Spa bid upgrade after purchasing thermal suite passes

[jules181]

I've put in bid upgrades on my upcoming cruise for spa balcony/spa club balcony rooms. 

 

Regardless of if I win the bid, I want to purchase the thermal suite pass so I have access to the spa over the 16 day transatlantic. 

 

If I buy the spa passes, but subsequently win the bid to a room that includes spa access, will the cost of the passes be refunded to me?

 

 

[BirdTravels]

You need to call and cancel pre-cruise. 
 

Otherwise cancel on board for a OBC

[zqvol]

You will get your refund if you win your upgrade. If you don't cancel it you will get OBC, if you cancel it you will get a refund back to your method of payment.  tp be safe you ccan cancel it now and rebuy if you don't get the upgrade. I have never seen spa passes sell out.

[jules181]

I was actually going to wait until I got confirmation that my bid didn't go through to buy the spa passes. 

 

It's now Thursday, cruise is Monday, at what point do I get a go/no go answer on the upgrade?

 

My preferred option is to wait until I get that before I pull the trigger. 

[davencl]

3 hours ago, jules181 said:

I was actually going to wait until I got confirmation that my bid didn't go through to buy the spa passes. 

 

It's now Thursday, cruise is Monday, at what point do I get a go/no go answer on the upgrade?

 

My preferred option is to wait until I get that before I pull the trigger. 

Are there any spa rooms available?  If not you have little or no chance  of getting an upgrade.  You can check by doing a mock booking.

[dobiemom]

I would buy the pass now.
I love the spa so I bought a spa pass on the Bliss. Then I placed a bid for a (regular, not Haven) spa cabin. I won! So I called and cancelled the spa pass. 
I was notified of my win about 10 days out but I’ve heard it could be less, even the day you board. 

[NauticalOtter]

So, I’m going on the breakaway in July, I called to arrange some pre-cruise hotel bookings and asked about upgrading.  They offered me an upgrade from an inside family cabin to the space balcony for $204/pp. we wanted the spa pass anyway so…extra 4/pp to get a balcony was a no brainer for us  (and also lower than the bid I submitted for that same stateroom class…so, way to shoot yourself in the foot NCL 😂)

 

anyway, point of the story: just call and ask…worst they can do is say no or offer you a price you aren’t interested in paying (and just take your chances on the bid)

[jules181]

Update, got upgraded to a Spa balcony for $150CAD per person.  Not bad for a 16 day TA. 

 

NCL wanted $377CAD per person for a spa pass.