I am trying to figure out what to do for our vacation, and with the incredible prices being offered by the cruise lines these days, I am leaning towards spending time on a cruiseship. With the deals available, we will probably going to book a mid priced cabin instead of having to be in steerage.

I have heard that you can upgrade your cabin when you are checking in if there is a cabin available in the higher category. Is this true? Is it possible to upgrade the category of cabin when we are checking in on the ship? Is the upgrade cost the same price difference to upgrage the same as if we booked the upgrade cabin in the first place? Is there a price advantage to trying to upgrade at the dock?

Also, is there any benefit for being a repeat customer? I have sailed with this cruise line previously.

Thanks for the help.

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I have heard that you can upgrade your cabin when you are checking in if there is a cabin available in the higher category. Is this true? Is it possible to upgrade the category of cabin when we are checking in on the ship? Is the upgrade cost the same price difference to upgrage the same as if we booked the upgrade cabin in the first place? Is there a price advantage to trying to upgrade at the dock?

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I believe it depends on the cruise line, some don't do any changes at the dock or the ship, some do. Your travel agent should be able to tell you for your cruise line, but unless you are moving a significant category change, say inside to outside non balcony, or outside non balcony to balcony, or balcony to suite, I wouldn't pay for it, you will have the same cabin just on a different deck, it's not worth it.



[This message has been edited by cordelli (edited 10-25-2001).]

Trying to buy an upgrade at embarkation seems dicey. If you're willing to pay, why not book what you want?

As for what you get as a repeat customer, you might get little, you might get alot depending on the cruise line and how frequent you are. At the very least, you'll get an "exclusive" cocktail party with half the ship who are also repeat customers,

Some provide neat benefits. Cunard for example extends a 10% discount to repeaters.

It's like the airlines, if you repeat enough, they'll be very nice to you.