BlushPell Posted May 17, 2022 #1451 Share Posted May 17, 2022 (edited) @ drveil0208 I just booked 5/15 for a sailing that leaves in a week 5/22 and just got the upgrade email today 5 days out so you may get an upgrade email also. Edited May 17, 2022 by BlushPell Adding tag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlushPell Posted May 17, 2022 #1452 Share Posted May 17, 2022 (edited) sorry dup post Edited May 17, 2022 by BlushPell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare insidecabin Posted May 17, 2022 #1453 Share Posted May 17, 2022 Got mine 2 days out. Getaway Baltic inside to balcony £80pp(min) The booking delta was over £200pp for the change. Regarding that earlier you have been outbid. I wonder if they are pushing false bids to try and get people to up their bids on ships running low capacity. Classic auction type scam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalmynx Posted May 18, 2022 #1454 Share Posted May 18, 2022 I just got upgrade offers for my cruise that leaves Sept 4 - is this normal? I don't know whether I should do it or not, I already have a balcony cabin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunseeker810 Posted May 18, 2022 #1455 Share Posted May 18, 2022 I keep getting e-mails to bid. My cruise is not until August. It used to be $50 minimum bid for outside to balcony. Now it is $125. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5onadime Posted May 18, 2022 #1456 Share Posted May 18, 2022 A big box travel booking site is showing Haven cabins still available but NCL website shows unavailable... Our cruise is in 13 days. While I am perfectly happy with the cabin we are in, it would be fun to get a Haven suite. Do we still have a chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggTexasGal Posted May 18, 2022 #1457 Share Posted May 18, 2022 17 minutes ago, 5onadime said: A big box travel booking site is showing Haven cabins still available but NCL website shows unavailable... Our cruise is in 13 days. While I am perfectly happy with the cabin we are in, it would be fun to get a Haven suite. Do we still have a chance? It depends! Does your Big Box participate in the Upgrade Advantage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5onadime Posted May 18, 2022 #1458 Share Posted May 18, 2022 I am booked directly with NCL..... NCL says no Haven cabins available.....The Big box says cabins available. I have put in a bid, just trying to determine which inventory is correct. On the big box site, I did a mock booking up until paying and the category still showed available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefMateJRK Posted May 18, 2022 #1459 Share Posted May 18, 2022 6 hours ago, Sunseeker810 said: It used to be $50 minimum bid for outside to balcony. Outside? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveller20074 Posted May 18, 2022 #1460 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Got the Balcony upgrade!!!!! we leave for Alaska Saturday on the Bliss!!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggTexasGal Posted May 18, 2022 #1461 Share Posted May 18, 2022 2 minutes ago, 5onadime said: I am booked directly with NCL..... NCL says no Haven cabins available.....The Big box says cabins available. I have put in a bid, just trying to determine which inventory is correct. On the big box site, I did a mock booking up until paying and the category still showed available. Until you get a notification from NCL saying you did not, it might still be possible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachmiker Posted May 19, 2022 #1462 Share Posted May 19, 2022 8 hours ago, Traveller20074 said: Got the Balcony upgrade!!!!! we leave for Alaska Saturday on the Bliss!!! What about your new luggage tags? BTW ...Congratulations on your winning bid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunseeker810 Posted May 20, 2022 #1463 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Sorry, I meant to say, "inside to balcony" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CloverCricket Posted May 21, 2022 #1464 Share Posted May 21, 2022 I was awarded a Penthouse with Large Balcony from a regular balcony stateroom. Received the email while on our flight to Honolulu for the Cruisetour portion of our Hawaiian cruise. My bid was classified as “poor” so pretty surprised I got it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracyfitzs Posted May 21, 2022 #1465 Share Posted May 21, 2022 I may be bidding too high. We’re on a July 3rd 11night London to Iceland. We’re in an inside and desperately want a balcony. We bid into the lower good zone for window, balcony and club balcony. Still we’re saving over a thousand over paying for the upgrade if we get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisingrandy Posted May 21, 2022 #1466 Share Posted May 21, 2022 Got upgraded from balcony to aft penthouse on Jewel may 23 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndirish88 Posted May 21, 2022 #1467 Share Posted May 21, 2022 Just got upgraded from inside to club balcony suite on Jewel Alaska sailing May 23. Bid a little bit and over the