italianstalion

I have not had one upgraded recently.  But, in 2021 I bid the minimum for 4 different rooms after I booked a normal balcony and I had one accepted for the family balcony suite on the NCL Joy (Haven Room).  When I do get offered an upgrade I usually bid the minimum.  

Pieson - Yes i bid probably 10$ over each minimum bid on 4 of the haven suites....the 4 lower priced ones since it is just me and my wife i dont need the owners suite lol...although that would be nice.  But, to be honest i was going to go back online about a week before the cruise and put the bids up even more if i didnt get an upgrade yet.  I really want to experience the Haven

I am going on the NCL Joy in a few weeks (Nov 2021) and my upgrade bid just got accepted.  I am going from a normal balcony stateroom (not sailaway) to a Haven Family Suite with balcony.  I booked this cruise about 45 days before it leaves and I got the email for upgrade bidding about 10 days or so after that.  I put in 4 different bids for haven only rooms...all poor on the bidding scale...and that one just got accepted today.  The trip is in 16 days i think...just so you get an idea of the timeline of events for this.  My bid was probably $10 above the minimum required bid.  I also had received an email about a week ago saying some of the other rooms were on "sale"...so when i went into the bidding section online there were two rooms where the minimum bid was really really low for an upgrade.  But, i didnt bid on those because the whole point for me was that I wanted the haven amenities.  This exact room costs almost exactly 10K for this 7 day cruise (just looked on the website 5 minutes ago).  I got it for less than 4K which includes the open bar, excursion credits, and 2 specialty dining nights.  What a deal!!!