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cdnsteelman

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  1. I have never in ~20 sailings had an issue getting in to the tournaments once on board. I've never once seen a player turned away. What I have done is quit playing the tournaments because their rules are ridiculous, preferring the cash games that typically get started around 9pm once enough players how up.
  2. I agree there are lots who have been using it for a long time. That said, the dip in stock price over the past ~10 days has the topic being widely discussed again in social media forums educating newer cruisers or previously unaware cruisers so that uptake and, ergo, request levels will surely be on a sharp hockey stick upward.
  3. While I find the app is great for regular tracking of my shipboard account, I'm not always the best at "mathing" - especially when there is both non-refundable OBC and refundable OBC on the account. On my recent Joy sailing, I woke up debark morning realizing I was forfeiting ~$85 in non refundable OBC. There's not much open on the last morning BUT Starbucks was so I bought a latte and gift card for the exact amount and then walked over to the OBC desk before it got lined up to ensure they processed the transaction properly before they closed the system. That's going to be my plan from now on for any residual non-refundable OBC.
  4. Another data point... submitted the form June 16 (for an Oct 8 CAS comped cruise FYI), response within a day that the request was being processed, two emails June 22... one confirming the OBC had been applied and the second showing the OBC on an updated amenity list. I would surmise that A) as this benefit becomes more widely known and B) as the NCLH stock price recently dipped to the mid $10 range making it more "affordable", response time may slow a bit as the SH Benefit desk has increased submissions to process. Happy cruising all.
  5. This may be already well known to most but I though I'd share a little hack I stumbled across in case it's helpful... through my own inattention on the Joy last week I woke up disembarkation morning with ~$85 in unused non-refundable OBC. I wandered over to the Starbucks to get a coffee and start buying mugs, etc to use it up. The barista told me gift cards would work, so that's what I did. Just like cash for me as I'm a Starbucks regular. I did have to go over to the OBC desk to have it manually applied to make sure it didn't get lost in the last-minute accounting process resulting in a further charge to my on board account. Next cruise I'll pay better attention and get the gift card the last sea day to avoid the last minute "stress" . Happy cruising all.
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