mingo Posted November 5, 2021 #201 Share Posted November 5, 2021 We’re sailing on the Breakaway 11/21. Our bid was accepted today. We went from a balcony to a forward facing penthouse. Our bid was the bottom end of fair. We’re so excited. Love the Haven😁 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare a1betpr Posted November 5, 2021 #202 Share Posted November 5, 2021 42 minutes ago, mingo said: We’re sailing on the Breakaway 11/21. Our bid was accepted today. We went from a balcony to a forward facing penthouse. Our bid was the bottom end of fair. We’re so excited. Love the Haven😁 Congrats Mingo! Can I ask which other Haven cabins you bid on? Did you bid on cabins in higher categories than the one you won? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mingo Posted November 5, 2021 #203 Share Posted November 5, 2021 We bid on all except - Owners, 2 bedroom, and aft (those were sold out). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele.westphall Posted November 5, 2021 #204 Share Posted November 5, 2021 51 minutes ago, mingo said: We bid on all except - Owners, 2 bedroom, and aft (those were sold out). Us too! We went from aft balcony to FF Penthouse on same cruise. Squeals were heard when I opened the email. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linswi Posted November 5, 2021 #205 Share Posted November 5, 2021 On our "Let's get you upgraded" page there are still options available to bid on Haven suites, but if you do a mock booking it says Haven is sold out. Do they hold some to allow for people who bid on upgrades to get them? We bid on 3 different ones before it said sold out and our bid still says "Pending" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoCruiseFan Posted November 5, 2021 #206 Share Posted November 5, 2021 59 minutes ago, linswi said: On our "Let's get you upgraded" page there are still options available to bid on Haven suites, but if you do a mock booking it says Haven is sold out. Do they hold some to allow for people who bid on upgrades to get them? We bid on 3 different ones before it said sold out and our bid still says "Pending" No they do not hold anything. However cabin availability can change at any time (cancellation, cabin change, etc). Pending only means the bid has been received and is in the queue to be reviewed. Processing means your bid has been accepted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katieniesen Posted November 5, 2021 #207 Share Posted November 5, 2021 On 11/21 Encore Sailing. Original Category was BF. Bid minimum on both club balcony suite ($25pp) and Spa Club Balcony ($100pp). Won club balcony suite (category MA). Haven minimum bids started at $400pp and if I were going solo I would have totally bid on a few of those. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtkenmore Posted November 6, 2021 #208 Share Posted November 6, 2021 November 21st Breakaway and won Haven Spa upgrade from regular spa today. Bid the minimum to fall into fair category. Did not expect to win at all so we were pleasantly surprised by this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oceanwench Posted November 6, 2021 #209 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Sailing on Escape on a 5-day cruise in December. We're booked in a Club Balcony Suite. The minimum upgrade bid for a Haven cabin was $600 each! I decided that was more than I wanted to spend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinygrashopa Posted November 6, 2021 #210 Share Posted November 6, 2021 I’m on the Bliss 11/21… haven’t heard anything yet and all of the same Haven rooms are open. Holding out hope! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracyfitzs Posted November 6, 2021 #211 Share Posted November 6, 2021 I am watching the encore 11/21 sailing- a large chuck of the haven rooms disappeared yesterday and I see one person above was upgraded to a non haven room. Oddly there are like 2 rooms in each haven category still open. I thought I bid pretty aggressively (low fair for all but the aft rooms which I was in poor). I clicked the use remaining FCC button I hope that’s not affecting my chances. anyone have any thoughts on why they left a few rooms in each haven category open? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiseAF Posted November 6, 2021 #212 Share Posted November 6, 2021 7 minutes ago, tracyfitzs said: I am watching the encore 11/21 sailing- a large chuck of the haven rooms disappeared yesterday and I see one person above was upgraded to a non haven room. Oddly there are like 2 rooms in each haven category still open. I thought I bid pretty aggressively (low fair for all but the aft rooms which I was in poor). I clicked the use remaining FCC button I hope that’s not affecting my chances. anyone have any thoughts on why they left a few rooms in each haven category open? This happens when peoples credit cards decline. They will usually disappear the next day. Happened to me. I recently bid on a 2 bedroom Haven suite on the 11/13/21 escape sailing, I did not win on Wednesday of this week and the next day there were still 2, 2 bedrooms listed. I saw that, upped my bid a little going from a gty balcony and boom I was accepted. I won’t say my bid but I will say all in all I’m still saving 3 grand. You may still have a chance but up your bid a little ASAP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oteixeira Posted November 6, 2021 #213 Share Posted November 6, 2021 14 hours ago, Oceanwench said: Sailing on Escape on a 5-day cruise in December. We're booked in a Club Balcony Suite. The minimum upgrade bid for a Haven cabin was $600 each! I decided that was more than I