Amex offer is up for 2018

[pieshops]

"Excludes purchases onboard, Norwegian gift cards, shore excursions and transportation to and from the ship".. That stinks. my cruise is already paid for in full. Until reading the fine print, I thought I'd get it when I closed out my on board account

go on the NCL Site and but on board credit for the cruise

[MizDemeanor]

Very cool, Thank You!!!

[Njkrewzer]

go on the NCL Site and but on board credit for the cruise

If I buy on board credit, can it be used towards my service charges?

[pieshops]

If I buy on board credit, can it be used towards my service charges?

if you buy it yes, if it is given to you no

[Magicbar]

If I use my AmEx for my on board account (cruising Breakaway next week) and purchase a couple of cruise next certificates, will this qualify for the point bonus. I wasn't sure if this offer is for new bookings, balance payments only or can be used in the manner I mentioned.

[Mistizoom]

"Excludes purchases onboard, Norwegian gift cards, shore excursions and transportation to and from the ship".. That stinks. my cruise is already paid for in full. Until reading the fine print, I thought I'd get it when I closed out my on board account

 

You can pre-purchase OBC and it will work that way.

[Mistizoom]

If I buy on board credit, can it be used towards my service charges?

 

Yes, and it will work if you pre-pay your daily service charge also. Just need to add OBC or something else to make $500.

[Mistizoom]

Thanks! I've been waiting for this one. I got this on my Amex Blue Cash Everyday for both my and husband's cards. He is the primary card member and I am an authorized user and we have separate online Amex accounts. I have used this in the past to make a payment towards a cruise, pre-purchase on-board credits and pre-pay the daily service charge.

 

Here are the terms of the offer:

 

 

 

Spend $500 or more, get $100 back

Norwegian Cruise Line

 

EXPIRES

 

5/10/2018

Redeem Now

 

 

DETAILS

 

Get a one-time $100 statement credit by using your enrolled Card to spend a total of $500 or more to purchase a cruise with Norwegian Cruise Line via NCL.com, by phone or NCL travel agents between 3/2/18 and 5/10/18. See terms for exclusions.

 

 

OFFER TERMS

 

Enrollment limited. Offer valid for qualifying reservations between 3/2/18 and 5/10/18. Includes spend for booking directly via ncl.com, phone, or through NCL travel agents. Excludes purchases onboard, Norwegian gift cards, shore excursions and transportation to and from the ship. Valid only on US website. Please note that hotels, car rental companies, cruise lines do not accept prepaid cards for charges authorized in advance, although prepaid cards may be used to settle the final bill. Check to make sure prepaid cards are accepted before attempting to use your prepaid card to take advantage of offers for these merchants. Offer is non-transferable. Must first add offer to Card and use same Card to redeem. Limit of 1 statement credit(s) per American Express® online account. Statement credit will appear on your billing statement within 90 days after 5/10/2018, provided that American Express receives information from the merchant about your qualifying purchase. Note that American Express may not receive information about your qualifying purchase from merchant until all items from your qualifying purchase have been provided/shipped by merchant. Statement credit may be reversed if qualifying purchase is returned/cancelled. If American Express does not receive information that identifies your transaction as qualifying for the offer, you will not receive the statement credit. For example, your transaction will not qualify if it is not made directly with the merchant. In addition, in most cases, you may not receive the statement credit if your transaction is made with an electronic wallet or through a third party or if the merchant uses a mobile or wireless card reader to process it. By adding an offer to a Card, you agree that American Express may send you communications about the offer. POID: GAL6:0001

[Mistizoom]

My Platinum card had the 10K points offer, My Blue card had the $100, but my Delta Reserve card didn't have anything.

 

So you have use these with the cards of other authorized users as well?

 

Co-branded cards like Delta typically do not get this offer. It does work with authorized users but they need to have their own online Amex account to claim the offer.

[moosecrouse]

If I use my AmEx for my on board account (cruising Breakaway next week) and purchase a couple of cruise next certificates, will this qualify for the point bonus. I wasn't sure if this offer is for new bookings, balance payments only or can be used in the manner I mentioned.

Onboard purchases are excluded. Buy $500 in OBC and use that to purchase the Cruise Next certificates

 

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[Magicbar]

Will this also work if I use my Amex to make a payment on an already booked cruise?

[Mistizoom]

Will this also work if I use my Amex to make a payment on an already booked cruise?

 

Yes.

[Happy_Traveler_2008]

Yes, and it will work if you pre-pay your daily service charge also. Just need to add OBC or something else to make $500.

 

Thanks, this is helpful! I can use it to prepay service charges and wifi package before my cruise.

