Tony_R

NCL has always booked before on a cabin fare that included free one checked luggage. True with all US airlines, Lufthansa, Turkish Air and British Air. All those airlines we used before with BOGO. We did not have an issue with Delta on the front end of our cruise. We had a problem with LATAM at the end of the cruise and they claim that whoever booked the cruise did not specify the proper fare selection. As for the savings, i checked the airfares for routes we took and we could have saved some and not being appaled with an unbudgeted expense at the end of the cruise in a foreign country.

Booked an 18 day cruise with myself and my wife from Lisbon to Rio De Janeiro. We opted for the BOGO air option. Sometime before the cruise we received the air itinerary with Delta providing the air from LA to Lisbon with a plane switch in Boston. Returning, NCL booked us with LATAM. LATAM charged us $152 per checked luggage and some more for seating choices. We have cruised using the NCL BOGO air feature before and this has never happened. Called LATAM and they explained that we were booked by NCL on a very basic economy fare that did not include the one checked luggage privilege. Why were we then given that privilege with our fare ticket with Delta. This will be the last time we book with LATAM and will stay away from NCL BOGO, maybe NCL too. We do not need to be surprised with an unbudgeted expense specially at the end of a cruise.