Some Schmoo Posted October 24, 2018 #1101 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Jamie Logical: Where oh where is that “like” button? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ziggyuk Posted October 24, 2018 #1102 Share Posted October 24, 2018 26 minutes ago, Some Schmoo said: Jamie Logical: Where oh where is that “like” button? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFCRUISER Posted October 24, 2018 #1103 Share Posted October 24, 2018 As stated many times on this thread, NCL does not have a stated procedure on how to select for an upgrade so it is very difficult to figure what to bid. In my case, I put in a small (rated poor) upgrade bid for my inside cabin to a balcony. After final payment, the price on the NCL website for a balcony was lowered to virtually the same as what I paid for the inside. My bid was not taken, however when I called I was upgraded from inside to balcony aft for no charge. My booking was direct with NCL. Sort of surprised (but very happy) that they did not run the upgrade bid program before advertising a lower price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GateGuardian Posted October 24, 2018 #1104 Share Posted October 24, 2018 14 Day Panama on the NCL Pearl. Had an Obstructed Oceanview and bid $230 pp for a Mini-Suite. Bid got approved, but now got a connecting room, which I hate 😞 Tried calling NCL, but they said they can't change rooms from a bid upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heelfan94 Posted October 24, 2018 #1105 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Our sailing is still showing so many empty cabins. After I got my balcony upgrade yesterday I see today that the mid-ship Balcony category is now sold out. It's the only one that is gone in that category. My guess is that any reasonable bid was accepted and booked into a mid-ship balcony. If you were on the fence about bidding (this is the Pearl 14 day Panama Canal out of Tampa on 11/25) your odds would be really, really good for anything up to a mini-suite. This is just my uneducated opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heelfan94 Posted October 24, 2018 #1106 Share Posted October 24, 2018 1 hour ago, GateGuardian said: 14 Day Panama on the NCL Pearl. Had an Obstructed Oceanview and bid $230 pp for a Mini-Suite. Bid got approved, but now got a connecting room, which I hate 😞 Tried calling NCL, but they said they can't change rooms from a bid upgrade. To me that is the only drawback to the bidding process. I am okay with any cabin in any area but if it's an issue I think it has to be considered. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalagh Posted October 24, 2018 #1107 Share Posted October 24, 2018 I bid on all of the suites, even the ones I don’t really want because they don’t have a balcony. I don’t like the GTY mini-suite cabin that I was assigned (under the pool deck; lots of noise complaints on reviews). My offers fell between fair-strong. I wish I knew the true cost of a suite for an 11 day southern Caribbean sailing on the Star r/t from Miami. I may have to step up my game. If anyone knows what the SF, SE or any suite under the OS really costs, please let me know. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Newleno Posted October 24, 2018 #1108 Share Posted October 24, 2018 1 hour ago, heelfan94 said: Our sailing is still showing so many empty cabins. After I got my balcony upgrade yesterday I see today that the mid-ship Balcony category is now sold out. It's the only one that is gone in that category. My guess is that any reasonable bid was accepted and booked into a mid-ship balcony. If you were on the fence about bidding (this is the Pearl 14 day Panama Canal out of Tampa on 11/25) your odds would be really, really good for anything up to a mini-suite. This is just my uneducated opinion. So your cruise is not for a month and your reasonable (not over the top) bid was accepted, ncl's logarithm is interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyatt ncl Posted October 24, 2018 #1109 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Did anyone receive bid upgrade notices from NCL Escape for the Jan. 6th sailing??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvsnana Posted October 24, 2018 #1110 Share Posted October 24, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Nalagh said: I bid on all of the suites, even the ones I don’t really want because they don’t have a balcony. I don’t like the GTY mini-suite cabin that I was assigned (under the pool deck; lots of noise complaints on reviews). My offers fell between fair-strong. I wish I knew the true cost of a suite for an 11 day southern Caribbean sailing on the Star r/t from Miami. I may have to step up my game. If anyone knows what the SF, SE or any suite under the OS really costs, please let me know. Thanks Hi Nalagh, I am on the same cruise booked forever ago in a Family Suite I put in bids also even though everything is sold out...you never know, right? Here is an image of what I believe are the last selling prices of the cabins you are looking for...hope that helps! Edited October 24, 2018 by jvsnana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbo Posted October 24, 2018 #1111 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Last night I convinced hubby that we should bid on an upgrade from our Aft facing Balcony to the Haven on our January 12th Epic cruise. Today is our 80 day mark and no email or banner invite . I booked directly with NCL, so no travel agent involved. Fingers crossed we get an invite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boopsahoy Posted October 25, 2018 #1112 Share Posted October 25, 2018 3 hours ago, tbo said: Last night I convinced hubby that we should bid on an upgrade from our Aft facing Balcony to the Haven on our January 12th Epic cruise. Today is our 80 day mark and no email or banner invite . I booked directly with NCL, so no travel agent involved. Fingers crossed we get an invite. Pretty sure I always get at 60 days...midday. Sometimes no email but it is always in my messages on NCL.com. Good luck! l.com 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalagh Posted October 25, 2018 #1113 Share Posted October 25, 2018 5 hours ago, jvsnana said: Hi Nalagh, I am on the same cruise booked forever ago in a Family Suite I put in bids also even though everything is sold out...you never know, right? Here is an image of what I believe are the last selling prices of the cabins you are looking for...hope that helps! Thank 5 hours ago, jvsnana said: Hi Nalagh, I am on the same cruise booked forever ago in a Family Suite I put in bids also even though everything is sold out...you never know, right? Here is an image of what I believe are the last selling prices of the cabins you are looking for...hope that helps! T Thank you very much! I look forward to meeting you on our sailing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heelfan94 Posted