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Thank you very much. I got the sim mainly for land anyway. Figured I'd save money from upgrading my internet package and use my phone as a Hotspot. Happy travels! 

I purchased a 3ita sim card to use for data. Does anyone know if you would get cellular service while at sea on a eastern Mediterranean cruise? My statesroom is near the top of the ship.

For those looking to save money, some online travel sites offer on board credit for booking with them. I'm hesitant to do so because I'm not sure I can still price adjust after that. Does NCL price adjust third party agents? 

48 minutes ago, bambilin said:

When I searched for a cruise for February of 2021 on the Encore I was thrilled to see the free air and 3/4 guest free on the week the kids here in New York are on winter break.  We are a family of four and it saved us a bundle.  My travel agent was able to book 5 of our cabins with all 6 promos.  When he got to the 6th cabin the free air was no longer selectable. We had 9 cabins looking to book at the time.  He contacted his NCL rep to see what was going on (that was a Friday night) and she said she would look into it.  The next morning he saw the free air icon back on our sailing and booked the other 4 cabins.  He tried to add two more and the offer was gone again.  His rep was off and the customer service rep he reached said the offer was capacity controlled and they must have reached the limit on free air.  His rep called him the next day to say the offer was not capacity controlled, but our sailing was never supposed to have free air, it was an error. (I am thinking they realized it was winter break because the sailing that departs the day we get off the ship still has the offer)  Of course ours is being honored, but she said she could not add the promo to the additional two rooms.  Suggested we keep looking "in case they make another mistake."  Weird!  But we will keep checking just in case. 

 

If you are definitely planning to go, why not book at the $50 per person now for the cabin you want?  It is refundable.  If the offers come back, you can have it added if it does not change your fare or effect your other promos negatively.

 

The Greek Isles cruise sounds awesome, had considered it for August of 2020 but we can't swing it.  We sailed on the Epic out of Barcelona last year and had an awesome time.  Have a great cruise whatever you decide!!!  

 

   

Thank you. Barcelona was fun. I sailed from it a while back. I think I'm going to book it. I'm just going to have a sour taste in my mouth, because a $1,200 price difference is hard to swallow. I'm glad they honored your flight request. 

56 minutes ago, RedwingHockeyFan said:

I've been looking for a cruise for early 2020 and have noticed the same thing.  When I choose the first 5 options the free air goes away.  I wouldn't use it anyway because I prefer flexibility in that area.  Also,  The 3/4 guests free option, the free air option and the all 6 free option are only available on certain cruises.

On new years day the extra guests were sailing free for me on that cruise. It definitely saves a lot of money. 

HI thanks for your reply.  CD abs was a typo.  Meant customer service rep.  I'll try  booking in another section to see if the guests sail free. Thanks for the insight.

Hi all. I'm looking to book a Norwegian cruise online, and have been waiting for a great price. On the first couple days after new years, NCL had a promo with all six free including 3/4 guests sailing free and free air. That was the deal I was waiting for! So, I typed in my dates and found out that the air was not free but the 3/4 guests were. I called CD abs they said the promo supply ran out! That's sneaky of them! I thought maybe I'll wait and more will be supplied and the promo came and went. When the promo came back, the air is still full price but even the free guest promo is not available! My question to this who know, does the promos get re-supplied or I missed out on getting a lower price on my cruise because I had my heart set out on a mini suite for the Venice cruise to the Greek isle in August but I've been checking everyday and the prices aren't budging. Please help! Wondering if I should just book now. 

Remember "Good Deals" are subjective. Paying $176 in gratuities if you don't drink their maximum of drinks is NOT a good deal for some. I NEVER drink even $176 in drinks....so having to pay up front what NCL calls "gratuities" on a service not yet rendered is far from FREE no matter what the cost of the package is on other lines? I am not against paying the gratuities....BUT only for WHAT I drink, not a 'flat fee' on drinks not served!! NCL probably makes out well on this promo (it is a business after all and they wouldn't offer it if they lost $$).

I'm debating whether to get the UBP free at sea promo. Is it $176 per person in gratuities paid up front?