Rare Laszlo Posted September 5, 2017 #1376 Share Posted September 5, 2017 I realize you don't get to pick your cabin, when do you find out what cabin number you have if you win a bid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garycarla Posted September 5, 2017 #1377 Share Posted September 5, 2017 I realize you don't get to pick your cabin, when do you find out what cabin number you have if you win a bid? Look at myncl and it will be on your boarding documents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalspira Posted September 5, 2017 #1378 Share Posted September 5, 2017 14 days out and one of my bids has changed to processing and the banner is gone from the login. Not sure what that means yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jcathers1 Posted September 5, 2017 #1379 Share Posted September 5, 2017 14 days out and one of my bids has changed to processing and the banner is gone from the login. Not sure what that means yet... This sounds hopeful. What room category was the bid for? Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abisutton Posted September 5, 2017 #1380 Share Posted September 5, 2017 14 days out and one of my bids has changed to processing and the banner is gone from the login. Not sure what that means yet... That's a win for sure! Congrats, more info please! Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeannie1020 Posted September 5, 2017 #1381 Share Posted September 5, 2017 14 days out and one of my bids has changed to processing and the banner is gone from the login. Not sure what that means yet... Processing means you got your bid !! Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SliderNc Posted September 5, 2017 #1382 Share Posted September 5, 2017 As I was trying to read through this thread to see what the different statuses mean in the portal, I was notified that I had been upgraded. Here's my information for those who might find it helpful: Booked an MC on the 9/16 Escape Western Caribbean itin through my TA. Out the door with taxes and insurance and my perks taxes/fees, it was ~$2600. Received my upgrade offer on 8/30. I bid on H5 for $800, H6 for $1150 and H7 for $850 per person. When I clicked the link for the upgrade bids earlier this morning, my H5 and H6 bids had shown as Expired and the H7 was shown as Processing. I received my email a few minutes ago for the H7 upgrade (9706) for the $850/pp ($1700) total. My new total for my cruise for sailing in the H7 is $4365.98. Current price for an H7 is $6141.58 and a few days ago it was up around $6500 when I originally bid. Overall, this will be a great surprise for my wife and I as this is our first vacation without our DD since she was born (4.5 years old) and we were just excited to get away. Thanks for all the helpful posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalspira Posted September 5, 2017 #1383 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Just an update, we did get our upgrade awarded. We went from Family Oceanview (O1) to a Family Mini-Suite (M2) which is great for us because we keep the bathtub since we have a 2 year old with us and he likes his bubble baths. We bid $205 CAD pp so for a total of $410 CAD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbtma Posted September 5, 2017 #1384 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Hi Guys, I apologize, I should know the answer to this, but maybe not too clearly... Here goes, gonna say I received my offer to upgrade around the 80 day mark, bid very low & its been "under review" all this time, in fact on the bid page its still showing "under review" when I go to the "scale" thing to review my bid, it says pending...good bad or indifferent? Also , we took out insurance out side of the cruise line, & paid for insurance based on what our total cruise costs were, IF we were to be upgraded, Im guessing we would have to UP our insurance, is that correct? Thanks Bonzo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garycarla Posted September 5, 2017 #1385 Share Posted September 5, 2017 ...Also , we took out insurance out side of the cruise line, & paid for insurance based on what our total cruise costs were, IF we were to be upgraded, Im guessing we would have to UP our insurance, is that correct? Thanks Bonzo I am not an insurance agent, but I would not bother. For example, you bought insurance for a $2,500 cabin price. Now you paid $300 extra for an upgrade. If you were to cancel, they might only pay on the $2,500. In the big picture, the stuff that really adds up for insurance is the medical issues - not the cruise being cancelled by you. Putting $300 at risk is pretty small stuff. And before somebody says not everybody can afford to throw away $300 - keep in mind in this example, the passenger apparently can afford it - he paid it. It might not be able to "afford" the personal distaste for paying and not getting the cruise... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzStyle Posted September 5, 2017 #1386 Share Posted September 5, 2017 As I was trying to read through this thread to see what the different statuses mean in the portal, I was notified that I had been upgraded. Here's my information for those who might find it helpful: Booked an MC on the 9/16 Escape Western Caribbean itin through my TA. Out the door with taxes and insurance and my perks taxes/fees, it was ~$2600. Received my upgrade offer on 8/30. I bid on H5 for $800, H6 for $1150 and H7 for $850 per person. When I clicked the link for the upgrade bids earlier this morning, my H5 and H6 bids had shown as Expired and the H7 was shown as Processing. I received my email a few minutes ago for the H7 upgrade (9706) for the $850/pp ($1700) total. My new total for my cruise for sailing in the H7 is $4365.98. Current price for an H7 is $6141.58 and a few days ago it was up around $6500 when I originally bid. Overall, this will be a great surprise for my wife and I as this is our first vacation without our DD since she was born (4.5 years old) and we were just excited to get away. Thanks for all the helpful posts. Congrats on the upgrade! Thanks for the great info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wealthy1 Posted September 6, 2017 #1387 Share Posted September 6, 2017 I assume if you already paid for your room prior to the bid. Is that amount deducted from the new bid accepted cost? Or is it in addition too the cost you already paid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucyintheskywithdiamonds Posted September 6, 2017 #1388 Share Posted September 6, 2017 I assume if you already paid for your room prior to the bid. Is that amount deducted from the new bid accepted cost? Or is it in addition too the cost you already paid? it's in addition to what you already paid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare All-ready2cruise Posted September 6, 2017 #1389 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Meanwhile, here are the T&Cs and the FAQs re: Upgrade Advantage https://www.ncl.com/ca/en/content/upgrade-advantage-terms https://www.ncl.com/ca/en/content/upgrade-advantage-faq Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gma_pat Posted September 