Can NCL website hold price for 24hrs?

[Sxxacy]

I was told that there is a way online to hold a booking price on NCL website for 24hours. Can anyone confirm if this is true and how to do it?

 

Thanks!!

[minaco]

I have never seen that option on ncl.com, but have noticed it on some online ta sites.

[moesyk4]

When you are going through to book, there is usually a 24 hour hold button on the bottom, just click that and it will hold everything for 24 hours. It will automatically expire if you don't put a deposit down after 24 hours.

[hpecorari]

I was told that there is a way online to hold a booking price on NCL website for 24hours. Can anyone confirm if this is true and how to do it?

 

Thanks!!

 

You can hold a reservation but I'm not sure if the price goes up the next day if you're locked into the price of your hold.

 

Harriet

[lynnquenby]

You can definitely hold a price and would be locked to that price. I think the length of the'hold' can possibly depend on how well the cruise is selling. ..... so could be more or in some cases less than 24 hrs. ... ours was certainly less! - 12 hrs maybe! To do it you need to go through as if booking and there will be an option to hold price.

 

HTH

Edited March 10, 2015 by lynnquenby

[old nutter]

You can definitely hold a price and would be locked to that price. I think the length of the'hold' can possibly depend on how well the cruise is selling. ..... so could be more or in some cases less than 24 hrs. ... ours was certainly less! - 12 hrs maybe! To do it you need to go through as if booking and there will be an option to hold price. HTH

 

Just make sure that you don't do it on Saturday in Europe - all of the offices are closed on Sundays, so Saturday 12 or 24 holds will always expire before you can do anything on Monday morning!!!

[Sxxacy]

Sooo...what's to stop someone from going on the site daily to hold price until it drops?

[sfaaa]

Sooo...what's to stop someone from going on the site daily to hold price until it drops?

 

You have to be vey desperate to do this.

[GeezerCouple]

Sooo...what's to stop someone from going on the site daily to hold price until it drops?

 

I'm pretty sure (but not absolutely) that if you need to "hold" the reservation an additional time, it will be at the then-current price, at the time you make the additional "hold".

 

And as long as you aren't in final payment, at least in the USA, you can always cancel and re-book if the prices go down.

OR... just phone NCL or your TA to get the lower price applied, keeping in mind you may lose any promos/perks from the initial reservation.

 

GeezerCouple

[Demonyte]

Just make sure that you don't do it on Saturday in Europe - all of the offices are closed on Sundays, so Saturday 12 or 24 holds will always expire before you can do anything on Monday morning!!!

 

AFAIK one can pay the deposit in MyNCL without contacting the offices, just like final/other payments.

Edited March 10, 2015 by Demonyte

[LrgPizza]

AFAIK one can pay the deposit in MyNCL without contacting the offices, just like final/other payments.

Yes. This is what we did for our most recent cruise we booked. We put a 24 hour hold on it on the web, then made payment via the web the next day.

[beachseasand]

Yes my friends and I did this on Sunday and paid once we were sure we were all going we paid on Monday. Worked just fine.

[3XX1XY]

Yes, you can hold for 24 hours on the website. Go through the entire booking process and then at the end, instead of paying, you can place it on courtesy hold for 24 hours. If you want to hold it longer you need to put down a deposit. The deposit is refundable up until 90 (IIRC) days before the sail date. I usually put multiple cabin/sailing options on courtesy hold to discuss with my husband before booking. It's NBD.

[Demonyte]

The deposit is refundable up until 90 (IIRC) days before the sail date.

 

For most cabins/sailings it's up to and including 76 days before the cruise.

 

http://www.ncl.com/about/cancellation-fee-schedule

[Fishymom]

I put a hold on a suite on Escape 3/5/15 and it expired at midnight 3/8/15.

[Fishymom]

I meant to also say, when i called NCl and requested the hold be extended... for another reason, i was told no.

It would be released and I would have to re-hold it.

 

So depending on the room, timing etc. if its a room you really want you may not get it back if you kept rolling it over.

[beachseasand]

Be very careful. We paid our deposit within the 24 hours. Two days later the price for the same booking went up $330 per person.