Prebooking excursions and OBC

[davy jones]

Does Princess allow you to book excursions online using OBC?

[rocklinmom]

Yes you can book excursions in your Personalizer using OBC, it will automatically show your OBC as a payment option (uncheck it if you want to pay with credit card instead). Be aware if you do pay with OBC and later cancel the excursion it is a bit more complicated to get it refunded vs. an automatic credit card refund. 

[NavyVeteran]

8 hours ago, rocklinmom said:

Yes you can book excursions in your Personalizer using OBC, it will automatically show your OBC as a payment option (uncheck it if you want to pay with credit card instead). Be aware if you do pay with OBC and later cancel the excursion it is a bit more complicated to get it refunded vs. an automatic credit card refund. 

It's not complicated to get a refund for an excursion booked with OBC. The OBC is immediately available as soon as you cancel. What is complicated is if you book with a combination of OBC and credit card. Then they refund the OBC (immediately) instead of the credit card. Not a problem if you are going to book another excursion or if you don't mind waiting for the cruise to get your credit card payment back.

You can only use OBC that shows on your Cruise Personalizer to book in advance. Some OBC doesn't show until you're onboard. Also booking with Shareholder OBC is now a problem, since Princess no longer posts it way in advance.

When booking online, the OBC for the two passengers in a cabin are not combined. They charge a credit card for one passenger even if the other one has remaining OBC. Onboard, it is combined if you use the same credit card. You can use one passenger's OBC to book a cabin mate's excursion in advance by calling Princess but not online.

[davy jones]

I was able to book an excursion using the Princess OBC.  I also have OBC from TA that is not accessible at this time.