Have a question for someone who upgraded to a Haven room and prepaid gratuities prior to the upgrade.

[54Carol]

We prepaid our gratuities at the rate of a balcony when we originally booked.  We have since won a bid to upgrade to a Haven Ste.  When I go on line, it does not allow me to pay the difference in gratuities.  I called NCL and she said we are showing the rate of a balcony and because we won the upgrade to Haven, we do not have to pay the difference in gratuities.   We are talking $120 if we pay before December 31.   With the price increase we are talking $270 if they surprise us to pay this on the ship.  This doesn't make sense to me, but heh, if it's true, I'll take it!

 

If you were upgraded and paid your gratuities prior to the upgrade, did you have to pay the increase?

[Two Wheels Only]

You should be good to go with what you have already paid. Anything is possible with NCL but most people in your situation have not had to pay the difference. 

[udivegirl]

We have never had to pay the difference on our winning bids.

[Travelicious]

I did not have to pay difference in 2018.  No experience since then.

[SplashOfWater]

We did not pay extra after winning our bid from a balcony to the Haven in Jan 2022.

[DaggoB]

Upgrade bid on the Bliss in November and the daily gratuity for the Haven stayed at $16 per day. 

[MoCruiseFan]

3 hours ago, 54Carol said:

We prepaid our gratuities at the rate of a balcony when we originally booked.  We have since won a bid to upgrade to a Haven Ste.  When I go on line, it does not allow me to pay the difference in gratuities.  I called NCL and she said we are showing the rate of a balcony and because we won the upgrade to Haven, we do not have to pay the difference in gratuities.   We are talking $120 if we pay before December 31.   With the price increase we are talking $270 if they surprise us to pay this on the ship.  This doesn't make sense to me, but heh, if it's true, I'll take it!

 

If you were upgraded and paid your gratuities prior to the upgrade, did you have to pay the increase?

We didn't p[repay gratuities as we had none to pre-pay.  We did however pre=pay the DSC and there was no adjustment made at any point.