aero777 Posted January 10, 2022 #726 Share Posted January 10, 2022 22 minutes ago, amarvel said: I'm on the bliss jan 16 and my upgrade screen had all offers expired except a haven offer is processing. So I'm assuming we got it? Processing indicates you got it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincella Posted January 10, 2022 #727 Share Posted January 10, 2022 For my upcoming cruise, the rack rate for the Courtyard Penthouse with balcony is $6259 pp, but the rack rate for the Courtyard Penthouse with *large* balcony is $5173 pp....so $1086 pp less, with a larger balcony? Seems odd to me. Any guess as to what that's all about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Hutcha Posted January 10, 2022 #728 Share Posted January 10, 2022 2 hours ago, ktpc2005 said: I am on the Epic in February in a category M4 Club Balcony with 4 people. The other day I got my upgrade email and most of the cabins they offered, we can't fit in as they can only hold 2. Cabins for up to two Haven Spa Suite H9- $600-$2100 Haven Courtyard Penthouse HF $600-$2100 Haven Aft-Facing Penthouse HC $600-$2100 Cabins for up to three Spa Club Balcony: $125-$450 Options for 4+ people Haven 2BD Family Villa H6 -$800-$3200 Haven DSO H2 $1100-$3600 The Haven 2 Bedroom is currently selling for $3700 above my cabin price and the Haven DSO is $8850 above my cabin price. The Aft penthouse sleeps 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare aubreyc1988 Posted January 10, 2022 #729 Share Posted January 10, 2022 4 minutes ago, Quincella said: For my upcoming cruise, the rack rate for the Courtyard Penthouse with balcony is $6259 pp, but the rack rate for the Courtyard Penthouse with *large* balcony is $5173 pp....so $1086 pp less, with a larger balcony? Seems odd to me. Any guess as to what that's all about? Pricing is run by an algorithm, which takes into account inventory among other things. When I paid to upgrade to the Courtyard Penthouse Large Balcony (HE), it was WAY less than the Courtyard Penthouse with Balcony...only thing I can say is that is has to be an inventory thing. I wonder if the Large Balcony was more expensive than the normal balcony one before final payment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincella Posted January 10, 2022 #730 Share Posted January 10, 2022 5 minutes ago, aubreyc1988 said: Pricing is run by an algorithm, which takes into account inventory among other things. When I paid to upgrade to the Courtyard Penthouse Large Balcony (HE), it was WAY less than the Courtyard Penthouse with Balcony...only thing I can say is that is has to be an inventory thing. I wonder if the Large Balcony was more expensive than the normal balcony one before final payment Yeah, that's a good point. There are currently more CPH with Large Balcony available than there are CPH with Regular, so that may well be a contributing factor. Regardless, it pays to pay attention! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karaboudjan Posted January 10, 2022 #731 Share Posted January 10, 2022 6 minutes ago, aubreyc1988 said: Pricing is run by an algorithm, which takes into account inventory among other things. When I paid to upgrade to the Courtyard Penthouse Large Balcony (HE), it was WAY less than the Courtyard Penthouse with Balcony...only thing I can say is that is has to be an inventory thing. I wonder if the Large Balcony was more expensive than the normal balcony one before final payment 2 minutes ago, Quincella said: Yeah, that's a good point. There are currently more CPH with Large Balcony available than there are CPH with Regular, so that may well be a contributing factor. Regardless, it pays to pay attention! Going out a year or so it looks like the 'normal' price for the large Courtyard with balcony is around $150 more than the regular balcony. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincella Posted January 10, 2022 #732 Share Posted January 10, 2022 2 minutes ago, Karaboudjan said: Going out a year or so it looks like the 'normal' price for the large Courtyard with balcony is around $150 more than the regular balcony. Interesting. I hadn't checked that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare aubreyc1988 Posted January 10, 2022 #733 Share Posted January 10, 2022 3 minutes ago, Quincella said: Yeah, that's a good point. There are currently more CPH with Large Balcony available than there are CPH with Regular, so that may well be a contributing factor. Regardless, it pays to pay attention! Also, another tip: if a category appears sold out, go to the lower category. Here's an example on how I found the room I wanted even though it said sold out. I was in a forward facing penthouse, the Haven Courtyard with Large Balcony showed sold out. So when I went into NCL to see how many fwd facing penthouses they had available, I selected "Pick another stateroom". This option let me pick a different deck or to go aft/mid/forward. I selected Deck 17, this prompted me to upgrade to the Haven Courtyard with Large Balcony for 117.00 more total, even though that category was showing sold out on the previous screen. I had to call my TA with exact cabin number to get me upgraded at that pricing. SO there is round about ways to checking cabin availability as well. Hope that made sense. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amarvel Posted January 10, 2022 #734 Share Posted January 10, 2022 1 hour ago, aero777 said: Processing indicates you got it! I'm excited! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamnoone Posted January 10, 2022 #735 Share Posted January 10, 2022 7 minutes ago, amarvel said: I'm excited! What are the details of your upgrade? I am still awaiting my Haven upgrade from an aft balcony on Encore this Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aero777 Posted January 10, 2022 #736 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Last month on our Bliss sailing a person won their bid from a club to a 2 bedroom Haven but their credit card was rejected. Turns out they had set a daily spending limit on the card and figured the bid X2 would be just below that limit. The fact that they purchased the BookSafe travel insurance added hundreds of $ to the total they were charged for upgrade to cover the premium increase and that put them over their limit. By the time they got ahold of the bank to increase the limit on the card, the room was no longer available. So my advice is to make sure your credit card is full throttle and/or have another credit card available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare maren91 Posted January 10, 2022 #737 Share Posted January 10, 2022 NCL Bliss, reserved two weeks ago for $422 but what I really wanted was a Haven Spa Balcony (it's been a dream). Bid the lowest available bid, $1000 and got confirmation today that I received it. 6 Days until sailing, so excited to try Haven for the first time! For me, this is absolutely worth the cost. