kroeni Posted March 28, 2019 #1 Share Posted March 28, 2019 We are taking an Alaskan cruise and got 3 free excursions. Most of the excursions seems not attractive to us so we are only taking two. Can we change the third one to an OBC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatbush Flyer Posted March 28, 2019 #2 Share Posted March 28, 2019 (edited) With the new policy regarding ability to spend SBC on purchasing excursions et al pre-cruise, not sure how the website would handle the split you describe. What I can tell you is that the "cash" (non-refundable SBC) value of one O Life excursion (1 person) is $100 regardless of it's published cost. You could take the SBC O Life option and buy some excursions pre-cruise. But, if the average cost of the excursions exceeds $100, you'd be throwing some $$ away. You might also consider, booking all your allotted O Life excursions pre-cruise and then cancelling one/some within the allowable window once onboard. That should get you a $100 non-refundable SBC credit per person/per excursion. Since we folks who use TAs already know, you can handle the O Life transactions yourself. I suggest that you call Oceania and ask about ability to do the split. I'm guessing the answer will be "no." Edited March 28, 2019 by Flatbush Flyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted March 28, 2019 #3 Share Posted March 28, 2019 I think you only get the OBC for excursions cancelled by Oceania It is like the non refundable OBC ..use it or lose it You could always take the OBC perk & just buy the excursion you want ..may or may not work out as value for money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulchili Posted March 28, 2019 #4 Share Posted March 28, 2019 5 hours ago, Flatbush Flyer said: You might also consider, booking all your allotted O Life excursions pre-cruise and then cancelling one/some within the allowable window once onboard. That should get you a $100 non-refundable SBC credit per person/per excursion. I don’t believe that you can cancel O Life excursions for OBC once onboard. If one of your O Life excursions gets cancelled by the cruise line (i.e. cannot dock, etc) then you will receive $100 non refundable OBC regardless of how much the excursion cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ORV Posted March 28, 2019 #5 Share Posted March 28, 2019 At least this is a fairly original question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docmark Posted March 28, 2019 #6 Share Posted March 28, 2019 1 hour ago, ORV said: At least this is a fairly original question. ORV That was good !!! got a big smile out of it!i Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ken the cruiser Posted March 29, 2019 #7 Share Posted March 29, 2019 17 hours ago, kroeni said: We are taking an Alaskan cruise and got 3 free excursions. Most of the excursions seems not attractive to us so we are only taking two. Can we change the third one to an OBC? You can also "refare" your cruise without the OLife option and get $300 pp off your cruise fare. This way there will be no pressure to book any O excursions if you don't want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ano Posted March 31, 2019 #8 Share Posted March 31, 2019 (edited) On 3/28/2019 at 9:10 AM, Paulchili said: I don’t believe that you can cancel O Life excursions for OBC once onboard. If one of your O Life excursions gets cancelled by the cruise line (i.e. cannot dock, etc) then you will receive $100 non refundable OBC regardless of how much the excursion cost. Yup, another way they screw you. So OLife "free" excursions cost $100 each if you calculate it out. If a port is cancelled by Oceania or otherwise, they give you $100 non-refundable credit. Wow you get your $100 back as a non-refundable credit. So generous. Edited March 31, 2019 by ano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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