davencl Posted August 8, 2023 #3351 Share Posted August 8, 2023 I'm sailing on the GEM this friday. I was bidding from CBS to haven 2 bdrm. My bid was in the lower end of the fair range. Last week the cost to directly buy an upgrade was cheaper than a poor bid. Just above the minimum so I just bought the upgrade and canceled my bid. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vacation44 Posted August 8, 2023 #3352 Share Posted August 8, 2023 23 minutes ago, davencl said: I'm sailing on the GEM this friday. I was bidding from CBS to haven 2 bdrm. My bid was in the lower end of the fair range. Last week the cost to directly buy an upgrade was cheaper than a poor bid. Just above the minimum so I just bought the upgrade and canceled my bid. Love it when that works out! I did that once last year to go from a Joy non-Haven suite to a Haven Penthouse Suite. Was hoping to upgrade ourselves again, however, this time around, the prices for our upcoming Jewel cruise have not moved down at all. Not at all. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
always-on-travel Posted August 9, 2023 #3353 Share Posted August 9, 2023 (edited) 14 hours ago, davencl said: I'm sailing on the GEM this friday. I was bidding from CBS to haven 2 bdrm. My bid was in the lower end of the fair range. Last week the cost to directly buy an upgrade was cheaper than a poor bid. Just above the minimum so I just bought the upgrade and canceled my bid. Where i can check the price to directly buy an upgrade instead of make a bid? Edited August 9, 2023 by always-on-travel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vacation44 Posted August 9, 2023 #3354 Share Posted August 9, 2023 1 hour ago, always-on-travel said: Where i can check the price to directly buy an upgrade instead of make a bid? On the website or you can call. If you used a TA, call the TA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
always-on-travel Posted August 9, 2023 #3355 Share Posted August 9, 2023 1 hour ago, vacation44 said: On the website or you can call. If you used a TA, call the TA. On website do you mean i have to check the difference between the price payed for my cabin and the price now on sale for the cabin i want to be upgraded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vacation44 Posted August 9, 2023 #3356 Share Posted August 9, 2023 2 minutes ago, always-on-travel said: On website do you mean i have to check the difference between the price payed for my cabin and the price now on sale for the cabin i want to be upgraded? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
always-on-travel Posted August 9, 2023 #3357 Share Posted August 9, 2023 I think to have a good deal you have to offer a price less then price to buy upgrade directly, if you pay same price the is no convenience to bid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketMan275 Posted August 9, 2023 #3358 Share Posted August 9, 2023 34 minutes ago, always-on-travel said: I think to have a good deal you have to offer a price less then price to buy upgrade directly, if you pay same price the is no convenience to bid. The advantage to buying directly is that you will get the upgrade while bidding may not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare graphicguy Posted August 9, 2023 #3359 Share Posted August 9, 2023 19 hours ago, davencl said: I'm sailing on the GEM this friday. I was bidding from CBS to haven 2 bdrm. My bid was in the lower end of the fair range. Last week the cost to directly buy an upgrade was cheaper than a poor bid. Just above the minimum so I just bought the upgrade and canceled my bid. Same happened with me on the Epic 2BR Haven Suite. I was able to just cancel my Spa Cabin and upgrade to the 2 BR for $113, total. I couldn't even get to a "poor" bid for less than 10X that. Always check to see how much a simple upgrade would cost before going the bid route. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
always-on-travel Posted August 9, 2023 #3360 Share Posted August 9, 2023 30 minutes ago, RocketMan275 said: The advantage to buying directly is that you will get the upgrade while bidding may not. When you buy directly an upgrade you can chose the position of your cabin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davencl Posted August 9, 2023 #3361 Share Posted August 9, 2023 24 minutes ago, always-on-travel said: When you buy directly an upgrade you can chose the position of your cabin? Yes you can. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