minimum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alibabaxx Posted May 22, 2022 #1468 Share Posted May 22, 2022 On 10/15/2021 at 9:10 PM, timeless9704 said: Hello! Today I received notice that my bid for a Haven Owner's Suite was accepted for the Epic Oct. 31st sailing. My bid was at the low end of fair. Question-- the total price includes my previous fare for a balcony room. Example, if my cost for balcony room was $1000 and my bid was $2000 to upgrade to a Haven my total cruise fare is $3000 times 2. I did not realize the bid was on top of your original fare. Is this correct? I am not complaining since the total price was still a bargain, but I was surprised. Thanks and so happy for what I know will be a great trip. Happy cruising everyone!! $3000 x 2?? I thought it was your original cost plus your upgrade bid x 2? Not your original cost x2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alibabaxx Posted May 22, 2022 #1469 Share Posted May 22, 2022 Out of interest, what are the benefits of bidding on a few different categories? If we wanted the Haven suite but also bid on a club balcony room (just in case we didn't get the Haven). If you were successful on both how do they choose which one to give you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GALSews Posted May 23, 2022 #1470 Share Posted May 23, 2022 9 hours ago, alibabaxx said: Out of interest, what are the benefits of bidding on a few different categories? If we wanted the Haven suite but also bid on a club balcony room (just in case we didn't get the Haven). If you were successful on both how do they choose which one to give you? You will only win one and they select the room you get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alibabaxx Posted May 23, 2022 #1471 Share Posted May 23, 2022 6 hours ago, GALSews said: You will only win one and they select the room you get. Oh yes I know you only get one... I'm just wondering if you choose more than one to bid on does that lessen your chances of getting the one you want? Anyway we've decided to bid on two as we would like either one (haven) but left the club balcony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alibabaxx Posted May 23, 2022 #1472 Share Posted May 23, 2022 So my cruise is 83 days out and got an offer to bid for upgrade.... wonder why when the date is 3 months away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahtheRed Posted May 23, 2022 #1473 Share Posted May 23, 2022 (edited) 9 hours ago, alibabaxx said: Oh yes I know you only get one... I'm just wondering if you choose more than one to bid on does that lessen your chances of getting the one you want? Anyway we've decided to bid on two as we would like either one (haven) but left the club balcony Honestly, the mechanics of how it all works are probably only known to a couple product managers and business stakeholders at the third-party that runs it. I'd go as far as to say it's probably proprietary and not even NCL knows the exact business logic. NCL just contracts with this company to fill empty cabins at reduced rates closer to the sail date and there's probably certain controls NCL has, but it's otherwise a grey box system with some kind of contractual obligation for certain performance metrics. If there is a specific cabin type you're trying to get, I'd recommend having that be your 'best' bid of the lot....but it generally depends on the availability and demand more than anything. 9 hours ago, alibabaxx said: So my cruise is 83 days out and got an offer to bid for upgrade.... wonder why when the date is 3 months away? It's a big number crunch, basically. NCL obviously wants to maximize their capacity aboard the ship and getting the 'potential upgrade' numbers early lets them adjust pricing on the lower level cabins as necessary. If they're at 50% capacity 3 months out, knowing their capacity to top fill the higher level cabins helps them get a better idea of A. what sorts of thresholds they want to place for those cabins and B. how many of the vacated cabins will be available closer to sailing. So to get a short answer, they've calculated that there is a point of criticality in each sailing where opening up the bidding lets them forecast the departure day supply and demand ratio. Edited May 23, 2022 by NoahtheRed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyTrain2 Posted May 23, 2022 #1474 Share Posted May 23, 2022 For all intents and purposes, a cruise is a fixed cost. So it's all about maximizing yield for the voyage. It's a dark, but fascinating science - kind of like the formula to Coca Cola. Get the product managers at HQ drunk and they might divulge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahtheRed Posted May 23, 2022 #1475 Share Posted May 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, CrazyTrain2 said: Get the product managers at HQ drunk and they might divulge. Lol, been doing product management for nearly a decade now and I bet if you had 4 drunk PM brains to pick, you'd end up with 4 different sets of (conflicting) business rules 😛 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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