It worked for me recently with a Walmart online order. I got the 5x points using PayPal and the Chase offer.I feel I should know the answer to this question.Does a Chase offer stack with the current 5% PayPal category on the Freedom? Meaning I can get both the 5xUR and the Chase offer for a particular merchant like Best Buy where I can pay via PayPal?
The AF will post when the Gold Fee is due for renewal not when you upgrade.
Oh that's good to know, because the first cruises I looked at (Carnival) all sail out of Miami.
The ones I was looking at seem to leave out of Miami (Carnival).
Oh ok thanks for the info. If she was approved in December would she be able to use the Dell credit right away in December and then again in January?
Loved your write up. I just booked this cruise for 2025! Will be my first cruise. I jumped on this as Norway is introducing restrictions in 2026 on cruise ships going into the fjords. I didn't want to miss that.By request, here's a trip report of our NCL Prima cruise (Southampton to Reykjavik).It was part of a longer trip, which I mentioned here. Tag @amcc in case you're interested. Pretty long, so I should probably split this up.
The NCL Prima seems to get very mixed reviews. We didn’t have any major issues. The dry slides were fun. The drop one is faster, but not as scary as it looks. We should have done the water slides at the beginning of the cruise when it was warmer. But we didn’t and it got too cold once we got to Norway. The racetrack is multiple decks and they let you go around a couple times. The kids did it twice, once was enough for me. I booked the slots on the first day and it wasn’t hard to find. They’re still not charging for the mini golf, so I guess it’s still not working properly. We only did the shows that can be booked beforehand (Donna Summer and Price is Right). Enjoyed both. Price is Right was especially fun, though I was nervous about getting called (would not want to go on stage lol).
When I booked, they were still giving 4 specialty dining for our 11-night cruise (they’ve since reduced that). We also had Le Bistro free from the Amex Cruise Privileges program. Le Bistro was my favorite, just perfect food and service. We also enjoyed the complimentary Indulge Food Hall. It’s very crowded at lunch on sea days, not so bad at dinner.
View of the dry slide from our balcony:
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Zeebrugge, Belgium – we took a taxi to the picturesque town of Brugge about a half hour away. The other option was to take a shuttle with Cruise Express, but with 4 people the cost was about the same. We got off the ship about 10:30 am and there was a line for the taxis. I went to check the Cruise Express line, but they were already sold out. Luckily, the taxi line didn’t take too long. I asked the driver about picking us up too, but he couldn’t do the time I wanted, so he gave me his card and said he’d have someone else come (which they did at the agreed upon place and time).
In Brugge, we walked around, shopped (bought lace and chocolates), and ate some Belgian waffles.
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Interesting wind turbines in the ocean as we sailed away:
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Amsterdam – since we had spent 4 days at the beginning of the trip in Amsterdam, we just walked around in the Central Station area and shopped. The kids bought more Miffy merch lol. From the cruise ship terminal to Central Station was an easy 20-minute walk. I hear the city wants to ban cruise ships, hopefully that doesn’t come to pass.
On sail out, we saw this building with the swings on top. @*WDW*Groupie* this must be where you did the swings? The kids said we should have gone. I guess my fear of heights made me conveniently forget this existed lol.
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Going through the lock was interesting, though we couldn’t really tell anything was happening. We were stuck for a couple hours because the gate wouldn’t open lol.
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Bergen, Norway – we walked around the harbor area. It was about 20 min walk from the cruise port. Sailing out, we went under a bridge, which is a first for me on a cruise ship.
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Fort Lauderdale and Miami are only like 30 miles apart. So, they are closer than MCO to Port Canaveral. Depending on home many people and luggage - either do Uber/Lyft or there are a lot of Private Transportation Companies.
Yes! So you will be able to get 4 Dell credits
I saw them once, several years ago. They were awesome, I love them.15 years ago we went to Universal for the first time (and went back for the second time this year) when we stumbled into the Ellen Degeneres show being taped at Universal CityWalk. She was hosting The Jonas Brothers and they gave a live concert. So crazy to just stumble into that!!
Anyway, our whole family (2 additional kids since then) saw The Jonas Brothers: 5 Albums tour this week, and it was so much fun. I told my kids I'll take them again in another 15 years, when they'll be 25-40,
thank you! I ordered 3 pairs. top cash back had 20% rebate!
My 5 FNC posted the day after I met the spend. The statement closed earlier and I thought I missed it.
I had been looking at Celebrity and Viking when DCL finally released their itineraries, and luckily there was one that fit us perfectly at the right time of summer, so I ended up booking that instead. If it hadn't we probably would have chosen Celebrity because it was for 3 people and Viking is too expensive if I need to book for more than 2 people.
We usually stay the night before in Fort Lauderdale. If it is just 2 or 4 of us we will do Uber/Lyft. When we have travelled with my parents (so 6 total of us) we have hired a private transfer. I always see who is cheaper, Uber or Lyft. If I am being cheap we will stay at one of the Hyatts -it wasn’t that long ago they were 8k/night. But we prefer to use a Hilton FNC and stay at the Conrad - THAT is always a great start to vacation!
I know this post is a bit old, but DH and I did a Hilton timeshare presentation today and we have been debating the ethics of taking advantage of the offer (for us, it was a stay plus a lot of Hilton points) when we were 110% sure that we were not going to purchase (at least not on the spot). For the record: both of us are conflicted, and we did in the end not purchase anything. What's perhaps interesting is that we did learn a few things about the Hilton timeshare that made us slightly more likely to consider a purchase in the future, but we also felt that the people we dealt with today were kind of underhanded and manipulative. Also, by the second "this offer is only good while you are here," I was feeling somewhat less conflicted--if it's really a good or even decent deal, let me go home and think about it.
