Onboard Spending Credit/Perk

Hi,

First time cruiser and poster. We have $150 per person onboard spending credit for our AK cruise on the Millennium, sailing June 22nd 2018. Can we use the onboard credit for specialty dining restaurants? What else can/can't we use the credit for.

Thanks!

The only thing you can't do with your OBC is book another cruise at the Future Cruise Office

Here is a list of things you CAN do with OBC

Acupuncture

Airport transfers

Alcove Rental (some ships)

Apple products and Ilounge classes

Art Auctions

Beverages -- Alcoholic, soft drinks, specialty coffees and teas, bottled water

Bingo

Bottles of wine

Casino

Duty free liquor and cigarettes

Fitness classes

Flowers

Gelato

Gift shop

Gratuities and extra gratuities

Hair and nail salon

Internet

Laundry/pressing/drycleaning

Luggage Valet

Medical Center

Mini bar

Shore Excursions

Pay-per-view movies

Photos & cameras

Room service up charge items

Shore Excursions

Shuttle to town (some ports)

Spa -- massages and treatments

Specialty restaurants

Teeth Whitening

Voyage in Review DVD

Wine and liquor tastings

Zumba

Yes you can use it for specialty dining. Basically you can use it for anything that gets charged to your sea pass account. It will just show as a credit against all your charges. You can not use it for a deposit on a future cruise, nor can you cash it out at the casino, but you can use it to gamble and any winnings can be cashed out. You can use it for dining reservations that you make before your sailing if you'd like to book them now.

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+ the previous comments You can purchase anything in advance in your cruise planer, like shorex, beverage pkg, internet, gifts-

Bon Voyage

Your OBC is applied against all charges made to your room account without discretion. The total of all your charges is offset by the total OBC you have - the net balance is then applied to your credit card at the end of your cruise.

" the net balance is then applied to your credit card at the end of your cruise."

ONLY if it is refundable. If it is non-refundable credit, unused by the end of the cruise, it is lost.

Hi,

 

First time cruiser and poster. We have $150 per person onboard spending credit for our AK cruise on the Millennium, sailing June 22nd 2018. Can we use the onboard credit for specialty dining restaurants? What else can/can't we use the credit for.

 

Thanks!

OBCs can be used for about anything onboard! Specialty dining, shore excursions, laundry, uou name it!

" the net balance is then applied to your credit card at the end of your cruise."

 

 

ONLY if it is refundable. If it is non-refundable credit, unused by the end of the cruise, it is lost.

I think you misunderstood what I am saying and also took my statement out of context - here is the full statement I made:

"The total of all your charges is offset by the total OBC you have - the net balance is then applied to your credit card at the end of your cruise".

I was commenting only on how the OBC is applied to ship board charges, and the "net balance" I am referring to is the total remaining amount charged (or applied) to your credit card after the OBC is applied. In other words, if you have a $100 total OBC and $300 of total charges, $200 is charged as the net balance due to the cruise line on your credit card.

I was not commenting on refundable v non-refundable OBC's or how any of it would be given back to you - only on how the OBC is applied. Refundable and non-refundable OBC's are applied in the same way to your on board charges.

You are correct, however, that any remaining OBC at the end of the cruise that is of the non-refundable kind is lost.

Yes, I took the phrase "applied to your credit card" to mean that the excess went into your credit card account. That only happens when you have more OBC than you spend, as you know. If you spend more than your OBC, you either make up the difference in cash or it gets charged to your credit card. (We sometimes forget that not everyone has a credit card on file.)

Yes, I took the phrase "applied to your credit card" to mean that the excess went into your credit card account. That only happens when you have more OBC than you spend, as you know. If you spend more than your OBC, you either make up the difference in cash or it gets charged to your credit card. (We sometimes forget that not everyone has a credit card on file.)

I guess using the word "applied" was not the best choice. :) "Charged" would have been better.

Thanks all.

The only thing you can't do with your OBC is book another cruise at the Future Cruise Office

 

Here is a list of things you CAN do with OBC

 

 

Acupuncture

Airport transfers

Alcove Rental (some ships)

Apple products and Ilounge classes

Art Auctions

Beverages -- Alcoholic, soft drinks, specialty coffees and teas, bottled water

Bingo

Bottles of wine

Casino

Duty free liquor and cigarettes

Fitness classes

Flowers

Gelato

Gift shop

Gratuities and extra gratuities

Hair and nail salon

Internet

Laundry/pressing/drycleaning

Luggage Valet

Medical Center

Mini bar

Shore Excursions

Pay-per-view movies

Photos & cameras

Room service up charge items

Shore Excursions

Shuttle to town (some ports)

Spa -- massages and treatments

Specialty restaurants

Teeth Whitening

Voyage in Review DVD

Wine and liquor tastings

Zumba

You can transfer your OBC to another cabin for them to use. We did that once.

If you ever have two types of OBC, refundable and non-refundable, Celebrity will use the non-refundable OBC first.

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Can I spend it to buy a bag?

Yes, they have handbags, tote bags, even some duffle bags

great! thanks!

So how do you find out if an OBC is refundable?

The OBC is coded...check your account on the tv, or ask Guest Relations.

If the OBC comes from Celebrity it is non refundable.

So how do you find out if an OBC is refundable?

Look at the accounts section on the ship TV. The OBC tagged with a "R" is refundable. A "N" Is non refundable. Easy to tell once you know the secret code.

There is ONE thing you cannot use any OBC to purchase on board (besides using it for future cruises, evidently). If you want to play in the Texas Hold 'em tournaments, it's cash only.

Yesterday, I brought home a nice Michael Kors bag when DH found out about this. :)

Is there a diamants to buy?

There is ONE thing you cannot use any OBC to purchase on board (besides using it for future cruises, evidently). If you want to play in the Texas Hold 'em tournaments, it's cash only.

I know this was your recent experience, but I believe the jury is still out as to whether this is new policy or not. I have always used obc for poker tournament entries. I will have another data point to add to the evidence in a month's time.

Mike

Can I ask you another question? if I buy a ship can I have a tax free?

thanks

I know this was your recent experience, but I believe the jury is still out as to whether this is new policy or not. I have always used obc for poker tournament entries. I will have another data point to add to the evidence in a month's time.

 

Mike

In 2018 it's been no OBC for tournament entry on Summit, Equinox and Reflection.

db

Flipflap, I’m not sure what you are asking but I will try.

Your purchases on board are not subject to VAT or US state sales tax except in certain cruises which sail entirely within the EU, and then there is VAT added to the purchase price.

Under some conditions passengers who are not citizens of the EU can apply to have some of that VAT refunded to them on their departure from the EU. In those cases, you receive instructions on board.