Russiamomm

I thought they added a 3% fee if you do that. I know they do on the tables. Is it not the same on the slots?

Thanks. I’m fine with getting it cash. Do you know how soon in the trip you can do this? I’d just as soon take it take out in cash in the beginning of the trip and use it for the casino. Is that doable? (I understand if you pull cash from your account in the casino, they still charge 3%. I’d rather just cash out the OBC.

I’ll bounce it around with the CN Manager. I have no intention of using the NROBC on anything other than the CNs. Maybe the answer is to cash in the refundable credit the last day of the cruise and then buy the CNs. I thought about the Cruise First option, but really prefer the CNs as they have double and triple up offers regularly. I was able to use three for our TA in December.

It’s my understanding that they refund it in cash on the last day. If they do just credit the folio, it’s my NCL card that will be on file with the ship, not the Amex.

Good point. I’ve gotten into a tif with them in the past about the CNs. I wish they would charge $500 for four of them and be done with the OBC nonsense. If I do this, I will confirm with the CN Manager that the non refundable “OBC” is applied to the cost of the certs. I’m obviously fine using the refundable portion to pay the actual $500 cost of the certs. If they can’t confirm it, I’ll just wait until my December trip to buy the CNs.

Looking at previous threads for this offer it seems that people have been successful in adding $1000 of OBC, getting the credit and getting whatever’s left in cash on the last day of the cruise. That’s where I’m leaning. If it takes, great. If not, the credit is refundable. Thoughts?

I’m in the same boat as others, Have two cruises cooked for this year, both paid in full and prepaid gratuities already. My question is, how do they know what are onboard purchases? Don’t the charges all show us as being charged to Norwegian? I was planning to buy 4 CNs next week, which would be a good chunk of the $1000.

Friendly suggestion. Please change your font. While it’s pretty, these old eyes have a hard time reading it. I’m sure I’m not alone. 😃

Welcome! We’ve been pretty much NCL loyalists for several years. Had done a few Carnival cruises years ago when the kids were young and did another Carnival in August. Honestly, I can’t see myself ever going back on a Carnival ship. We’re going home to NCL. I’m going to try to be objective here. Granted, it’s difficult. 😂. The entire vibe is different on NCL. A bit more upscale, but not stuffy. We really missed NCL’s freestyle dining. On Carnival, we found the food to be ok, but not up to NCL standards. We missed the included specialty dining with FAS. For breakfast and lunch, we found the buffet to be really lacking compared to the buffet on NCL. I’m not saying that NCL is 5 star, but it’s definitely a notch up from what we saw on Carnival. While we had the Cheers package on our trip, it really annoyed me that they only let you get one drink at a time. On NCL you can get two. I did like that Carnival’s package included specialty coffee and bottled water, I wish NCL’s package did the same. It never affected us because we don’t drink that much, but Carnival has a limit of 15 alcoholic drinks a day. NCL has no limit. Finally, we just found that we liked the passengers better on NCL. It’s hard to explain, but on NCL we never have a problem finding people to chat with that we have common experiences. Although we met a lot of people on our CCL trip, there weren’t that many we could we really relate to. It was like we were coming from two completely different worlds. Hop on over and test the waters!

It’s real smoke on the drink. Best thing ever. 😂. But there is no smoking (by people) at the bar. Attaching a video from the Joy last year. Video.mov

Oh, man! My favorite thing about the Haven! Loving your pics. We’ll be in a 2BR in the Haven for the TA on December 1. Simply cannot wait! Can you post pics of Posh when you get a minute? And speaking of smoking, can you please let us know of there’s still a smoking area on the upper deck of the Posh? I’ve heard conflicting info on that. Some say yes, others say they eliminated it. Thanks!

Not the OP, but on our December 1 TA booked through CAS, we were able to reprice it twice before final payment. My rep told me they would give is a one time credit after final payment for any additional drops, in the form of a future cruise credit, not OBC. I watched it, and it did drop again by about $400. But the gambler in me said to “let it ride” a little longer, thinking it would continue to drop. It didn’t. I missed the sweet spot and the cabin is now sold out, so no more credits. I’ve never heard of OBC being given for price drops. At most it’s a FCC that will appear in your account after you complete the cruise. Edited to add that this particular cruise was neither a comp or a discount. CAS would have given us a discount on any cabin we wanted except for a Haven cabin. For this trip we really wanted the Haven and booked it outright through CAS.

Right. Just have to keep an eye out. Either way, there shouldn’t be an issue booking it when it opens.

There should not be an issue booking the spa. When you book the cabin you can choose to purchase the spa pass right online. We bought ours for next week’s Alaska cruise in July - around two days after we booked the trip.

It’s a great benefit. We’ve used it several times. But it is only 10%, which I think is rather generous.

Consider yourself lucky. The one time we used NCL Air to NYC they put us on 10PM flights - despite there being flights every hour on the hour. 😳 go to the airport and try to get on standby for an earlier flight. If it’s an option, your bags will go on the earlier flight. If you make it - great! If you don’t, buy a day pass for a lounge. Your bags will be waiting for you at your destination. We were able to get on an 11AM flight on standby.

You each get the 10%, but it’s on the basic cost of the cabin. If you’re paying $1000 each, you each get $100 off - $200. The total fare for the cabin is $2000. You get $200. It’s the same. Nobody gets 20%.

I think there is a way to add a spouse to ID.me. When he did it I got my own login. Every day I get emails offering me the discounts - directly from ID.me. All kinds of offers, not just NCL. He also has his own login and gets the offers to his email,

Thanks! It really is a great program. I’m a spouse. I don’t remember how my husband did it, but I believe when he added me as a spouse in ID.me it verified me as well. I don’t remember if I had to call NCL to link my Latitudes account or not, but now the discount is linked to my account. I’ve done several trips without DH and got the discount. Thank you for your service, honey. 😂

If your card has been charged, it’s a safe bet that you got the upgrade. Congrats! Just May take a bit for the NCL system to catch up.

If it was less than 10% I’d ask NCL how they calculated it. It’s always worked out to the penny for us. You also have to be sure you’re comparing apples to apples and using the fare as published on the day you booked. As we all know, cruise fares fluctuate day to day.

I’m not sure I follow. The discount is applied to the base fare for the cabin - regardless how many are in it. I’ve gotten the discount when traveling with my husband, with a friend and when going solo. The discount is always 10% off the base fare of the cabin.

Excellent point. A few months ago two coupons somehow showed up in my account. 50% off for Alaska and 20% off for European sailings in 2023. Shortly thereafter the Epic changed plans and a TA was added for December. I was able to apply the 20% off coupon to it, on top of the 10% military discount. Made the 2 BR Haven more than reasonable. The price also dropped more than $1000 before final payment and we were able to reprice it twice.

Never noticed that, but Thanks! Maybe because we never stay in the inside and always upgrade. 😂

Definitely!