julig22

I have always gotten at least 1 checked bag free for any international flight that has been booked through NCL air. Sometimes 2, it depends on the destination. You can google the international baggage allowances by airline & destination. London from the US would be 1 bag for most airlines, although some of the smaller independent ones may have other policies. Domestic, I've had to pay - although I'm booked on Southwest for my next cruise, so no baggage fees.

A balcony or a Club Balcony? They are different.

The 30-day email is not uncommon. I've been told that the flights are done by cruise, with 1 or more individuals responsible for flights for a specific cruise. But it's complicated when you're flying people from all over the world to other places all over the world. Got the same letter for my last cruise, flying to Buenos Aires. Flights came in at about 44 days. I also got the 30-day email for my upcoming Baltimore to Quebec sailing. And that one is a difficult one, especially linking my small regional airport in Oregon to Quebec. I called at day 35 and asked - based on the info I got, my flights had just been booked the day before, and so they sent me the flight info - not sure when they would have sent it to me otherwise. And it still doesn't appear on my reservation in MyNCL. But the flights are good and I'm happy with them.

Yes, I also have that card and sometimes use it for non-NCL related travel expenses. But my NCL points are routinely worth upwards of 10x when used toward a NCL cruise. So when I collect 30,000 in points (equal to $300 in statement credit) I can get a free cabin upgrade. Upgrades worth $2-3K. Bringing cash to the casino doesn't give me any perks (I don't gamble enough to get any real status in the casino) but using my NCL card actually gives something back.

That's where my NCL credit card comes in. The 3% fee is offset by points that I use to upgrade my room on another cruise.

I do get it. No, your 2nd person is NOT allowed to eat with you in the haven at no additional charge, unless you can sweet talk the Haven staff. What you bid has nothing to do with it. Nor does how you got to your original cabin status, so not an BofA question. Your question is regarding winning a bid to the Haven, which would be better addressed in a forum on bidding. I only mentioned getting a refund because asking about combining cabins into a Haven cabin has been discussed in the various bid threads and people wanted cancel the non-winning cabin. Sorry if additional information was confusing to you.

I think the answer is yes, you can easily be more than 6 hours from a US port. Depending on the itinerary. It takes over a day to get from Ketchikan to Victoria and I was once told that if you are late in Ketchikan the ship can't wait because they don't have extra time. And once you leave Ketchikan the closest land is Canada.

Still a no, I understood the gist of your original question, just not whether or not you were expecting to cancel the other reservation. Person #2 is not on the reservation, they cannot officially use the haven cabin that you might have won. Now, you might be able to plead your case with the Haven staff but no guarantees. But basically the Haven has no relevance to the NCL MC, so not sure why you are asking about bids in this thread?

My point was why would someone contact NCL premium air if they have a TA.

Repeat. There is a difference between what your TA is most likely calling "NCL air" and the premium air service. NCL air is not flexible, premium air works with you to book what you want booked. But if you are already working with a TA, I don't see why you wouldn't just use them to book your airfare.

You can't just share haven services, if you mean combining the 2 rooms you have now and canceling the 2nd room. There would be no refund of the 2nd cabin and restricted access, if any access at all, to the Haven suite and services.

Just got my flight info for my next cruise, 35 days out, after calling to get the info, but still not showing in my reservation. Booked on Southwest, Oregon to Baltimore. No luggage fees, so paid $25 for early bird boarding. And a real first for me - I have a 1-day deviation and I'm on a same-day flight, not a red-eye, west coast to east coast. Don't arrive until evening but I didn't have plans in Baltimore anyway. Return, Montreal to Oregon is AirCanada/United code share. Paid $14 to pick my seat on 1 flight, no cost on the other. Perfectly happy with the flights, although I'd hoped for a later flight out of Montreal so I could do the post-cruise excursion.

I don't think booking date preserves extra points anymore.

Bingo. Or use a travel agency that might give you a rebate or OBC, other perks. But some people don't want to bother doing it on their own. \And I do know that some of the BOGO flights that I've gotten were routes that never showed up when I looked to book on my own. Equivalent or better than what I was able to find.

