Flo71 Posted April 13, 2018 #1 Share Posted April 13, 2018 We have quite a bit of onboard credit, have pre purchased soft drinks packages so will they still put pre authorisation amounts on our credit card or not until onboard credit is used? Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishywood Posted April 13, 2018 #2 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Princess does not do pre-authorizations. Once your OBC is exhausted they may do some test transactions (that will drop off once the grand total is charged) in the amount of individual purchases every couple days to make sure your card is valid. Even on cruises when I have had zero OBC that is all that was done. Now if you use a debit card rather than a revolving charge credit card, yes there will be holds. Possibly for total amounts exceeding your net charges, and that don't drop off until well after you return home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antsp Posted April 13, 2018 #3 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Princess to pre otherwse your card on check-in, I can see it on my cc app. Its usually around $200. We had a load of obc and they've still done this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega1 Posted April 13, 2018 #4 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Our experience is that they do a pre-authorization regardless of how much obc you have. We once did a Mediterranean cruise and forgot to inform cc company there would a transaction originating in the US - consequently the pre-authorization was rejected and we got a call from the front desk to sort it out. Lesson learned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flo71 Posted April 14, 2018 Author #5 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Thanks all and good point about remembering to let the company know we will be using the card for the trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justprettynpink Posted April 15, 2018 #6 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Earlier this month they did a 100 authorization on my credit card Sent from my SM-G955U using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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