Rare ziggyuk Posted January 3, 2023 #1 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Heads up for UK users This is the third time we have had this in the UK. Save the offer ASAP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare laudergayle Posted January 3, 2023 #2 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Nice…I hope this offer shows up in the US soon. We took advantage of this 2x last year…a nice $700 savings on a cruise we had already booked. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Captain-John Posted January 3, 2023 #3 Share Posted January 3, 2023 54 minutes ago, ziggyuk said: Heads up for UK users This is the third time we have had this in the UK. Save the offer ASAP. Hmmm. Any merit in buying £1k of refundable OBC I wonder? Annoyingly my TA (despite being an American firm!) doesn't accept Amex for deposit or final payments - I am an Avios/companion voucher collector and this restriction severley limits my ability to do so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ziggyuk Posted January 3, 2023 Author #4 Share Posted January 3, 2023 1 minute ago, Captain-John said: Hmmm. Any merit in buying £1k of refundable OBC I wonder? Annoyingly my TA (despite being an American firm!) doesn't accept Amex for deposit or final payments - I am an Avios/companion voucher collector and this restriction severley limits my ability to do so! I dont see why not, I bought a load on my cruise 3 weeks ago as it's a fantastic exchage rate, we just took it out as cash on the last day. If you save the deal you have until 31/03/23 to use it. Im booking a 2024 cruise and will probably just put down £1000 early (each we both have Amex) just to take advantage of this offer. I'm gutted as I did final payment on 24/12, I knew this offer would come out as soon as we had to pay. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ziggyuk Posted January 3, 2023 Author #5 Share Posted January 3, 2023 13 minutes ago, laudergayle said: Nice…I hope this offer shows up in the US soon. We took advantage of this 2x last year…a nice $700 savings on a cruise we had already booked. You just had it in October for use by 31 December I belive, there was a thread on here about it, I have been keeping my fingers crossed since the US offer came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare laudergayle Posted January 3, 2023 #6 Share Posted January 3, 2023 1 minute ago, ziggyuk said: You just had it in October for use by 31 December I belive, there was a thread on here about it, I have been keeping my fingers crossed since the US offer came out. Yes, we used that on two different cards…but I want it again…lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Captain-John Posted January 3, 2023 #7 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Thanks, need to do the sums as even £700 back between the two of us may be less of a discount than we get with our TA (if we make a new booking) hence trying to think of creative ways to spend £1k with NCL directly, outside making a booking. But agreed, a very good offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare laudergayle Posted January 3, 2023 #8 Share Posted January 3, 2023 18 minutes ago, Captain-John said: Thanks, need to do the sums as even £700 back between the two of us may be less of a discount than we get with our TA (if we make a new booking) hence trying to think of creative ways to spend £1k with NCL directly, outside making a booking. But agreed, a very good offer. In the US booking excursions come through as a NCL charge and have worked to trigger the card spend. Also Pre-paying DSC also works. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DensolandMouthy Posted January 3, 2023 #9 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Im a UK Amex member and I have saved this deal down. Im about to make final payment on a transatlantic from NY what does “Journeys departing from UK mean?” only sailings out of UK ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ziggyuk Posted January 3, 2023 Author #10 Share Posted January 3, 2023 14 minutes ago, DensolandMouthy said: Im a UK Amex member and I have saved this deal down. Im about to make final payment on a transatlantic from NY what does “Journeys departing from UK mean?” only sailings out of UK ? It always says that, not sure what it means but it does not matter. As long as the payment goes through NCL UK you will be fine. People have even reported paying over the phone as opposed to online and it still working. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare KeithJenner Posted January 3, 2023 #11 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Good spot. Timing is great, as we don’t have anything due to NCL for a while, but will just have to make a payment on account. Still £700 off is very handy. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DensolandMouthy Posted January 3, 2023 #12 Share Posted January 3, 2023 5 minutes ago, ziggyuk said: It always says that, not sure what it means but it does not matter. As long as the payment goes through NCL UK you will be fine. People have even reported paying over the phone as opposed to online and it still working. Oh fantastic !!! great spot - thank you very much for posting ! 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ziggyuk Posted January 3, 2023 Author #13 Share Posted January 3, 2023 2 minutes ago, KeithJenner said: Good spot. Timing is great, as we don’t have anything due to NCL for a while, but will just have to make a payment on account. Still £700 off is very handy. 