MomDawn

Good to know! Thanks I used to fly to a little airport frequently. It was wonderful -- you could show up 30 minutes before your flight, no problem.

I did NCLAir from Detroit to NOLA in 2/23. Went the day before and stayed at the SpringHill Suites Warehouse Arts District. When I got the flight notice for direct Delta flights, I was able to log in and select seats for me and my companion. Bags were free as I have a Delta AmEx. Only issue was we were at the NOLA too early to check our bags and had to wait in an area with limited seating and no food/bev and this was after we did the excursion to the airport (which was excellent, BTW). Supposedly it's a Delta policy (at NOLA? -- never ran into it before) that you can't check a bag until 4 or 5 hours prior to flight. Our flight was at 6:45pm, the excursion dropped us off around noon. My $.02, TL:DR NCL is giving us discount airfare. We know it can be up to 2/3 stops. They guarantee nothing except that they will book your flights for the price they gave you. You will probably have to pay extra for bags on every flight. You may not be able to pick a seat. If you don't have insurance you may lose every penny you paid for the entire vacation AND have added costs. NCL will reimburse you nothing. So you have to decide if it's worth saving $x to risk these things. I personally carry trip insurance and not through NCL (doesn't that only cover the cruise?). I am more willing to take a risk because I am in Detroit, which is a hub for Delta only, and I have perks with Delta. I figure I'm 80% likely to get a Delta flight. I will always deviate at least 1 day before.

You must mean non-refundable(NR) OBC, because I think refundable OBC can be appliednti to anything. If I remember correctly, I was told I could use my NR OBC for bingo in February 2023. (I can't confirm, because my OBC was already used up on an excursion.) I was definitely able to use it for excursions booked on the ship (not before), purchases in gift shop, and extra taxes on drinks (US ports). This is on cruises from 12/2021-2/20/23.

I'm doing this cruise on 9/22. Thank you for sharing your experiences!