NYFirstTimeCruiser Posted September 16, 2019 #1 Share Posted September 16, 2019 My 6th cruise on NCL and it came out to be the cheapest cruise fare I've paid. #1. Booked a guaranteed balcony cabin for the first time with 20% casino discount. #2. Used two cruise next deposit. #3. Got a midship balcony room assigned. Already ahead at this juncture with the casino discount and a midship cabin. #4. Noticed a price drop and called NCL. Got bumped up to a Mini-suite. Got assigned a midship mini suite. Jackpot! #5. We always pay for thermal suite access. It's $250pp so $500 for both of us.. I bid for a spa suite upgrade for less than $400. I figured I was going to pay for it anyway, saving an extra $100 would be good. Last night, I was booking excursions and added the two thermal access as well and was going to cancel the bid coz I wanted to guarantee the spa access. I got sleepy so I said I'll do it the next day and went to sleep. Today, I got an email that My bid got accepted for the spa mini suite. I did well. I computed how much it was if I paid for a spa mini-suite compared to how much I put in. Spa mini suite for my itinerary was $3300. I paid less than half. Stars do align every once in a while with the help from above. Thank you!. Hoping it happens to you as well. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddlb Posted September 16, 2019 #2 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Congratulations!!!!!! The closest i came was booking a minisuite Guarantee on the Epic and being assigned a spa minisuite. I had no clue how wonderful the spa was till we mosied over to the spa on day 3. Got us hooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socalev Posted September 16, 2019 #3 Share Posted September 16, 2019 It's great when it works out that way!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastpitchdad Posted September 16, 2019 #4 Share Posted September 16, 2019 58 minutes ago, NYFirstTimeCruiser said: My 6th cruise on NCL and it came out to be the cheapest cruise fare I've paid. #1. Booked a guaranteed balcony cabin for the first time with 20% casino discount. #2. Used two cruise next deposit. #3. Got a midship balcony room assigned. Already ahead at this juncture with the casino discount and a midship cabin. #4. Noticed a price drop and called NCL. Got bumped up to a Mini-suite. Got assigned a midship mini suite. Jackpot! #5. We always pay for thermal suite access. It's $250pp so $500 for both of us.. I bid for a spa suite upgrade for less than $400. I figured I was going to pay for it anyway, saving an extra $100 would be good. Last night, I was booking excursions and added the two thermal access as well and was going to cancel the bid coz I wanted to guarantee the spa access. I got sleepy so I said I'll do it the next day and went to sleep. Today, I got an email that My bid got accepted for the spa mini suite. I did well. I computed how much it was if I paid for a spa mini-suite compared to how much I put in. Spa mini suite for my itinerary was $3300. I paid less than half. Stars do align every once in a while with the help from above. Thank you!. Hoping it happens to you as well. We are kind of doing the same thing for our upcoming 9 day Baltic Cruise...moved from a guaranteed balcony to a Haven Spa Suite 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
summercruiser20 Posted September 16, 2019 #5 Share Posted September 16, 2019 wow that's wonderful - just curious if you don't mind me asking what sailing are you on? always interested in this bidding process 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allyfrizzle Posted September 16, 2019 #6 Share Posted September 16, 2019 (edited) Amazing! Congrats! Edited September 16, 2019 by allyfrizzle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwilli Posted September 16, 2019 #7 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Congratulations! Enjoy your cruise 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BirdTravels Posted September 16, 2019 #8 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Way to go! Enjoy your cruise! Enjoy the Thermal Suite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budget Queen Posted September 16, 2019 #9 Share Posted September 16, 2019 4 hours ago, NYFirstTimeCruiser said: My 6th cruise on NCL and it came out to be the cheapest cruise fare I've paid. #1. Booked a guaranteed balcony cabin for the first time with 20% casino discount. #2. Used two cruise next deposit. #3. Got a midship balcony room assigned. Already ahead at this juncture with the casino discount and a midship cabin. #4. Noticed a price drop and called NCL. Got bumped up to a Mini-suite. Got assigned a midship mini suite. Jackpot! #5. We always pay for thermal suite access. It's $250pp so $500 for both of us.. I bid for a spa suite upgrade for less than $400. I figured I was going to pay for it anyway, saving an extra $100 would be good. Last night, I was booking excursions and added the two thermal access as well and was going to cancel the bid coz I wanted to guarantee the spa access. I got sleepy so I said I'll do it the next day and went to sleep. Today, I got an email that My bid got accepted for the spa mini suite. I did well. I computed how much it was if I paid for a spa mini-suite compared to how much I put in. Spa mini suite for my itinerary was $3300. I paid less than half. Stars do align every once in a while with the help from above. Thank you!. Hoping it happens to you as well. what cruise and when?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rluong Posted September 16, 2019 #10 Share Posted September 16, 2019 4 hours ago, NYFirstTimeCruiser said: My 6th cruise on NCL and it came out to be the cheapest cruise fare I've paid. #1. Booked a guaranteed balcony cabin for the first time with 20% casino discount. #2. Used two cruise next deposit. #3. Got a midship balcony room assigned. Already ahead at this juncture with the casino discount and a midship cabin. #4. Noticed a price drop and called NCL. Got bumped up to a Mini-suite. Got assigned a midship mini suite. Jackpot! #5. We always pay for thermal suite access. It's $250pp so $500 for both of us.. I bid for a spa suite upgrade for less than $400. I figured I was going to pay for it anyway, saving an extra $100 would be good. Last night, I was booking excursions and added the two thermal access as well and was going to cancel the bid coz I wanted to guarantee the spa access. I got sleepy so I said I'll do it the next day and went to sleep. Today, I got an email that My bid got accepted for the spa mini suite. I did well. I computed how much it was if I paid for a spa mini-suite compared to how much I put in. Spa mini suite for my itinerary was $3300. I paid less than half. Stars do align every once in a while with the help from above. Thank you!. Hoping it happens to you as well. Oh man. Congrats! I'm in a similar situation as you. Booked a sail-away balcony, noticed the price drop and managed to get a free upgrade to a mid-ship mini suite. I bid $100/pp for a spa mini suite. Hopefully, I get some luck with that as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare graphicguy Posted September 17, 2019 #11 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Very cool, Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newmexicoNita Posted September 17, 2019 #12 Share Posted September 17, 2019 How lucky can you get. I bet you will have a wonderful time and report back with a very positive review. