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Hello, my name is Sheryl Brown, reservation #[protected], Haven room # 18106. We sailed the Norwegian Joy Oct.28th-Nov.4th, leaving from Miami, FL. I was overcharged on some things that I shouldn't have been charged for. I was charged a total of $279.00 but I should only been charged $222.31. The two charges on Oct. 28th for "Haven" $31.20 and $15.60 should...

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I am writing to bring to your attention a matter of great concern and disappointment related to my recent experience with Norwegian Cruise Line. On October 29, 2022, my husband made a reservation for a 7-day Alaska round-trip cruise aboard the Norwegian Encore, scheduled for August 13 to August 20, 2023. We initiated the reservation directly through an NCL...

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Subject: Urgent Complaint - Reservation Number [protected] I am writing to express my deep disappointment and concern regarding my recent experience with Norwegian Cruise Line. On October 29, 2022, I booked a 7-day Alaska round-trip cruise aboard the Norwegian Encore for August 13 to August 20, 2023. I made this reservation directly through an NCL agent and...

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A Nightmare with Norwegian Cruise Line - Avoid at All Costs! I recently endured a nightmarish ordeal with Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) that has left me not only frustrated but also determined to warn others against sailing with them. To make matters worse, my attempts to seek resolution fell on deaf ears as NCL remained shockingly unresponsive. My family...

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On the night of August 26, we received the letter on the cruise ship surprisingly, we immediately called the customer service agent and I was told we owed over $400 on the kid’s Arcade service. My son is only 11 years old with the birthday. On that afternoon my son left the kids’ club and went to the Arcade and tapped his card multiple times during a few...

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I booked a cruise on Norwegian Getaway sailing September 6, 2023, with air, transfers and hotel accommodations. We were 3 in our group but unfortunately. our connecting flight Amsterdam-Lisbon was cancelled, while we were waiting at the gate. KLM rescheduled our connection, but they separated us, arguing that there were two separate bookings or...

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Norwegian Cruise Line I have contacted Customer Care twice since 28 Sep 2023 and have not received any acknowledgement. my claim was received or is being processed

I received an email stating that you needed more info butt I don't see anything telling me what further info you need

Patti

Requested cancellation information for a client sailing on the Norwegian Sun 16 Aug 2023, booking number [protected]. Cruise was cancelled on 11 Aug 2023 due to illness. Insurance company refuses to settle the claim without proof of cancelatiion from Norwegian Cruise Line.

Desired outcome: I'd appreciate a response

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Norwegian Cruise Line NCL refuses to refund my 'Risk Free' Deposit. Abysmal Customer Service.

I cancelled a 12 day cruise to Iceland\Norway for 8/2024 due to NCL's rude customer service reps. One even hung up on me. To make matters worse, they refuse to refund my risk free $250 deposit. It's been advertised right their on their website for almost a year. RISK FREE. FULL REFUNDS.

I've been cruising for over 30 years. Never before have I experienced such a toxic immoral company. Never again!

Desired outcome: That NCL go bankrupt. I've already taken several steps to secure my refund.

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My name is Ellen Montgomery, my guest # is [protected]. I just got off the Joy and I have to make you aware of all of the disappointments that took place. I have sailed NC several other times and always had a positive experience. This cruise was very different. I’ll start with loosing 1 day in Bermuda due to a storm. I realize that you can’t control the...

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Norwegian Cruise Line Lost luggage at pier

We purchased the NCL transport airport/pier package prior to our cruise.

We returned to Seattle on the NCL Encore on 10/1/23 and place our color ticketed luggage with all the other luggage. On arrival to airport our luggage did not arrive. Discussion with transport staff was a no go, and we were informed that luggage gets lost every trip.

This is unacceptable and we want some resolve.

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Norwegian Cruise Line Reservation

Dear Sir,

I'm a valued customer of Norweigen Cruise Line. I booked a cruise with NCL on 7/2/2023. At the time of the booking I paid a down payment of $1000.00.

We received a call from NCL on 9/18/2023, informing us that our reservation was cancelled and we had forfeited our down payment. Based on the conversation my husband Theodore Morris had with "Nick" he would assist him in rebooking and trying to get the forfeited money reallocated to the cruise once we rebooked.

Because we have never received any calls from Norweigen we were skeptical about the call and the request to give our credit card information to Nick.

I contacted NCL when I got home today and spoke with a supervisor in at the resolution desk name Natasha. As a long standing customer of NCL I was appalled about the manner in which she spoke with me. I'm requesting to rebook my reservation and apply the down payment already paid to the cruise.