[peg013]

Hubby and I both got the offer ($100 back) and I already made a $500 payment on our Nov cruise and got the email from AMEX thanking me for using the offer! Thanks OP.

[tempus137]

I had already paid in full in January. They would not apply the offer to that.

 

I guess I'll just use my card to prepay my DSC and buy some OBC. Worst that will happen is my final OBC bill will be lower.

[hrmkr]

What happens if you buy OBC and do not use all of it? Does it get refunded to your account?

 

Thinking about buying $500 of OBC and whatever is left to take the refund along with getting the $100 back from the promotion.

[moosecrouse]

What happens if you buy OBC and do not use all of it? Does it get refunded to your account?

 

Thinking about buying $500 of OBC and whatever is left to take the refund along with getting the $100 back from the promotion.

The OBC is refundable and would go back to your card. However the refund may void out the $100 credit because you technically wouldn't have spent the $500. It would be the same as if you ended up canceling your cruise

 

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[moosecrouse]

Interesting... I've got cards for my wife & kids, and each of them has their own login. I'll have them check tonight.

Single guy so never thought about multiple cards on the same account. Are your wife & kids authorized users on your account or do they have there own accounts. Thinking I could add my mother & oldest nephew as authorized users if this works out for you. Please update later how you make out when you get a chance.

 

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[Tamereth]

The OBC is refundable and would go back to your card. However the refund may void out the $100 credit because you technically wouldn't have spent the $500. It would be the same as if you ended up canceling your cruise

 

I thought they mail you a check if you have leftover OBC?

[Love2cruise77]

Thanks for posting this, wasn't expecting NCL to have this too. Only found it on the Blue Cash card, not the Hilton card.

[hrmkr]

GREAT NEWS!!!

 

Even though I made my final payment 1 month ago, I was able to have them back out a payment and then used the Amex offer . I have 3 different cards between my wife and I. I had NCL refund $1500.00 to the other credit card I used which left me a $1500 balance. I then made a $500 payment from each card to leave a balance of $0.

 

Make sure you add the offer to your card before doing anything. I immediately reeceived an email from Amex showing that the offer was used.

 

For doing a little bit of work (10 minutes confirming with NCL and Amex) and then making the payments, I just saved $300!!!

 

 

WOO HOO

[amulcahy]

Does anyone know if the $500 can be spent over more than 1 transaction? I have 2 cruises booked in 2018. One is past final payment so I would like to pre-pay the DSC for that and then make a payment toward the other cruise to make the $500. Hope that makes sense.

[moosecrouse]

Does anyone know if the $500 can be spent over more than 1 transaction? I have 2 cruises booked in 2018. One is past final payment so I would like to pre-pay the DSC for that and then make a payment toward the other cruise to make the $500. Hope that makes sense.

Yes. Can be done over multiple transactions just has to be spent by the day the promo ends.

 

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[MizDemeanor]

great news!!!

 

Even though i made my final payment 1 month ago, i was able to have them back out a payment and then used the amex offer . I have 3 different cards between my wife and i. I had ncl refund $1500.00 to the other credit card i used which left me a $1500 balance. I then made a $500 payment from each card to leave a balance of $0.

 

Make sure you add the offer to your card before doing anything. I immediately reeceived an email from amex showing that the offer was used.

 

For doing a little bit of work (10 minutes confirming with ncl and amex) and then making the payments, i just saved $300!!!

 

 

Woo hoo

 

jackpot!!!

[Regguy]

Does anyone know if the $500 can be spent over more than 1 transaction? I have 2 cruises booked in 2018. One is past final payment so I would like to pre-pay the DSC for that and then make a payment toward the other cruise to make the $500. Hope that makes sense.

 

For what it's worth, I've found Amex offers to be somewhat hit or miss with using multiple payments even when the terms don't say that it needs to be one payment. I had one with Hilton just recently, for example, where I hit the spending requirement on two different stays, and it was really difficult to chase down the credit. Plus, you have to do it on the phone, and so they can ask you more questions to make sure you qualify.

 

I'm obviously only a single datapoint, but I've found that the problem seems to be worse when the offer is for points instead of a cash rebate. For some reason, there has been some trouble in the system automatically aggregating multiple payments to the amex offer vendor in that circumstance. If you don't get the "congratulations you've used you offer" e-mail after the second payment, you may have some work ahead of you to get the credit.

 

If it were me, I'd probably just use cash to pay the DSC and then pay one $500 payment toward the upcoming cruise with the amex card. In the end, cash is cash, and having to chase down Amex offers when they don't post automatically is a pain.

Edited March 2, 2018 by Regguy