{"id":79360,"date":"2018-02-08T14:00:20","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T07:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-won-a-discount-cruise-but-there-was-no-free-drink\/"},"modified":"2018-02-08T15:03:41","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T08:03:41","slug":"i-won-a-discount-cruise-but-there-was-no-free-drink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-won-a-discount-cruise-but-there-was-no-free-drink\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I won a discount cruise \u2013 but there was no free drink\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nWe were told when we booked that drinks were included \u2013 but on board they were an extra \u00a3988On a trip with Norwegian Cruise Lines, my friend and I won a bingo prize of a $1,000 (\u00a3710) discount on any future cruise. We therefore booked a cruise to the Norwegian Fjords, paying a balance of $698.70 (\u00a3490). The website states that all fares include free drinks for the duration and a customer services representative confirmed this when I made the reservation.  Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2018\/feb\/08\/norwegian-cruise-lines-prize-voucher-free-drinks\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018I won a discount cruise \u2013 but there was no free drink\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; We were told when we booked that drinks were included \u2013 but on board they&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-kE0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30117,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-sorry-saga-over-the-refund-for-a-cruise-my-father-booked-before-he-died\/","url_meta":{"origin":79360,"position":0},"title":"A sorry Saga over the refund for a cruise my father booked before he died","date":"October 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r We would have expected the company to have been more compassionateMy father, who died in March this year, had been due to go on a cruise with Saga holidays in September. 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