Thread: NCL & Pepsi Offer Refreshing Savings & Sweepstakes

Norwegian Cruise Line and Pepsi are celebrating summer by offering up to two complimentary soda packages per stateroom on any seven-night sailing or longer.

Guests who book a cruise on one of Norwegian Cruise Line’s 11 Freestyle Cruising ships from now through October 15, 2009 for sailings through 2010 can request the Pepsi Summer Cup promotion at the time of booking by referencing promotion code PGPOP.

Once on board, guests are given a special Norwegian and Pepsi branded souvenir cup and have access to unlimited complimentary fountain soda refills at any bar, lounge or restaurant throughout the duration of the cruise and have the choice of selecting Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Mountain Dew or Sierra Mist.


Pepsi fans can also try their luck with the ‘Sip. Save. Refresh’ sweepstakes for a chance to win one of three Norwegian seven-day Alaska or European cruises for two in an oceanview stateroom with round-trip airfare. More information on the contest can be found at Pepsi "Sip. Save. Refresh." Sweepstakes – The Official Site. The sweepstakes ends on August 31, 2009. Pepsi ‘Sip. Save. Refresh’ codes are available on more than 20 million specially marked Pepsi fountain cups and scratch-off cards at participating restaurants in nearly all 50 states.


(Source: Cruise Industry News | Cruise News)

a freebie off N.C.L. .....i don't believe it

There is always a catch!

codes are available on more than 20 million specially marked Pepsi fountain cups and scratch-off cards at participating restaurants in nearly all 50 states.

Apparently you have to buy something first to get the code to enter into the sweepstakes. . And it would appear to be valid only in the US....but not all (nearly all 50 states) How many is "nearly all "do you suppose?.

that char i would have no idea about, but i suspect about 48

Another catch is the offer for the free soda is not available with any other promotion. Discounts like union, military, or latitudes can't be combined with the free soda promotion. If I'm not mistaken, many of those discounts will add up to a bit more than the value of two free soda packages on NCL.
This could be a pretty good deal for anyone who doesn't have the option of other discounts I guess.

Originally Posted by KermitClin

Another catch is the offer for the free soda is not available with any other promotion. Discounts like union, military, or latitudes can't be combined with the free soda promotion. If I'm not mistaken, many of those discounts will add up to a bit more than the value of two free soda packages on NCL.
This could be a pretty good deal for anyone who doesn't have the option of other discounts I guess.

Can you find this in writing. Since one discount is on your cruise fare and the other is related to your onboard charges, I don't think your statement would be true. But, I could be wrong.

PE

It sure would be nice if it worked that way, but I guess since it's a promotion code that has to be entered when booking, it doesn't quite work that way.
It's in the fine print for the promotion according to my TA (and several others on CruiseCritic as well). When I found out about the promotion I emailed my TA to see if we could get it even though we had already booked. Unfortunately we aren't eligible for the promotion because we booked before the promotion started.

I think the real story here is that a new partnership is emerging between NCL and Pepsi. It would appear that NC may be dropping Coke in favor of Pepsi as their on board soda. Sure sounds like it/
Is that, indeed, the case?

Originally Posted by char

there is always a catch!



Apparently you have to buy something first to get the code to enter into the sweepstakes. . And it would appear to be valid only in the us....but not all (nearly all 50 states) how many is "nearly all "do you suppose?.

36.

NCL is not my favorite cruise line nor is Pepsi, but I do applaud ANY cruise line giving away sodas instead of charging outrageous prices for them.