Clashed

Deal Or No Deal you buy a ticket, the tickets are "around" $29 (discounts for multiples)

buying a ticket gives you a chance to be selected to play on stage (they play 2 games, so 2 people are picked) ..

all the people who are not picked, their cards become play-along cards, and if your card matches the game board you win prizes like a free photo  or $50 or possibly a free cruise

FYI, there was a huge line for taxis at the Victoria Cruise terminal this past week, took over an hour for some people to get a cab ... and i could not get a signal to call for an Uber

So we took the shuttle bus into downtown ($15 roundtrip) instead and then got a cab from the Empress (you could probably walk to another location and call a taxi from there but again still a delay to factor in your time frame if you are trying to schedule something independently) 

apparently taxi drivers have to pay $200 for a sticker to gain access to the cruise port so while all cabs can drop off there, not all taxis can pick up from cruise terminal (i do not know if Uber, Lyft have cruise port restrictions) 

This was very early in the season so perhaps more taxi drivers will upgrade and purchase the sticker as the season goes on but don't expect to easily catch a cab from cruise terminal

you can check your luggage at the Pan Pacific Hotel next to the cruise terminal

if you are ok with walking up to a mile you could visit any of these places

GasTown district, Joe Fortes restaurant, Robson Street area

you could take a public bus to Stanley Park or Granville Island

from Granville you can take a water taxi to YaleTown and then bus or train back downtown

we have used Pan Pacific for luggage, it's right as you exit the cruise terminal, super easy

we took a public bus from downtown to Granville Island 

we also paid $30.67 (Canadian) for a Lyft ride (like Uber) from downtown to airport this past Saturday, which seemed very cheap for a 30 minute ride (we were planning on using SkyTrain but i didnt mind paying a little extra for the convenience

I must have mis-read this, those are the prices I saw when I rechecked

I see $750 for 300,000 points are these the new rewards you are referring to? Or are some people seeing the cheaper price still but good until August?

9 hours ago, mistertomatoe said:

 

I just checked and I got the credit applied. This is about a day later from booking but no confirmation email yet. Maybe because it's during the night? Not a big deal since it shows fully paid off now. I was nervous because my cruise was already past the full payment date.

 

I guess this is what they mean by it can take up to 72 hours for the credit to be applied. This is different from before when they applied it while I was on the call.

 

This is the wording in the myVEGAS email:

"Please note there could be up at a 72 hour delay for the application of your dollars off on your reservation, and once funds are applied an updated confirmation will be sent out. "

 

For those wondering, I had a 10% off generic coupon that they said they couldn't apply but the $500 CruiseFirst was applied without a problem. I'm not sure if the 10% off coupon had an issue with the myVEGAS $1000 off or the CruiseFirst.

i used a myvegas voucher in my name, my wife had the 10% off in her account (but no myvegas)

they were able to apply the 10% off but they had to get a supervisor to sign off on it

i also was able to apply the $250 CruiseNext i had

10 hours ago, decrepit old man said:

I can just walk up and take them? Or I show my card and ask the bartender for them? Would tips be expected for the bottled water and canned soda?

you will have your room key card for normal charges, a casinos at sea card for player points in the casino and a 3rd casino bar card

you give the bartender the casino bar card for orders from the casino bar (including bottled water) 

5 hours ago, decrepit old man said:

I just booked a cruise using 2x $1000 off rewards. So for those wondering, there's no problem using 2 per room.

 

Is it true we get priority boarding and free drinks at the casino? I don't have any status with NCL 

Free drinks WHEN the casino bar is open (bar is closed in most ports and isnt open 24 hours) so it's hard to rely on just the one bar

But if you're not a big drinker and just want the occasional drink it would work

also you can get bottled water and canned soda from casino bar (2 at a time) and stock up on those for when they're closed 

On 10/3/2023 at 1:01 PM, Clashed said:

even though i added everything to my "cart" and made one transaction, AMEX shows this as 3 purchases, so hopefully it worked (i got the email saying Great news! You recently used your Amex Offer at USD RESERVATION)

 $200 credit was in my account this morning
 

We are doing car service from London To Southampton with a stop in Stonehenge

if anyone has done this before, what should we be prepared for at Stonehenge? I'm guessing we still need to purchase tickets for Stonehenge even if arriving by taxi/car

6 minutes ago, Ladyshopper23 said:

Not yet. The last one was only a few days behind the USA one though.

