CAS and free air

[skeeter195]

Hello all.  I have a question about CAS and free air.  If someone books and inside through CAS then upgrades to a balcony would that entitled them to free air?  I have an NCL poker challenge voucher(which comes with an inside cabin) for my son which we will upgrade for him and was wondering about the air.

 

Thanks

[dbrown84]

unfortunately, no.  You're only entitled to the perks at the level of the original comp you receive.  So even if upgrade to a balcony, you'll still only get one free at sea perk, and no free air.  The price that they would charge you to upgrade to a balcony might be higher than just booking the balcony outright anyway.  I've been quoted some ridiculous upgrade prices lately

[Nola26]

Actually my guess is airfare will be less than the upgrade fee. I am paying $1,000 to upgrade to a balcony on the Epic in March.

[dbrown84]

I guess I miss the days when upgrades to balcony were $200 PP, which wasn't that long ago.  I've been quoted $1000 for my last two cruises (even as a solo traveler) to upgrade from inside to balcony, so it's hasn't been worth it to me.  I actually enjoyed the insides (especially the darkness).  The only reason I used to do the upgrade was because it was only $200, so why not

[skeeter195]

Wow, a thousand buck now?  Thats crazy.  I guess I am lucky that I still get balconies and minis comped.  

 

Thanks for the info guys.

[K_e_short]

I have an inside cabin booked through CAS and was quoted $1600 to upgrade to a balcony 😞

 

[luvcruzing]

Wow! I guess I was lucky to be quoted $400 pp to upgrade from an ocean view to a balcony on the Encore sailing in March.

[Nola26]

On 6/10/2019 at 12:36 PM, Nola26 said:

Actually my guess is airfare will be less than the upgrade fee. I am paying $1,000 to upgrade to a balcony on the Epic in March.

$1,000 total, not per person. Still expensive but didn't want to give the wrong impression here. In the past I think we paid $600 total. 

 

Taking my partner on our first cruise together, request is for a balcony so I am happy to oblige. Hoping we can cruise together going forward. Currently I sail solo or with family.