Do they ever sell rooms after embarkation ?

[Twinbooty]

We are finally all booked up and we have another party of 3 going to book and at this point they are booking a Club Balcony Suite as they feel that will be fine.  This is essentially a couple and a friend and im just no so sure it will be fine having been in the Club Balcony config.

 

So the question is, lets say they get onboard and set sail then decide hmmmmmmmmm.....Is there any situation where the ship would sell a single room to someone after set sail ?

Im sure there must have been bad fallouts in the past where it had to happen but just wondering if there is a policy on it.  

Surely they wouldnt turn down the income ?

PS - Sneaky additional question.  I saw before someone mentioning that for cruises in the States, if the price drops, then you can reprice to another room or maybe the same room but in Europe you cant do that.  Is that for "cruising in europe" or "booking in Europe".

[www3traveler]

Probably not

[ColeThornton]

No.

[complawyer]

if it's a couple and a friend, i hope it's a close friend. the friend sleeps on the fold out sofa, bathroom arrangements might be a little iffy, why dont you try and price a 2 bedroom suite?  my wife and i are traveling with my friend (former office wives) on 3 different cruises next year. epic in january, jade in april and dawn in aug. all 3 are two bedroom and my friends have seen the size of the 2nd cabin and dont object. they have their own private room, bathroom/stall shower, get the use of the rest of the cabin, and the haven amenities.

otherwise good luck, and if there was even a chance that the 3rd person could book another room, remember the cost for 1 is almost the same as what ncl charges for 2

[SpainAlien]

5 hours ago, Twinbooty said:

 Sneaky additional question.  I saw before someone mentioning that for cruises in the States, if the price drops, then you can reprice to another room or maybe the same room but in Europe you cant do that.  Is that for "cruising in europe" or "booking in Europe".

You cannot reprice the same cabin if you booked it in Europe, you can upgrade but you have to pay extra, no money back.  In Europe we get the advantage of a later final payment date

 

I understand that you cannot reprice a booking after final payment in US if it includes airfare

 

 

[lixogab]

21 hours ago, SpainAlien said:

You cannot reprice the same cabin if you booked it in Europe, you can upgrade but you have to pay extra, no money back.  In Europe we get the advantage of a later final payment date

 

I understand that you cannot reprice a booking after final payment in US if it includes airfare

 

 

But.. If it’s before the final payment day you should be able to cancel, get all your money back and rebook paying the current lower price. Right? 
 

[Yinster]

1 hour ago, lixogab said:

But.. If it’s before the final payment day you should be able to cancel, get all your money back and rebook paying the current lower price. Right? 
 

In Europe, you lose your deposit. So you have to factor the new price and the deposit lost and work out if it's a better deal for you

[SpainAlien]

5 hours ago, lixogab said:

But.. If it’s before the final payment day you should be able to cancel, get all your money back and rebook paying the current lower price. Right? 
 

Not in Europe, your deposit is non refundable but you can transfer it to another (different) cruise if you are lucky

 

[sanger727]

To be clear the ‘in Europe’ comments are for Europe bookings for cruises of any location. Not US bookings cruising in Europe. If you book as a US customer, you’ll get the normal US booking terms regardless of where your cruise is occurring. the booking terms are based on where the booker is. Different countries have different protections and laws. European cruisers get protections that US cruisers don’t. US cruisers get easily cancellable bookings that European cruises don’t. 
 

As far as the selling of a second cabin. I haven’t heard of that happening. It’s hard to say in the age of Covid if they would do it. Presumably they are leaving rooms empty for a variety of reasons (capacity, quarantine, crew, etc). So whether the preference is to keep 3 people in 1 room vs giving up an empty room is hard to say. Pre-Covid it would be a no. Rooms rarely sailed empty and when they did they would be held in reserve for emergencies (like the toilet in your room exploded).

[lixogab]

How it’s determined which customer you are?
Website you go, your IP, credit card issuer, citizenship?

Can you change it?

[sanger727]

10 minutes ago, lixogab said:

How it’s determined which customer you are?
Website you go, your IP, credit card issuer, citizenship?

Can you change it?

I believe you are automatically sent to the correct website based on where you are. I recently traveled in South America and all my Google searches were suddenly to Spanish written websites. I believe they will also use your home address to verify when you check out. So if you force your computer in England to go to the US site, it may be problematic to check out with a non-US address.

[graphicguy]

2 hours ago, sanger727 said:

I believe you are automatically sent to the correct website based on where you are. I recently traveled in South America and all my Google searches were suddenly to Spanish written websites. I believe they will also use your home address to verify when you check out. So if you force your computer in England to go to the US site, it may be problematic to check out with a non-US address.

Exactly.  Eventually, you'll have to use your home address.  That will determine your pricing.

[bob brown]

In pre-pandemic times, I have usually seen a sign posted on the guest relations desk stating that the ship is "sold out", and no changes or upgrades were available.   I think that in some cases, they held back a few rooms, as "protection" in cases where there were unsolvable maintenance issues with some rooms, and that even if they didn't need them, they wouldn't sell them.   

 

Now that they may be limiting capacity due to the pandemic, there may be some rooms available for on board sale, but who knows if they would want to be bothered to sell them?