7, 2017 #1390 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Received our upgrade acceptance for 01 Oct cruise on the BA today - bid 530 pp (starting bid was 400 pp) for a Haven Spa Balcony H9 - (started with a standard Spa Balcony) - which was in the poor category on their meter. I did not bid on any other Haven categories as the spa is important to us. When I checked yesterday there were only two available rooms left - so I was surprised that this low offer was accepted so soon. Overall - our cost is 700 pp lower than the rate if someone was to book today. Going to be a nice surprise for DH on boarding day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padams2017 Posted September 7, 2017 #1391 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Solo on the 9/8 Dawn out of Boston. Had a $399 OV Gty which I booked last minute on Sunday 9/3. Received the "let's get you upgraded" notice on Tuesday, 9/5. Bid $195(x2=$390) for a mini suite and $165(x2=$330) for a balcony. Won the balcony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchelle77 Posted September 7, 2017 #1392 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Received our upgrade acceptance for 01 Oct cruise on the BA today - bid 530 pp (starting bid was 400 pp) for a Haven Spa Balcony H9 - (started with a standard Spa Balcony) - which was in the poor category on their meter. I did not bid on any other Haven categories as the spa is important to us. When I checked yesterday there were only two available rooms left - so I was surprised that this low offer was accepted so soon. Overall - our cost is 700 pp lower than the rate if someone was to book today. Going to be a nice surprise for DH on boarding day! So that's an interesting question - if I bid on a balcony and get upgraded to a spa balcony, do we get spa access? I didn't even consider the spa balconies, but a search just showed a decent amount available on my cruise. (Still plenty of time to book up, but still got me wondering) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzStyle Posted September 7, 2017 #1393 Share Posted September 7, 2017 So that's an interesting question - if I bid on a balcony and get upgraded to a spa balcony, do we get spa access? I didn't even consider the spa balconies, but a search just showed a decent amount available on my cruise. (Still plenty of time to book up, but still got me wondering) On our last cruise just before the bidding for upgrades started we were emailed several times and finally took a H9 Haven spa balcony for an additional $500 per person and yes we did get the spa package plus kept our previous offers from the reg. Balcony we had purchased. The only thing we didn't get was the extra on board credit. But, now I kinda wish we didn't see how amazing the haven was..now hubby won't cruise without it! So we are back in another H9 for Feb. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garycarla Posted September 7, 2017 #1394 Share Posted September 7, 2017 So that's an interesting question - if I bid on a balcony and get upgraded to a spa balcony, do we get spa access? I didn't even consider the spa balconies, but a search just showed a decent amount available on my cruise. (Still plenty of time to book up, but still got me wondering) this is covered in the FAQs that were linked to a few posts back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLR Posted September 7, 2017 #1395 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Where did my bid page go? I am bidding on a Balcony from an inside on the Breakaway. I can not find a link to get to the bidding page? There "was" the Upgrade Your Cruise banner at the top of the page when I logged into my account on the NCL site....and a message in my message box inviting me to bid. Both took me to the bidding page. Two days ago the Banner disappeared as well as the message out of my box. If this process can happen up to 2 days before you cruise and my cruise is October 1st 2017...then why are they gone? There are lots of empty balcony cabins at this point: many categories showing 15 or more. What am I missing? HLR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare All-ready2cruise Posted September 7, 2017 #1396 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Have you checked your Credit Card to see if it's been charged? Did you receive any email regarding a change? Have you logged into MyNCL to check your cabin under Vacation Summary... so many ways to look for information. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LMaxwell Posted September 7, 2017 #1397 Share Posted September 7, 2017 this is covered in the FAQs that were linked to a few posts back. All I see in the FAQ and T&C's is you could be upgraded OUT of a Spa cabin and lose spa access, nothing about spa access if you end up with a spa cabin. You may know NCL's workings better than I, or many others here, know; can you just let us know plain yes or no if upgrade from a balcony to spa cabin includes spa access? Or can someone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gma_pat Posted September 7, 2017 #1398 Share Posted September 7, 2017 All I see in the FAQ and T&C's is you could be upgraded OUT of a Spa cabin and lose spa access, nothing about spa access if you end up with a spa cabin. You may know NCL's workings better than I, or many others here, know; can you just let us know plain yes or no if upgrade from a balcony to spa cabin includes spa access? Or can someone else? The Spa access comes with the Spa cabin no matter how it was booked, outright or with an upgrade. I am not sure however if you can specify bidding on a regular spa balcony. We had originally booked a spa balcony and with the upgrade invite - we could have bid on a mini-suite - but could not designate a Spa Mini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLR Posted September 7, 2017 #1399 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Have you checked your Credit Card to see if it's been charged? Did you receive any email regarding a change? Have you logged into MyNCL to check your cabin under Vacation Summary... so many ways to look for information. Good luck. Let's see...Yes I looked, no charge on my card: No email from NCL, Yes I've logged in [that is where I said the banner is gone, as well as the message from my box]. So I did everything you suggested...it's like the offer, the program and my bid never existed! Mystifying! HLR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mizzori Posted September 7, 2017 #1400 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Let's see...Yes I looked, no charge on my card: No email from NCL, Yes I've logged in [that is where I said the banner is gone, as well as the message from my box]. So I did everything you suggested...it's like the offer, the program and my bid never existed! Mystifying! HLR You should have a past email where they confirmed your bid. Pull that up and there should be a section in that email that says click here. Click on it and see where it takes you. It should take you to the upgrade page Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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