Promotions for Black Friday and December

[Demonyte]

Pride of America sailings (at least mine on May 2016) is still not included in the promos. I understand that due to HI laws they can't participate in UBP but will they EVER be included in any of the other promos?

 

Hawaii itineraries are special as NCL simply does not need to lure passengers to those cruises with price drops or promos, the cruises sell out as they are.

[Brittany C]

Hi everyone!

 

We just rounded up all the Black Friday cruise deals we could find. Please check them out on the Cruise Critic site: Black Friday/Cyber Monday Cruise Deals 2015

 

Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Cruising to all!

 

~Brittany Chrusciel, Associate Editor, Cruise Critic

[AndyCapn]

We went from having a soda package only to having the Ultimate Beverage and Specialty Dining packages for the same price (plus the gratuities, obviously). Even kept the same cabin, and they even threw in a free cake. Could not be more pleased with the offer and especially the service through Casinos at Sea.

[Deptacon]

We added the dinning on top of our beverage package, no price change (minus grats).

 

Very happy so far...this will be our first NCL cruise.... Can't get perks like this from royal.

[LHHFMF]

Wish there was an easier way to make changes than having to call NCL. I've had the worst luck dealing with them.

 

I called yesterday to change the promo for two reservations. One was done and the other wasn't. I call back again today and was told that I told the PCC to hold off on changing one of them. Sure I did.

 

This is the same guy that when I changed rooms, he gave me the room number over the phone then proceeded to book a different room on a different floor.

[hawkeyetlse]

Wish there was an easier way to make changes than having to call NCL. I've had the worst luck dealing with them.

You don't have to deal with the same guy until you both die. Some PCCs are better than others. If you don't like yours, just ask for a different one.

[hun]

Unfortunately no Black Friday deals being offered for bookings made in Europe.:mad:

 

No "Pick 2" or even the extra Internet Package that they offered us in early November.

 

 

Sorry I think I may have misunderstood your comments - you're in Europe or cruise to Europe? 🤔 Our 9/28 cruise is the Star in Europe. The cabin price remained the same as when we originally booked a few weeks ago, but I called to add on the second promo offer (she had to cancel/rebook)

Edited November 25, 2015 by hun

[gmazz]

I put a call into my TA today only to be playing phone tag but I went onto their site to check to see what cabins were still available in my category only to find the cruise is up $700 from yesterday! I will keep my good price and be thrilled to have the UBP. :(

 

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[clivep]

Sorry I think I may have misunderstood your comments - you're in Europe or cruise to Europe? 🤔 Our 9/28 cruise is the Star in Europe. The cabin price remained the same as when we originally booked a few weeks ago, but I called to add on the second promo offer (she had to cancel/rebook)

 

I'm talking about bookings MADE in Europe for any destination.

 

The promotions offered over her differ from those in the US (shore excursions credit option dropped a while ago but other packages still include the 18% gratuities). I realise that I could book through a US TA to get the US options but surprisingly the cruise prices are actually lower over here at the moment for the cruises I'm interested in.

 

In early November they offered the internet package as a second benefit but so far nothing at all for Black Friday/Cyber Monday.

[mugtech]

Another strange pricing when I called Tuesday to get the pick 2 for 14 days out of San Juan, PR next November. Got the aarp discount plus the pick 2. My PCC first booked it as one 14 day cruise at a price of $1,439 each for an inside on deck 9. I told him I want 2 7 day cruises, and the price went down to $599 each for a total of $1,198 each in the same cabin. As 2 cruises we get double the platinum benefits. One of the many things I am thankful for today. Since we also got to use two cruise rewards, we saved another $100, for total savings of $582 plus double the platinum benefits by booking b2b instead of one cruise. PPC said he had no idea why there was such a price difference. Every time I have looked at b2b or one cruise it has been cheaper to do b2b with no problem getting the same cabin on both legs. Probably booking 11 months or more ahead of time helps.

[littlelulu01]

Another strange pricing when I called Tuesday to get the pick 2 for 14 days out of San Juan, PR next November. Got the aarp discount plus the pick 2. My PCC first booked it as one 14 day cruise at a price of $1,439 each for an inside on deck 9. I told him I want 2 7 day cruises, and the price went down to $599 each for a total of $1,198 each in the same cabin. As 2 cruises we get double the platinum benefits. One of the many things I am thankful for today. Since we also got to use two cruise rewards, we saved another $100, for total savings of $582 plus double the platinum benefits by booking b2b instead of one cruise. PPC said he had no idea why there was such a price difference. Every time I have looked at b2b or one cruise it has been cheaper to do b2b with no problem getting the same cabin on both legs. Probably booking 11 months or more ahead of time helps.

 

Great deal. If you picked Internet you'll get two 250 min packages. If you picked SDP it will be 8 days vs six. Along with plat dinners you could pick 250 Internet one leg and SDP one leg and still have 4 SDP dinners plus the two extra.

 

Last time I did this I was able to make some changes prior to cruise on which perks to pick. TA let me switch around and mix and match even after the perks were no longer on offer/had changed. I was able to switch perk out for any perk that was on offer when I purchased cruise. Not sure if they still let you do this but they did allow on my cruise earlier this year.

 

My upcoming b2b if booked separately is coming in considerably higher vs if booked as one but it sure can pay to check.

 

Do you know if you still get the extra lat point for 9+ mos if booked with AARP rate?

Edited November 26, 2015 by littlelulu01