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amarvel Posted January 10, 2022 #738 Share Posted January 10, 2022 1 hour ago, adamnoone said: What are the details of your upgrade? I am still awaiting my Haven upgrade from an aft balcony on Encore this Sunday. Bid 620pp for haven courtyard. That was pretty bottom bid. Maybe bid 20 bucks more than minimum. Bliss Jan 16th sailing. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamnoone Posted January 11, 2022 #739 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Looks like upgrades for this Sundays Encore sailing just closed. I had 3 Haven bids to upgrade from a B1-Aft Balcony. It appears I won an HC-Haven Aft Balcony. My bid was $30 into the fair range. $1150pp. Certainly some nice savings over the price on their website!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanf31 Posted January 11, 2022 #740 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Escape 1/15 sailing. Just won a bid to upgrade from a regular balcony cabin to a Club Suite Balcony - $75 pp or $150 total. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincella Posted January 11, 2022 #741 Share Posted January 11, 2022 I just received notice that my bid was accepted for a Haven 2-Bedroom. Minimum bid was $1300, and I bid $1410. I really wanted that 2nd bedroom because when I first booked, it was just my husband and me (in a spa balcony) but now our 17 year old is joining. I'm pleased! This is for the Encore on Sunday, 1/16. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhtravels Posted January 11, 2022 #742 Share Posted January 11, 2022 18 minutes ago, Quincella said: I just received notice that my bid was accepted for a Haven 2-Bedroom. Minimum bid was $1300, and I bid $1410. I really wanted that 2nd bedroom because when I first booked, it was just my husband and me (in a spa balcony) but now our 17 year old is joining. I'm pleased! This is for the Encore on Sunday, 1/16. You will love the Haven 2 Br! We just got off the Encore and had one (just for DH and myself) and it was incredible!! Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldanieb2001 Posted January 11, 2022 #743 Share Posted January 11, 2022 We got our bid accepted for the Joy departing on 01/15/2022. We had a balcony and upgraded to a Haven 2 bedroom. Minimum was (I believe) around $1300. We bid $1460 which was still in the poor but close to Fair. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare aubreyc1988 Posted January 11, 2022 #744 Share Posted January 11, 2022 1 minute ago, ldanieb2001 said: We got our bid accepted for the Joy departing on 01/15/2022. We had a balcony and upgraded to a Haven 2 bedroom. Minimum was (I believe) around $1300. We bid $1460 which was still in the poor but close to Fair. How many people, is the 1460 per person? and CONGRATS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldanieb2001 Posted January 11, 2022 #745 Share Posted January 11, 2022 2 minutes ago, aubreyc1988 said: How many people, is the 1460 per person? and CONGRATS! Only the two of us. We wanted space to spread out lol and the two bathrooms is a plus! Yes, it ended up being $3164 charged because we had the booksafe travel protection and prepaid service charges so they added the additional charges to the total. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare aubreyc1988 Posted January 11, 2022 #746 Share Posted January 11, 2022 4 minutes ago, ldanieb2001 said: Only the two of us. We wanted space to spread out lol and the two bathrooms is a plus! Yes, it ended up being $3164 charged because we had the booksafe travel protection and prepaid service charges so they added the additional charges to the total. ah ok! You guys have a great time!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincella Posted January 11, 2022 #747 Share Posted January 11, 2022 4 hours ago, nhtravels said: You will love the Haven 2 Br! We just got off the Encore and had one (just for DH and myself) and it was incredible!! Congrats! Nice! I've been in the same category once previously, but on the Epic. The entire Haven experience really added to the cruise, and I figure since we'll probably be on the ship even more this cruise, with the likelihood of port cancelations, it was the perfect time to take the leap again. We're excited! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamnoone Posted January 12, 2022 #748 Share Posted January 12, 2022 23 hours ago, adamnoone said: Looks like upgrades for this Sundays Encore sailing just closed. I had 3 Haven bids to upgrade from a B1-Aft Balcony. It appears I won an HC-Haven Aft Balcony. My bid was $30 into the fair range. $1150pp. Certainly some nice savings over the price on their website!! Well this is odd. This morning my HC-Aft Haven upgrade now shows "Unable to Upgrade" but my offer for an H5-2 BR Haven Lrg Balcony is "Processing". Has anyone had this happen before? Thank you, ~Adam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfpackgrl Posted January 12, 2022 #749 Share Posted January 12, 2022 59 minutes ago, adamnoone said: Well this is odd. This morning my HC-Aft Haven upgrade now shows "Unable to Upgrade" but my offer for an H5-2 BR Haven Lrg Balcony is "Processing". Has anyone had this happen before? Thank you, ~Adam Where do you see this information? Is it somewhere in your account or do you have to try and get in through an old email link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karaboudjan Posted January 12, 2022 #750 Share Posted January 12, 2022 5 minutes ago, wolfpackgrl said: Where do you see this information? Is it somewhere in your account or do you have to try and get in through an old email link? Go to your account, click the orange View Reservation button and there will be a Let's Get You Upgraded banner with a link if you are eligible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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