Using On-Board Credit for Daily Gratuities?

[cruise4family]

Hi to All,

It's been a while since I cruised on Carnival.  I have on-board credit on my account and have already used some for specialty dining and excursions.  Can the remainder be applied on the cruise against the daily gratuities?

I'm asking because lately I've been cruising NCL and they don't allow you to apply OBC towards gratuities.  I wasn't sure if Carnival's policy is the same as NCL. 

Thank you in advance for information.

 

[Lee Cruiser]

We had $700 for our April Mardi Gras cruise and some of it did go towards gratuities.

[Joe817]

6 minutes ago, cruise4family said:

Hi to All,

It's been a while since I cruised on Carnival.  I have on-board credit on my account and have already used some for specialty dining and excursions.  Can the remainder be applied on the cruise against the daily gratuities?

I'm asking because lately I've been cruising NCL and they don't allow you to apply OBC towards gratuities.  I wasn't sure if Carnival's policy is the same as NCL. 

Thank you in advance for information.

 

You absolutely can! We do it on our cruises. 

[ray98]

Yup....we used it for that last cruise.

[Schoifmom]

On 8/6/2022 at 6:48 PM, cruise4family said:

Hi to All,

It's been a while since I cruised on Carnival.  I have on-board credit on my account and have already used some for specialty dining and excursions.  Can the remainder be applied on the cruise against the daily gratuities?

I'm asking because lately I've been cruising NCL and they don't allow you to apply OBC towards gratuities.  I wasn't sure if Carnival's policy is the same as NCL. 

Thank you in advance for information.

 

 

On Carnival, your OBC really just applies as a credit to your S&S account.  It will be used to offset whatever charges are made to that account, including gratuities.

Edited August 8, 2022 by Schoifmom

[LMaxwell]

Yes - OBC just offsets your final bill total.