Has NCL offered OBC as a perk lately?

[MusterDrill55]

Maybe I've missed it, but seems like forever since NCL has offered any on-board credit for anything booked directly through them. 

[havanadaydreaming]

We got $100 OBC each for balcony room booked earlier this year.  

[Son of a son of a ...]

TAs are giving OBC

[MusterDrill55]

9 minutes ago, Son of a son of a ... said:

TAs are giving OBC

I know TAs offer it sometimes, but I'm asking about the OBC that NCL used to offer on a seemingly routine basis. I saw it offered a lot last year, took good advantage of it. But I haven't seen it in months. 

[fridaythe13th]

I recently booked direct for a 2020 cruise and got $100 OBC.

[sfaaa]

On selected bookings under Latitudes Insider offers.

[shof515]

Yes. Last year or so i was able to book a cruise with a 50 dollar onboard credit directly from NCL. It was part of the wave sale during the wave season which should be coming up after new years

[dubroben22]

in august they were giving obc until they switched to free airfare

[Nola26]

$100 OBC for Christmas cruise next month for an inside cabin.

[Nola26]

$100 OBC for Christmas cruise next month for an inside cabin.

[Hotspring]

They were offering up to a $500 on board credit through September 30, 2018.   Then switched to the nearly worthless free airfare or wifi package.   They keep suggesting that the airfare promo will die as it should but they keep extending the turd.   Only OBC since September have generally been select Insider Latitude cruises of modest amounts.    

 

Free at Sea wifi packages can be upgraded to unlimited at a good rate.   One has no control over when and where one flies for Free Air Fare, plus additional guests in the cabin are charged an outrageous markup negating any savings for the first two guests, then they charge for another markup for the airport transfers.

 

I bet their systems will crash the moment they offer another significant OBC, there is a likely a lot of pend up demand from value travlers that have been watching and are just as confused as to why they are not emulating prior years OBC offerings in their promotion cycle.

 

Good luck.

[fstuff1]

4 hours ago, Nola26 said:

$100 OBC for Christmas cruise next month for an inside cabin.

yup, thats what im waiting for b4 booking my Inside room.

and hopefully the $50 latitudes offer is still there and stacks with it

[ksmcdonald]

I'm booked on the Escape March 24th and currently have $200 OBC.  On August 29th they offered $100 Free on Board Spending and $100 Past Guest offer.

 

 

[don't-use-real-name]

"BUT" still CAN'T use that type of OBC for payment of the DSC !

[ksmcdonald]

2 minutes ago, don't-use-real-name said:

"BUT" still CAN'T use that type of OBC for payment of the DSC !

 

I thought you could use the $100 Past Guest OBC for anything, even refund the amount you don't use.  The other $100 Free On Board Spending can only be used on board.  

[shof515]

30 minutes ago, ksmcdonald said:

 

I thought you could use the $100 Past Guest OBC for anything, even refund the amount you don't use.  The other $100 Free On Board Spending can only be used on board.  

 

There is two types of onboard credit: refundable and non-refundable
Refundable on board credit is something you buy or it might be gifted to you by your travel agent
Non refundable onboard credit is something you DO not buy and it given to you as a promotional perk like the past guest obc, wave sale obc or it is gifted to you by your travel agent.

If you have a travel agent, find out if their credit is refundable or non refundable

 

 A general rule of thumb with onboard credit..refundable obc can be used for DSC, non refundable obc can not be used for DSC.

[erdoran]

I have $300 OBC from NCL for 2-week Jade transatlantic April, 2019 booked September 2018.

[kochleffel]

I had it last month as a Latitudes Insider offer, booking made in June.

[gabbygal99]

I booked a balcony November 12th for a May 2019 Alaska sailing and received $100 OBC (and 5 promos - unlimited beverages, 3 night SDP, 125min WiFi, $50 shore excursion credit per port, kids sail free).

[cruisinglady65]

On 11/23/2018 at 5:04 PM, Nola26 said:

$100 OBC for Christmas cruise next month for an inside cabin.

I would like to know if NCL still gives out christmas OBC...I am thinking about taking a last minute cruise on the ncl gem december 15th of this coming year....I am a platitum member with ncl..and have taken two other cruises near to the christmas holiday and always had gotten $100 OBC...