Ashlynkat Posted October 17, 2023 #3501 Share Posted October 17, 2023 On 10/12/2023 at 5:05 PM, caitlynambrai said: No upgrade yet, but the prices for the cabin I want went below my bid, so I went and lowered my bid. I'm closely monitoring how many of these cabins are left in hopes that I can simply upgrade if it looks like they will sell out. Honestly, if the price drops below your bid I would just book the upgrade outright to insure that you get it. You know you are already saving money compared to what you were willing to pay so why chance losing the room class you want? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
23words Posted October 23, 2023 #3502 Share Posted October 23, 2023 🍾🥳 Just got the upgrade confirmation for our 12 day cruise on the Epic (starting in Trieste) on Friday. I had booked an inside cabin super cheap in April with 200€ off from a promo. Now we are in an aft balcony on deck 13 for 150€ more per person. Never been in an aft balcony before, I hope we‘ll love it. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BirdTravels Posted October 23, 2023 #3503 Share Posted October 23, 2023 3 minutes ago, 23words said: 🍾🥳 Just got the upgrade confirmation for our 12 day cruise on the Epic (starting in Trieste) on Friday. I had booked an inside cabin super cheap in April with 200€ off from a promo. Now we are in an aft balcony on deck 13 for 150€ more per person. Never been in an aft balcony before, I hope we‘ll love it. Wonderful! Have a great cruise. It is a lovely room Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
23words Posted October 23, 2023 #3504 Share Posted October 23, 2023 7 minutes ago, BirdTravels said: Wonderful! Have a great cruise. It is a lovely room If the Bird endorses the room I am sure it will be great! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefMateJRK Posted October 23, 2023 #3505 Share Posted October 23, 2023 On 10/11/2023 at 6:44 AM, mscdivina2016 said: That's what a good lawyer is good for. Would have ended up with up some FCC. There is a contract involved. You cannot back out, they cannot either. Well, there are good lawyers and there are cheap lawyers. I don't believe that there are any good, cheap lawyers. How much FCC does it take to offset the cost of a good lawyer? Have you actually sued a cruise line over a bungled upgrade bid in the past? Please tell us how that all works. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpepin92 Posted October 24, 2023 #3506 Share Posted October 24, 2023 3 hours ago, 23words said: 🍾🥳 Just got the upgrade confirmation for our 12 day cruise on the Epic (starting in Trieste) on Friday. I had booked an inside cabin super cheap in April with 200€ off from a promo. Now we are in an aft balcony on deck 13 for 150€ more per person. Never been in an aft balcony before, I hope we‘ll love it. When you bid was it for a balcony in general or specifically an aft balcony? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorijeannj Posted October 24, 2023 #3507 Share Posted October 24, 2023 On 10/17/2023 at 6:18 AM, Ashlynkat said: Honestly, if the price drops below your bid I would just book the upgrade outright to insure that you get it. You know you are already saving money compared to what you were willing to pay so why chance losing the room class you want? That’s what I did 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare graphicguy Posted October 24, 2023 #3508 Share Posted October 24, 2023 I think there are some (potential) guests that cruise lines would gladly hope they find another line to frequent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
23words Posted October 24, 2023 #3509 Share Posted October 24, 2023 16 hours ago, Jpepin92 said: When you bid was it for a balcony in general or specifically an aft balcony? You can only bid on the general category. I had bids on regular balcony, club balcony, spa balcony and club spa balcony – my bid for the first one was accepted! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikejacoubowsky Posted October 25, 2023 #3510 Share Posted October 25, 2023 (edited) It's probably been brought up by others, but in general, if there's a better room you'd like, and you're in the days past final payment so pricing has come down, give them a call and ask what it would cost to get the nicer room outright. Sometimes it's less than the lowest bid pricing! There is a caveat- NCL won't let you upgrade to a room that's less than the price of the room you already paid for. So if you're in a standard balcony room that you paid $3k for, and the pricing for a Haven room dropped to $2800, they won't let you upgrade to it, even if you tell them to keep the extra $200. The room you're upgrading to has to cost more, even by a tiny bit, than your original room. Overall I don't think the bid process is a good idea but, 23words got a phenomenal upgrade through bidding! And by getting the Haven Aft (stayed there, it's a wonderful room!) they even avoid the dreaded Epic bathroom configuration that polarizes people so much. Edited October 25, 2023 by mikejacoubowsky 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsnotjustme Posted October 25, 2023 #3511 Share Posted October 25, 2023 50 minutes ago, mikejacoubowsky said: Overall I don't think the bid process is a good idea but, 23words got a phenomenal upgrade through bidding! And by getting the Haven Aft 7 hours ago, 23words said: I had bids on regular balcony, club balcony, spa balcony and club spa balcony – my bid for the first one was accepted! I'm a little confused. Mike said Haven Aft. 23words just said a regular balcony bid was accepted and that he is in an aft balcony, but never said suite or Haven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
