vswan Posted March 27, 2022 #1276 Share Posted March 27, 2022 Not sure what ship you are on, but we called and upgraded to the Club Balcony with a large verandah on the Escape. These were on deck 8 and very near the District Brew House. Great rooms and location. Problem with bidding on a club balcony from a balcony is you do not know where they are going to put you. We called and it was less to upgrade and we got to choose location than if we bid. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Middleager Posted March 27, 2022 #1277 Share Posted March 27, 2022 Many on our 2022.3.29 Jewel sailing have reported getting successful upgrade bids, many with minimum bids. We went from inside to Balcony with min bid of Cad$160/p. A few days ago someone reported 1,100 guests on this first sailing of the Jewel since the pandemic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshine4me2 Posted March 29, 2022 #1278 Share Posted March 29, 2022 We are on the Encore, sailing this Sunday, the 3rd? Any one get accepted on their Upgrade Bid yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celltech Posted April 1, 2022 #1279 Share Posted April 1, 2022 I decided to cancel my upgrade bids and pay for my upgrade so things were established rather than by chance. Good luck to you all. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuterlmt Posted April 1, 2022 #1280 Share Posted April 1, 2022 We received an upgrade from an oceanview cabin to balcony for our upcoming April 3rd sailing on the Encore. Very pleased, minimum bid of $25/per person. We also got an upgrade on our Alaska sailing last August from an inside to a balcony, again minimum bid. On both of those upgrades, we learned a few days before sailing. Prior to that, we have never won an upgrade, but I generally bid the minimum, and we normally get an inside comped by CAS, and bid on a balcony. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celltech Posted April 3, 2022 #1281 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Just a bit of information since I paid to upgrade to a balcony from an inside cabin several days ago. I got a NEW offer to bid and now my choices include the Haven. So even if you pay for an upgrade late in the game, you will get a new invitation to bid on Spa Suites, the Haven. My ship leaves on 4/24 so pretty close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotscrapz Posted April 3, 2022 #1282 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Has anyone received an accepted offer for the Bliss 4/17 sailing? thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixtytwo Posted April 3, 2022 #1283 Share Posted April 3, 2022 My upgrade bid is showing on the NCL site but without a "status". It did show "pending" but no longer shows that. Does that mean my bid was not accepted? 🤷♂️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddee1977 Posted April 3, 2022 #1284 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Anyone had received acceptance for 4/17 Epic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msudie Posted April 4, 2022 #1285 Share Posted April 4, 2022 I'm guessing I won't get the upgrade I bid on. I just checked to see the availability of Haven cabins on the Joy sailing on 4/16 and all but the two bedroom suites are sold out. Has anyone received an email with a yes/no for their bid for this sailing? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phissy Posted April 4, 2022 #1286 Share Posted April 4, 2022 On 3/31/2022 at 8:33 PM, Celltech said: I decided to cancel my upgrade bids and pay for my upgrade so things were established rather than by chance. Good luck to you all. We decided to do the same . Fares have been reduced for cruise at end of April. Price to pay for upgrade was about the same as a poor - fair bid would have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herissica Posted April 5, 2022 #1287 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Just received our upgrades for the Gem 4/9 sailing. Went from interior to balcony, absolute minimum bids for both cabins. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princessajoanna Posted April 5, 2022 #1288 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Just got my upgrade for our 4/10 bermuda cruise from interior to balcony. Paid $10 above the minimum. So excited. