chicchic325 Posted December 25, 2022 #1 Share Posted December 25, 2022 Besides this years Black Friday, had anyone seen this before? I’ve seen the 3rd and 4th guest. Trying to decide if we book or wait for next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YangtzeCruiser Posted December 25, 2022 #2 Share Posted December 25, 2022 I don't recall seeing 2nd guest sails free before. But rather than get caught up in the hype, I just look at the bottom line for the two of us, including taxes, port fees, and gratuities. I'm not sure what the actual offer was under which we booked our upcoming cruise on the Sky, but the invoice has a line for Guest Fare, and another line for Savings, where half of the guest fare is subtracted off. Second guest free, 50% off for each of us, or ?? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linbobky Posted December 26, 2022 #3 Share Posted December 26, 2022 i love ncl but, i figurded a cruise with this promo and it is cheaper to book 2 people instead of 2. it is a riip off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare GeezerCouple Posted December 26, 2022 #4 Share Posted December 26, 2022 I think it was this promo that led someone else to complain that with the "promo", the base fare and all was much higher, so there wasn't really any savings. Always look at and compare the final *total* costs. GC 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navybankerteacher Posted December 26, 2022 #5 Share Posted December 26, 2022 Since most lines charge a "single supplement" - often 100% - which means that a person sailing alone will pay for two people, it kind of works out that having a "second guest" in a stateroom costs no more than one person -- meaning that the second guest arguably sails "free". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ColdCruise Posted December 26, 2022 #6 Share Posted December 26, 2022 Look at the bottom line. All the (4) cruises we booked prior to this “2nd guest sail free” hoopla ended up costing more or less than $20 difference if we booked like-for-like with “sail free” promo. We kept our original bookings. A good practice, once you book a cruise, is to periodically make a fake booking (ie all the way through until you have to enter payment info) for your existing cruises to see whether you can reprice them and get a lower total cost. Sometimes you can save hundreds. Do that without logging into your account then again while logged in to see if you get more latitudes points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefMateJRK Posted December 26, 2022 #7 Share Posted December 26, 2022 1 hour ago, ColdCruise said: Do that without logging into your account then again while logged in to see if you get more latitudes points. Why do it without being logged in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ColdCruise Posted December 26, 2022 #8 Share Posted December 26, 2022 21 minutes ago, ChiefMateJRK said: Why do it without being logged in? Ahhh good question @ChiefMateJRK. I guess i should say I also do it from an anonymized browser. I just noticed with airfare that i get different prices than when repeatedly checking from home and assumed the same tracking of account & device occurred with NCL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YangtzeCruiser Posted December 26, 2022 #9 Share Posted December 26, 2022 (edited) 17 hours ago, ColdCruise said: I guess i should say I also do it from an anonymized browser. I typically compare prices by using a separate user profile which clears everything once I close the browser window and not logging in. Edited December 26, 2022 by YangtzeCruiser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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