in bid price. You can share experiences and ask questions. For more details about RoyalUp℠, click here. Posted November 26, 2018. Does anyone has any experience of RoyalUp for such a situation? Care to share please? Have booked Balcony room but I should have additional budget of S$1,300 to play with. Bid for Grand Suite shows expired Bid for Junior Suite shows pending Called Royal and they have no idea what the expired term mean, Royal up is outsourced to an outside company which handles the upgrades. We apologize for the trouble, our team is aware of the outage and we are working on resolving the issue as quickly as possible. 🤷🏻♀️ Yes , I was one of those. Kept checking for notification with no response. BTW, there were no OS showing as available when we. RU is so profitable for the cruise lines (and many cruise lines use the same system) because a single available room in a high category can result in many different bids being accepted. In the past, there were two ways to make a bid or. Dec 17, 2018 - Final payment due. #1. I bid only slightly above the minimum bid available. Going to be interesting to compare this experience with my two latest cruises, which were in a Haven Courtyard Penthouse Suite on NCL Getaway in September 2018 and a Yacht Club Deluxe Suite on. Got notified yesterday afternoon that we got the Owners Suite, so about 5 days notice. RCL Cruises Limited’s upgrade programme, “RoyalUp SM ” provides booked guests with an opportunity to submit a price offer to RCL for an upgrade from their original purchased stateroom category to a higher eligible stateroom category that may be available on their booked sailing. Location: Outside Orlando, FL (Near Matt) Posted June 10, 2022. 12. * *Eligible reservations on all Celebrity Cruise ships within 30 days of departure date. Royal Caribbean is excited to introduce RoyalUp - an all-new programme inviting guests to bid for an upgrade to a higher category stateroom on selected domestic and international sailings with just a few simple clicks. Royal up is one time upgrade from x to y. RoyalUp Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. We put it a $100pp on a balcony and a $110pp on the ultra spacious, we won the spacious. You get to keep the promotions you already have based on the stateroom category originally booked. Owner's Suite $215 USD per guest. Especially now, bids seem to get accepted 2-5 days before departure. The program has recently changed terminology so some of these words may have changed but the meaning is essentially the same. My husband and I (we're in our late 20s) are trying to decide if the RoyalUp bid program (min bid of $225 per person for the Grand Suite) is worth it. They seemed to have “half” upgraded us leaving our cards unusable and the replacement cards we got from guest services unusable. We booked a spacious ocean view balcony and I was very happy with the room we selected, but put in a bid on a junior suite when I first got the Royal Up e-mail. Directly from Royal Up: We appreciate your interest in taking part of this wonderful opportunity and It is our pleasure to assist you with your question on your RoyalUp bid. " I've heard from others on the cruise that some of their bids show expired so trying to figure out if we still have a chance with all. Oh yes 100% worth it. For more details about RoyalUp℠, click here. I also did not bid the minimum bids for any of them as well. Yesterday, I noticed that all bids had 'expired' except for the 1 bedroom GS which is still 'pending'. This exclusive offer does not guarantee an upgrade. No, once your bid is accepted, your card will be charged immediately, and the upgrade amount paid is final and non-refundable. If you get OBC on you current cabin, I would not expect a change in RoyalUp offers. We have reviewed the RoyalUp bids for your upcoming sailing onboard Odyssey of the Seas ®. Interior View (CP or Promenade) dropped from $30/pp min bid to $20/pp and OV dropped from $100/pp min bid to $50/pp. All RoyalUp bids are chances and, in most cases, low. If the person that has that one stateroom also bids, and wins the bid, then they need those bids in. You may modify or cancel your offer up until 2 days prior to departure, provided that your offer has not already been accepted by RCI and provided your credit card has not been charged. We are considering placing a bid through Royal Up for our upcoming cruise on Oasis, and I'm wondering if anyone won a bid and ended up regretting it? It seems like you might end up with the lesser desired rooms in a higher category, like those with noise issues or an. They don’t allow RoyalUp. Posted July 16, 2021. Yes, by upgrading to a higher stateroom category, each guest in the booking may be subject to a higher gratuity amount. For those of you that got upgraded, how much more did you bid over the minimum amount? Was the location of the room at the lower decks? I am traveling with my husband and 3 kids and need more room. Posted September 18, 2021. That's great! We are also going to be on Oasis (3/6). $700 ($350/person) for a scenic balcony from an interior on an Alaska cruise. I’m on the Freedom. Basically, crap shoot and your mileage may vary. I did put one bid in