Please have someone contact me to discuss.

Reservation#[protected]

Rhonda Harrison-Morris [protected] [protected]@svcmcny.org

Desired outcome: I want a refund of my initial deposit. I want to rebook my cruise. I will pay the entire amount of the cruise at that time.

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Norwegian Cruise Line NCL RES # [protected] - Air Arrangement res WN 48HXZY

On September 2 we sent the following email to four (4) NCL executives, and our NCL Reservation Consultant. We resent the same email on September 20th after we did not have an acknowledgement of the email from any of the people to whom it was sent. We said we would post this on public websites including Cruise Critic, if we did not receive a response:

My wife and I would like to share with you our recent customer service experience.  We want to compliment the customer service reps we talked with. We talked to three different representatives on September 2nd. All of them were polite, professional, and appeared to be truly interested in helping us. We were directed from one person to another as each looked to resolve a problem or answer a question that we had. They all had the same answers.

We wanted to find out how airplane reservations were made for guests and how the pricing was determined. At the time of booking our cruise we were quoted an airfare price of $528.00 USING SECOND GUEST FLIES FREE promotion. This quote was provided by our NCL Personal Cruise Consultant without his having knowledge of what the flight schedule would be or what airline was being used.  On May 27 my wife and I received a confirmation (Reservation [protected]) of the booked cruise from San Francisco to Miami for the 31st of October still with no specific info about the flight schedule.  We understood from the Personal Cruise Consultant that we would receive flight information at least 30 days before the cruise.  On June 26, after paying in full, we received a copy of the confirmation with the same pricing info as the original from May 27. This confirmation had a link to Air Services Standards, that said, “Customization is only available up to 75 days prior to sailing...” On August 7 we received the NCL Air Flight Confirmation. The air reservations that we received had us flying from Tampa to San Francisco on Southwest Airlines, with a stopover and plane change in Denver.  Total duration 9 hr. 25 min. The type of fare was listed as “Wanna Get Away”.

Using that fare type the total ticket cost is $374.00 ($184 TPA to SFO and $190 FLL to TPA}. The difference is $154.00.

We want to change the flight to a non-stop flight on United Airlines with a travel time of 5hr. 57 min. and an economy price of $189.00, with an additional fee of $35 for 1 checked bag. Total cost $224.00. Using the United fare TPA to SFO and the SW fare from FLL to TPA the total cost would be $414.00, with a cost difference from the paid $528.00 of $114.00.

The problems: 1) No fare transparency. 2) The Customer service agents (Consultant, Air and reservation) all said they do not know how fares are determined, other than that the fare is what the computer tells them. 3) The NCL Air Rep had no supervisor available. 4) Both the Air and Reservation reps said there was no one who could do anything about this because it was all within the NCL Air Services Standard.

Recommendations:  1) Tell your customer service reps how airfare prices they quote are determined. 2) Tell your customers how airfare prices are determined. 3} Make supervisors available to customers. 4) Book shortest duration flights especially for senior citizens. {I am 78, my wife is 77.  We are both experienced travelers and cruisers) 5) Quote actual prices.  6} Provide the best flights and fares for your customers by leveraging NCL’s buying power. 7) Alter Air Service Standards to include best price and schedule for customers and allow customers to interact with NCL Air staff when booking flights. 8) If NCL Air service is a profit center, let customers know they may be able to find better airfare prices, schedules and connections online, while advising the customers on arrival and departure lead times for airport transfers and embarking and debarking.

We expected a refunded of the excess air charges.  Even if the carrier and schedule could not be changed, (per Air Service Standards - which can be changed by NCL) it is only correct to refund or credit the difference to on board ship purchases.

We look forward to your timely reply and resolution so that we can post positive public media reviews, including on Cruise Critic, and recommend NCL to our friends and travel groups in the Tampa Bay area and Washington, D.C.

Desired outcome: NCL to change flight to non-stop flight United Airlines. Using the United TPA to SFO + SW fare from FLL to TPA total cost of $414.00, with a cost difference from the paid $528.00 of $114.00. We expected refunded of excess air charge.

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I am trying to book a family cruise: 4 two bedroom Haven cabins on the Epic departing on 24 March, from Port Canaveral. The NCL cruise consultant (verified by the supervisor and an NCL customer service rep), stated there were NO exclusive offerings. However, both United and Marriott offer $400 cruise credit per stateroom (plus miles or points) by booking...

