debranator

On 8/5/2021 at 8:22 PM, Native Floridian 26 said:

I was on hold for over an hour and got disconnected.  That was not the main customer service number.  Then I called the main number and only held for 10 minutes.  The rep was nice and worked with someone backoffice right while I was on the phone and she repriced my cruise giving me the 5+15% Voyagers discount on the sailing.  I was happy. I saw everything updated right away online and then got a new booking email.

 

How do you know if the $50 onboard credit is applied?  Any way to tell before you are on board?

if it does not show on your cruise details in your account you have to [I KNOW this is a pain] call them.

It happened to me and i had to call to see it applied.

Msc prices are the cheapest I have seen now. Especially if you have sailed with them before or do a status match to diamond.  booked 7 nights fantasica balcony divina 9/19 all in after fees and obc 405.

b2b 4 night 210 all in after obc. same deals on the miami ship.. and they are pricing this way in many cases till feb.

47 minutes ago, cruiser147147 said:

 

 

 

Norwegian Breakaway

January 06, 2019 to January 17, 2019

 

11-Day Western Caribbean from New Orleans

Caribbean’s Leading Cruise Line by World Travel Awards.

Harvest Caye, Best New Cruise Port by Porthole Magazine.

Starting From

$ 699 USD

Avg Per Person

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SHIP Norwegian Breakaway

CRUISE PORTS Embark New Orleans (Louisiana); Ocho Rios (Jamaica); George Town (Grand Cayman); Roatan, Bay Islands (Honduras); Harvest Caye (Belize); Costa Maya (Mexico); Cozumel (Mexico); Disembark New Orleans (Louisiana)

 

 

• Solo Cruiser Discount

 

Sail Away Balcony  Solo

Pricing Details

Item	Guest 1
Cruise Fare	$629.00
Govt Taxes, Fees & Port Expenses	$198.53
Total per Guest	$827.53

 

 

 

fabulous!!!  great deal!

!st decent balcony deal I have seen for Jan so far.

A decent fare for those who like to plan ahead.

 

MSC Divina

Caribbean itinerary

Roundtrip Miami

January 10-20, 2019

 

Interior $730.07

Oceanview $872.57

Balcony $1,186.07

 

Port fees are an additional $122.69. Current promotion includes Drinks On Us.

 

Note: The fares quoted reflect the Black Card status discount which many have attained by Status Match.

An excellent find!!!

Norwegian Star

14-day Panama Canal Full Transit

Los Angeles to Miami

April 8-22, 2018

 

solo inside guarantee $699 (plus $414.12 fees and taxes)

Thats an amazing deal.took me a few minutes to find it as it is obscured on norwegians web site..already have a cruise on the 8th..but what a great deal.

Been to Coz a number of times. After the crowds and noise of the ship we prefer the quiet and relaxing atmosphere of Nachi Cocom - limited to 130 guests per day, with great food and service, nice beach, small pool, etc. AI for about $55 each.

 

It's your call! ;)

This is the first I have heard of this club and am going to try it next week.

I normally go to mr. sanchos and was there is Feb. and it was terrible..

severely overcrowded.

so, thank you.

Correct Deb... the amount of the credit is max $50. So, if you book an excursion of $150, you will get the discount of $50... however, if you have the FOS $50 discount too, you would receive $50 + $50 discount.

Its states in the Terms & Conditions that it's $50 per stateroom/port which means you cannot carry over any unused credit to the next port.

HTH

Connie

 

PS: Just to add, it was no problem to find shore excursions which were over the $50 credit limit... I'm very pleased with the outcome I've had with this credit.

That's wonderful.

I have not had such a easy time with it.

It sounded great which is why I chose it...

But, As I frequently cruise to the same posts....

I already know the best places to go at least for me and the best deals.

And in most of the ports booking through the ship not only costs triple..

but you get much less and you get crowds.

For example...I go to mr. Sanchos in Cozumel a few times a year.

It comes to about 80 including a private cab.

All inclusive waiter service with anything from the menu.

The closest option through the ship...

was about 10 bucks more..on a bus...

with a buffet...to a lesser club.

And at grand cayman..I just love standing on that sandbar.:D

[dont care about the giant fish..;p]

I pay 30 bucks...and go on a practically empty catamaran.

The ship option...110. with crowds.

So, on the ports I either have never found anything good

or just normally stay on the boat...

I booked some things my kids dared me to try like parasailing:eek: and horseback riding on the water.

But, for the others...

Like costa maya...

I have a wonderful girl that gives me fabulous acrylics on the sand...does my toes..

and again with waiter service ordering from the menu and pina colodas..

with the full set of acrylics and mani pedi....

after tip costs about 110.

with a private cab.

I am probably going to let the credits rot as I would rather have a good time...

What did you find that was wonderful?

Have you been there before?

It is probably my fault as I only like like beach excursions and reading the reviews on them on norwegian really scared me as most folks said to run.

...

 

The FOS promos credits and the DV (Distinctive Voyages) credits are combinable, therefore, if you have both, you can combine them. I have the DV credits and I, like you, receive the LATS discount so.... I called and booked my excursions with the SX desk and had no charge on my CC and will pay only what is left after the discounts.

 

Lat. rewards disc. 10%

Excursion charges - 215

Excursion discounts - 150 (50 x 3 so far)

for now, my amount owing is $65 USD with 3 of 4 booked.

Hi..wait a sec.

I reread your post.

I have to have the credits used in each port...correct?

So I cannot use the overage from a lesser excursion on a pricier one at another port?

That is how I had read it.

and the day I may not take a ship excursion I just lose the credits...correct? Correct

 

 

so I 125 dollar excursion gets the 10 percent discount...so it becomes 112.50

they credit me 100 and I pay 12.50? Correct, provided you have "reserved" your shorex and not paid for it up front.

