Sailed on the Joy back in September 2022, and had originally booked a Haven Family Suite. About 3 weeks prior to embarkment, I received a text offering Real Time bidding (was never offered any other bidding offer prior) and had no idea what it was. So I started throwing down some bids, most of which came back "out-bid" . Got up to the point where I decided I wasn't going any further and ended up as the highest bidder. Got spooked thinking I was going too far, buyers remorse... and completely backed out. Gave it some thought, spoke to the other people I was traveling with and decided to jump back in.
So I began the bidding process all over again, and oddly enough the process went exactly the same as the first time... same bid amounts, same everything, until we reached the highest bidder again (same dollar amount) And that was where I stayed up until around 2 days before sailing when I received the official upgrade email and had the amount taken out of my account.
In retrospect it didn't feel as though I was actually bidding against a real person the 2nd time I was going thru it, it really felt manufactured, almost as if Norwegian had it set up some way or something. But in any case, I ended up with the 2-bedroom haven suite which was pretty nice and I still paid less for it than if I had ordinally booked it. So, best of luck with your bid and enjoy your trip!