for GS but the other suites were way to expensive for my budget “Spacious OV balcony” on RoyalUp seems like sort of a mishmash, making it difficult to know just what one might win. In total, I spent $1800 for my husband and I to have an unobstructed balcony on the Liberty after the RoyalUp was accepted. April 8, 2015. JS min is like $50 and GS is like $100 and a little higher for GS w/ Large Balcony. It said. The bids required to do that are anyone's guess. I would have. Cruise was fully paid 3 months in advan. I think the vague wording in RoyalUp website understandable confuses some people. Notified today that my bid for a grand suite was accepted for the 7 night sailing 1/8 on Serenade - $600 total (bid $300/pp). Members. The first bid I won was on Anthem from balcony to JS with a near min bid, maybe 10% over min (like 220 on a min 200pp). Only the 1 Bedroom GS had any real supply. Just google "royalup bid" and you'll see a link where you can enter your name and reservation number, and it should let you bid right now. If your cruise/RoyalUp is coming soon, you might be able to ask your card company to do something similar. e. 2. I originally put in our Royal Up bids on 9/8 for our 11/20 sailing on SOS, we originally booked a standard balcony room. I guess we'll find out in a few weeks. We are comped in an Interior room & fine with that, but a good deal on a larger room & I could be convinced. unless your bid is locked (though I have not heard of a bid still locked when a person has checked into their original cabin. Is it worth it to update to a spacious ocean view balcony for $325/pp or $450/pp for Ultra spacious ocean view w/large balcony?What happens with the promotions I already have if I am upgraded through RoyalUp℠? A. I put in a cheap bid for a spacious ocean balcony upgrade from our normal ocean view balcony. Just curious if anyone has actually won a RoyalUp bid from Sky Class to Star Class without bidding the full amount? Also, for newbies to RoyalUp, be aware that the room pictures are not always from the ship you are sailing on. When booking two cabins, we need them to be in close proximity. Royal Caribbean suggested I bid on multiple rooms to increase my chances of an upgrade. Posted December 14, 2022. We're doing longer cruises later this year, but at the last minute, GF wanted to do a quickie weekend cruise for a few days. Sailing on Sunday, waiting to hear on this GS RoyalUp bid I placed and I keep getting random Royal emails like crown and anchor newsletter, how much OBC we have, to confirm arrival time. When you use RoyalUp to upgrade the "Berth Category" changes but the "Price Category" does not. comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment . How much do I bid through RoyalUp if my reservation includes more than 2 guests? A. Although we did bid a lot more on higher categories wich went out empty. Got an email from RCCL about RoyalUp and asked me to bid on larger rooms than the category I have (oceanview balcony) I put bids on the 2 bedroom suite (a dream at $2k) and larger oceanview balcony rooms for much less. Four weeks ago we were on Harmony. you can open your confirmation email you got when you first bid, and click on modify/cancel, when it gets to the next page I no longer have the option to modify or cancel…. The poster is asking if you can get upgraded successively: Balc->JS-> GS or higher. Location: Minnesota. 80 balconies, 10 JS, 49 promenades, 42 OV, 9 spacious OV, 3 Panoramic OV and 1 Ultra Spacious OV remaining as of yesterday when I counted. And FYI I had checked that link the day before (at 60 days out) and got the "30 day" notice. For more details about RoyalUp℠, click here. From an interior room this is what I offered. So if a Junior Suite cancels, rather than that cabin be empty, Royal Caribbean's got $300 lined up because they just bumped everybody up one cabin category due to that Royal Up. , Grand suite 2 BR, Owner's suite, Sky Loft, Grand Loft, Owner's Loft and Royal Loft) (not sure if I misspelled a. On 7/7/2023 at 3:59 PM, Sandra Greaves said: How do I update my credit card on file with royal caribbean. Now, two days later, I received another email with a “Promo” offer; the ocean view balcony was reduced $10 pp. I received a rejection letter for all bids the night of the cruise. Yesterday there were 5 of the one bedrooms showing as. . Headed out on the 01/23 sailing of the Harmony out of Port Canaveral. The Royal Caribbean RoyalUp program acts as an auction for unsold cabins. 