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Norwegian Cruise Line Norwegion Breakaway

10 of us are traveling. Agent said they would link the trips for those that booked directly with NCL. NCL errored in issuing flights. We asked that they correct it and put 4 of us on the same flight. They have been so cold about their error and will not do anything to fix. Resolution team told me today they won't reach out to the airline. Just love the way this is starting out.

Desired outcome: Change the outbound flights to those that they said they would

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Norwegian Cruise Line Change in Itinerary 3 weeks prior to departure

We booked a 12 day cruise on the NCL PRIMA departing Southampton, UK on 10/1/23. The primary reason to take this specific cruise was the visit of two ports in Portugal (Porto and Lisbon).

A couple of day ago we were informed that PORTO visit is exchanged to a visit at a small Spanish town (Vigo) about 2 hours land-drive north of Porto. Porto is a city of significant historical value for our group of 4 families booked on this cruise. The shorter port stay also will nor permit a long day trip to Porto.

The reason provided for the change is PIER space. This is an insufficient reason since such a coordination should have been guaranteed long ago.

It almost looks like a bait and switch...

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We are a party of 8 Australians on this particular cruise leaving Capetown and finishing at Barcelona. I believe it is the NCL Dawn We are in constant contact with My cruises and have contacted various agencies for visas for Senegal and the Ivory Coast. We totally understand it is our responsibility to gain the knowledge about these visas however the...

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Norwegian Cruise Line Price drop on balcony cabins and ncl will not work with us

Reservation Number: [protected]

Norwegian Sun

October 20, 2023 - October 30, 2023

We booked our reservation several months ago. Since we booked our balcony cabin, the prices of cabins had decreased. We paid $2200 for the Balcony and the updated price is $1895 for the same balcony.

We have spoken with NCL Customer Service at least 4 times over the past month. Each time we get a different answer, from someone is looking into it, to we can get a next cruise credit, to there is nothing NCL can do.

Yesterday, we were told since we paid the cruise in full, there is nothing NCL can do. That makes not sense. It's almost like NCL penalizes you if you pay in full.

We called on 8/18/2023 and was given a case #[protected] and we told that they would research and get back with us. We called again the next week and was told again that they were researching this. On 8/26/2023 we spoke with Customer Service and was told that they would give us a future cruise credit and my husband would get an email confirming in a few days. Still have not received the email confirmation.

We spoke with Miss Cameron on 8/30/2023 and was told there is nothing that NCL will do since the cruise is already paid for.

We have enjoyed cruising with NCL in the past, put with this experience and a bad experience on our cruise in April on the Encore thru the Panama Canal, we may need to rethink booking another cruise with NCL.

Suzanne Earles

[protected]

sue.[protected]@gmail.com

Desired outcome: We would like to get either a ships credit or Next Cruise Certificate for the decrease in the balcony cabin.

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8/29/2023 4:30 - 5:22 pm - Reservation #[protected] Viva 9/4/2023 Problem with return flight schedule. American Airlines Flight from Athens to JFK arrives in Terminal 8 at 4:56 pm JetBlue connecting flight from JFK to Seattle leaves Terminal 5 at 6:33 pm Layover time of 1 hour and 37 minutes. Asked NCL how I could clear customs at JFK and make my flight...

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We are totally frustrated with NCL. From the beginning we have requested PRE and POST cruise hotel stay/flight arrangements in order to tour Rome, telling several different people at NCL that this was our plan. We were repeatedly told this would all be addressed closer to the sailing date. It was difficult to get any kind of accurate information or answer...

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Norwegian Cruise Line Services not provided as paid for.

Dear Sirs,

I cruised on your Hawaii cruise from 11/12/2023 to 11/19/2023 aboard the Pride of America. I received the notice below 10 days prior to my sailing that there would be reduced services due to your short staffing however there was no mention of a reduction in cost for the cruise proportional to a reduction in service. This announcement was made too late to change or cancel the cruise. I inquired about this when I checked in aboard the ship and was basically “put in my place” by the customer service desk for even mentioning the issue (not even an apology). I reported this to your office upon returning from the cruise back in mid-November and never heard anything back from you office. I have traveled on Norwegian a few times, and this was by far the worst experience I have ever had. The customer should get what they paid for or a proportionate refund should be issued.

Please look me up in your files and finally respond to my concerns. It has been 10 months.

Desired outcome: Response and proportional refund for services not provided. No response has been made since the initial report in mid-November.

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