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libbyj Posted April 5, 2022 #1289 Share Posted April 5, 2022 anyone get upgraded for the 4/8 leaving from Athens on Jade? I tried but haven't heard a thing! i assume it's a no-go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ktmd435 Posted April 6, 2022 #1290 Share Posted April 6, 2022 What did you bid to upgrade to on the jade? I’m also waiting to see if my bid is accepted. A rejection notification would also be nice to put me to ease lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libbyj Posted April 6, 2022 #1291 Share Posted April 6, 2022 KTmd435, We bid just over the minimum for a 2 bedroom family suite, and the haven (what the heck!). But looks like those are all sold out now, so I'm not expecting an upgrade. Sure would be nice tho, if they'd let us know already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefMateJRK Posted April 6, 2022 #1292 Share Posted April 6, 2022 On 4/5/2022 at 10:16 AM, Herissica said: Went from interior to balcony, absolute minimum bids for both cabins. Congrats. We read these reports a lot. Absolute minimum bids being accepted. I'm about to bid on an upcoming cruise and I believe that this is the approach I will try. I really don't care much if we're upgraded (even at the minimum) or not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trimone Posted April 6, 2022 #1293 Share Posted April 6, 2022 4 minutes ago, ChiefMateJRK said: Congrats. We read these reports a lot. Absolute minimum bids being accepted. I'm about to bid on an upcoming cruise and I believe that this is the approach I will try. I really don't care much if we're upgraded (even at the minimum) or not. I have always won in poor, the latest cruise I’m bidding on the poor figure is only slightly below the normal price, if the price drops in the next 88 days I will call my PCC and just pay the difference… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Sailing12Away Posted April 7, 2022 #1294 Share Posted April 7, 2022 I was keeping watch on prices for our upcoming May trip on the Star. Prices kept dropping to the point where I called my PCC and we could outright upgrade for less than what my bids were. Don't forget to check your prices after placing your bids... even the minimum bids kept getting lowered. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njcruisefan Posted April 10, 2022 #1295 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
summer563 Posted April 10, 2022 #1296 Share Posted April 10, 2022 On 4/3/2022 at 10:37 AM, gotscrapz said: Has anyone received an accepted offer for the Bliss 4/17 sailing? thank you We were upgraded from an inside cabin to a spa balcony for the minimum bid. It seems like when I completed the check-in process and gave them my credit card number, I received my upgrade notification a day or two later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmurph22 Posted April 11, 2022 #1297 Share Posted April 11, 2022 was upgraded today for the 4/17 Jade out of Athens. Balcony to Haven 2BR for $10 over the minimum bid. FYI on the timing. Per my new daily ritual since I bid on the upgrades, I checked NCL page this morning and Haven was showing as sold out (there were about 6 cabins available yesterday). I didn't hear anything, and my reservation did not change, for at least 90 minutes after I noticed this on the NCL page. When I logged into my reservation, the whole "Let's Get you Upgraded" screen was gone, there was no way to even see my upgrade bids status. I figured I was out of luck. Then... voila, a happy email! Woohoo! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendelboe Posted April 11, 2022 #1298 Share Posted April 11, 2022 One of the few benefits of Covid was there was a small golden window where quite a few people were able to snag Haven 2BRs for minimum bids. Not many people were sailing with families so due to vaccine requirements so there was lower demand. My Wife and I snagged a Cali to Mexico cruise upgrade for minimum bid on the Bliss. In talking with other guests about upgrades (I know this is usually a no no topic because it pisses those off who paid full price), it seemed like everyone who was in a 2BR, as well as owners suite was there with an upgrade offer. I think those days have mostly disappeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddee1977 Posted April 11, 2022 #1299 Share Posted April 11, 2022 1 hour ago, kmurph22 said: was upgraded today for the 4/17 Jade out of Athens. Balcony to Haven 2BR for $10 over the minimum bid. FYI on the timing. Per my new daily ritual since I bid on the upgrades, I checked NCL page this morning and Haven was showing as sold out (there were about 6 cabins available yesterday). I didn't hear anything, and my reservation did not change, for at least 90 minutes after I noticed this on the NCL page. When I logged into my reservation, the whole "Let's Get you Upgraded" screen was gone, there was no way to even see my upgrade bids status. I figured I was out of luck. Then... voila, a happy email! Woohoo! I wish I will have your luck, still waiting here for club balcony to Haven 2 BR out of Barcelona on 4/17. There were still 9-10 available this morning, but not it's all gone. No update on my front page, and not email yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trimone Posted April 11, 2022 #1300 Share Posted April 11, 2022 7 minutes ago, Buddee1977 said: I wish I will have your luck, still waiting here for club balcony to Haven 2 BR out of Barcelona on 4/17. There were still 9-10 available this morning, but not it's all gone. No update on my front page, and not email yet. Check pending on credit card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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