23words Posted October 25, 2023 #3512 Share Posted October 25, 2023 5 hours ago, itsnotjustme said: I'm a little confused. Mike said Haven Aft. 23words just said a regular balcony bid was accepted and that he is in an aft balcony, but never said suite or Haven. Oh I wish it was the Haven, but no - it’s a regular aft balcony. I am afraid they don’t hand out Haven upgrades for 150€ pp. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richmke Posted October 25, 2023 #3513 Share Posted October 25, 2023 On the 12 day Epic cruise on 11/8 from Rome to Tel Aviv, that was changed to Athens. Cruise not listed for sale, so couldn't get availability. We are in B1, Aft balcony. Min bid to Haven Aft Penthouse Balcony is $700 pp, $1,400 total. Bid a little more. Called my NCL TA about other stuff and asked about buying the upgrade. He said $1,300 and I said "Done". He offered a bunch of different cabins, so not full at all. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grammymongi Posted October 25, 2023 #3514 Share Posted October 25, 2023 On 10/23/2023 at 5:13 PM, 23words said: 🍾🥳 Just got the upgrade confirmation for our 12 day cruise on the Epic (starting in Trieste) on Friday. I had booked an inside cabin super cheap in April with 200€ off from a promo. Now we are in an aft balcony on deck 13 for 150€ more per person. Never been in an aft balcony before, I hope we‘ll love it. Good for you! 💃 Enjoy aft cabins are great, we just bid on an aft Haven balcony for February. Not accepted yet but okay if it’s not as we booked a large balcony. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grammymongi Posted October 26, 2023 #3515 Share Posted October 26, 2023 14 hours ago, richmke said: On the 12 day Epic cruise on 11/8 from Rome to Tel Aviv, that was changed to Athens. Cruise not listed for sale, so couldn't get availability. We are in B1, Aft balcony. Min bid to Haven Aft Penthouse Balcony is $700 pp, $1,400 total. Bid a little more. Called my NCL TA about other stuff and asked about buying the upgrade. He said $1,300 and I said "Done". He offered a bunch of different cabins, so not full at all. Interesting,,,,I called my NCL TA to find out the price difference between my large balcony and a Haven Aft and she said she can't give me a price for the Haven upgrade because it's in the Upgrade Advantage status. I did bid on the Haven but was wondering what the price difference was to potentially just upgrade instead of waiting for my really low bid to get declined. LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Laszlo Posted October 26, 2023 #3516 Share Posted October 26, 2023 42 minutes ago, Grammymongi said: Interesting,,,,I called my NCL TA to find out the price difference between my large balcony and a Haven Aft and she said she can't give me a price for the Haven upgrade because it's in the Upgrade Advantage status. I did bid on the Haven but was wondering what the price difference was to potentially just upgrade instead of waiting for my really low bid to get declined. LOL Just do a mock booking, that will get you pretty close on the price difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richmke Posted October 26, 2023 #3517 Share Posted October 26, 2023 4 hours ago, Grammymongi said: Interesting,,,,I called my NCL TA to find out the price difference between my large balcony and a Haven Aft and she said she can't give me a price for the Haven upgrade because it's in the Upgrade Advantage status. I did bid on the Haven but was wondering what the price difference was to potentially just upgrade instead of waiting for my really low bid to get declined. LOL I did it last night, so I would call again, and talk to any cruise consultant. See if you get a different answer. Maybe the "upgrade advantage status" started this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richmke Posted October 26, 2023 #3518 Share Posted October 26, 2023 4 hours ago, Laszlo said: Just do a mock booking, that will get you pretty close on the price difference Can't. the Cruise is one of the Israel cruises that has been taken down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
complawyer Posted October 26, 2023 #3519 Share Posted October 26, 2023 you can always cancel your upgrade bid before it gets accepted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantherpaw Posted October 28, 2023 #3520 Share Posted October 28, 2023 I'm sailing on the VIVA in December. We only recently decided to purchase spa passes, but then realized it would be cheaper to bid on a spa balcony so we did that.(With the backup plan of buying spa passes later if we didn't get the upgrade) Now I'm seeing that NCL is doing away with the spa balcony rooms that include thermal spa access. If I go to my upgrade advantage page the option of bidding on a spa balcony is still there, with access to the thermal spa listed as a perk, but spa balcony rooms are not listed on the VIVA anymore. I'm wondering if anyone was upgraded to a spa balcony, on any ship/sailing, and if so did you get spa access or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruiseny4life Posted October 28, 2023 #3521 Share Posted October 28, 2023 4 minutes ago, pantherpaw said: I'm sailing on the VIVA in December. We only recently decided to purchase spa passes, but then realized it would be cheaper to bid on a spa balcony so we did that.(With the backup plan of buying spa passes later if we didn't get the upgrade) Now I'm seeing that NCL is doing away with the spa balcony rooms that include thermal spa access. If I go to my upgrade advantage page the option of bidding on a spa balcony is still there, with access to the thermal spa listed as a perk, but spa balcony rooms are not listed on the VIVA anymore. I'm wondering if anyone was upgraded to a spa balcony, on any ship/sailing, and if so did you get spa access or not? The spa rooms will maintain spa access through Dec. 31st of this year so that's why it is listed for you. For those cruising on/after Jan. 1st, if they booked a spa room, they'll still have spa access. New reservations will not. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare P_Mcruisers Posted November 3, 2023 #3522 Share Posted November 3, 2023 Yesterday's Email on 11/4 sailing on the Getaway, 15-day cruise, out of NYC. So, i guess it's a wait and see, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare P_Mcruisers Posted November 3, 2023 #3523 Share Posted November 3, 2023 Sorry it's an upgrade for a 2 bedroom H6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpepin92 Posted November 3, 2023 #3524 Share Posted November 3, 2023 3 minutes ago, P_Mcruisers said: Sorry it's an upgrade for a 2 bedroom H6. Did the email say you won? How much did you bid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare P_Mcruisers Posted November 3, 2023 #3525 Share Posted November 3, 2023 The letter in part states - While your offer has not been selected yet, you may still be selected for an upgrade by our onboard team. So, it's a wait and see. I really don't think we will be selected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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