You booked a 6B and were assigned a 6B. When you book a specific number-letter category, 99% of the time you will be assigned exactly that category. While not impossible it is highly unlikely to be upgraded.
We often book GTY because we're happy to save money and book a GTY for the level we would have chosen. The occasional upgrade is fun, but as long as I'm on the ship, I'm happy! Enjoy!
Just to be clear... a number-letter category at GTY is not particularly a discounted rate, but you are allowing DCL to assign the stateroom in that specific category or higher (usually that specific category).
I should have been clear, we've done both. We have always paid less with a GTY than with choosing our own room. But the IGT/OGT/VGT are usually bigger discounts.
Hmm that’s interesting. I’ve never seen a situation where a specific category such as 11b etc was available to select a room and also as GTY. I thought the whole point of GTY was that that category was almost full so you couldn’t select a specific room. I haven’t seen a choice between the two.
We have definitely booked Inside GTY when we could also have selected our room. We've done that three times. Once got assigned an oceanview, accessible room. Once got an inside room, as expected. Once got assigned an inside, accessible room that changed to a verandah, accessible room at port.
Inside GTY isn’t a gty category though so what probably happened is you picked a specific category like 11b that was in gty status but could have picked your room if you’d chosen 11a etc. so selecting GTY does save money but not because there’s a discount. The savings there isn’t because of the GTY it’s because it’s a lower category. It’s the GT rates that are only divided by inside, ocean view or verandah.
That's not the same as booking 11B GTY or 10A GTY. These usually appear once X% of the 11B rooms have been booked, DCL shifts to 11B GTY where you cannot select a stateroom. The fare is actually higher than those who booked earlier and got to choose their room. There isn't usually an option of 11B GTY vs 11B choose your stateroom.
Wait.....what?
...we have booked *GT before but this is first time booking GTY. we are excited to be sailing and are not treally concerned about the assignment...
If you booked a VGT verandah guaranteed with restrictions you will get a verandah.
I saw that recently when we booked our Wish cruise in January. I was surprised to see that I could have booked a cat 6 GTY as well as have also been able to book the specific cabin (can't remember if it was 6B or 6A, just remembered that it was a cat 6 but it wasn't like one was 6A and one was 6B), though the price differential was less than $10. We ended up booking VGT, which was $500 less than picking our own room in 6B, so it wasn't relevant for me, but I was wondering why anyone would book GTY when you could pick your room in the same category, and there wasn't really a discount at all. It wasn't a simple temporary glitch either because it was listed for a couple of weeks before we finally booked. I'm still not sure I see the point of it.
