inspiration100 Posted October 5, 2018 #1 Share Posted October 5, 2018 One of the cruises I'm looking at just changed to promo to "Free Air Plus Free at Sea" within the last hour. There doesn't appear to be any major fine print or information on the "Specials" page and NCL support is closed. Does anyone know what this promo is? When you mouse over it says "Free or Reduced Round Trip Airfare". Free vs. reduced are two different things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynndoyle Posted October 5, 2018 #2 Share Posted October 5, 2018 One of the cruises I'm looking at just changed to promo to "Free Air Plus Free at Sea" within the last hour. There doesn't appear to be any major fine print or information on the "Specials" page and NCL support is closed. Does anyone know what this promo is? When you mouse over it says "Free or Reduced Round Trip Airfare". Free vs. reduced are two different things. Depends on where you are flying from and to depends on whether it is free or reduced.Not available on all cruises either. Sent from my SM-G950U using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negn Posted October 5, 2018 #3 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Before you jump on it, check prices to see what you would pay for air. I was on a “distinctive” sailing and that was an option I found it to be much cheaper to buy our own air... by about 1/2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpcdds6 Posted October 5, 2018 #4 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Nothing is free on NCL. Except "washy, washy." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie562 Posted October 5, 2018 #5 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Not free. Last week a cruise i was eyeing was $400 less than it is Today. They jump up the prices to make you think your getting free airfare. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maniacal Cruiser Posted October 5, 2018 #6 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Right on the NCL page... https://www.ncl.com/termsandconditions/promotions#air Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PhillyTravelBug Posted October 5, 2018 #7 Share Posted October 5, 2018 The discounted airfare is a complete joke. It was the same price I would pay normally, for what they were offering with the Joy special flying from philly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare JamieLogical Posted October 5, 2018 #8 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Right on the NCL page... https://www.ncl.com/termsandconditions/promotions#air Where is this "Air Gateways tab" they refer to? I can't find it anywhere to find out what the actual reduced airfare for my sailing from my home airport would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlelulu01 Posted October 5, 2018 #9 Share Posted October 5, 2018 I had free air added for a cruise. If your home airport is one of the “free” cities then it’s actually free. The only catch- you have to use their transfer service to the ship. In our case a $40 round trip bus transfer from airport to cruise port instead of a $7 pp rt airpot lite rail. Can change your mind anytime prior to final payment and opt out of the free air. My cruise confirmation lists AIRPROMO denoting free air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare JamieLogical Posted October 5, 2018 #10 Share Posted October 5, 2018 I had free air added for a cruise. If your home airport is one of the “free” cities then it’s actually free. The only catch- you have to use their transfer service to the ship. In our case a $40 round trip bus transfer from airport to cruise port instead of a $7 pp rt airpot lite rail. Can change your mind anytime prior to final payment and opt out of the free air. My cruise confirmation lists AIRPROMO denoting free air. How did you find out whether your home airport was free or not? Was it at some stage in the booking process? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlelulu01 Posted October 5, 2018 #11 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Where is this "Air Gateways tab" they refer to? I can't find it anywhere to find out what the actual reduced airfare for my sailing from my home airport would be. Here’s link for Hawaii https://www.ncl.com/terms-and-conditions/hawaii-free-sea-optional-airports I don’t see the air gateways for other sailings but when I was pricing it out I was given a list of gateway cities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare JamieLogical Posted October 5, 2018 #12 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Here’s link for Hawaii https://www.ncl.com/terms-and-conditions/hawaii-free-sea-optional-airports I don’t see the air gateways for other sailings but when I was pricing it out I was given a list of gateway cities. Yeah, I found the Hawaii one myself earlier too. Wish they would make this info more readily available so you could decide BEFORE going through the whole booking process! