MBACruiser Posted June 28, 2022 #1626 Share Posted June 28, 2022 On 6/22/2022 at 12:49 PM, Keata said: Super excited - got an upgrade to a BA Balcony from a Studio for the minimum bid. Best $260 CDN I ever spent on a cruise! Sailing the Breakaway this Sunday. How did you book your Studio to be eligible for an upgrade? did you have to speak to someone in NCL to book or did you book online? Or through an external travel agent? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Fart Cruisers Posted June 28, 2022 #1627 Share Posted June 28, 2022 18 minutes ago, MBACruiser said: Does anyone know how the upgrades work? I booked my last three cruises directly on NCL website, except maybe one through Amex, but I always took a Studio. Are Studios eligible for upgrades at all? An agent I was chatting with said I need to call to be eligible. I hate booking via phone but if that's the only way to do it I guess I would .... See if this will let you enter your name and reservation number. Even if you don't get the invitation to bid, you can often bid directly using this link. https://upgrade.plusgrade.com/offer/NCL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keata Posted June 29, 2022 #1628 Share Posted June 29, 2022 9 hours ago, MBACruiser said: How did you book your Studio to be eligible for an upgrade? did you have to speak to someone in NCL to book or did you book online? Or through an external travel agent? Thanks! I booked the Studio directly online with NCL. For the upgrade I received both an email to bid and it was a banner on my "summary page" for the cruise. Do remember that you pay double for the upgrade - in this case it was $130 CDN per person so I paid $260 for the upgrade to the balconey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveb9 Posted June 29, 2022 #1629 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Upgrade from inside to balcony accepted for 7-2 on Getaway. $80pp. 5 days before departure. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-Bob Posted June 29, 2022 #1630 Share Posted June 29, 2022 20 minutes ago, daveb9 said: Upgrade from inside to balcony accepted for 7-2 on Getaway. $80pp. 5 days before departure. Very helpful info. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracyfitzs Posted June 29, 2022 #1631 Share Posted June 29, 2022 I received an upgrade from inside to balcony for Norwegian star July 3rd. It was processed today, I was slightly above minimum. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamadeliz Posted July 3, 2022 #1632 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Anyone else been upgraded this week? Hoping for one in a few weeks on Jade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfclam2003 Posted July 3, 2022 #1633 Share Posted July 3, 2022 I got my upgrade offer email at 110 days for my 10/19 Spirit cruise. Fingers crossed for suite🙂 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Nclgetawaymenhoney Posted July 3, 2022 #1634 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Yes I got my offer to bid at 110 out for my oct sailing on breakaway, we shall see as the capacity continues to get higher and demand increases bids options will probably increase in price 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbxlady Posted July 3, 2022 #1635 Share Posted July 3, 2022 47 minutes ago, surfclam2003 said: I got my upgrade offer email at 110 days for my 10/19 Spirit cruise. Fingers crossed for suite🙂 36 minutes ago, Nclgetawaymenhoney said: Yes I got my offer to bid at 110 out for my oct sailing on breakaway, we shall see as the capacity continues to get higher and demand increases bids options will probably increase in price Good to know! We are 111 days out on the Getaway, and I am hoping for an invitation to bid. I’m not holding my breath, though, because I suspect higher and higher bids will be required as more people come back to cruising (and we have a set limit to what we’re willing to bid). Our current cabin is lovely, though, so we’ll be doing Gary’s “Haven Lite” if we don’t win an upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbxlady Posted July 6, 2022 #1636 Share Posted July 6, 2022 On 7/3/2022 at 3:17 PM, rbxlady said: Good to know! We are 111 days out on the Getaway, and I am hoping for an invitation to bid. I’m not holding my breath, though, because I suspect higher and higher bids will be required as more people come back to cruising (and we have a set limit to what we’re willing to bid). Our current cabin is lovely, though, so we’ll be doing Gary’s “Haven Lite” if we don’t win an upgrade. To follow up, my upgrade e-mail came around 8PM Eastern on 7/4, so on Day 110. We are bidding into the Haven (we're booked in a club balcony "suite" w/large balcony because there are four of us), and what we thought were generous bids were "fair" on the lower end Haven suites and "poor" on the upper ones. I'm hoping the cascade of upgrades caused by our vacating a club balcony suite will work in our favor, but if we end up where we originally booked, it's totally fine with us. What's weird is, regarding the link I keep seeing (https://upgrade.plusgrade.com/offer/NCL/), if I go to that site and put in our reservation number and last name, it says nothing is available. But I can go back to the link in my Upgrade Advantage e-mail and see all our pending bids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ziggyuk Posted July 6, 2022 #1637 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Just had my bid accepted 3 days out on the Gem Inside to balcony. 