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Ya know I do not think it is a middle finger to platinum members for those of us who will probably never reach platinum status. I for one can only afford one cruise ever 2 years or so.  I think this is a great idea to allow lower ranked passengers a chance at a vacation with higher perks.  They only sell the program to 25 cabins which is about 50 passengers based on double occupancy.  Some of platinum members need to remember that not everyone can afford the higher life and us lower class people appreciate the chance to experience it if only for a short while.

NCL Changed their beverage packages sometime between the summer and fall.  Those who had the old packages were given the PPB as a subsitute.  At least this is what happened to us on the Sky booked Nov of 18 sailed this past October.

1 hour ago, redwave said:

If I pre pay for the thermal spa pass I can cancel for full refund if I decide I dont want it at sailing or if one of the guests I pre pay for ends up being a no show?

 It appears you can only cancel the spa pass up to 3 days before the start of the cruise.  

https://www.ncl.com/terms/shorex-dining-entertainment-spa#spa

For the price of one meal per person in any al a cart restaurant you would be nearly 3/4 of the way towards a dinning package for 3 meals per person.