Luck Struck this time around! Not just the fairy.

[NYFirstTimeCruiser]

My 6th cruise on NCL and it came out to be the cheapest cruise fare I've paid.

#1. Booked a guaranteed balcony cabin for the first time with 20% casino discount.

#2.  Used two cruise next deposit.

#3. Got a midship balcony room assigned. Already ahead at this juncture with the casino discount and a midship cabin.

#4.  Noticed a price drop and called NCL. Got bumped up to a Mini-suite. Got assigned a midship mini suite. Jackpot!

#5.  We always pay for thermal suite access. It's $250pp so $500 for both of us..

        I bid for a spa suite upgrade for less than $400. I figured I was going to pay for it anyway, saving an extra $100 would be good.

 

        Last night, I was booking excursions and added the two thermal access as well and was going to cancel the bid coz I wanted

to guarantee the spa access. I got sleepy so I said I'll do it the next day and went to sleep. Today, I got an email

that My bid got accepted for the spa mini suite. I did well.  I computed how much it was if I paid for a spa mini-suite

compared to how much I put in.  Spa mini suite for my itinerary was $3300.  I paid less than half.

 

Stars do align every once in a while with the help from above. Thank you!.

Hoping it happens to you as well.

 

 

[ddlb]

Congratulations!!!!!!  The closest i came was booking a minisuite Guarantee on the Epic and being assigned a spa minisuite. I had no clue how wonderful the spa was till we mosied over to the spa on day 3. Got us hooked. 

[Socalev]

It's great when it works out that way!!  

[fastpitchdad]

58 minutes ago, NYFirstTimeCruiser said:

My 6th cruise on NCL and it came out to be the cheapest cruise fare I've paid.

#1. Booked a guaranteed balcony cabin for the first time with 20% casino discount.

#2.  Used two cruise next deposit.

#3. Got a midship balcony room assigned. Already ahead at this juncture with the casino discount and a midship cabin.

#4.  Noticed a price drop and called NCL. Got bumped up to a Mini-suite. Got assigned a midship mini suite. Jackpot!

#5.  We always pay for thermal suite access. It's $250pp so $500 for both of us..

        I bid for a spa suite upgrade for less than $400. I figured I was going to pay for it anyway, saving an extra $100 would be good.

 

        Last night, I was booking excursions and added the two thermal access as well and was going to cancel the bid coz I wanted

to guarantee the spa access. I got sleepy so I said I'll do it the next day and went to sleep. Today, I got an email

that My bid got accepted for the spa mini suite. I did well.  I computed how much it was if I paid for a spa mini-suite

compared to how much I put in.  Spa mini suite for my itinerary was $3300.  I paid less than half.

 

Stars do align every once in a while with the help from above. Thank you!.

Hoping it happens to you as well.

 

 

 

We are kind of doing the same thing for our upcoming 9 day Baltic Cruise...moved from a guaranteed balcony to a Haven Spa Suite

[summercruiser20]

wow that's wonderful -  just curious if you don't mind me asking what sailing are you on?

always interested in this bidding process 🙂

[allyfrizzle]

Amazing! Congrats! 

Edited September 16, 2019 by allyfrizzle

[Dwilli]

Congratulations! Enjoy your cruise 🙂

[BirdTravels]

Way to go! Enjoy your cruise! Enjoy the Thermal Suite!

[Budget Queen]

4 hours ago, NYFirstTimeCruiser said:

My 6th cruise on NCL and it came out to be the cheapest cruise fare I've paid.

#1. Booked a guaranteed balcony cabin for the first time with 20% casino discount.

#2.  Used two cruise next deposit.

#3. Got a midship balcony room assigned. Already ahead at this juncture with the casino discount and a midship cabin.

#4.  Noticed a price drop and called NCL. Got bumped up to a Mini-suite. Got assigned a midship mini suite. Jackpot!

#5.  We always pay for thermal suite access. It's $250pp so $500 for both of us..

        I bid for a spa suite upgrade for less than $400. I figured I was going to pay for it anyway, saving an extra $100 would be good.

 

        Last night, I was booking excursions and added the two thermal access as well and was going to cancel the bid coz I wanted

to guarantee the spa access. I got sleepy so I said I'll do it the next day and went to sleep. Today, I got an email

that My bid got accepted for the spa mini suite. I did well.  I computed how much it was if I paid for a spa mini-suite

compared to how much I put in.  Spa mini suite for my itinerary was $3300.  I paid less than half.

 

Stars do align every once in a while with the help from above. Thank you!.

Hoping it happens to you as well.

 

 

what cruise and when??    

[Rluong]

4 hours ago, NYFirstTimeCruiser said:

My 6th cruise on NCL and it came out to be the cheapest cruise fare I've paid.

#1. Booked a guaranteed balcony cabin for the first time with 20% casino discount.

#2.  Used two cruise next deposit.

#3. Got a midship balcony room assigned. Already ahead at this juncture with the casino discount and a midship cabin.

#4.  Noticed a price drop and called NCL. Got bumped up to a Mini-suite. Got assigned a midship mini suite. Jackpot!

#5.  We always pay for thermal suite access. It's $250pp so $500 for both of us..

        I bid for a spa suite upgrade for less than $400. I figured I was going to pay for it anyway, saving an extra $100 would be good.

