OBC use to pay room gratuities?

[pokyjones]

Can the OBC be used to pay for gratuities charged for the room?

[1985rz1]

13 minutes ago, pokyjones said:

Can the OBC be used to pay for gratuities charged for the room?

Yes.

[zalusky]

American Express had an offer this period that if you spend $800 on Oceania they will give you $250 credit.  You have to do it by Sep 26.  So I had our TA prepay our Gratuities

[LHT28]

2 hours ago, pokyjones said:

Can the OBC be used to pay for gratuities charged for the room?

Yes

 They will automatically be taken off first at the end of the cruise

[Firstin87]

We will be cruising for the time on Oceania in March and will have the $300 OBC from AmEx Platinum card.  I read on another site that it cannot "be used for gratuities".  Does that mean it cannot be applied to the $23 per person per day gratuity we are charged for our suite?  Or does that refer to using it as a tip?

 

Thanks,

Cyndy

[pinotlover]

1 hour ago, Firstin87 said:

We will be cruising for the time on Oceania in March and will have the $300 OBC from AmEx Platinum card.  I read on another site that it cannot "be used for gratuities".  Does that mean it cannot be applied to the $23 per person per day gratuity we are charged for our suite?  Or does that refer to using it as a tip?

 

Thanks,

Cyndy

Rarely believe what you read on the internet. I question why people blantantly lie on this subject .Call out those that lie on those posts. They do it purposely.
 

OBC/ SBC can be used to pay for any and all expenditures made aboard ship. This includes Gratuity and has been posted repeatedly on this board.

[LHT28]

1 hour ago, Firstin87 said:

We will be cruising for the time on Oceania in March and will have the $300 OBC from AmEx Platinum card.  I read on another site that it cannot "be used for gratuities".  Does that mean it cannot be applied to the $23 per person per day gratuity we are charged for our suite?  Or does that refer to using it as a tip?

 

Thanks,

Cyndy

Not sure about  AMEX specifically  but all OBC  is taken off  in order at the end of the cruise

 

1 Gratuities

2 on board purchases eg drinks,spa,shops etc

 

 

[ORV]

12 hours ago, pinotlover said:

Rarely believe what you read on the internet. I question why people blantantly lie on this subject .Call out those that lie on those posts. They do it purposely.
 

OBC/ SBC can be used to pay for any and all expenditures made aboard ship. This includes Gratuity and has been posted repeatedly on this board.

Except for casino and Future cruise deposit.

 

I'm not so sure if it's people blatantly lying or that there are a lot of people that just simply get stuff wrong. I see it all the time on cruise critic, especially a couple of other boards I check out. 

[Firstin87]

I got my information off of AmEx's site and I am probably reading too much into the word "gratuity".  In my experience, Oceania is the only line I've cruised on that calls the daily fee a "gratuity"; NCL calls it a Daily Service Charge, Princess calls it something similar.  Since no one has experienced a problem with this, I'm sure it's just me worrying about nothing. 

 

 

 

[LHT28]

1 hour ago, Firstin87 said:

I got my information off of AmEx's site and I am probably reading too much into the word "gratuity".  In my experience, Oceania is the only line I've cruised on that calls the daily fee a "gratuity"; NCL calls it a Daily Service Charge, Princess calls it something similar.  Since no one has experienced a problem with this, I'm sure it's just me worrying about nothing. 

 

 

 

I think the difference between NCL  & Oceania  is that you can adjust or remove the "Gratuity" if you choose to  but  the "Service Fee"  you need a really good reason to remove it

One is  mandatory the other is not

Just my take on it