Ask and you shall receive (extra OBC that is!)

[CairnsCruiser1]

Hello. Firstly, thank you to everyone who posts and shares their information and advice on these boards. You could spend weeks just reading and never get to the end :)

 

I have been very interested in the whole On board credit (OBC) wrangle: some have lots some none. I revisited our booking which was made a long time ago, and found we only had $100 per cabin :mad::mad::mad:

 

So, I decided to ask for more :cool:

 

I sent off an email, thanking ourbTA for all his help, and advised that I would like more OBC. An email came straight back - so sorry, no can do.

 

Poop....

 

So I sent back another email. What a shame I said, I was really enjoying working with you, however I note that other TA's are offering much more OBC, and as we're still within our 100% deposit back timeframe..........

 

All weekend nothing.......

 

This morning......an email..... We suddenly find that we're able to accommodate you, and have bumped up your OBC to $450 per cabin :p

 

 

I think I'm quite happy with that.

 

So the moral of my story is this, ask and you shall receive, and if you still don't receive, be devious!

[jlindemer]

That is probably his entire commission.

 

 

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[paul929207]

I have never sailed Celebrity, so I am not familiar with their programs. I sail with Princess and we get OBC from them for every cruise. For the longer ones it is $600 per cabin plus anything we get from our TA.

 

We get $150 each for using the Future Cruise Credits.

We get $250 for owning stock on Carnival Corporation

We get $50 for having sailed so much with Princess.

 

We are not eligible for it, but some people get up to $250 for having served in the military.

 

You may want to check on what Celebrity is offering