Bidding question

[Tammyd549]

I’ve tried searching and I apologize if I’ve missed the answer but can anyone tell me how quickly they’ve received an acceptance? I know NCL has until 48 before departure to accept but just curious how *quickly* others have received an acceptance. 

 

Ive just bid on 5 Haven cabins, am about 75 days out and wondering if I might wake up in the morning with an acceptance... dreaming I’m sure!

[JamieLogical]

6 minutes ago, Tammyd549 said:

I’ve tried searching and I apologize if I’ve missed the answer but can anyone tell me how quickly they’ve received an acceptance? I know NCL has until 48 before departure to accept but just curious how *quickly* others have received an acceptance. 

 

Ive just bid on 5 Haven cabins, am about 75 days out and wondering if I might wake up in the morning with an acceptance... dreaming I’m sure!

 

You definitely aren't going to get an acceptance 75 days out unless you bid WAY high. If you are on a European itinerary, you may get an acceptance pretty far out (40-50 days), but on US itineraries, Haven acceptances usually come about 5-7 days out. A couple of things that seem to contribute to early acceptance:

 

• If prices are about to drop significantly on your sailing, they may accept your bid to lock in the higher bid before you lower it accordingly.
• If the sailing is sold out, they may accept bids early, since they won't be selling cabins at full price after that anyway.
• You place an exceptionally high bid. Sometimes that seems to trigger some sort of auto-accept threshold for some cabin types in some sailings. But I would caution against bidding super high. You are better off keeping an eye on pricing for your sailing and just paying outright to upgrade if prices for your desired cabin type fall within your price range.

[Tammyd549]

1 minute ago, JamieLogical said:

 

You definitely aren't going to get an acceptance 75 days out unless you bid WAY high. If you are on a European itinerary, you may get an acceptance pretty far out (40-50 days), but on US itineraries, Haven acceptances usually come about 5-7 days out. A couple of things that seem to contribute to early acceptance:

 

• If prices are about to drop significantly on your sailing, they may accept your bid to lock in the higher bid before you lower it accordingly.
• If the sailing is sold out, they may accept bids early, since they won't be selling cabins at full price after that anyway.
• You place an exceptionally high bid. Sometimes that seems to trigger some sort of auto-accept threshold for some cabin types in some sailings. But I would caution against bidding super high. You are better off keeping an eye on pricing for your sailing and just paying outright to upgrade if prices for your desired cabin type fall within your price range.

 

 

Ah, Great info , thank you so much!

 

im sailing from NY on the Escape, sailing is close to sold out but Haven seems to have tons on room (especially the H9 and H7 cabins) and I’ve made an aggressive offer... fingers crossed 🙂

[Jean2065]

I bid on the NCL Sky owners suites and the forward and aft penthouses. A months later I hadn't heard back from them. My bidding was quite aggressive and ended up about 400. Less than the posted price. Last week I booked one of the penthouses with large balcony. My main reason is I'm on crutches on an off and the mess they seem to have when your embarking scared me. I didn't feel I could stand that long in line. Good luck , I probably wasn't patient enough.

[don't-use-real-name]

50 minutes ago, Jean2065 said:

I bid on the NCL Sky owners suites and the forward and aft penthouses. A months later I hadn't heard back from them. My bidding was quite aggressive and ended up about 400. Less than the posted price. Last week I booked one of the penthouses with large balcony. My main reason is I'm on crutches on an off and the mess they seem to have when your embarking scared me. I didn't feel I could stand that long in line. Good luck , I probably wasn't patient enough.

Bidding and winning any suite should do it for you - Suites get designated check-in registration and a waiting lounge

with escorted boarding - a wheel chair boarding might be provided to help you get through the boarding gauntlet easier.

You would not need the WC on board but just to board and make it easier - and then on the other hand having the WC

available may help with moving about the ship and any shore excursions. Make this easier on yourself !

[BirdTravels]

5 hours ago, Tammyd549 said:

 

Ah, Great info , thank you so much!