😀 . They do take bids even if there are no actual suites available at the time of bidding. sailor05. I cannot submit a bid without inputting a credit card. You will be able to modify or cancel your bid(s) up to 2 hours before departure on embarkation date. under 500 for a balcony. Grand Suite - 1 Bedroom $130 USD per guest. I am leaving on the Oasis of the Seas on Jan 13th. Like someone above posted, most of the benefits of The Key are included in the Sky Class of the GS. Is that right? Correct, you only get the points for the category you were originally booked in. I bid very close to the minimum, but not the minimum dollar. In just a few steps, you can submit a bid to upgrade your stateroom for your upcoming sailing. Once cruising resumed and sailings were at low capacity, it seemed that a higher percentage of cruisers were winning their RoyalUp bids. CheapMess. I was happy with my room category and location is important to me. Inside RU to > Balcony $200. In all likelihood, the third party that runs the RoyalUp program wants to have bids in the queue for all of the higher end staterooms. Oh well but it would have been nice. Those are all on Deck 12 by the Spa. In my research regarding Royal Up i didnt come across a response like this. Hi guys. I'm about 70 days out for my cruise and got my invitation to bid. El monto de la oferta no incluye la propina más alta. No, if you have two cabins you will need to submit two separate bids and they will be considered independently. Scoring a fantastic upgrade is easy! Simply browse through stateroom options and select the amount you’re willing to pay the upgrade. Today. Paid my balance a couple of weeks early - again no idea if makes a difference - and had RoyalUp email 6 Jan. With yesterday's announcement on change of protocol, a bunch opened up. Surprisingly, I bid a little higher on the same rooms that was available, and I ending up winning a grand suite on the quantum. RoyalUp, as it's called, enables cruisers to place bids for upgrades into any higher level room. I put in a minimum upgrade bid because we would have been fine to stay in an interior. 1) some of the categories listed for bid are not actually available. It allows passengers to bid on higher cabin categories before their cruise, offering the chance to “win” an upgraded stateroom. Royal Caribbean Discussion. I threw down 2 bids, a $15 bid for the Promenade View ($5 more than the minimum) and a $40 bid for the Panoramic Ocean View ($10 more than the minimum). We sailed on Mariner Jan 30-Feb 4 (our first cruise ever). Michelle Couch-Friedman. The email said I could. It was amazing. If they get one cancellation (or one room that was previously held off the market) in a high. It certainly appears that this 12/31 sailing is at 50-60% capacity is my guess. e. Sailing is 7N Voyager ots on August 21 out of Copenhagen. I got the bid offer Tuesday 2/12 and the email saying it was accepted Friday 2/15, for the April 13 sailing on Anthem of the seas. If I wanted to bid on that the. Totally agree! If you want me to bid, then start the bidding at $0. If you are comfortable with your bid then I. I had bid $210/person. What you bid is exactly what you pay, for 2 people, exactly as you agreed to when you submitted your bid along with your credit card information. Upon receiving an invitation to bid, passengers head to the Royal Up website and enter specific money amounts for each type of cabin they want to bid on. The there is a little fan graphic that says how weak or strong your bid is. One example is the big box TA that rhymes with Frostco. On 11/15/2022 at 7:35 AM, Gears said: Just notified we were upgraded (RoyalUp) on our Nov 26th, 5 night Mariner cruise from a deck 2 ocean view to a deck 12 panorama ocean view. Our Royal up bid was accepted two days ago. Don’t forget to keep checking the prices. I posted a few weeks ago about accepting my RoyalUp offer and someone commented stating that anyone booked under the double points promo and accepts a RoyalUp offer, your double points offer would be void. Congrats!!! Have a great cruise!The RoyalUp algorithm is more complex than just going with the highest bid. Although we would almost double our cost, we got such a great deal on this cruise that if we got the upgrade, it still would be a good deal. Pattycruise , USCG Teacher and Carlos A. Now if only my COVID test is negative. If they submit a successful bid, guests will be charged automatically, and their stateroom will be upgraded. I am booked through a travel agent however I did the Royal Up process directly with Royal Caribbean. I also tried grand suite (1BR). All bids are per person, based on double occupancy -- regardless of how many people are sharing the cabin. However if I go to the link in my email from royalup program invitation, it takes me to my bids but the page looks different and doesn’t state accepted or pending. 7 minutes ago, MISSGJ said: Can you receive a Royal Bid Upgrade acceptance right up until boarding also? Yes. Leaving out on Sunday and was just informed that I was upgraded from a guaranteed ocean view on Deck 9, to a balcony on deck 10. Plus a lot more people may be testing positive right before the cruise with how transmissible the new variant is, so I figure it's worth a shot. We went from a very well located mid-ship balcony to a rear facing, obstructed JS. Sometimes there is inventory and they just. If balcony could bid on Star class they may not bid on the GS. More sharing options. Then just days before the Liberty of the Seas set sail, the cruise line accepted their $4,200 RoyalUp bid. Know what the inventory is now and what it’s going for now. Q. The next day I received an email like your indicating my bids had been canceled. There's no going back if you don't like what they give you. . The bid amount is per person for the entire duration of the cruise. RoyalUpSM - Términos y Condiciones del Programa de mejora. From