If you're fortunate enough to be able to book a cruise with Virgin Voyages1, you might have seen "bid to level up" option hidden away on your booking confirmation. The bid-to-upgrade system is weird. It's not well explained. Sometimes it is counterintuitive. Timings are vague. It's a lottery-of-sorts, and like any lottery it becomes a little easier to win if you can figure out how it works. I've got my fourth VV cruise booked for this summer. I've used the bidding system every time, getting lucky twice so far. I've read a lot of other peoples' experiences with the system, both the winners and the losers. I've developed my own bidding strategy which works for me. Maybe something similar will work for you too. (Note: All of the explanations in this blog are based on reading other people's experiences, my own experiences, some review of the bidding system provider's sales documentation, and some intuition. There's little explicit explanation from VV themselves on the process and…
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