ncgolferette Posted May 8, 2023 #1 Share Posted May 8, 2023 Taking my first Oceania cruise next month - 24 days on the Insignia - Tokyo to SFO. Does Oceania add the gratuities to your on board account daily or is the whole sum added at the beginning or ending of the cruise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatbush Flyer Posted May 8, 2023 #2 Share Posted May 8, 2023 Just now, ncgolferette said: Taking my first Oceania cruise next month - 24 days on the Insignia - Tokyo to SFO. Does Oceania add the gratuities to your on board account daily or is the whole sum added at the beginning or ending of the cruise? Whole sum added within days of embarkation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted May 9, 2023 #3 Share Posted May 9, 2023 In the past pre covid they have always been added to the account at the end in our experience I have gotten statements from reception during the cruise & they were never on it but maybe things have changed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mexicobob Posted May 9, 2023 #4 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Three weeks ago on The Riviera the lump sum gratuities were added to our account about three days before the end of the cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrakeawayTakeaway Posted May 9, 2023 #5 Share Posted May 9, 2023 On the Oceania website when I have the choice to buy a drinks package it also gives me the option to pre pay for gratuities. Is that the whole trip gratuities? Can I pre pay for them before I board? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted May 9, 2023 #6 Share Posted May 9, 2023 48 minutes ago, BrakeawayTakeaway said: On the Oceania website when I have the choice to buy a drinks package it also gives me the option to pre pay for gratuities. Is that the whole trip gratuities? Can I pre pay for them before I board? Thank you. probably Do the math https://oceaniacruises.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360005307374-How-much-are-Gratuities-and-can-they-be-prepaid- https://oceaniacruises.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360005476793-What-is-your-gratuity-policy- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ORV Posted May 9, 2023 #7 Share Posted May 9, 2023 8 hours ago, BrakeawayTakeaway said: On the Oceania website when I have the choice to buy a drinks package it also gives me the option to pre pay for gratuities. Is that the whole trip gratuities? Can I pre pay for them before I board? Thank you. Yeah, no one really understands what that's all about. We discussed that a few months ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaWatch12 Posted May 9, 2023 #8 Share Posted May 9, 2023 I also found the option to pre pay the gratuities on the website in the drinks package section I went ahead and paid them and was able to deduct it from my OBC balance. Now I don't have to think about it again and I still have OBC to pay for drinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted May 9, 2023 #9 Share Posted May 9, 2023 2 minutes ago, SeaWatch12 said: I also found the option to pre pay the gratuities on the website in the drinks package section I went ahead and paid them and was able to deduct it from my OBC balance. Now I don't have to think about it again and I still have OBC to pay for drinks. They usually take Gratuities 1st from OBC then any other purchases It all works out in the end LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbtan Posted May 14, 2023 #10 Share Posted May 14, 2023 On 5/8/2023 at 7:33 PM, ncgolferette said: Taking my first Oceania cruise next month - 24 days on the Insignia - Tokyo to SFO. Does Oceania add the gratuities to your on board account daily or is the whole sum added at the beginning or ending of the cruise? It's daily, but as Flatbush & others have said it appears near the end of your trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatbush Flyer Posted May 14, 2023 #11 Share Posted May 14, 2023 1 hour ago, rbtan said: It's daily, but as Flatbush & others have said it appears near the end of your trip. Actually, if your tips are paid by O Club or by your TA (most often using OCAPP funding from Oceania), they’ll appear as a total debit, followed by a total credit, at some point during the cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honmani2 Posted May 16, 2023 #12 Share Posted May 16, 2023 On 5/9/2023 at 4:17 AM, SeaWatch12 said: I also found the option to pre pay the gratuities on the website in the drinks package section I went ahead and paid them and was able to deduct it from my OBC balance. Now I don't have to think about it again and I still have OBC to pay for drinks. How did you do this? When I go to my account, I can prepay the gratuities (or beverage package) but it asks for my credit card information rather than allowing me to deduct it from my OBC. Does my TA have to get it charged to my OBC account? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatbush Flyer Posted May 16, 2023 #13 Share Posted May 16, 2023 2 hours ago, honmani2 said: How did you do this? When I go to my account, I can prepay the gratuities (or beverage package) but it asks for my credit card information rather than allowing me to deduct it from my OBC. Does my TA have to get it charged to my OBC account? As was posted previously, not all SBC is created equal. SBC provided by your TA does not appear in your online account nor on your Oceania invoice. Even some O provided SBC (other that O Club and O Life SBC) may not show on your web account. And only that SBC can be used to prepay items like excursions an other stuff that ends up in the web Cart. Also, you can inform O if you don’t want to automatically use your SBC for pre-purchases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted May 16, 2023 #14 Share Posted May 16, 2023 3 hours ago, honmani2 said: How did you do this? When I go to my account, I can prepay the gratuities (or beverage package) but it asks for my credit card information rather than allowing me to deduct it from my OBC. Does my TA have to get it charged to my OBC account? under your account click manage this cruise under my credits if there is an amount there you should be able to use it for the gratuities I would just get your TA to handle it or call Oceania The website is sometimes flaky I added something to the cart but when looking at the cart it was not there JMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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