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthLyonCruiser Posted September 17, 2019 #13 Share Posted September 17, 2019 17 hours ago, NYFirstTimeCruiser said: My 6th cruise on NCL and it came out to be the cheapest cruise fare I've paid. #1. Booked a guaranteed balcony cabin for the first time with 20% casino discount. #2. Used two cruise next deposit. #3. Got a midship balcony room assigned. Already ahead at this juncture with the casino discount and a midship cabin. #4. Noticed a price drop and called NCL. Got bumped up to a Mini-suite. Got assigned a midship mini suite. Jackpot! #5. We always pay for thermal suite access. It's $250pp so $500 for both of us.. I bid for a spa suite upgrade for less than $400. I figured I was going to pay for it anyway, saving an extra $100 would be good. Last night, I was booking excursions and added the two thermal access as well and was going to cancel the bid coz I wanted to guarantee the spa access. I got sleepy so I said I'll do it the next day and went to sleep. Today, I got an email that My bid got accepted for the spa mini suite. I did well. I computed how much it was if I paid for a spa mini-suite compared to how much I put in. Spa mini suite for my itinerary was $3300. I paid less than half. Stars do align every once in a while with the help from above. Thank you!. Hoping it happens to you as well. The true definition of "the perfect storm". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYFirstTimeCruiser Posted September 19, 2019 Author #14 Share Posted September 19, 2019 On 9/16/2019 at 4:58 PM, summercruiser20 said: wow that's wonderful - just curious if you don't mind me asking what sailing are you on? always interested in this bidding process 🙂 Mexican Riviera cruise aboard NCL Bliss this coming November. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmwman Posted September 20, 2019 #15 Share Posted September 20, 2019 As a shareholder do you not see the irony of this and other posts. This to me is the clearest indication that bookings are and yield are dropping and that NCL as with all cruise lines is starting to face some serious headwinds. Yes we too got an amazing deal this year - Escape Haven in August with a $450 bid from a balcony cabin and even ten the haven had room. Just an alternative view of this thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Captain-John Posted September 20, 2019 #16 Share Posted September 20, 2019 2 hours ago, bmwman said: As a shareholder do you not see the irony of this and other posts. This to me is the clearest indication that bookings are and yield are dropping and that NCL as with all cruise lines is starting to face some serious headwinds. Yes we too got an amazing deal this year - Escape Haven in August with a $450 bid from a balcony cabin and even ten the haven had room. Just an alternative view of this thread Good for the consumer though?! Congrats to the OP. 🙂 I have always thought these 'headwinds' will affect the cruise industry more than ever, given their reliance on megaships and the massive increase in capacity across the industry since the last recession. Evidently the answer is no - but would it not make more sense to price everything 'sensibly' across the board, rather than charging record high prices for Haven (that no-one books) then accepting a lesser sum for people to upgrade to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare insidecabin Posted September 20, 2019 #17 Share Posted September 20, 2019 We are seeing more sensible pricing in the UK, they dropped the compulsory AI a while back and have a free at see option that you pay for on a pick 2 basis even on sailaway(suites get the lot). If you don't want the perks and happy with GTY you can find decent low rates, if you want the perks they are relatively cheap these prices include the perk gratuities, pick dinners that cover most of the cost, drinks on top. 1-6 Nights £49 7-9 Nights £99 10-13 Nights £149 14-17 Nights £199 18+ Nights £249 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gershep Posted September 21, 2019 #18 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Glad it worked out, enjoy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmwman Posted October 5, 2019 #19 Share Posted October 5, 2019 On 9/20/2019 at 9:50 AM, Captain-John said: Good for the consumer though?! Congrats to the OP. 🙂 I have always thought these 'headwinds' will affect the cruise industry more than ever, given their reliance on megaships and the massive increase in capacity across the industry since the last recession. Evidently the answer is no - but would it not make more sense to price everything 'sensibly' across the board, rather than charging record high prices for Haven (that no-one books) then accepting a lesser sum for people to upgrade to it? On 9/20/2019 at 9:50 AM, Captain-John said: Good for the consumer though?! Congrats to the OP. 🙂 I have always thought these 'headwinds' will affect the cruise industry more than ever, given their reliance on megaships and the massive increase in capacity across the industry since the last recession. Evidently the answer is no - but would it not make more sense to price everything 'sensibly' across the board, rather than charging record high prices for Haven (that no-one books) then accepting a lesser sum for people to upgrade to it? I think the headwinds are very visible to the board of NCL withy Andy Stuart stepping down.. You comments are incisive with regards to the Haven - I have it from a concierge that on most out of season cruises the Haven a week out can be half full and then full a few days before. I have booked a cruise for November and got Haven for $250 bid from a balcony BD - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcell Posted October 5, 2019 #20 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Great chain of events! My luck has never been that good 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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