Ocean View and Balcony staterooms to the most expansive suites at sea, the possibilities are endless. My original bid range was $650 at the lowest, $900 at the maximum. Starboard side, just forward of the "bulge". It likely won't go through, but after a week with his parents, our son would probably benefit with his own bedroom. Just do a mock purchase on the app or website until you get to the payment screen. Get support by Phone or Email. There's a Royal Up opportunity to bid on the " Ocean View Suite - 2 Bedroom (No Balcony)" that has two separate bedrooms, two baths, and while it affords suite benefits, they're not as impressive as what you'd get on some of the larger vessels. It took our D concierge about 20 minutes on the phone to straighten it out for us and. NJ. These were the only options we were given, and as I recall, we bid the minimum on each. Can I modify or cancel my RoyalUp offer after I submit it? A. Royal Caribbean offered Stan Fernald and his wife the opportunity to bid on an upgraded cabin for their upcoming cruise. JS went from $150 to $50 and GS dropped from $250 to $150. I just received the email for the RoyalUp. That will cover all passengers in the cabin, whether there is just a solo guest, a four adult friends, or whatever other combo. For my 2ndcruise on the B2B I bid in the high range for an OV and Spacious OV from a standard OV. I looked up suite perks and the suite-only perks do sound cool - like the hors d'oeuvre and cocktail hour with drinks, how does that work? We don't drink enough to justify the $850 for us to get. The $100 was for a upgrade (bid) from our balcony to a spacious balcony. I also purchased The Key. On 9/12/2021 at 1:48 PM, Wilson said: We were not going to bid, but the minimum dropped last week for our 10/01 Indy sailing. We never book on any B2B cruises. I felt it was a pretty good deal as even with our C&A discount, the balcony was over $2K when we. 883. 16. For any questions regarding the RoyalUp process or your bid, please stop by our NextCruise desk onboard. ago. LocationMontana. What is the RoyalUp programme? A. The original cost of our balcony room was around $1,100 for two people, then we offered $1,200 per person and won the Grand Suite. So I'm definitely hoping they accept our RoyalUp offer. While we have not selected your offer yet, the team onboard the ship is still reviewing, and may choose it for upgrade based on availability at departure time. At first I couldn't modify my bids and it was pending. ago. So if you move from a balcony or interior up to a junior suite and above, you still get one point per night, not two. Royal Caribbean Discussion. . Introducing RoyalUp – a new bid-based stateroom upgrade program. " Above is the mail I got, I am traveling on Spectrum of the Seas on 21st October in a few days. For my upcoming Odyssey cruise in May I am in an obstructed balcony cabin but can bid all the way up to a royal loft suite. I think the chance of winning that bid at $90 is very close to zero. But the cabin we already have is an aft balcony on Radiance, so win or lose we will be happy with our cabin!Anywhere from a month before to after you’ve boarded. Just received my email today that I won my bid to upgrade from a balcony cabin to an Owner's Suite on Independence this weekend. There's little if any advantage to them doing any pruning whatsoever of who gets the offer email; all that will be different may be the starting bid amount for each category, as they'll want to have some base value to each. Just kicking around the strategy involved in a RoyalUp bid. Booked a standard ocean view balcony for 3 last week, got an email from RoyalUp to bid on an OS, GS and Spacious Ocenview. We received the Royal Up email and one option for our Large ocean balcony is a two bedroom aqua theater room. Thank you so much for passing this along. e. The royal up bid is capped at 2 people regardless of the. Suite. I’m sailing Dec 31 in an OV gty and submitted RoyalUp bid weeks ago. Right now we have another Harmony sailing for September. 58. #5. So I got an email that I can RoyalUp to either a Junior Suite, an OceanView-No Balcony 2 BR or a Spacious Balcony room from a regular balcony ocean view room. Hoping for a victory after many failed attempts lately. 00. sailor05. #10. Con unos sencillos pasos, los huéspedes pueden conseguir un cambio a categoría superior, pasando de camarotes con vista al mar y balcón a las suites más caras a bordo de nuestros cruceros. The reason why I’m sharing my experience is because prior to and after the upgrade, I had a ton of questions that I’ve been trying to look. This is how my prior two successful bids behaved. Submitted a Royal Up request for a Junior Suite on the Odyssey sail date 2 Jan 2022. We only went from an interior to a promenade view and the bid was something like $15pp. 2) Passengers should always compare the fare already paid to the desired upgrade. RoyalUp can be used in the event of any last minute cancellations. I looked through the (very long) RoyalUP thread for a while but I couldn't find anyone else that seems to have had this issue. Hope it helps. . Posted January 10, 2022. The lowest bid was $130. Request was made 8 December 2021.