What is the most OBC you've had for one sailing?

[slm517]

What is the most obc you've had for one sailing? The most I've ever had for prior cruises is $150. But for my Oasis sailing in January we are on track to have well over $600 (a combination from TA, onboard booking, and accumalated RCI Visa points).

 

What's the most any of you guys have had for one sailing? And is the unused obc still refunded to you at the end?

[retiredonthesea]

$1000.00 It was one sailing, but we bk'd 3 cabins, 1 suite and two minisuites on NCL. NCL gave us a good chunk as we had big price drops and than we did two bkings while onboard. No unused obc here!!:rolleyes:

[cruzincurt]

$600 and during the week I drew out most of it at the casino even with the 3% fee to be sure it ended up in my pocket.

[phoenix1181]

$900 on a 13 day TA & we still had a sizeable balance on our SeaPass at the end of the cruise................. :eek:

[cruiseguy1016]

What is the most obc you've had for one sailing? The most I've ever had for prior cruises is $150. But for my Oasis sailing in January we are on track to have well over $600 (a combination from TA, onboard booking, and accumalated RCI Visa points).

 

What's the most any of you guys have had for one sailing? And is the unused obc still refunded to you at the end?

 

Unused OBC? That's funny right there. I don't care who you are. The most we have ever had was $600. We still had about $500 on our Sea Pass account at the end of the cruise.

[Whitnee1]

$600 and during the week I drew out most of it at the casino even with the 3% fee to be sure it ended up in my pocket.

 

Interesting. If you draw it out can you also then cash it out at the casino?

[dmdicato]

$600 and during the week I drew out most of it at the casino even with the 3% fee to be sure it ended up in my pocket.

 

They refunded it back to your credit card if you don't use it all, so why pay that 3% fee?

[silentbob007]

They only refund certain types of credit and sometimes they are confused about which type ... hence some pay the 3% for cash now. :)

[uksimonusa]

$1900 and the balance of $163 was refunded to my credit card at the end of the cruise

[PCWalton1]

$850, and we still had a bill at the end of our 7 day cruise for about $350. I hate those pictures on the ship. :(

[DonnaK]

On Princess, we had $7800 OBC for three cabins. We had originally booked a cruise on Caribbean Princess for July 2009, but 4 days before the sailing, Princess called us because they were oversold. They wanted our three balcony cabins, and they offered us three minisuites cabins plus a refund of our cruise fare if we agreed to take the same cruise one year later. (The day before that cruise, we were called again...they wanted two of our minisuite cabins in exchange for one full suite, plus another $1000 OBC...we turned down that offer because we didn't want to combine the people from two cabins into one, and we wanted all our cabins to be next to each other.) We spent less than $1000, so the rest was refunded to us in CASH before we were allowed to leave the ship (we were told that they'd either send us a check in the mail after the sailing, or issue a credit to our CC, however they insisted on zeroing out the account with a cash refund in the end.)

 

So, we essentially cruised last year for free, and are using the refunded money to pay for our upcoming cruise on Allure.

[cruzincurt]

They refunded it back to your credit card if you don't use it all, so why pay that 3% fee?

Maybe, maybe not, might depend where the OBC came from. I'll take the cash in hand.

 

Charges in the casino go against your shipboard account, just as do other purchases. The OBC is a credit to your account.

[cruisin4kicks]

Ah, the good old days when you could combine OBC. Below is $1,040 worth of OBC we got on our Serenade cruise thru the Panama Canal in April of 2008. Plus, the only cruise we have ever been on where the upgrade fairy visited us (while checking in) and sent us to a JS from a D2 balcony. And, we spent all that plus some.

 

OBC

 

300.00 - TA OBC

250.00 - RCI Stockholder OBC

200.00 - RCI Gift Certificates

150.00 - BOA OBC (RCI credit card)

140.00 - Fuel Surcharge Refund

 

Total OBC 1,040.00

 

Tim

[Oscar_the_Grouch's_Sis]

Unused OBC? That's funny right there. I don't care who you are. The most we have ever had was $600. We still had about $500 on our Sea Pass account at the end of the cruise.

 

I laugh every time I read that on these boards myself :p

 

BTW, I will have $675 on my Sept cruise ... I am adding up all the ways I want to spend it in my mind (specialty restaurants, massage, excursions ...) LOL! That $675 is LONG GONE :D

[kimberley]

On Princess, we had $7800 OBC for three cabins. We had originally booked a cruise on Caribbean Princess for July 2009, but 4 days before the sailing, Princess called us because they were oversold. They wanted our three balcony cabins, and they offered us three minisuites cabins plus a refund of our cruise fare if we agreed to take the same cruise one year later. (The day before that cruise, we were called again...they wanted two of our minisuite cabins in exchange for one full suite, plus another $1000 OBC...we turned down that offer because we didn't want to combine the people from two cabins into one, and we wanted all our cabins to be next to each other.) We spent less than $1000, so the rest was refunded to us in CASH before we were allowed to leave the ship (we were told that they'd either send us a check in the mail after the sailing, or issue a credit to our CC, however they insisted on zeroing out the account with a cash refund in the end.)

 

So, we essentially cruised last year for free, and are using the refunded money to pay for our upcoming cruise on Allure.

Thats brilliant.

[jamesr3939]

$900 on Crown Odessy many years ago when Royal Cruise Lines still sailed, ah the good old days. We had ten of us so we got a lowest cabin rebate and AMEX was giving a few $100 PP if you used your AMEX card to pay for the cruise. We bought stuff at the shops our last day that really we didn't even need.

[will773]

We are on the Allure in June. We have two cabins, each with $342 OBC. Each cabin also has a $125 spa credit.

[Happy ks]

Another line, not RCI we had a total of $650 OBC, $450 from the cruise line because they erroneously re-sold our cabin and $200 from our travel agent.

 

The great part about it was they also upgraded us to a cabin twice the size as our original :)

 

Our first cruise was on Disney when they were in their inaugural season. The ship wasn't finished on time and we were re-booked for 2 months later. They didn't give us OBC but discounted the entire package by 25%, that was the one time we had booked cruise/air package. They also upgraded us to an OV cabin and we had booked the cheapest inside. It was real nice, the total savings was around $875 as I recall.

[mommabean]

$560 this month on Carnival - 9 night Mexican Riviera. $460 early saver reductions and $100 shareholders credit.

 

We took most of it out in cash the last night of the cruise. They don't credit it back to the credit card but write a check for what's left if you don't take it in cash.

 

Gina

[silentbob007]

We booked our 17-night Australia/NZ cruise with our last Next Cruise that allowed combinable discounts: NextCruise, stockholder, and TA OBC added up to about $800 which covered our excursions for the entire trip quite nicely.