sailandcruise Posted March 17, 2019 #1 Share Posted March 17, 2019 I booked a cruise in January that sails in December 2019. I am not sure if I will be able to go then or if I will have to cancel before final payment, which is in September, but I wanted to lock in the fare that was available then. I chose the free air promo because if I didn't, I either would have had to lock in airline flights now at either a reasonable but non-refundable fare or at a much higher refundable fare, or take my chances on airfare increases between now and when I make my final decision about this cruise, a couple of days before final payment is due. The difference between the sailaway rate and the rate with the free air promo was about the same as the cost of a non-refundable airline ticket. So the free air promo is valuable to me not because it saves me money, but because it is in effect a "cancel for any reason" insurance policy that is in effect up until final payment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisequeen4ever Posted March 17, 2019 #2 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Good way of thinking! Hope you get to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nola26 Posted March 17, 2019 #3 Share Posted March 17, 2019 We also choose the airfare perk. Last year we could not make the cruise fare and airfare work for our budget. The perk put the trip within our reach and now we will have a dream come true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorMan20 Posted March 17, 2019 #4 Share Posted March 17, 2019 I have a Cruise on the Breakaway out of New Orleans next year. I have the flight and cruise package. I wonder who Norwegian uses for airfare? Anyone know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another ship trip Posted March 17, 2019 #5 Share Posted March 17, 2019 We have the airfare and will be going out on American and back on United. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorMan20 Posted March 17, 2019 #6 Share Posted March 17, 2019 16 minutes ago, Another ship trip said: We have the airfare and will be going out on American and back on United. Did they assign You to those airlines or did You pick them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseB Posted March 17, 2019 #7 Share Posted March 17, 2019 They assign you flights, you don’t get to choose. I have American from DC to Tampa and Delta from NY to DC (repositioning cruise) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tokidoki Posted March 18, 2019 #8 Share Posted March 18, 2019 23 minutes ago, JesseB said: They assign you flights, you don’t get to choose. I have American from DC to Tampa and Delta from NY to DC (repositioning cruise) When is your cruise? Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseB Posted March 18, 2019 #9 Share Posted March 18, 2019 April 7th on the Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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