wanted to spend. Yup, I saw the same as you. Also, I was on this ship in Feb 2020, same room, same upgrade options, 400PP instead of 600PP, and it was a 7 day.... I guess if they can ask for it they can get it. I am still on the fence, because it has been a while since we cruised and I love the haven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieson Posted November 6, 2021 #214 Share Posted November 6, 2021 47 minutes ago, CruiseAF said: This happens when peoples credit cards decline. They will usually disappear the next day. Happened to me. I recently bid on a 2 bedroom Haven suite on the 11/13/21 escape sailing, I did not win on Wednesday of this week and the next day there were still 2, 2 bedrooms listed. I saw that, upped my bid a little going from a gty balcony and boom I was accepted. I won’t say my bid but I will say all in all I’m still saving 3 grand. You may still have a chance but up your bid a little ASAP Was wondering about this very situation. All the bids seemed to have been accepted yesterday for the same cruise I’m going on the week before. Which means my window is probably up now will I see them slowly roll out the bids and if I’m not accepted have a chance to up my bid ? I saw on the cruise the week before mine they still have a room available in the Haven in each category Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skipper305 Posted November 6, 2021 #215 Share Posted November 6, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, tracyfitzs said: anyone have any thoughts on why they left a few rooms in each haven category open? So the remaining bidders panic and up their bids. And obviously this works. Edited November 6, 2021 by Skipper305 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinygrashopa Posted November 6, 2021 #216 Share Posted November 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Skipper305 said: So the remaining bidders panic and up their bids. And obviously this works. Guilty!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracyfitzs Posted November 6, 2021 #217 Share Posted November 6, 2021 15 minutes ago, tinygrashopa said: Guilty!! Me too! I upped them all! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LKCCruiser Posted November 6, 2021 #218 Share Posted November 6, 2021 2 hours ago, tinygrashopa said: Guilty!! Double guilty! But I haven't reached my top dollar I'm willing to pay so I'm okay with that. 😉 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denreill Posted November 6, 2021 #219 Share Posted November 6, 2021 My bid to upgrade to a Haven H9 Spa Suite was accepted two days ago for the November TA from Rome. I basically paid for an upgrade as I really disliked the ugly and dysfunctional cabins on the Epic. I wasn't going to pay 13k brochure rate, so I made sure to put in a very strong bid. The Haven has been completely refurbished on the Epic in 2020, cabins now have a real bathroom, thank you Lord. While I hate the Epics standard cabins, I really love the ship, its a one off quirky and strange design train wreck, even has an interior escalator. The other unique thing is that it's a shaft driven propeller ship, and its much smoother than the Azipods. Can't wait! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoCruiseFan Posted November 6, 2021 #220 Share Posted November 6, 2021 9 hours ago, tracyfitzs said: anyone have any thoughts on why they left a few rooms in each haven category open? Probably because they reached the limit of reduced capacity, seems pretty obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracyfitzs Posted November 7, 2021 #221 Share Posted November 7, 2021 Actually many have said they are filling all haven rooms regardless of capacity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Morgan Posted November 7, 2021 #222 Share Posted November 7, 2021 We have our first NCL cruise on Getaway coming up over Xmas and are very intrigued by the notion of bidding for an upgrade on a cabin. I've done it several times with airfares so not new to the concept, just the application with respect to a cruise. Is there any ballpark time frame when the emails usually come out (if at all) or is it completely by chance (obviously based on occupancy, etc)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwdental360 Posted November 7, 2021 #223 Share Posted November 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Captain_Morgan said: We have our first NCL cruise on Getaway coming up over Xmas and are very intrigued by the notion of bidding for an upgrade on a cabin. I've done it several times with airfares so not new to the concept, just the application with respect to a cruise. Is there any ballpark time frame when the emails usually come out (if at all) or is it completely by chance (obviously based on occupancy, etc)? I’ve seen them in the 50-60 day range. Got mine at 55. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracyfitzs Posted November 7, 2021 #224 Share Posted November 7, 2021 Just curious does plusgrade upgrades on the weekends? I’ve only heard or people getting notified on weekdays. I’ve been playing with my bids all weekend lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAYKAY121 Posted November 7, 2021 #225 Share Posted November 7, 2021 On 11/5/2021 at 8:11 PM, Oceanwench said: Sailing on Escape on a 5-day cruise in December. We're booked in a Club Balcony Suite. The minimum upgrade bid for a Haven cabin was $600 each! I decided that was more than I wanted to spend. Same price for us and we are not upgrading either. We are on the bliss I’m Dec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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