kqcallahan Posted May 31, 2014 #1 Share Posted May 31, 2014 I was reading through all the information I can on Holland's website when I came across this: Are any onboard charges excluded from the onboard purchases bonus? All casino charges, cash advances, Future Cruise deposits, and associated fees are excluded. All other onboard purchases including Hotel Service Charge, Beverage Service Charge, taxes, pre-booked shore excursions and all gift items purchased online or through Ship Services count towards bonus cruise day credits. So Hotel Service Charge (that's the tips right?) and excursions count towards bonus cruise day credits, great. Is it considered only the "onboard charges"?? If I call today and pay my tips and pay now for my excursions is that counted or not?? Thanks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kqcallahan Posted May 31, 2014 Author #2 Share Posted May 31, 2014 And after reading it a third time I think I just answered my question and have no idea how to delete this haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtl513 Posted May 31, 2014 #3 Share Posted May 31, 2014 (edited) If I call today and pay my tips and pay now for my excursions is that counted or not?You can not pre-pay the HSC (it is added to your on-board account daily) but you can purchase OBC which acts as a cash deposit against your final bill. If you want this thread killed, click on the red triangle in the upper right corner of post #1 and ask a Host to delete it. . Edited May 31, 2014 by jtl513 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublebzz Posted May 31, 2014 #4 Share Posted May 31, 2014 It seems to me that HAL credits partial increments as a day's credit. For instance, if you spend $565 on board, you are credited with 2 days. Am I wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare richwmn Posted May 31, 2014 #5 Share Posted May 31, 2014 It seems to me that HAL credits partial increments as a day's credit. For instance, if you spend $565 on board, you are credited with 2 days. Am I wrong? In my case they have seemed to be very liberal with their rounding up. Much less than $565 will get you the additional day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublebzz Posted May 31, 2014 #6 Share Posted May 31, 2014 In my case they have seemed to be very liberal with their rounding up. Much less than $565 will get you the additional day! My experience as well; thanks for the confirmation. Now if they would only credit casino charges, I would be a 6 star Mariner by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted May 31, 2014 #7 Share Posted May 31, 2014 When this new program first started, we had something like $1185 and did not get the 4th day. After that I never bothered to check to see if we were close to getting another day (point). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catl331 Posted May 31, 2014 #8 Share Posted May 31, 2014 (edited) In my case they have seemed to be very liberal with their rounding up. Much less than $565 will get you the additional day!Yes, very liberal in our case too. I think once we were only about $25 past a breakpoint and got the day credit! Edited May 31, 2014 by catl331 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveOKC Posted May 31, 2014 #9 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Yes, very liberal in our case too. I think once we were only about $25 past a breakpoint and got the day credit! I have found them to be very liberal as well. On our last cruise the Spa charged us for an extra massage and they reversed it with a credit the same day, so they caught it before I did. Since they did it with a credit, I think I ended up with an extra day. Even with a generous rounding up, I should never have gotten as many credits as I did. DaveOKC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare POA1 Posted May 31, 2014 #10 Share Posted May 31, 2014 We seem to have been rounded up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kqcallahan Posted May 31, 2014 Author #11 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Thanks for the info guys. So if we pay the tips now and buy beverage cards online that all counts? Does the 300 have to be on the one day? Or is it over the cruise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthC Posted May 31, 2014 #12 Share Posted May 31, 2014 (edited) Thanks for the info guys. So if we pay the tips now and buy beverage cards online that all counts? Does the 300 have to be on the one day? Or is it over the cruise? All expenses attached to your booking number count. So, if you reserve Pinnacle Grill, make appointments at the salon, or book shore excursions in advance, the amount spent counts. It's all spread out over the course of the cruise---from pre-cruise expenses right up to the bitter end. The total expenses, without consideration for any on board credits, counts toward Mariner Days. Edited May 31, 2014 by RuthC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveOKC Posted May 31, 2014 #13 Share Posted May 31, 2014 (edited) Thanks for the info guys. So if we pay the tips now and buy beverage cards online that all counts? Does the 300 have to be on the one day? Or is it over the cruise? No, the 300 does not have to be in one day. If you spend 600 total for your cruise onboard, you would get 2 bonus days. If you buy beverage cards online, you do not get credit. The purchases have to be ONBOARD to count. Same goes for excursions. You can purchase onboard credits however and these will go toward you account as a Credit. Then when you purchase the item onboard it goes to your account as a debit (and you get credit for that). For example, HAL gave us a $120 credit for a massage in our account. When we actually got the massage, $120 was charged (debited) to our account, so we got credit. If HAL had just given us the massage for free, we would not have gotten the credit. Dave Edited May 31, 2014 by DaveOKC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sail7seas Posted May 31, 2014 #14 Share Posted May 31, 2014 You can only earn one bonus day for spending for each day of your cruise. The most spending day credits for a seven day cruise are seven credits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthC Posted May 31, 2014 #15 Share Posted May 31, 2014 If you buy beverage cards online, you do not get credit. The purchases have to be ONBOARD to count. Same goes for excursions. You can purchase onboard credits however and these will go toward you account as a Credit. Then when you purchase the item onboard it goes to your account as a debit (and you get credit for that). I've had a totally different experience. All my pre-cruise expenses have counted toward my Mariner days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kqcallahan Posted May 31, 2014 Author #16 Share Posted May 31, 2014 ok I'm gonna make sure I have it straight :) If I don't I'm slow sorry!! :s So let's say I want to get a shore excursion and a beverage card. Comes to 89 dollars. If I was to buy a $100 OBC today and in 3 days time I order them online am I able to use the OBC for those two things? And if I did will it count towards the bonus days? Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Vict0riann Posted May 31, 2014 #17 Share Posted May 31, 2014 I've had a totally different experience. All my pre-cruise expenses have counted toward my Mariner days. Same here. We try to purchase our HAL shore excursions before the cruise, and they have always counted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sppunk Posted May 31, 2014 #18 Share Posted May 31, 2014 We've had charges of $608 and they've rounded to three credit days, I tend to think if you pass the re should you automatically go to the extra day credit. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtl513 Posted May 31, 2014 #19 Share Posted May 31, 2014 (edited) If you buy beverage cards online, you do not get credit. The purchases have to be ONBOARD to count. Same goes for excursions.Not true. If you read the FAQs it explicitly says they count, and they have always counted for me. Likewise, all gifts from your TA/friends/family also count. 14. Are any onboard charges excluded from the onboard purchases bonus? All casino charges, cash advances, Future Cruise deposits, and associated fees are excluded. All other onboard purchases, for example, Hotel Service Charge, Beverage Service Charge, taxes, shore excursions and all gift items purchased online or through Ship Services count towards bonus Cruise Day credits. So let's say I want to get a shore excursion and a beverage card. Comes to 89 dollars. If I was to buy a $100 OBC today and in 3 days time I order them online am I able to use the OBC for those two things? And if I did will it count towards the bonus days? Sorta! :) If you buy $100 OBC and only use $89 worth on those two items, you will get $11 back and just $89 credit for the spending bonus. Purchased OBC (by you or your family/friends/TA) are like a cash deposit toward your final bill, but you only get credit for whatever part of them you spend on board. If this was not the case you could "buy" bonus days by purchasing up to the maxiumum $300 times the number of actual cruise days and get most of it back in cash unspent. Edited May 31, 2014 by jtl513 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sail7seas Posted May 31, 2014 #20 Share Posted May 31, 2014 You cannot spend OBC in advance of boarding. You can buy yourself OBC and have it applied to your account giving you a credit balance when you start your cruise. Once on the ship, you can spend that credit on anything you wish but you cannot spend it in advance of boarding. You have to put anything you buy in advance of boarding on your credit card but all those charges to your credit card will be counted toward your 'spending days'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted May 31, 2014 #21 Share Posted May 31, 2014 No, the 300 does not have to be in one day. If you spend 600 total for your cruise onboard, you would get 2 bonus days. If you buy beverage cards online, you do not get credit. The purchases have to be ONBOARD to count. Same goes for excursions. You can purchase onboard credits however and these will go toward you account as a Credit. Then when you purchase the item onboard it goes to your account as a debit (and you get credit for that). For example, HAL gave us a $120 credit for a massage in our account. When we actually got the massage, $120 was charged (debited) to our account, so we got credit. If HAL had just given us the massage for free, we would not have gotten the credit. Dave The bolding is mine. My understanding is that any purchases (within the rules) count whether they are bought on line in advance or on board. On line purchases do count - at least they have for us. I buy a lot of things on line and receive the appropriate number of days for it. You do not have to purchase shore excursions, beverage cards, PG dinners, whatever on board to get the mariner day credit. If you purchase on line in advance, as long as you use them, you certainly get the credit for those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveOKC Posted May 31, 2014 #22 Share Posted May 31, 2014 The bolding is mine. My understanding is that any purchases (within the rules) count whether they are bought on line in advance or on board. On line purchases do count - at least they have for us. I buy a lot of things on line and receive the appropriate number of days for it. You do not have to purchase shore excursions, beverage cards, PG dinners, whatever on board to get the mariner day credit. If you purchase on line in advance, as long as you use them, you certainly get the credit for those. My mistake! I was thinking about On Board Credits (we had a major issue with this on our recent cruise and it was on my mind) instead of the purchases counting toward the bonus days. To restate, you are correct that all purchases, either made onboard or online prior to sailing count toward your $300 per day bonus credit figure. So sorry again. DaveOKC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kqcallahan Posted June 1, 2014 Author #23 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Thanks Everyone for the info :) It's like microwaves no two (companies) are the same and it takes a while to learn the in and outs of each :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare POA1 Posted June 1, 2014 #24 Share Posted June 1, 2014 My mistake! I was thinking about On Board Credits No problem. Happens to everyone at some point. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYteacher Posted June 1, 2014 #25 Share Posted June 1, 2014 We are getting shareholder OBC for the first time this summer. Will spending that $250 count towards a bonus day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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