How to use my onboard credit

I will have onboard credit to use on my next cruise on the Silhouette. If I want to buy the gratuities and wifi package with my credit, how do I do that? Will there be a place on my cruise planner, or do I do it on the ship?

If you have OBC from Celebrity, it will appear as a credit on your cruise planner. WIFI is cheaper precruise. If your OBC from your travel agency, you can’t se it precruise.

Meanwhile, once you board, the OBC is credited to your account. All charges are debited to your account. So, you use up OBC first.

If the OBC is from Celebrity, you can purchase items before you leave from the comfort of your home. If it is a promotion from your Travel Agent, you have to wait until you get on the ship to use those funds. I would go for the Gratuities rather than the Internet Package. Or a Specialty Dining restaurant. But that is just me.

Your OBC is merely a "credit" against any charges you make. You can't specify HOW to use it. If you have $100 OBC, the first $100 you spend is taken care of.

As mentioned your OBC will automatically go to any of your on board spend. Monitor how much you have left (if any) and make some purchases if needed or blow it in the casino, especially if it is non refundable.

Refundable OBC will be able to be cashed out.

If you should have both refundable and non-refundable OBC, the non-refundable OBC will be used first

There are numerous ways to spend money while on board apart from the shops of course

If I have non-refundable OBC on the last day of the cruise I go to the shops and buy something I like that I would never buy at home! Like perfume....last cruise I bought my daughters and DIL perfume for Christmas that's cheaper at sea, discounted on the last cruise day and it's bought with money I would lose if I didn't buy it.

Can you use your onboard credit at the casino? This is my first cruise on Celebrity but I know on Carnival you can put your card in the machine to advance funds to gamble with instead of using cash, in essence using On Board Credit.

Can you use your onboard credit at the casino? This is my first cruise on Celebrity but I know on Carnival you can put your card in the machine to advance funds to gamble with instead of using cash, in essence using On Board Credit.

You can, but you cannot redeem the money aside from winnings. For example if you use $100 at Blackjack, you will receive $100 in "promotional chips" - chips that can be gambled with, but not redeemed for cash. Anything you "win" with the promotional chips can then be redeemed for cash; i.e. you play a $5 promotional chip and win the hand - the dealer will give you a regular $5 chip (that can be redeemed) and you keep the promotional chip and can keep using it until you lose a hand. With slots, if you load $100 onto your card you must gamble the entire $100 on slot machines - then you can redeem anything you "win" in cash.

Thanks, makes sense, prevents one from just "cashing out" on your OBC.

How does the Casino do that and keep track? I have $100 OBC on my card..I stick it in the machine....play $5 and win $500. I cant pull that out...or I have to play the other "$95" that was my original OBC or........or I can cash out what I am "up" but not the last $95 or

I visit Casino's often and play, but I don't get how it works on Celebrity...wasn't my experience with Royal so a little confused.

Thanks!

How does the Casino do that and keep track? I have $100 OBC on my card..I stick it in the machine....play $5 and win $500. I cant pull that out...or I have to play the other "$95" that was my original OBC or........or I can cash out what I am "up" but not the last $95 or

 

I visit Casino's often and play, but I don't get how it works on Celebrity...wasn't my experience with Royal so a little confused.

 

Thanks!

You can cash out what you are up. The $500 in your example. The other $95 would have to be played, some people say you can put it back on your card and move to another machine but I've never tried that. I only transfer a small amount to the machine at one time. Basically you have to lose the OBC but you can cash out whatever you win along the way.

You can cash out what you are up. The $500 in your example. The other $95 would have to be played, some people say you can put it back on your card and move to another machine but I've never tried that. I only transfer a small amount to the machine at one time. Basically you have to lose the OBC but you can cash out whatever you win along the way.

This has been my procedure to launder the OBC I am not spending otherwise..

I am not a gambler and never normally visit the casino but on the last cruise I used my $100 unspent obc (non-refundable) on the roulette table. Simply placing $5 on both Red and Black and pocketing the refundable chip each time. Only once did the ball land on Green and the last $5 was placed on a high odds bet which I lost but walked away with $75. I was happy as the alternative was to buy something at silly prices in the shops.

I think we have been lucky and had slightly better returns than 75% but as long as you are having fun at the same time who cares.