NCL exchange rate in cruise planner

[JillK]

I have also posted on the NCL board but thought I would try here as well....

 

Does anyone know if you have paid in a currency other than USD, if the prices in the Cruise Planner are locked in at the exchange rate at time of booking or if it is variable monthly depending on the prevailing rate? 

 

In the past when I booked a Royal cruise in CDN dollars, my cruise planner exchange rate was locked in at the rate at the time I booked. In that case it worked to my advantage as the Loonie lost a lot of ground between the time of booking and cruising so we were able to realize that savings. 

 

As it stands the exchange has slightly improved since booking and I'm curious if I should just look at buying any time between final payment and cruising (assuming the rate is locked in so it doesn't matter when I book) or waiting to see how the dollar performs if the rate is variable.

 

This is my first time booking with NCL in CDN dollars and I didn't write down prices in the planner I was seeing when I first booked so can't compare to be sure. 

 

Thanks! 

Edited July 6, 2023 by JillK

[LHT28]

We use their sister company  & always locked in for the  booking

 Never had our  price change do to Exchange rates

Sometimes  we booked a year in advance   &  they never asked for more $ because the rate changed

 

[Tango99]

6 hours ago, JillK said:

I have also posted on the NCL board but thought I would try here as well....

 

Does anyone know if you have paid in a currency other than USD, if the prices in the Cruise Planner are locked in at the exchange rate at time of booking or if it is variable monthly depending on the prevailing rate? 

 

In the past when I booked a Royal cruise in CDN dollars, my cruise planner exchange rate was locked in at the rate at the time I booked. In that case it worked to my advantage as the Loonie lost a lot of ground between the time of booking and cruising so we were able to realize that savings. 

 

As it stands the exchange has slightly improved since booking and I'm curious if I should just look at buying any time between final payment and cruising (assuming the rate is locked in so it doesn't matter when I book) or waiting to see how the dollar performs if the rate is variable.

 

This is my first time booking with NCL in CDN dollars and I didn't write down prices in the planner I was seeing when I first booked so can't compare to be sure. 

 

Thanks! 

It’s been my experience that the only time our exchange is affected is for on board purchases…. the cost of those is shown in USD on the on line account.  We switched our NCL account to Canadian a long time ago. What you see when you set up your cruise and on your confirmation is what you pay for your fare, taxes, port fees, gratuities on the FAS etc. And OBC issued at the time of booking, and any FCC credits are issued at same value you originally paid (even though they could be up to a year old). Cruise Next are issued at the rate you buy them and last 3 years.  On board purchases are itemized in USD and converted to CDN for you to pay any balance. We always set up and prepay the service charge as it’s not worth the hassle of checking rates. NCL Montreal is where the banking is done so we pay an extra day or two before pay in full date to to be sure our payment reaches them.