 

        Last night, I was booking excursions and added the two thermal access as well and was going to cancel the bid coz I wanted

to guarantee the spa access. I got sleepy so I said I'll do it the next day and went to sleep. Today, I got an email

that My bid got accepted for the spa mini suite. I did well.  I computed how much it was if I paid for a spa mini-suite

compared to how much I put in.  Spa mini suite for my itinerary was $3300.  I paid less than half.

 

Stars do align every once in a while with the help from above. Thank you!.

Hoping it happens to you as well.

 

 

 

Oh man. Congrats!

 

I'm in a similar situation as you. Booked a sail-away balcony, noticed the price drop and managed to get a free upgrade to a mid-ship mini suite. I bid $100/pp for a spa mini suite. Hopefully, I get some luck with that as well!

[graphicguy]

Very cool,  Congrats!

[newmexicoNita]

 

How lucky can you get. I bet you will have a wonderful time and report back with a very positive review. Thanks for sharing. 

[SouthLyonCruiser]

17 hours ago, NYFirstTimeCruiser said:

My 6th cruise on NCL and it came out to be the cheapest cruise fare I've paid.

#1. Booked a guaranteed balcony cabin for the first time with 20% casino discount.

#2.  Used two cruise next deposit.

#3. Got a midship balcony room assigned. Already ahead at this juncture with the casino discount and a midship cabin.

#4.  Noticed a price drop and called NCL. Got bumped up to a Mini-suite. Got assigned a midship mini suite. Jackpot!

#5.  We always pay for thermal suite access. It's $250pp so $500 for both of us..

        I bid for a spa suite upgrade for less than $400. I figured I was going to pay for it anyway, saving an extra $100 would be good.

 

        Last night, I was booking excursions and added the two thermal access as well and was going to cancel the bid coz I wanted

to guarantee the spa access. I got sleepy so I said I'll do it the next day and went to sleep. Today, I got an email

that My bid got accepted for the spa mini suite. I did well.  I computed how much it was if I paid for a spa mini-suite

compared to how much I put in.  Spa mini suite for my itinerary was $3300.  I paid less than half.

 

Stars do align every once in a while with the help from above. Thank you!.

Hoping it happens to you as well.

 

 

The true definition of "the perfect storm".

[NYFirstTimeCruiser]

On 9/16/2019 at 4:58 PM, summercruiser20 said:

wow that's wonderful -  just curious if you don't mind me asking what sailing are you on?

always interested in this bidding process 🙂

 

Mexican Riviera cruise aboard NCL Bliss this coming November.

[bmwman]

As a shareholder do you  not see the irony of this and other posts. This to me is the clearest indication that bookings are and yield are dropping and that NCL as with all cruise lines is starting to face some serious headwinds. 

 

Yes we too got an amazing deal this year - Escape Haven in August with a $450 bid from a balcony cabin  and even ten the haven had room. 

Just an alternative view of this thread 

[Captain-John]

2 hours ago, bmwman said:

As a shareholder do you  not see the irony of this and other posts. This to me is the clearest indication that bookings are and yield are dropping and that NCL as with all cruise lines is starting to face some serious headwinds. 

 

Yes we too got an amazing deal this year - Escape Haven in August with a $450 bid from a balcony cabin  and even ten the haven had room. 

Just an alternative view of this thread 

 

Good for the consumer though?! Congrats to the OP. 🙂

 

I have always thought these 'headwinds' will affect the cruise industry more than ever, given their reliance on megaships and the massive increase in capacity across the industry since the last recession.

Evidently the answer is no - but would it not make more sense to price everything 'sensibly' across the board, rather than charging record high prices for Haven (that no-one books) then accepting a lesser sum for people to upgrade to it?

[insidecabin]

We are seeing more sensible pricing in the UK, they dropped the compulsory AI a while back and have a free at see option that you pay for on a pick 2 basis even on sailaway(suites get the lot).

 

If you don't want the perks and happy with GTY you can find decent low rates, if you want the perks they are relatively cheap these prices include the perk gratuities, pick dinners that cover most of the cost, drinks on top.

1-6 Nights	£49
7-9   Nights	£99
10-13   Nights	£149
14-17   Nights	£199
18+   Nights	£249

[Gershep]

Glad it worked out, enjoy!!

[bmwman]

On 9/20/2019 at 9:50 AM, Captain-John said:

 

Good for the consumer though?! Congrats to the OP. 🙂

 

I have always thought these 'headwinds' will affect the cruise industry more than ever, given their reliance on megaships and the massive increase in capacity across the industry since the last recession.

Evidently the answer is no - but would it not make more sense to price everything 'sensibly' across the board, rather than charging record high prices for Haven (that no-one books) then accepting a lesser sum for people to upgrade to it?

 

On 9/20/2019 at 9:50 AM, Captain-John said:

 

Good for the consumer though?! Congrats to the OP. 🙂

 

I have always thought these 'headwinds' will affect the cruise industry more than ever, given their reliance on megaships and the massive increase in capacity across the industry since the last recession.

Evidently the answer is no - but would it not make more sense to price everything 'sensibly' across the board, rather than charging record high prices for Haven (that no-one books) then accepting a lesser sum for people to upgrade to it?

I think the headwinds are very visible to the board of NCL withy Andy Stuart stepping down..

 

You comments are incisive with regards to the Haven - I have it from a concierge that on most out of season cruises the Haven a week out can be half full and then full a few days before. I have booked a cruise for November and got Haven for $250 bid from a balcony BD -

[xcell]

Great chain of events!

 

My luck has never been that good 😉