Obc

[jimmythegreek]

Quick question: If an OBC is granted and not used is it lost? Is it a use it or lose it situation? Can you be "reimbursed" for the unused amount?

[pbo258]

You need to use it or you would lose it.l

[cruisestitch]

There are two kinds of OBC

 

OBR is refundable to your credit card at the end of the cruise

OBN is designated non-refundable

 

The ship will use the OBN first and then use the OBR

 

You can withdraw the On Board credit (either kind) at the casino for a 3% fee.

[ALadyNCal]

You can withdraw the On Board credit (either kind) at the casino for a 3% fee.

Only in the casino, or possibly at the Purser's Desk?

[cruisestitch]

At the casino. There is no Purser's Desk, per se, and Guest Relations will not do the cash withdrawal. At the casino they will charge you 3% fee for withdrawing money from an on-board account.

[mcrcruiser]

We get 2 OBCs .One from Celebrity;because we book a cruise while on a ship for $200 deposit .This entitles you to OBCon the next cruise:D .

 

We also get OBCs from our TA:D .

 

When we cruise we use the OBCs for paying our tips & usually have some left over:p. We spend it on the ship :p.However, we could get credit since the left over OBCs was from our TA & those are refundable to our CC .

[yayvacation!]

Some OBC's (as pp said) are refundable. Just off the Infinity, I stopped by guest relations to check on the remaining OBC on my account at the end of the cruise, they told me it was a fully refundable kind of OBC. I had OBC from both X and my TA, X used their credit first, then went to the TA's. We got off the ship and the credit posted to the credit card they had on file when we boarded.

[ALadyNCal]

Some OBC's (as pp said) are refundable.

Good to know! We are doing prepaid tips. I was thinking of paying the 3% penalty so the OBC didn't go unused, but since it's from our TA, maybe we can just credit it back to the CC. :)

[biker1972]

Trust me, it is hard to get a refund since you end up spending all of that OBC. Only thing that helps is pre-paying for specialty dining, tips and shore excursions. Then you might get the refund. Buy a drink package on board and the refund most likely goes bye-bye :D. One trip to the spa can dent OBC dramaticly :). Do some laundry, unless you are Elite, and some more of the OBC goes. Went through $850 of OBC last cruise and got $30 refunded :eek:. But had a really great cruise ;).

[cruisestitch]

Your on-board account (view it on your TV or go to Guest Relations) will designate OBN or OBR, so you can keep track of what's what. Also, it usually takes a couple of days for the credits to begin appearing on your account, but if not there by day five, definitely go to Guest Relations and check on it.

[mightyh]

So, you can use OBC for drink packages (both prepaid on on board)?

 

Is there a list somewhere of what all you can use OBC for?

[cruisestitch]

There are a handful of travel agents who specify that their on=board credit cannot be used for certain things, but assuming you are not working with one of them, your on-board credit is simply a credit against your expenses, whatever they may be. Gratuities (if not already pre-paid), gift shop purchases, casino, drinks, beverage packages, shore excursions, bingo cards, spa treatments, haircuts, anything on your account.

 

But you cannot use it until you are on-board. So if you order a drink package on line prior to cruising, you will be paying for that immediately on order and wouldn't be able to use any kind of OBC for it.

[ALadyNCal]

I'm emailing my TA to see if I will have the refundable type of OBC. I am sure one of my family members won't use hers, so if it isn't refundable we'll pay the 3% to withdraw it from the casino.

[gsb]

Went to the guest realtions desk day before cruise ended (Solstice) and gat remaining OBC in cash.;)