Can OBC be used for Gratuities

[Misty Morning]

30 minutes ago, MRGACRUZR said:

It makes my head hurt to try to explain this. Per Windstar, you can definitely buy the All In Package with your Windstar OBC. But, the gratuity portion of the All In Package has to be paid with cash.  Huh??? Translation: if you have $400 Windstar OBC and the All In Package is $2400, you will have a cash balance owed to Windstar of $2000. They will deduct the gratuities portion of the All In Package from the cash you owe. Sounds like a bookkeeping issue, as long as you owe enough to cover the gratuities portion of the All In Package. SMH. 

Are you saying that if you have a cash balance left to pay for the Package, then they will deduct the gratuity from what you owe. I would have thought they would have done it the other way around and add it, .  What about the current free perk promotion for those on a 2 week cruise where you get the all in package for free.  I assume you would need to pay for those gratuities and they would not be included in the $89 price