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Norwegian Airlines tickets purchased in Krones

Hi there! I know this topic has been breached before but I do have some additional questions!

We're planning on flying Norwegian from LAX to London and obviously the tickets are much cheaper in Krones than USD! I am hesitant about purchasing in Krones because the language is also changed and I'm afraid this might cause issues with the tickets and other information. Anyone have experience with doing this? If it doesn't work out, I'll just end up changing it to the Euro currency but won't save as much.

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I think there is some confusion here. First, set the website to US version so you can see the text in English. You don't have any choice with a US based credit card - the transaction will go through your credit card and the exchange rate will be calculated right there and then into $USD (and you will be charged in dollars and you'll see that on your cc statement). The only thing you can do is make sure you are using a credit card that doesn't have an extra 2.5% (or whatever) foreign exchange fee on top of the base exchange rate (a Capital One card will do, although there are many others). To give another example, if I buy a ticket through Turkish Air, the price may well be stated in TRY (Turkish Lira) but I will be paying in whatever that TRY-USD exchange rate is when the transaction goes through electronically. I use my Capital One card so as not to pay an extra fee (you won't see it broken out separately but it will be rolled into the total amount).

Look up the Krone exchange rate first so there are no surprises on how much the ticket costs in $USD.
https://finance.yahoo.com/currency-converter/#from=NOK;to=USD;amt=1

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I find much better hotel prices in the USA/Mexico by using foreign booking websites like hotelkatalog24.de or dertour.de and I've never had a problem. Yes, they charge in Euros, but it doesn't really matter - my Capital One doesn't charge any foreign transaction fee.

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I'm not sure how your browser took you to the Norwegian version of the site. When I googled Norwegian Air, it automatically brought me to the English version. Everything is in USD and there is a warning to the side about additional credit card fees that may apply (if you are using the wrong card that actually charged such fees).

https://www.norwegian.com/us/

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As others are saying, your question/posting is not completely clear. And why would you charge it in Euro? That doesn't make any sense either. If you are using a US based credit card, then it makes no difference what currency is charged as it will be immediately converted to dollars. We need some clarity to better respond to your question.

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I appreciate the replies. You change the lanuguage and currency at the bottom of the Norwegian page and it then comes up with different languages and currencies. When you purchase under a different currency such as Krones, it will be converted, of course, to USD on my credit card. BUT, the cost will still be significantly less than paying the cost of the ticket that is listed in USD on the website even after exchange rates.

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I can't figure out how you're getting the price to show up in Krone or in Euros from a US-based departure city like Los Angeles. On the Norwegian Air website, those US-based cities that you can select from as a departure city (in your example, LAX) only show up as choices on the US version of the website. The only way I could see a fare calculated in Euros is by selecting a European departure city (say Algarve-Faro, Portugal, etc).

Or are you thinking "why is the return flight/leg less expensive than the outbound flight"? That seems like the only way you could pose this question - did you look at the return flight cost (LONDON-LAX) in Euros or Krone as a one-way and you're trying to get the same or better price on the outbound (LAX-LONDON) leg? There are a variety of reasons why two one-way flights don't cost the same even though they're between the same city-pair (landing fees, airport specific taxes, etc).

I hope this makes some sense and doesn't add to the confusion. I honestly don't think any semi-sophisticated business would let someone game exchange fates not in their favor since that's what they constantly try to do to us. If you look at some hotel rooms, for instance, there is a local price and then a foreigner price. There's no way to fake being a local because you have to provide a foreign address and the website software code "knows" this.

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Risa
I completely follow you because we are considering the same thing. I'm leaning to forgo the extra savings (in my case $65USD) in NOK and booking in Euro mainly because of the translation issue. Even google chrome doesn't translate the Norwegian website well.
In fact booking through other countries websites was a travel hack I just was reading up on.
Perhaps one suggestion would be to send a msg to the original poster from the link you shared above?

Please follow up on what you decide and your experience I'd enjoy learning from you.

Side note for those having a hard time following, perhaps this might clarify better:
If you go to Norwegian.com it allows you to choose your country of origin. Then you can type in the airport code of any airport Norwegian flies. The fare is quoted in the country you chose at the beginning. A simple currency conversion makes some fares i.e. those in NOK (Norway site) and EUR (other Countries) less than the fares quoted through the US version.

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Side note for those having a hard time following, perhaps this might clarify better:
If you go to Norwegian.com it allows you to choose your country of origin. Then you can type in the airport code of any airport Norwegian flies.

Thank you - I finally get it!!! Sorry everyone...(but I still don't have the answer).

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Sorry for the confusion! I figured people who had experience with this would be replying so I didn't go into great detail!

Thank you hsico! I have messaged that person who originally posted that information and bought her tickets usking NOK but have not yet heard back. Purchasing in Norwegian seems like it could not only cause issues with tickets but also going through security. If I don't hear back regarding the purchase in NOK I believe the safe bet would be to purchase in Euros. The savings with the NOK is just so tempting though! ;)

I will keep you updated!

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I'm late to this discussion, but hope to hear how things went. I too recently purchased Norwegian Air tix, saved several hundred dollars by clicking on the Norwegian side, and made my reservations by using a second computer in parallel to the one I was actually ordering from, only in English so that I knew what they were asking. Then I got my tickets, in Norwegian. I'm a little nervous. I can't see how that will cause a problem with security, but perhaps I'm being naive. As I registered for member rewards with Norwegian (on the USA side), I got the important messages from my travel documents in English. But I do realize that any last minute texts they may send me will be in Norwegian. If you have taken the trip, could you report back on how that went? Thanks!!

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Any news regarding purchasing the tickets in Krones and getting a cheaper rate? Did it work out for you guys?