ajs922

I got our email on Wednesday Morning that we got our upgrade to the haven.

I did not use the call center as I booked through the casino and I talked with my rep in the casino.

Think it's time to end this .

If you think for one minute that this new way is not a money-maker for NCL why are they doing it?. They would not be doing it if they did not think it would increase their revenue.

Totally agree with you. I started this because I have not been on a cruise in about 10/11 months and this was new to me. Just wanted to see how long this has been going on and if others were aware of it. I understand that some will like it and others, like myself might not.

RocketMann275, if you looked at my response, that you responded to, I was responding to Wolft927(his name was at the start of my response) and not to you .

I did Bid, as I have in the past, but do not like how they changed the process. It used to be you made your best offer and waited to see if you got it. Now you make what you feel is a "Just" bid and they come back with the "E-Bay" -you were outbid and bid more, and bid more and bid more. At least on E-bay you know what the higher Bid is and can decide how much more you need to bid to win it. In the NCL bidding system, you have no idea who your bidding against, if you were really outbid or not, and by how much. To me, it's not a game I want to or should need to play. When I make what I feel is a fair bid, my time to too valuable to sit in front of my computer and keep upping my bid over and over again, because NCL said I was outbid. I always understood the bidding to be like a silent auction where you make what you felt was a fair/just bid and the highest bidder would win. It seems that NCL changed the rules of their auction, which they have the right to do, and I was not aware of it until now and was only asking about it. That's why it matters.

Wolft927 if you like the bidding so much, and said you saved a lot of money doing so, why are you paying the normal price (off-peak or not) ("Noe Wife and I simply book the Haven")??

bomabound I also wanted, and did do, to go back to my original bids, but as you said it was not easy. Had to completely cancel my bid and reenter my original bid. Do not like this "NEW" way of doing business. From a business point of view, I can see why NCL is doing this. This way NCL is making more money, at our expense, (As the Haven is where people want to be) and it's not costing them anything. I hope people stop increasing their bids and this might end this type of business practice. ate to say it, but as long as one or two people increase their bid this will continue.

Thanks for all the comments. Sounds like this is just a way for NCL to get more money.

I have been cruising NCL since 2009 and have seen a number of changes to their upgrade option. Now I do have to say I have not cruised in about 10/11 months so things might have changed over that time. I am on the Joy sailing on 10/28. I had put in a bid for 4 upgrades, all in the Haven. In the past, I always either did not hear about my bid or I got an email saying I got it. Today I got 4 emails telling me that I was outbid and I could increase my bid if I wanted to. I decided to see what was involved in doing it so I went and tried. I was told how mamy others were bidding and was told I could increase my bid. I did this once to see what would happen and after I submitted my increase I was told it was not high enough. At that point, I was not going to play their game and just gave up. Have never seen this before but now wondering if this i the way they are doing it. just asking.

I also booked it on the phone. Was told that they're not sure just what is going on. My thnking is that if it is playing, I'm booked, and if it's not and they have another show(not much hope) i may or may not be booked. I have seen it several times before so if I miss it-not a big deal.

Just want to thank all of you for your help.

the early bookings are all gone. I can book it on the ship. I just wanted to know if I did what will I be looking at for the cost.. All I want to know is what will the cost be.

Yes and no. I really want to know the cost$$$ amount. Thanks