😁 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oracer Posted July 7, 2022 #1638 Share Posted July 7, 2022 Someone remind me on the upgrade page, where do l look for the Pending Status? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfclam2003 Posted July 7, 2022 #1639 Share Posted July 7, 2022 On 6/28/2022 at 6:16 PM, Old Fart Cruisers said: See if this will let you enter your name and reservation number. Even if you don't get the invitation to bid, you can often bid directly using this link. https://upgrade.plusgrade.com/offer/NCL 55 minutes ago, oracer said: Someone remind me on the upgrade page, where do l look for the Pending Status? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oracer Posted July 7, 2022 #1640 Share Posted July 7, 2022 It says pending. Thanks. Does that mean good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mscdivina2016 Posted July 7, 2022 #1641 Share Posted July 7, 2022 6 minutes ago, oracer said: It says pending. Thanks. Does that mean good? Means they got it. That's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oracer Posted July 7, 2022 #1642 Share Posted July 7, 2022 I am looking for "processing " correct, pending basically means nothing at this point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julig22 Posted July 7, 2022 #1643 Share Posted July 7, 2022 My bid (OV to club balcony) for July 11 on the Dawn is processing, balcony bid has expired so looks like my upgrade is good to go! Bid was pretty minimum, $150. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julig22 Posted July 7, 2022 #1644 Share Posted July 7, 2022 2 hours ago, oracer said: I am looking for "processing " correct, pending basically means nothing at this point yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfclam2003 Posted July 7, 2022 #1645 Share Posted July 7, 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, julig22 said: yes Congrats! Edited July 7, 2022 by surfclam2003 Spelling 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarAFire Posted July 7, 2022 #1646 Share Posted July 7, 2022 Just curious, do the min bids change as you get closer to sail date? Or are they just different by sailing? e.g. If I were to bid from inside to balcony it says min is $100pp, but meanwhile I saw above someone bid $80. Thx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMNOFUN Posted July 8, 2022 #1647 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Just FYI: I got 3 of the 4 cabins I booked upgraded from Ocean View to balcony without even asking. One of the cabins was already a balcony, so no change there. I think if people don't jump on those bids, they might get an upgrade anyway. I guess you have to book in the Anything(?) cabin category. Our last cruise we were upgraded without asking or paying. We went from Ocean View (this is our standard cabin) to a huge concierge inside cabin with a cool wall screen projecting a view to the real world. We didn't miss the balcony. We did like the separate bedroom. If we could ever figure out the coffee machine, we would probably have liked it. We've never had pod coffee before. I think (my guess) is that if you don't bid on upgrades, you might get one anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mscdivina2016 Posted July 8, 2022 #1648 Share Posted July 8, 2022 11 hours ago, IMNOFUN said: Just FYI: I got 3 of the 4 cabins I booked upgraded from Ocean View to balcony without even asking. One of the cabins was already a balcony, so no change there. I think if people don't jump on those bids, they might get an upgrade anyway. I guess you have to book in the Anything(?) cabin category. Our last cruise we were upgraded without asking or paying. We went from Ocean View (this is our standard cabin) to a huge concierge inside cabin with a cool wall screen projecting a view to the real world. We didn't miss the balcony. We did like the separate bedroom. If we could ever figure out the coffee machine, we would probably have liked it. We've never had pod coffee before. I think (my guess) is that if you don't bid on upgrades, you might get one anyway. How is ocean view to an inside an upgrade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2boyzmom Posted July 8, 2022 #1649 Share Posted July 8, 2022 I have an aft cabin on a 14 night Panama Canal cruise on Breakaway so giving up this cabin can be tough but darn i do love that suite life. We are going in November so hoping for the upgrade email soon 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisingSince1982 Posted July 8, 2022 #1650 Share Posted July 8, 2022 On 7/6/2022 at 9:46 AM, rbxlady said: To follow up, my upgrade e-mail came around 8PM Eastern on 7/4, so on Day 110. We are bidding into the Haven (we're booked in a club balcony "suite" w/large balcony because there are four of us), and what we thought were generous bids were "fair" on the lower end Haven suites and "poor" on the upper ones. I'm hoping the cascade of upgrades caused by our vacating a club balcony suite will work in our favor, but if we end up where we originally booked, it's totally fine with us. What's weird is, regarding the link I keep seeing (https://upgrade.plusgrade.com/offer/NCL/), if I go to that site and put in our reservation number and last name, it says nothing is available. But I can go back to the link in my Upgrade Advantage e-mail and see all our pending bids. What is the bid range? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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