always-on-travel Posted August 9, 2023 #3362 Share Posted August 9, 2023 (edited) When you obtain an upgrade from bid normally how many days before cruise you are notified? Last only 5 days to my cruise and i don't received any news about my bid. Edited August 9, 2023 by always-on-travel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DCGuy64 Posted August 9, 2023 #3363 Share Posted August 9, 2023 5 minutes ago, always-on-travel said: When you obtain an upgrade from bid normally how many days before cruise you are notified? Last only 5 days to my cruise and i don't received any news about my bid. The conditions outlined on the upgrade program say it can be anytime up to the day of sailing, so you have a few more days to go, it looks like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mscdivina2016 Posted August 10, 2023 #3364 Share Posted August 10, 2023 21 hours ago, DCGuy64 said: The conditions outlined on the upgrade program say it can be anytime up to the day of sailing, so you have a few more days to go, it looks like. Actually it includes the day of sailing. We had friends find out during checkin. It has also been posted on CC that it has happened after you check in prior to sailing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DCGuy64 Posted August 10, 2023 #3365 Share Posted August 10, 2023 7 minutes ago, mscdivina2016 said: Actually it includes the day of sailing. We had friends find out during checkin. It has also been posted on CC that it has happened after you check in prior to sailing. So to our friend @always-on-travel, looks like he'll need to wait until he's actually at the port to figure out where he'll be sleeping. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketMan275 Posted August 10, 2023 #3366 Share Posted August 10, 2023 1 hour ago, DCGuy64 said: So to our friend @always-on-travel, looks like he'll need to wait until he's actually at the port to figure out where he'll be sleeping. There have been reports of people checking in and going to the cabin where they found out they've been upgraded. Rare but it happens. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
always-on-travel Posted August 10, 2023 #3367 Share Posted August 10, 2023 16 minutes ago, RocketMan275 said: There have been reports of people checking in and going to the cabin where they found out they've been upgraded. Rare but it happens. This is not last minute but last second upgrade.. ;-) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kart97 Posted August 10, 2023 #3368 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Two cruises ago we bid on an upgrade and got it approved about a month prior to the cruise. We have an upcoming cruise on Pride of America in 2 weeks. For this cruise I bid on a balcony about 2 months ago. We were sent notice 2 weeks later that we didn’t win the bid… but would I like to bid on an ocean view. We ignored that email. About 2 weeks ago we were informed that they decided we won the balcony bid. I guess the saying goes “You win some… and you lose some” 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
always-on-travel Posted August 10, 2023 #3369 Share Posted August 10, 2023 I got the upgrade my bid was accepted! I offer 110€ to upgrade from interior to oceanview on Norwegian Jewel. The price to buy directly the upgrade is more then 200€ so I think i have a good deal 😉 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davencl Posted August 10, 2023 #3370 Share Posted August 10, 2023 18 minutes ago, always-on-travel said: I got the upgrade my bid was accepted! I offer 110€ to upgrade from interior to oceanview on Norwegian Jewel. The price to buy directly the upgrade is more then 200€ so I think i have a good deal 😉 Yes you did great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vacation44 Posted August 10, 2023 #3371 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Congratulations and thank you for reporting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare All-ready2cruise Posted August 10, 2023 #3372 Share Posted August 10, 2023 I usually bid on every cruise I take, so far, I haven't won any, oh well. I'll keep trying, 😉 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashlynkat Posted August 17, 2023 #3373 Share Posted August 17, 2023 Looks like they're processing the Haven upgrades for the NCL Encore Oct 29th Panama Canal cruise. We got bumped to the Haven from our Club Balcony Suite! Going to enjoy that for 21 days! 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vacation44 Posted August 17, 2023 #3374 Share Posted August 17, 2023 7 minutes ago, Ashlynkat said: Looks like they're processing the Haven upgrades for the NCL Encore Oct 29th Panama Canal cruise. We got bumped to the Haven from our Club Balcony Suite! Going to enjoy that for 21 days! Wow, early notice and congratulations! Thank you for reporting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sand and Seas Posted August 17, 2023 #3375 Share Posted August 17, 2023 43 minutes ago, Ashlynkat said: Looks like they're processing the Haven upgrades for the NCL Encore Oct 29th Panama Canal cruise. We got bumped to the Haven from our Club Balcony Suite! Going to enjoy that for 21 days! Wow! That's great especially for a 21 day cruise! Can you recall what range your bid was in? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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