eric_1487 Posted October 10, 2013 #1 Share Posted October 10, 2013 I booked a GTY stateroom on Priceline for a mid-ship balcony (BA) and it said decks 9-11. I was assigned room 8036, which is on a lower deck and in the hull of the ship. The balcony appears to have limited view, and it is forward, and NOT mid-ship. I called NCL who cannot help me since I booked through Priceline, and Priceline said this is an upgrade to a Family Balcony (B3). The stateroom is exactly the same size, in a worse location, and worse view. How can that be an upgrade?! Has anyone had experience getting their room moved or am I out of luck since its a GTY? This is my first cruise so not really sure... Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpk218 Posted October 10, 2013 #2 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Well , if in fact they changed your room Cat. Then yes you should have recourse. Call priceline and refuse the upgrade . You have booked a BA gty. and thats what you want.. Ncl can not help you. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cubechick Posted October 10, 2013 #3 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Actually I don't know that you do have recourse. When you book a guarantee, you are booking for the selected category or higher. According to the stateroom categories listed on NCL's website for the Dawn, the B3 is considered a higher level cabin than the BA. Hope you can get them to not upgrade you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerintn Posted October 10, 2013 #4 Share Posted October 10, 2013 according to NCL a B3 (family balcony) is a higher category than a BA. You booked a BA, so you got a "BA or Better". Be aware that your cabin also is connecting to the one forward of you. Any adjustment would have to be through price line ... i don't know what their policies are on changes after winning a bid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biker@sea Posted October 10, 2013 #5 Share Posted October 10, 2013 That why GTY's are cheaper . You agree to take what ever you get . I Know !!! That what I usually book and have been burned taking the chance . ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonyte Posted October 10, 2013 #6 Share Posted October 10, 2013 I booked a GTY stateroom on Priceline for a mid-ship balcony (BA) and it said decks 9-11. I was assigned room 8036, which is on a lower deck and in the hull of the ship. The balcony appears to have limited view, and it is forward, and NOT mid-ship. I called NCL who cannot help me since I booked through Priceline, and Priceline said this is an upgrade to a Family Balcony (B3). The stateroom is exactly the same size, in a worse location, and worse view. How can that be an upgrade?! Has anyone had experience getting their room moved or am I out of luck since its a GTY? This is my first cruise so not really sure... Hi and welcome to CC - sorry that your first post is about this kind of thing! As others have said, on NCL any category with number is higher than category with just letters. Even I - having been a bit more experienced cruiser after more than month onboard in total and countless hours here on CC - did this exact same mistake when booking a GTY for the first and last time. For our cruise on Dawn's sister ship, Star, we booked OA GTY (all are in decent locations on deck 8) and got assigned a O1 from deck 5, right under the casino. We decided to pay for an upgrade to a better cabin and swore to never book GTY again. Sorry you had to learn this the hard way too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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