 

 

Well that is my reading of the situation. As an aside; "how did you get a $100 credit rather than the $50 I got!!!?"

Exactly what allready2 cruise said.:)

I never book the ship ones..

but I always book last minute cruises in balconies as a solo...

I was already going to take the package versus the sail away rate for my 10 day on the dawn..

because the package came with 200 OBC..and all in after the obc...which i spend on cigs anyway..

it was a 255.00 diff after the OBC and that included the grats on the drink package...plus another choice..

as I was booking the net as the other choice...she informed me of the DV status of the cruise..

it is a little yellow icon to look for...and lasts on bookings made before 1/31?

She told me an extra 50 per port in excursion credits, 250 mins of net and phone calls were included.

it came with other things I could not use because I am local.

And I was told you could stack the excursion credits to 100 so I took that.

I am alone so 100 per port is more than enough...

very interesting..

thank you for posting this.

I was wondering.....

exactly that.

I have 100 credit per shore excursion and I am gold..

A few of the ones I booked are over 100.

Will I get the discount for gold first ?

 

My reading is that the Gold Platinum is deducted "at source" so the charge on your folio would be decreased by the 10% allowance and THEN any $50 or $100 perk is removed.

Thank you.

and the day I may not take a ship excursion I just lose the credits...correct?

so I 125 dollar excursion gets the 10 percent discount...so it becomes 112.50

they credit me 100 and I pay 12.50?

Again, thank you for answering this..

as I thought I knew everything there was to know about cruising..lol;p

except the things I never do..

like getting perks as I normally book sailaway....

and booking shore excursions through the ship...

Did it this time because I had no idea it was a signature voyage and included 50 bucks per port.

Correct - we have used the credit on some excursions durning our past two cruises.

You call Shorex and make the reservation thru them - in our case we were also plat plus so there is a latitude tier discount - you do not pay in advance.

Once you have completed the tour you will see both the original tour cost and a $50.00 credit per port not pp. Should you cancel that particular excursion there will be no credit. It’s basically use it or loose it.

 

 

 

very interesting..

thank you for posting this.

I was wondering.....

exactly that.

I have 100 credit per shore excursion and I am gold..

A few of the ones I booked are over 100.

Will I get the discount for gold first ?

then they take out the 100...?

I have never had excursion credits before so I am pretty confused

I booked all the excursions by calling the phone number as I was not going to prepay.

Thank you in advance.

Getaway this sunday the 28th

inside 549.

ov 649.

Wow. That's awesome. Did you book directly? or through a TA?

I just booked the escape for sat the 11th

a single balcony is 549,

use 2 cruise next deposits and I was out of pocket 225 including tax and fees.

my total actual cost was 475.

for a solo balcony.

the 18th has the same deal for 50 bucks more.

you do not get the extras..but I only sail in balcony's and booking it with the extras costs a heck of a lot more.

Was assigned a midship cabin in about an hour.

on nov 26 the getaway has balconys at 650

the escape on dec 2nd for 600.

If you book a balcony or better you can use 2 cruise next deposits.

the getaway dec. 3rd 650

escape on the 9th 600

last second steal for this weekend

NCL dawn new orleans 7nts

inside 349

obstructed ocean view 349

balcony 599

mini suite w balcony 749

ok..spirit deal is gone again..

here is another last second deal

scratch that..gone is a second

No worries..glad I could help.

the spirit on sat just had a last second price drop

549 balcony..but no OBC

found another quick deal..

again not a steal..

but not bad if you dont mind insides.

GTY inside

NCL escape WITH the drink plan...

858 4/16

4/30 also has that price

it may go cheaper...

but..its the cheapest it has been recently with the DP.

A lovely lady Named Pam just helped me with that exact thing.

I normally park at the port but needed to save money.

she told me about http://www.lotsofhonor.com/index.html

it cost me 51.23 for the 8 days.

Pullmentaur i pulled off the single page of that site and gave you the deal number.

what I do is go to about 10 sites and run the numbers.

many times a great deal like the spirit deal i snagged last week have to be run though other online sites to get the deals.

the singles page does not always show it.

it never showed the spirit deal and neither did cruise plum.

what I did see that is cool about cruiseplum...and thank you for telling me about it by the way...it that is shows the exact price history of a cruise if you run your curser over the graph.

but, unfortunately...it is always a day behind in its info.

if you look at cruiseplum...it will show it is not constantly updated.

Which is why the spirit deal did not show on it until it was gone.

I am new to the boards and know we cannot mention some things but i dont know what the t a site is..

let me check to see if it is still there..and i will let you know..i would grab it..if they had a balcony..

also with a quick check last week I found flights home from Copenhagen with 1 stop in the 300 buck range.

I think I checked for 3 days after docking.

still there 14353

no worries..it just so happens i sell online for a living and was researching the prices just this morning.

do not list it for 150.

your fees will be about 20 or so after PP fees.

list is with the right key words at 184.

sorry..i read your post again.

if you are going to be eating 3 more nights in the restaurants...be sure to buy a 3 night meal plan before you board.

the prices are higher onboard...and MUCH cheaper than paying ala carte prices.

it does not work that way.

you entire meal is included...appetizer entree desert.

if you bought it ala carte in those restaurants just your entree would cost more than the voucher.

This ala carte thing is new..i just saw it 2 months ago...but the ala carte prices floored me.

put it on ebay.

there are 3 there now.

and all have terrible titles.

the only way you can find them is to search for ncl 250.

use the key words: cruise next ncl reward promo 250 certificate norwegian and post it in gift cards if possible.

the lowest price now is 185 but her key words are terrible