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlelulu01 Posted October 5, 2018 #13 Share Posted October 5, 2018 How did you find out whether your home airport was free or not? Was it at some stage in the booking process? It was on a small print link ie click here type of thing. I’d call Ncl and have them check. For the joy the free fares were mostly west coast orgination cities; free from LAX, SFO, PDX, GEG... then listed actual fares from other more distant cities. Add to that the $40 bus transfer pp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare JamieLogical Posted October 5, 2018 #14 Share Posted October 5, 2018 I found it! If you go into the main page for the promo (https://www.ncl.com/cruise-deals/air-promotion) then click on any of the destinations, there is a link at the top of each destination page to "View Airfares" for that destination. That will take you to a PDF table of the airfares from various airports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlelulu01 Posted October 5, 2018 #15 Share Posted October 5, 2018 I found it! If you go into the main page for the promo (https://www.ncl.com/cruise-deals/air-promotion) then click on any of the destinations, there is a link at the top of each destination page to "View Airfares" for that destination. That will take you to a PDF table of the airfares from various airports. Good find. Frustrating how you’re surfing around and find some obscure link one time and then search forever and can’t relocate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logan25 Posted October 5, 2018 #16 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Be sure to understand the terms and conditions. Such as guarantee cabin fares (IX, OX, BX, MX) are not eligible. Also based on the charts, certain minimum cabin is required. Some itineraries Oceanview or above qualify. Others require balcony or above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanadaydreaming Posted October 5, 2018 #17 Share Posted October 5, 2018 I read a tweet from cruiseradio which had a link to their article. I skimmed it but I thought it was Haven and up for free airfare. that makes economical sense since the cruise line is making a mint of rack rates for that inventory. I cant fathom this would apply to inside, OV or balconies. I used to see those air and hotel deals on the big search engines for cruises and those deals always stunk, to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare JamieLogical Posted October 5, 2018 #18 Share Posted October 5, 2018 I read a tweet from cruiseradio which had a link to their article. I skimmed it but I thought it was Haven and up for free airfare. that makes economical sense since the cruise line is making a mint of rack rates for that inventory. I cant fathom this would apply to inside, OV or balconies. I used to see those air and hotel deals on the big search engines for cruises and those deals always stunk, to me. Well, it's not actually free from most airports, it's "reduced". But even then you should definitely check to see if you can get a cheaper airfare for booking yourself. From my home airport, most of them seem to be an okay deal. It's free for me to fly to NYC for the sailings out of there, but I prefer to drive when sailing out of NYC anyway. To Miami, it might be *marginally* cheaper than booking myself. To New Orleans it's definitely cheaper, as they are charging $99 for sailings our of there. Flying round trip to NoLA usually costs me quite a bit, so I was surprised to see that rate. I typically book balconies and it looks like balconies do receive the reduced or discounted rate on most sailings I looked at. The only "catch" seems to be that they require NCL booked ground transfers from the airport to the cruise port and back and those are pricey. This is also only economy flights for passengers 1 & 2 on the booking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carolina Girl 99 Posted October 6, 2018 #19 Share Posted October 6, 2018 I found it! If you go into the main page for the promo (https://www.ncl.com/cruise-deals/air-promotion) then click on any of the destinations, there is a link at the top of each destination page to "View Airfares" for that destination. That will take you to a PDF table of the airfares from various airports. THANK YOU!!!! I have spent the past half hour looking for the fare table. I was actually really surprised at airfare rates for the 2 cities closest to me. Savannah, GA (which is always pricey) or Charleston, SC to MIA/FLL for $99 or to SJU for $199. My son and I flew from SAV to FLL last October for a cruise and IIRC airfare was almost $700 for both of us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inspiration100 Posted October 6, 2018 Author #20 Share Posted October 6, 2018 I agree with the poster who said they raised the price. The cruise I was looking for increased by $200 the day the promo was added. It's also a completely useless promo for me since the airfare is the same price as booking it externally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixiedust777 Posted October 6, 2018 #21 Share Posted October 6, 2018 You can opt out of the transfer service to and from the port that is automatically added on with the free/reduced air offer. You just have to call and have it removed. Sent from my iPad using Forums 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorif Posted October 7, 2018 #22 Share Posted October 7, 2018 It looks like it is only for cruises leaving from US ports which I would guess limits their expense. Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shidah Posted October 7, 2018 #23 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Not free. Last week a cruise i was eyeing was $400 less than it is Today. They jump up the prices to make you think your getting free airfare. ;) I disagree with this, or saying it is not across all ships and dates. The cruise I am booked on in March now offers free WiFi and the flight promo, and the price did not change at all. I drive to the port, so it is no use to me, but the price of the balconies are still all the same, and still $50 less than when I actually booked two months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursey000 Posted October 7, 2018 #24 Share Posted October 7, 2018 We are looking at this offer, but will NCL pick flight or can I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chars Posted October 7, 2018 #25 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Is there anyway that we can have a flight depart a week after the cruise to extend the vacation? Has anyone done this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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