NCL flight deviation

[Jaxbingo]

We have a cruise booked to Asia and would like to take advantage of the flight deviation.  Does NCL count the 2 or 3 days (whatever it is); as calender days prior to sailing while you are in country or only calender days the day of your flight?  Meaning, when you fly to Asia from California you lose days with the time change.  So flying out 2 days before the sailing date only puts you in country the same day as your sailing date.  We would like to “arrive” 2 days prior to sailing date.  NCL cannot seem to answer this simple question.  Thank you for anyone who has experience with this. 

[Host Kat]

53 minutes ago, Jaxbingo said:

We have a cruise booked to Asia and would like to take advantage of the flight deviation.  Does NCL count the 2 or 3 days (whatever it is); as calender days prior to sailing while you are in country or only calender days the day of your flight?  Meaning, when you fly to Asia from California you lose days with the time change.  So flying out 2 days before the sailing date only puts you in country the same day as your sailing date.  We would like to “arrive” 2 days prior to sailing date.  NCL cannot seem to answer this simple question.  Thank you for anyone who has experience with this. 

 

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[julig22]

Very simple answer - unless NCL messes up...

No deviation, arrive day of your cruise

1 day deviation, arrive day before your cruise

2 day deviation, arrive 2 days before your cruise.

[Belletora]

So, I took a 2-day deviation prior and none after. I just received my flights and I leave 3 days prior and land 2 days. The way my NCL PCC explained it to me is that if you choose a deviation your flights should align to give you the deviation days in port. 

 

For example, my cruise embarks on the 28th, but my flight leaves on the 25th and arrives on the 26th. This gives me 2 days in the embarkation port. 

 

 

[Agent999]

8 hours ago, Jaxbingo said:

So flying out 2 days before the sailing date only puts you in country the same day as your sailing date.

 

I think your confusion might arise from a poor framing of the issue. Look at the statement above. If this were true, then flying without a deviation would put you in country 2 days AFTER your sailing date, which, of course, makes no sense.

[Jaxbingo]

When I asked NCL about that, they said I was scheduled to fly out on the date of my sailing. When I questioned arriving past the sailing date the person had no answer, just said "oh, so you want the 2 day deviation?" And I questioned that actually I would only be arriving the date of my sailing vs taking advantage of enjoying 2 days in country as the promotion states/advertises and she said we could not fly out any sooner. Then she said I would not be able to utilize the 2/1 promotion because I was trying to customize my flight itinerary.  And she said, "you gain a day when you fly" and I corrected her that flying to Asia is losing a day. 

Edited July 7, 2023 by Jaxbingo
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[JeanKC]

48 minutes ago, Jaxbingo said:

When I asked NCL about that, they said I was scheduled to fly out on the date of my sailing. When I questioned arriving past the sailing date the person had no answer, just said "oh, so you want the 2 day deviation?" And I questioned that actually I would only be arriving the date of my sailing vs taking advantage of enjoying 2 days in country as the promotion states/advertises and she said we could not fly out any sooner. Then she said I would not be able to utilize the 2/1 promotion because I was trying to customize my flight itinerary.  And she said, "you gain a day when you fly" and I corrected her that flying to Asia is losing a day. 

Well, if I ever consider booking flights through NCL, I will think back to this post and probably book them myself!!! But it sounds to me like the agent you were talking to didn't know what they were doing as surely the flight arrival date/time has to be what they base things off - Anything else would be ludicrous! Have you tried phoning again and speaking to another agent? 

[CruiserJ03]

On 7/6/2023 at 6:56 PM, julig22 said:

Very simple answer - unless NCL messes up...

No deviation, arrive day of your cruise

1 day deviation, arrive day before your cruise

2 day deviation, arrive 2 days before your cruise.

 

On 7/7/2023 at 3:24 AM, JeanKC said:

Well, if I ever consider booking flights through NCL, I will think back to this post and probably book them myself!!! But it sounds to me like the agent you were talking to didn't know what they were doing as surely the flight arrival date/time has to be what they base things off - Anything else would be ludicrous! Have you tried phoning again and speaking to another agent? 

@julig22 is correct. The flight time is not counted as deviation, though you could arrive late on the 2nd day of a 2d deviation. You can get some of the nuances with the bogo by reading the current promo t&c: https://www.ncl.com/about/terms-and-conditions/promotions- way at the bottom.

[Jaxbingo]

6 hours ago, CruiserJ03 said:

 

@julig22 is correct. The flight time is not counted as deviation, though you could arrive late on the 2nd day of a 2d deviation. You can get some of the nuances with the bogo by reading the current promo t&c: https://www.ncl.com/about/terms-and-conditions/promotions- way at the bottom.

Thankyou for this link. Do you know what a "land reservation required" means? It seems different then hotel. Because that is listed right after.