NCL has a new sale promo called The Freedom Sale

[njkate]

Did mock booking if my March 19 cruise on Dawn, then called, saved $479 not a windfall but I’ll take it

[BirdTravels]

The “sale” is similar to the “sale” that has been going on for the last few years. 

[ChiefMateJRK]

4 minutes ago, BirdTravels said:

The “sale” is similar to the “sale” that has been going on for the last few years. 

Yep.  I priced my upcoming cruise this morning.  It had been dropping like a rock (after final payment 😡), but now it's going up.  Oh well.  That's the game!

[njkate]

2 hours ago, BirdTravels said:

The “sale” is similar to the “sale” that has been going on for the last few years. 

Whatever, I’ll gladly take the $479 off first time it’s ever worked in my favor 

[njkate]

2 hours ago, ChiefMateJRK said:

Yep.  I priced my upcoming cruise this morning.  It had been dropping like a rock (after final payment 😡), but now it's going up.  Oh well.  That's the game!

Yes I’m way past final on my Alaska cruise and it’s gone up, not by much but still more than I paid

[shof515]

my cruise next year only went down 40 dollars 😞

[Mrearl]

We payed our final payment on our Oct 12th cruise out of NY and notice this. Our travel agent was not able to get the new price, but we got $641 each for a future cruise and up graded to the Premium drink package.

[complawyer]

just like the world keeps spinning round and round so goes the ncl sales.  as we used to say in the army "SSDD". they alternate between the 35% off sale and the 70% off sale. this has been going on in one form or another since nov 2019 (or even earlier) to the op who got a $479 discount, i say "good for you.

 

after 4 years of watching these so called "sales" i take them with a grain of salt. the prices rarely ever change (some may however) from sale to sale. every cruise i have looked at for the last 3 years, regardless of the "sale", the price has stayed more or less the same. doesnt help anyone if they go down after the last payment is due now does it? 

[njkate]

1 hour ago, Mrearl said:

We payed our final payment on our Oct 12th cruise out of NY and notice this. Our travel agent was not able to get the new price, but we got $641 each for a future cruise and up graded to the Premium drink package.

That’s great!! 

[rikitikitavii]

4 hours ago, ChiefMateJRK said:

Yep.  I priced my upcoming cruise this morning.  It had been dropping like a rock (after final payment 😡), but now it's going up.  Oh well.  That's the game!

Same experience here…arrrr.

[EllieinNJ]

On June 6th I asked my TA to get me some compensation because my September cruise went down $200 after final payment.  She contacted NCL and they said they would give me $160 FCC but it would take 15 working days.  After not hearing anything after 18 working days I contacted the TA again and she called NCL and now they told her they are still working on all the FCCs asked for but only a limited number will be given.  She now advised me to call NCL myself on Tuesday to get an update.

[complawyer]

consider yourself blessed if the fcc credit actually comes through.

generally speaking, ncl doesnt give away ice cubes in winter!

[ChiefMateJRK]

I think some folks are confusing this "new sale" with the normal day to day price fluctuations.  Some of us track NCL cruise pricing across a large number of sailings and nothing of meaning happened due to the introduction of a Freedom Sale.

[julig22]

33 minutes ago, EllieinNJ said:

On June 6th I asked my TA to get me some compensation because my September cruise went down $200 after final payment.  She contacted NCL and they said they would give me $160 FCC but it would take 15 working days.  After not hearing anything after 18 working days I contacted the TA again and she called NCL and now they told her they are still working on all the FCCs asked for but only a limited number will be given.  She now advised me to call NCL myself on Tuesday to get an update.

The fcc for a price reduction after final payment doesn't appear until after you actually take your cruise.  You should get a letter outlining the terms - there is a department that approves the requests and that process can take up to 30 days.  Your TA can only submit the form - and because you are working with a TA, NCL probably will tell you they can't help you.

NCL has a set protocol for giving a courtesy adjustment - not only does the price have to go down, the terms of the original booking have to be the same as the current terms.