🙂 Isn't it just. I'm going to have to make a booking to take advantage 😂 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnbridledEnthusiasm Posted January 3, 2023 #14 Share Posted January 3, 2023 I'm waiting to see it show up on one of my cards too in the US. I keep checking Amex, Chase, and Bank of America and nothing right now. How much is it normally again? $125 cashback on a cruise over $800 or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Captain-John Posted January 3, 2023 #15 Share Posted January 3, 2023 I just called to double check and apparently both the primary and supplementary cardholder will get the benefit if each individual has saved to their respective account. I had wondered if it was only for the primary cardholder but seems not. So £700 rebate between two (under the one Amex account). The reason I don't currently have an account in my name is for bonus sign up purposes (need to let two years elapse before eligble again), Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare KeithJenner Posted January 3, 2023 #16 Share Posted January 3, 2023 14 minutes ago, Captain-John said: I just called to double check and apparently both the primary and supplementary cardholder will get the benefit if each individual has saved to their respective account. I had wondered if it was only for the primary cardholder but seems not. So £700 rebate between two (under the one Amex account). The reason I don't currently have an account in my name is for bonus sign up purposes (need to let two years elapse before eligble again), I can confirm that it works for supplementary cards. Done it many times in the past (including the days when we had four cards between us - my wife is currently on a two year break). 4x cash back was always especially good. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muckyduckway Posted January 3, 2023 #17 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Is this on the standard Amex card? We dropped our Amex a few years ago because so many places didn't accept them here. Might have to re-apply! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Captain-John Posted January 3, 2023 #18 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Just now, Muckyduckway said: Is this on the standard Amex card? We dropped our Amex a few years ago because so many places didn't accept them here. Might have to re-apply! We have a BA Amex which was initially the Premium Plus (black) card but in the last few months we downgraded to the basic because we had earned our companion voucher - and the offer has appeared for us even with the basic (Blue) card. Limited to the first 10k who save it to their account - not sure how quickly the allocation will be taken up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amelia3171 Posted January 3, 2023 #19 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Thank you so much for posting this. Myself and partner have both been able to add it. We have a 14 night Viking cruise this April (can not wait) but lost all our NCL cruise nexts what with one thing and another so lovely to have something towards our next NCL. It is also great to read about other UK Avios collectors. BA Platinum Plus as main cards but waiting to apply for Barcleycard avios card, had Goldfish cards for decades but had to cancel to get sign up bonus but will be great to have card to use in places that don’t take Amex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Captain-John Posted January 3, 2023 #20 Share Posted January 3, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, amelia3171 said: Barcleycard avios card Yes I pay all my crusies on the Barclaycard Mastercard (and was lucky enough to get a 50k signup bonus in the early days). I've earned a cabin upgrade voucher but have no idea how to use it, and think I need to earn another one anyway to get a complete return trip (as the voucher does 1 person return or 2 people 1 way). We have booked Celebrity Millenium for Japan next year and hoping to use a significant chunk of our saved Avios for a redemption - although I'll be waiting until midnight GMT and calling the overseas call centres in order to improve my chances! Edited January 3, 2023 by Captain-John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muckyduckway Posted January 3, 2023 #21 Share Posted January 3, 2023 4 hours ago, Captain-John said: We have a BA Amex which was initially the Premium Plus (black) card but in the last few months we downgraded to the basic because we had earned our companion voucher - and the offer has appeared for us even with the basic (Blue) card. Limited to the first 10k who save it to their account - not sure how quickly the allocation will be taken up. That's good to know - looks like we will be reacquainting ourselves with Amex! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare laudergayle Posted January 3, 2023 #22 Share Posted January 3, 2023 (edited) Interesting to note…while we’re in the US, we only get NCL Amex offers on our Non-affiliate cards (non-airlines, non-hotels). In the US, the Amex EveryDay card is $0 annual fee and you collect Amex Membership Miles. This is where I have found the NCL offers. On our multiple Amex Delta cards…zip, never NCL offers. Don’t know how this translates outside the US. Edited January 3, 2023 by laudergayle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosebuds Posted January 3, 2023 #23 Share Posted January 3, 2023 8 hours ago, ziggyuk said: I dont see why not, I bought a load on my cruise 3 weeks ago as it's a fantastic exchage rate, we just took it out as cash on the last day. I Thanks ziggy. As UK cruisers would be buying US$ OBC, would any unused credit also be given as a US $ cash refund? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ziggyuk Posted January 3, 2023 Author #24 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Just now, rosebuds said: Thanks ziggy. As UK cruisers would be buying US$ OBC, would any unused credit also be given as a US $ cash refund? Yes, my OBC was paid in cash (US$), in my case it was only $400 though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosebuds Posted January 3, 2023 #25 Share Posted January 3, 2023 4 minutes ago, ziggyuk said: Yes, my OBC was paid in cash (US$), in my case it was only $400 though. Thanks, good to know 👍. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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