 

im sailing from NY on the Escape, sailing is close to sold out but Haven seems to have tons on room (especially the H9 and H7 cabins) and I’ve made an aggressive offer... fingers crossed 🙂

Under those circumstances, you probably won’t hear until week of cruise. The Monday and Wednesday before your cruise are the likely days. If your Aggressive bid is close to the retail price, pay retail and get all 5 free at sea perks. 

[don't-use-real-name]

24 minutes ago, BirdTravels said:

Under those circumstances, you probably won’t hear until week of cruise. The Monday and Wednesday before your cruise are the likely days. If your Aggressive bid is close to the retail price, pay retail and get all 5 free at sea perks. 

 

If your Aggressive bid is close to the retail price, pay retail and get all 5 free at sea perks.

 

AND for that few dollars more than that aggressive bid get a cabin selection of what is left in inventory

instead of winning a cabin be it somewhere elsewhere on the ship at a undesirable location -

although I must admit there are very few suites that are undesirable.

If you don't have the 5 free perks with what you have now it is worth it to pay the retail to get them.

[FLcruisergrl]

6 hours ago, JamieLogical said:

 

You definitely aren't going to get an acceptance 75 days out unless you bid WAY high. If you are on a European itinerary, you may get an acceptance pretty far out (40-50 days), but on US itineraries, Haven acceptances usually come about 5-7 days out. A couple of things that seem to contribute to early acceptance:

 

• If prices are about to drop significantly on your sailing, they may accept your bid to lock in the higher bid before you lower it accordingly.
• If the sailing is sold out, they may accept bids early, since they won't be selling cabins at full price after that anyway.
• You place an exceptionally high bid. Sometimes that seems to trigger some sort of auto-accept threshold for some cabin types in some sailings. But I would caution against bidding super high. You are better off keeping an eye on pricing for your sailing and just paying outright to upgrade if prices for your desired cabin type fall within your price range.

We bid $100 over minimum and received our notification at 70 days out. We went from aft balcony to Haven aft penthouse. It’s not very common, but it can happen. Our sailing wasn’t sold out at that point and prices didn’t drop too much because it was a holiday sailing. In our situation, I think it had more to do with the room we were in.

[JamieLogical]

3 hours ago, FLcruisergrl said:

We bid $100 over minimum and received our notification at 70 days out. We went from aft balcony to Haven aft penthouse. It’s not very common, but it can happen. Our sailing wasn’t sold out at that point and prices didn’t drop too much because it was a holiday sailing. In our situation, I think it had more to do with the room we were in.

 

Was it a European itinerary? If not, I would say your situation is VERY unique and the OP should definitely not set their expectations around it.

[JimmyBuffet99]

4 hours ago, FLcruisergrl said:

We bid $100 over minimum and received our notification at 70 days out. We went from aft balcony to Haven aft penthouse. It’s not very common, but it can happen. Our sailing wasn’t sold out at that point and prices didn’t drop too much because it was a holiday sailing. In our situation, I think it had more to do with the room we were in.

 

What was the minimum bid?

[FLcruisergrl]

56 minutes ago, JamieLogical said:

 

Was it a European itinerary? If not, I would say your situation is VERY unique and the OP should definitely not set their expectations around it.

No, we had a Caribbean itinerary. Yes, my situation is unusual (and to make it more unusual, we had 2 cabins in our party and both were upgraded), but I’ve heard it has happened with others as well. The OP shouldn’t hang their hat on it, but it IS possible.

[FLcruisergrl]

4 minutes ago, JimmyBuffet99 said:

 

What was the minimum bid?

$500. We bid $600 on both cabins and got the upgrades. Saved $2500 off list price on each room.

[JimmyBuffet99]

1 minute ago, FLcruisergrl said:

$500. We bid $600 on both cabins and got the upgrades. Saved $2500 off list price on each room.

Thank you. We are in a mini suite for our November sailing and I keep hoping I can find enough money in case we get the upgrade bid offer. Unlikely, but I can dream 😁