Mrsmeliger

So excited! Our cruise is in a week and we were just upgraded from inside to balcony. I love NCL!

I don't know the answers, but factors seem to suggest that it is only about additional income. Consider why NCL has the upgrade process is done by a third party. Obviously, there is a way to do this in house by NCL if the goal was to reward the latitudes or people who paid a lot for the cabin, etc. It would make sense in a business model to have an intermediary in the upgrade process so that NCL can have clean hands when it comes to those clients who didn't get an upgrade. As for the wheel that determines the strength of the bid: I would guess that more people are enticed to spend more with that pretty little wheel. While I don't think that the "poor fair good" is accurate about the chances of winning, it has still affected my bidding. I think that pretty little wheel has caused people like me to raise their bids from poor to fair or fair to good. If that wheel didn't up revenue, it would not exist. From what I've read, the max bid situation seems to be the Haven cabins, which seem to work differently because of supply and demand. Preventing people from bidding higher may create excitement and a more profitable live bidding situation for scarce cabins- I haven't read that there is live bidding on general Balcony or Oceanview cabins

On 9/2/2023 at 11:49 AM, mscdivina2016 said: It's all about revenue. How can they make the most. Someone in an OV may have paid less than some in an inside depending on when they booked it or if they used a discount coupon or even a cruise next cert. The inside has a better chance. The only difference is you are allowed to bid two categories higher based on where you are. Inside will not get a Haven opportunity but Balcony will ___________________________________________ This poster has posted literally thousands of times. Maybe she works for MSC? Maybe this is a guess. Does anyone know if the above is actually true of the algorithm? The upgrade program just reduced two categories on our upcoming cruise, so that would seem to rebut that a total spent calculation is how the algorithm works...

Birdtravels- Thanks for trying to help. 🙂 Bidding is no "mystery" it's an algorithim. I was hoping that someone who was either in the same situation or someone familiar with the algorithm would have some feedback here.

Here is a question about the bidding process: Let's say that you have an insider cabin now but want to be in a balcony. An Oceanview upgrade is not much money. What gives you a better chance of successfully bidding on a balcony? Assume that both scenarios cost the same: Is it better to pay a small upgrade to get to Oceanview and then bid near minimum on the Balcony, or is it better to bid substantially above the minimum and hope for a double upgrade?

I was on the 5/28 Bliss Alaska cruise. My husband and I booked the "mountaintop forest tram" excursion in ICP in advance of our cruise. When we got to our cabin, the envelope with the excursion tickets said that tour was cancelled and our money was credited back. In ICP, there are the two gondolas. I was confused as to why the excursion was cancelled and was told that the Gondola and the Tram are two different things, and that the tram was no longer. Hope this helps clear up confusion.

Just an update: My husband and I were in a club balcony suite. I bid on five haven categories for the 7 day Bliss cruise ranging from 750 pp to 1030 for the spa haven suite. All bids were rejected. Received the rejections the day before. Hope this helps everyone. Best of luck to you all! Unfortunately, we were not able to accept your offer to upgrade to The Haven Spa Suite with Balcony (H9) for your cruise below. Sail Date Ship Offer per guest May 28, 2022 Norwegian Bliss $1,030 USD per person (only the first and second guest will be charged)

Still no word about our upgrade bids. It's late in the day and our cruise is tomorrow morning. Do they wait until you are actually on board before breaking the news that your bids didn't work out? #youcan'thandlethetruth!!