October 25, 2018 #1114 Share Posted October 25, 2018 15 hours ago, Newleno said: So your cruise is not for a month and your reasonable (not over the top) bid was accepted, ncl's logarithm is interesting. My bid was in the "fair" zone, just shy of the middle. There are so many cabins available. That must have more to do with it than anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baitman19 Posted October 25, 2018 #1115 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Hi, Yesterday I received an email that my bid was accepted for an Owner's Suite on the Gem this Saturday.. I bid the exact difference in the cost to book the OS suite H3 and what I paid for my original H5. I also bid on the GV. Both bids were in the "Poor" range. One GV 14000 and one OS 9504 were open. I was given OS 10504. I guess 10504 won the bid for the GV. I would have called my PCC earlier and changed cabins but I would have lost my OBC of $400.00. It all worked out in the long term. I got a great cabin and still kept my OBC. Looks like nasty weather for our cruise on Saturday. Monty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funat55 Posted October 25, 2018 #1116 Share Posted October 25, 2018 I'm still waiting to hear on my bid. I'm on the Bliss sailing October 27th. Thought I would have heard something by now. Not expecting them to accept my bid. Ship has been sold out for some time. But it's interesting that they are still offering requests for bids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Newleno Posted October 25, 2018 #1117 Share Posted October 25, 2018 1 hour ago, heelfan94 said: My bid was in the "fair" zone, just shy of the middle. There are so many cabins available. That must have more to do with it than anything. Interesting, I got so upset with the process I pulled my bid, we are two days out on a 15 reposition with a bad horrific weather forecast, the balcony room is selling for $1000, (many balconies left on a huge megaship) our room paid price of $529 plus our bid of $300 was not good enough for the algorithm to spit us out a balcony room . In my opinion not the way for NCL to do business. Not a big fan of ncl customer service with the bidding process so we have to make up for it in other ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heelfan94 Posted October 25, 2018 #1118 Share Posted October 25, 2018 4 minutes ago, Newleno said: Interesting, I got so upset with the process I pulled my bid, we are two days out on a 15 reposition with a bad horrific weather forecast, the balcony room is selling for $1000, (many balconies left on a huge megaship) our room paid price of $529 plus our bid of $300 was not good enough for the algorithm to spit us out a balcony room . In my opinion not the way for NCL to do business. Not a big fan of ncl customer service with the bidding process so we have to make up for it in other ways. I understand what you're saying but there doesn't seem to be an exact formula for bidding and who wins. Just because it worked on mine doesn't seem to carry over to anyone else. Someone suggested trying to think like NCL but so far I haven't been able to channel that. Some of the stories don't make sense. I do know that NCL outsources the bidding so maybe it doesn't help to think like them. I do wish you had left your bid in place to see what happened. It helps if we all pool our knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Itchy&Scratchy Posted October 25, 2018 #1119 Share Posted October 25, 2018 20 hours ago, TFCRUISER said: As stated many times on this thread, NCL does not have a stated procedure on how to select for an upgrade so it is very difficult to figure what to bid. In my case, I put in a small (rated poor) upgrade bid for my inside cabin to a balcony. After final payment, the price on the NCL website for a balcony was lowered to virtually the same as what I paid for the inside. My bid was not taken, however when I called I was upgraded from inside to balcony aft for no charge. My booking was direct with NCL. Sort of surprised (but very happy) that they did not run the upgrade bid program before advertising a lower price. same here: a free upgrade from inside to OV because the price dropped significantly. And it was AFTER the final payment. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ottawa_Cruiser Posted October 25, 2018 #1120 Share Posted October 25, 2018 I'm now three days out to my Getaway sailing on the 28th. Anxiously awaiting till the end of tomorrow to find out if we got our upgrade. I'm totally ok if we don't, but a balcony would be nice for my hubby who has never experienced one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennieCoconut Posted October 25, 2018 #1121 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Wow, we got our upgrade! Thought for sure we were getting the decline email today at 3pm for our Gem sailing on Saturday. We went from OG Porthole oceanview to BA Mid Ship Balcony. Bid $155 per person. Was in the fair range. Can't wait! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walke2jd Posted October 26, 2018 #1122 Share Posted October 26, 2018 23 hours ago, Newleno said: Interesting, I got so upset with the process I pulled my bid, we are two days out on a 15 reposition with a bad horrific weather forecast, the balcony room is selling for $1000, (many balconies left on a huge megaship) our room paid price of $529 plus our bid of $300 was not good enough for the algorithm to spit us out a balcony room . In my opinion not the way for NCL to do business. Not a big fan of ncl customer service with the bidding process so we have to make up for it in other ways. In the large majority of cases, they process all bids 2 days before sailing, so you likely pulled your bid right before they would have sent you a decision. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare JamieLogical Posted October 26, 2018 #1123 Share Posted October 26, 2018 21 hours ago, JennieCoconut said: Wow, we got our upgrade! Thought for sure we were getting the decline email today at 3pm for our Gem sailing on Saturday. We went from OG Porthole oceanview to BA Mid Ship Balcony. Bid $155 per person. Was in the fair range. Can't wait! Congrats! We loved our mid-ship balcony on the Gem back in June. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelbyg19 Posted October 26, 2018 #1124 Share Posted October 26, 2018 We just had our offer accepted the other day, about 25 days out from sailing! We got the spa mini suite for $150 pp from a BD angled balcony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormiB Posted October 26, 2018 #1125 Share Posted October 26, 2018 1 minute ago, shelbyg19 said: We just had our offer accepted the other day, about 25 days out from sailing! We got the spa mini suite for $150 pp from a BD angled balcony. congrats! That seems early for them to let you know. Exciting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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