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Thanks Everyone and sorry for the late response! Work getting in the way of travel discussion...rrrrrr

Thanks for all the information, @FFTB! As for the Amex cruise benefits, I assume that's for platinum only? I am gold. I guess I could apply my 100 travel credit at Amex travel as well.

Thanks I will!

Has anyone received the credit after booking over the phone with an NCL agent?

Thanks everyone for your very helpful replies. Such a friendly community. I guess it'll be free at sea AND Starbucks (damn caffeine addiction). I will buy as much OBC as I think I'll need ahead of time and pre pay the service charges. Hopefully I can add OBC to my booking.

Great, thank you. Sounds like call centre is easy to deal with.

SUPER helpful Bird!

Thank you! Thanks for posting the menu too super helpful!

Thank You!

I'm sorry I'm confused - do they add this 20% at the point of sale? or the final payment on the ship ? Is this a gratuity charge? Good to know about the Onboard credit. I will add as much as possible because CAD is so low right now.

Thank you so much! What is the Vinson Payment? And by rebook do you mean I have to cancel and then rebook?

Hi there, I'm pondering a first time cruise and want to get some things clear in my mind before I book, so apologies for the amount of questions... If I don't get a free at sea alcoholic drink package, can I sub in the Starbucks one with free at sea? Or is it only an add-on? I don't drink that much and the 300 tip charge seems a lot to me for 10 days if I'm only getting bar drinks a couple of times a day. This cruise would be the Mediterranean so I won't be on the ship a whole lot, we have one at sea day and I'll be off the ship as much as possible. Do you pay in cash on board the ship? if so what currency? If I buy OBC, can it be applied to everything on the ship including food and drink? Can I tip the staff with USD? If the price drops after booking, will they give us credit or refund? And finally if I wanted to upgrade, how would I do that? Phone it in or online? I know I can phone in the questions but I want to book online because I have the Amex 250 credit deal and it specifies using the ncl.com. I don't want to sit through upselling (do the CSRs do that?)and I don't find the website that detailed. Thank you in advance for any insights!