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.

Last I knew, the policy stated reservations within 14 days of sailing are not eligible for consideration. And it is 100% of the price difference. But if the promo terms are different, you most likely get nothing.

I have an advantage plan through my former employer. No lifetime limit - which is why I selected that specific plan. But $50,000 lifetime for international seems to be pretty standard.

no deviation - fly back on Wednesday 1 day deviation - fly back on Thursday 2 day deviation - fly back on Friday

Hard to imagine that yours would have been the only bid and that cancelling your bid would make it available - but I suppose anything is possible in the NCL world. But the bidding process is done by a 3rd party, not NCL directly. I do believe that there is some kind of hold when people are looking on the website so perhaps that's why it wasn't available to book after you were looking?

Yes, the website will revert to "local" sites while onboard, VPN is the only way around it as far as I know. Very annoying IMHO.

Currently flight info is supposed to come out around 60 days so no, you won't know before final payment. So you can put it on your reservation now, decide yay or nay when you are ready to make your payment. Just do your research and understand the terms. Lots of posts on the subject of the airfare -mostly negative - but remember that people tend to post their negative experiences more frequently than the positive ones. I've used their airfare numerous times without issues related to the fact that NCL booked my flights. Cancellations, delays are on the airlines, not NCL.

The published air price is what they guestimate it will be. Although not common, a price change can happen but the airfare on your quote is what you will pay, regardless of any changes NCL might make down the road - UNLESS you reprice your fare, in which case you will pay the price at that time. Airfare for a 2024 cruise that I booked in 2021 has gone up about 30% - but the price of the cruise has gone down so it's a wash for now. But once I reprice, I expect that my airfare will increase.

Your post makes no sense. I highly doubt that NCL is simply holding any Haven rooms for bids - why would they if they can sell it outright? The cabin you are looking at is showing sold out online. As to learning when you've won your bid - that usually happens much closer to your sail date. Your only hope for learning now would be if they wanted your current cabin in order to resell - and since that is also showing as sold-out anything is possible but highly unlikely IMHO - especially this far ahead of the sail date. The bidding process is to make money for NCL, plain and simple.

Just scroll down for the Double/Triple offers - which they have finally managed to update CRUISENEXT DOUBLEUP! OFFERBooking Window: June 28th – July 6, 2023 11:59pm ESTOffer Details:Book a BALCONY or above stateroom on any sailing and apply TWO CruiseNext, CruiseNext Haven or CruiseNext Lite deposits

Similar thread, although not many answers.

Gosh, and here I thought getting it from the buffet line (presumably ordered) is exactly what you were suggesting. If you read the discussion I posted it is clearly about supposedly ordering a pizza at the buffet. Never tried to do it myself, don't know if it is actually possible or if people are making broad assumptions.

Do you mean booking onboard? I've actually never booked onboard, just made adjustments. However, it is my understanding that if you book onboard, the credit for the booking goes to the person who booked the cruise you are currently on. CruiseNext staff do not get credited for bookings from what I've been told. One reason I've booked ahead of time is because of some staff turnover. I have a cruise booked for next year that I booked in 2021 - that PCC was great but got promoted. Her replacement was a disaster and I still have one cruise booked through him and I do NOT want any future credits going to him (if he even still works for NCL). So I want to make sure that my current PCC, who is a keeper IMHO, gets any credits for future bookings. I usually do a mock booking, look it over then call my PCC to make the payment. The person submitting the payment gets the credit from my understanding. I don't know who "owns" the booking if you booked through a TA.

If you book onboard, they will give you a bump-up within the category. So book an obstructed OV get a window. Book a balcony, you get a better location on the ship. I don't believe that applies to anything above balcony tho. Also, book onboard is a loose description. The CruiseNext staff will usually look at your existing reservations and make pricing adjustments/upgrades. However, I have been told that they can't just do the bump-up unless there is something else changing as well, such as a price change. I also ran into a situation where they wouldn't work with an existing reservation unless I bought some CruiseNext certificates.

I rarely request my upgrade until near to or after final payment. Sometimes earlier if the cruise is looking like it's selling out. And yes, you can upgrade after final payment, I just did that recently. I usually book an obstructed OV as early as possible, then use the on-board bump-up to get an OV with a window - just as insurance in case I can't get a balcony. Then watch pricing to decide on a paid upgrade, a bid or a points upgrade. A lot depends on the itinerary as well as pricing - no way was I taking a risk on not getting a balcony when I went to Antarctica, so upgraded early. On a port intensive cruise I'll take a bigger chance.

If you book online, the $50 discount is applied to guest #1 and any latitudes discounts are also applied at that time. If you book onboard, you are charged the full amount and the $50 discount is applied to your account after you have taken the excursion.

Technically, no. But as already mentioned, they might increase the price somewhere along the way. I noticed this on some Alaska excursions for an upcoming cruise. So it's not a matter of it being more expensive once onboard, it's a matter of a price increase for that excursion. Also note that if you book onboard any Latitudes discounts are not automatically applied to your excursions - you have to let them know. Sometimes they will notice what's on your card if you show it but if you use the app or a kiosk you will have to get the price adjusted.

I do a mock booking on the website then call my pcc to complete the process. I don't know if a pcc gets a commission or just performance credits of some sort but by doing it this way I have a person that knows my preferences and is more than willing to make changes for me and answer questions. But she can't save me money, other than offer to sell me CFCs - neither can your chat person. But as with any situation, the level of service you get highly depends on the individual you are working with.

And the answer to that is also a big fat no.

No. Not unless they change the rules

Yes, it is an upgrade within a category. So obstructed OV to picture window or a better balcony. I don't know if there is anything available for above balcony. Rarely there might be an additional incentive for booking onboard. There were a couple of months last summer when there was an additional 10% discount but that was when ships weren't anywhere near capacity. And I've seen a few reports of OBC in the past. There have also been times when an onboard offer is advertised but it's really no different than the current offers - for example, TripleUp for CruiseNext was advertised as an onboard offer when it first appeared last December.

Just let them know the day before and she'll be able to request whatever she wants - within reason of course.

I've done 17 cruises with the SH benefit, most with a reduced solo supplement. Got the full SH amount on all but 1. And I got a letter explaining why. So it does happen but rarely. In theory I understand but think if they are reducing the amount they should reduce it by the %, not just cut it in half.

Yes, you obviously didn't see through the sales mumbo-jumbo. You can call it BOGO, that works as long as you understand that you get charged the full price and the OBC you get is what you use to pay for the certificates. You are incorrect in thinking that it can only be used for new cruise bookings. Certificates can be used for payment towards any booking that isn't fully paid. Whether that's because NCL considers anything not yet PIF to be a new booking (remember that you can always cancel and rebook prior to PIF) or they just don't enforce it is irrelevant - the point is that they can be applied to an existing reservation. As to value, $250 saved is $250 saved, even if it is a drop in the bucket.