Sstn Posted August 11, 2020 #1 Share Posted August 11, 2020 Just booked my first MSC cruise for 1/29/2021. MSC (not travel agent) gave me $100 OBC. Can I apply the OBC toward the daily service charge since I'm unlikely to need it for anything else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cellfree Posted August 12, 2020 #2 Share Posted August 12, 2020 Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sstn Posted August 12, 2020 Author #3 Share Posted August 12, 2020 5 hours ago, cellfree said: Yes. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser man 60 Posted August 12, 2020 #4 Share Posted August 12, 2020 Don’t have service charges for UK cruisers anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger88 Posted August 12, 2020 #5 Share Posted August 12, 2020 The only service charge you have is in the bars and restaurants (and maybe some additional services). No, you cant use it. In any case, I hope that all these service charge nonsense will go away eventually, cause for some people its hard both to tip and give a service charge. In my opinion its not fair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sstn Posted August 12, 2020 Author #6 Share Posted August 12, 2020 There does appear to be an automatically billed daily service charge. This would be for a Caribbean 7 day sailing booked on MSC's USA website which states: "MSC Cruises will automatically add a daily Hotel Service Charge to your shipboard account, based on your chosen itinerary and the number of days for which the services are actually provided. " For my sailing it's $12.50/day which I'd like to cover with my $100 OBC, if permitted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisingFox27 Posted August 12, 2020 #7 Share Posted August 12, 2020 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Roger88 said: The only service charge you have is in the bars and restaurants (and maybe some additional services). No, you cant use it. In any case, I hope that all these service charge nonsense will go away eventually, cause for some people its hard both to tip and give a service charge. In my opinion its not fair It is stated not to tip and pay DSC. People who wish to reward individuals often do though. There's no service charge for included restaurants, only speciality and only on drinks if you've not got a drinks package and on some additional services. OBC can be used for DSC of its billed to your account separately. Edited August 12, 2020 by CruisingFox27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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