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For future reference, the NCL confirmation now contains basic flight/date information - gateways, transfers and deviations.

Actually, pretty close to the response I got when I asked on the Dawn last month. Fast forward to the Star last week when the CN manager bent over backwards to do everything he could for me. OBC, reprice (including category upgrades) to existing bookings...

What are you saying? BF is balcony forward. NCL doesn't have obstructed balconies as far as I know. Different ship but I paid full price for GTY balcony, listed as BF-GTY. Got my cabin assignment about 5 weeks prior to sail date, BC.

True. I keep suggesting that they offer alternatives, but for reasons beyond their ability to provide the current benefits. Choice of options - pick 2 from column a, 1 from b and so on. No wine or strawberries for me because of allergies. It would be so simple to have a door hanger checklist for a special snack. Alternatives to tours/ wine tasting could be obc (not just for wine tasting), additional discounts/drawing tickets for jewlery, art, spa, wifi, casino credits... They might even benefit because you usually have to spend money to use a discount. I always get a thank you, your comments have been forwarded.....

Have you checked everyone's accounts? FCC goes to the passengers, not just to the primary on the reservation. You first said " my refund" then "us" so difficult to ascertain what they might still owe.

It is possible that the cabin was booked/on hold when she booked, became available later. Or she originally chose family and the one she wanted wouldn't show as available since it wasn't the category she indicated she wanted.

See explanation above. You have FCC or a bonus coupon. Your spouse does not, either because the credits don't exist in the account or weren't applied. Looks like you have a $125 credit, possibly one of their bonus coupons. You'd have to do a mock booking and look at the codes on your reservation to determine what other discounts were applied to the fare itself.

Sapphire gets $50. But some ships are offering the wine tasting so you get nothing, even tho the tours haven't been reinstated.

Not totally following your assessment but here's what I have gleaned from past experience. FCC as a refund is a payment - should be a payment line item. FCC as a bonus is a reduction to cruise fare, so you will not see it. I always do a mock booking to verify pricing before discounts. % off coupons also reduce price, are only applied to fare of the person with the coupon, not both passengers - which could be why you are seeing different fares. Again, not something you will see on your statement. The "savings" line item (not always listed) should be the 40% discount, has nothing to do with additional discounts. CN certificates are payments, should not affect price. Also will be a payment line item.

Think normal airplane carryon size, height shouldn't matter since it can lay sideways. But I have also seen them insist that all rollerbags get checked (San Pedro maybe???).

To be honest, I hardly even noticed the difference! Enclosed on a warm-weather cruise might not be ideal if you want to sit out on the balcony during the day but most of my cruises are port-intensive so the only time on the balcony is in the evening. And it was really nice to have coming/going into NYC on some very cold and windy December days.

It's not the normal experience but it obviously does happen since the OP asked the question. An alternative site would have the same issues UNLESS they had a block of rooms reserved.

I did a couple of them in Greece. They are good if you want a simple tour of the countryside where you are visiting. Just depends on how long you feel you need to stay...I like to see lots of places, so they were good for me. Obviously some will be better than others and depends a lot on your tour guide.

Incorrect. There are times when you cannot choose your cabin even if you are not choosing sail-away. To the OP - not sure anyone here can provide an answer. I used to think it was an indication that the category was nearly full but I booked a September Alaska cruise over 4 months in advance, and only GTY balcony was available. Seems to be common on Alaska cruises. Just noticed my cabin has finally been assigned, about 5 weeks out.

You need to post your questions in the general forum, not in a discussion specifically about the NCL mastercard. So to answer your original post, you are not in the correct place.

Once you book an excursion you won't be able to see any other excursions that conflict - so if something better comes along you'll never know.

Used Seattle Cruise Park in April, will use again in September. Worked well for me. Other than giving me bad directions for pickup after the cruise (told me to go across the street - NO!!!!) it worked out well.

Um no. You paid what you paid. Someone else paid what they paid. That's money they already have in their pocket. The only money they make on a bid is what you pay in addition to what you have already paid. If they resell the cabin, they make whatever money they resell it for - what you paid has no relevance to what they could get for reselling the cabin at a later date.

From a financial viewpoint, it doesn't factor at all. Your current cabin has a specific value at the time the bids are processed. You have offered a specific amount of money. How much you originally paid for your cabin has no bearing on how much additional income NCL can make if they give you an upgrade.

Possible, although the agency doing the bidding process may not even have that information, just the current value of the room that would be vacated. My guess is that a tiebreaker could either be by lottery or bid-date.

Highly doubtful that how much you paid has any bearing on the bids, as that amount is already fixed and does not factor into how much additional income they can make with your bid.

I just spoke to my pcc. He told me he would get the credit IF he had booked the cruise I was on when I did an on-board booking. No credit if he hadn't originally booked it.

If by non-BOA account you mean another credit card - that's probably not going to happen. It has to be a bank account. As to getting OBC, you have to meet the spending requirements, then you can redeem them for OBC Terms & Conditions | WorldPoints Rewards (ncl.com) or redeem them for statement credit on the BofA website.

Yes, you get the same. I have no clue why people take the obc when you can get a statement credit - so much simpler! But then I save my points for room upgrades - much better value, depending on when/where you are cruising.

If it is fleet wide they certainly aren't advertising it. Only got a letter 1 time (5 cruises, 4 ships since March), on the Jewel in April. Ships are handling latitudes promos differently - Dawn in July was doing wine tasting so no latitudes OBC but OBC still available on the Star last week.