Exactly how I pay for a balcony when I feel it's a must have. Basically paying $300 in credits for the upgrade from OV. I'm not picky about location (although sometimes they'll let you choose)

That's what my PCC said as well. Unlike the FAS promos, the BOGO offer has always gone away at some point. It used to be at 120 days, has been 90 days for quite some time, they changed it fairly recently to 110.

Generally speaking, all aboard for ports of call is 30 minutes before departure but last shuttle or tender will usually be 1 hour. If you are on a NCL excursion, they will get you back to the ship in time to board - even if the ship has to wait.

Yes, moving a reservation does have its advantages, as some things do go by "booking" date. However, with respect to keeping an expired CN on a reservation, YMMV. I say this because they now remove double-up CN's if you make changes to a reservation and your reservation no longer qualifies. And I believe this is a fairly new development. Pretty sure they used to stay on, just ran into this issue a few months ago.

Not entirely sure what you are asking. Usually nothing related directly to buying CruiseNext certificates -but the only way to buy them is from NCL onboard or through a 3rd party. Sometimes there are advantages to booking onboard. If you are booking a cruise now, you can look at their CruiseFirst certificates (same 50% discount) but there are a number of restrictions - specifically they have to be purchased in advance. If you book onboard, you can get a room upgrade, within the same category, inside, OV or balcony. Sometimes (although not recently to my knowledge) they offer a discount for booking onboard - has nothing to do with purchasing CruiseNext but that is the department that handles on-board bookings. And I have run into a situation where the CN staff required a CN purchase before they would reprice/do an onboard-upgrade on a previously booked cruise.

Yes, that happened to me, port taxes went down about $150 on a cruise I'd booked about a year in advance. And at that time, the fares were higher so repricing wasn't really an option. My PCC at that time also told me too bad, so sad that even if I repriced the fees would stay the same. Well that wasn't true, the fees were adjusted when I repriced at a later date But I did just check the itineraries and we lost a port which could explain the fee change.

They generally post 'em when they get 'em. For new itineraries, it takes a while. For same-old, same-old ports, they might get posted as soon as the cruise is open for reservations. I had a cruise booked for late December and the excursions are just coming available now. Their standard answer is usually along the lines of 6 months but definitely before final payment is due. And don't forget the possibility that some have already sold out. You'd have to call the excursion folks to see it that's the case.

NCL protocol is 4hr or less on layovers. But I did have an overnight layover once because they had to rebook at the last minute due to an impending strike/flight cancellations. I had requested a 1 day deviation but ended up arriving early on the morning of my cruise because of the new route. The airport had sleeping pods so I just booked one of those and cancelled my hotel arrangements. I had already planned to use the NCL shuttle from the airport so no issues there. As to cancelling your flight - sure you can probably cancel but at a minimum you will forfeit most if not all of the airfare you paid.

Of course you might have found better pricing at different times, point being it has nothing to do with the promo. It pays to check the pricing often. But your thoughts/beliefs that it makes a difference are exactly why NCL markets the way they do! As to how often they run the different promos, only NCL can tell you that. $3118, the original booking, with 50% - which is the promo you are describing $2337 on 7/27 with 35% discount $1998 on 7/31 with 35% discount (and I repriced) $2399 currently, with 35% discount

It doesn't matter what the promo says, the prices are manipulated to achieve the fare that NCL wants to charge when they apply the discount, whatever it might be. 50% off all cruises is the same as 2nd passenger free. Do the math. 35% off all cruises is the same as 70% off 2nd passenger which they often offer. As a solo, you pay whatever the cost is for 2, unless there is a discounted solo supplement - or you are in a solo studio. It's just semantics/mathematical manipulation. They change it up to make you think it's different. It isn't. All that is important is the bottom line.

It's entirely possible that the price reduction was due to a change in the solo supplement and/or the "value" of the cruise, not the % of the promo. They've gone from 35% to 40% to 50% since the restart, now back to 35%. I had a number of cruises booked, there was no real pattern as to how the prices adjust when the change the "deal" - in many cases, it makes no difference. It's the bottom line that counts. I booked a cruise in November 2021, when the promo was 50% - cruise is in April, 2024 That cruise price is way lower now (about 35%) and the promo is 35%. And I'm still hoping for a reduced solo supplement before final payment in December.