Out of curiosity, does anyone know how the gratuities are distributed to the bartenders? I was recently on the NCL Encore and on that cruise I got the Free at Sea and pre-paid the gratuity as part of that package. During the course of the cruise I got several sodas from the bar and they did not run my card, they just served me the drinks. I wore my card on a badge holder so they probably saw which package I had. Not a big deal to me but if they didn’t run my card how would they get credit for the gratuity?