Just out of interest (in case we do get one), are the OBC certificates refundable if you haven't spent it all? And how does that work?

you can go to the casino, pick a slot machine, charge money to your room to the machine, then cash out on the machine and take the pay slip to the cashier for cash (NCL does charge 3% for this)

35 minutes ago, laudergayle said:

Yes, this looks like it should work.

even though i added everything to my "cart" and made one transaction, AMEX shows this as 3 purchases, so hopefully it worked (i got the email saying Great news! You recently used your Amex Offer at USD RESERVATION)

does this look like it would work?
if i combine Prepaid Service Charges, add specialty dining nights & OBC will this trigger the bonus?

PPSC  $520
Specialty Dining $166 
and then buy $325 On-Board Credit Certificate

i have to pay the PPSC anyway, so this way if i cash out the OBC i get 2 "free" specialty dining

if you buy the $500 ON-BOARD CREDIT CERTIFICATE can you use that towards the casino? 

1 hour ago, dad son team said:

I just booked my first NCL award, a $250 off cert.  I didn't know how this all worked, and wasn't expecting the $79 fee, but I guess it's still $170 off the cost of the cruise for paying nothing to MyVegas.  I was also able to combine this with a $250 cruise next cert, and a 50% off coupon that NCL was kind enough to deposit on my account.  Made for a good value when it was all done

do you mean 50% off 2nd guest?

i had a 10% off they were adament i could not combine with the MyVegas $500 reward 

On 7/9/2023 at 1:50 PM, ronheg said:

Just wondering if anyone has won an upgrade to the haven in the recent past or do you really need to pay for the haven to actually get a cabin.

 our sailing last December we booked Haven outright, but i saw someone on the cruise group on Facebook say they got an upgrade (and i did see someone who looked like their facebook picture walking around the Haven area), so it does happen

i redeemed a $500 MyVegas voucher and had my existing booking transferred from my normal NCL agent to the PlayAwards rep

my original fare (for 2 with air) was $3,475

now after the Play booking the total is $3,200

the biggest difference seems to be i lost the 10% off past guest credit and the 2nd passenger fee went up $100

does this seem correct? or should i call back? (the $500 voucher only took off a net of $275)

2 questions (thanks for all the help)

if i have a held reservation (no payments made but i have a courtesy hold) can i give that reservation # to casinos at sea and use a MyVegas rewards towards it?

what is the school of thought on spending 750k points for $500 off vs. 1 million points for $750 off

i'm currently sitting at approx. 825k points in MyVegas, should i take the $500 and consider myself on my way to another $500 off next year? or go all in for the $750 off?

On 4/24/2023 at 12:13 AM, mistertomatoe said:

Check your Amex Offers. I just got a spend $1000 or more and get 25000 pts. These are targeted so you might get a different offer or none at all.

 

I plan on getting $1000 refundable OBC for my existing cruise and getting a cash refund on the last full day onboard. It worked for me on my March cruise.

 i got a $300 (or maybe $350) back when you spend $1000 on NCL last year, hopefully they'll send me another one

my apologies is this was already answered, i tried searching for this

if i redeem a $500 or $750 MyVegas reward, can i combine that with one (or 2?) NCL CruiseNext certificates?

when we cruised in December our ship was near capacity but people on the Facebook group for our sailing were commenting 10 days out that they'd received upgrades

Now we our sailing again April 9 and have not heard anything yet on our upgrade bid, so i checked a Facebook page for the April 2 sailing (out of curiosity) and they were also several people commenting that they had not heard anything back regarding upgrades

So which is the "norm" , people hear 10 days out? or is people don't hear until the last minute the normal time frame