Princess Refundable Credit at end of cruise

[BuzzBuzzen]

Hello, I forgot to mention , at the end of our Coral Princess trip, we had $167.00 in refundable credit. 

The final statement showed that amount referred to Corporate Finance.

In exactly 2 calender weeks from debark, the funds were in our account via direct transfer from HSBC.

Cheers, Buzz.

[MicCanberra]

Good work.

If we ever have any refundable credit left over, we cash it out the before debarkation.

[BuzzBuzzen]

1. We have never had any credit left over at the end of a cruise before , always a bill.
2. Princess Prizes worked too ! We won a backstage tour before a production show, met the cast and were escorted around by the cruise director and the entertainment manager.Given 3 large printed photos of the event next day. Many curious looks when we returned back into the theatre. Also won $340 non refundable credit. We thought it was in name only,"Princess Prizes" as we 99% of the time saw " better luck next time " on our door screen. Cheers, Buzz.
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[MicCanberra]

Good stuff, the first person I have heard wining .

[arxcards]

2 hours ago, MicCanberra said:

Good stuff, the first person I have heard wining .

I won a medallion holder last year. I thought it most ironic - at the time, premier package included Princess Prizes and a medallion holder. 

[arxcards]

6 hours ago, MicCanberra said:

Good stuff, the first person I have heard wining .

While we were in the Majestic concierge lounge last year, one of the other passengers was talking about a free cruise as if it was probably just a casino offer via their mother. Turned out to be a win on Princess prizes, a free cruise anywhere, up to 7 nights in a balcony.

 

It is operated as a sweepstake by the casino, so the house will always win, but nice to know there are winners out there.

[OzKiwiJJ]

4 hours ago, MicCanberra said:

Good work.

If we ever have any refundable credit left over, we cash it out the before debarkation.

Left over refundable credit is a good excuse to go shopping on the last night. 😊

[Sparky74]

4 hours ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

Left over refundable credit is a good excuse to go shopping on the last night. 😊

And buy things you don’t need. 🤣

[Jean C]

You did well to get your credit refunded so quickly.  We had some refundable on board credit a couple of voyages ago, at the end of the cruise it was just under $50 each. We were told by Guest Services that it would be refunded to our credit cards.

 

That never happened and after a lot of to'ing and fro'ing they eventually rounded it up to $50 each plus $150 each for the inconvenience, applied as OBC to our next booking.

 

The new OBC amounts weren't refundable and I ended up buying a geeky sparkly Princess cap to mop up the last of it.

 

However, from memory, the small print on our folio said amounts under $50 could be paid out on board as cash, which we hadn't noticed at the time, with over $50 to be credited your credit card.

[MicCanberra]

6 hours ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

Left over refundable credit is a good excuse to go shopping on the last night. 😊

For some it might be but there is rarely anything we want. Besides that's what left over non refundable credit is for.

[Bubbeh]

20 hours ago, MicCanberra said:

Good stuff, the first person I have heard wining .

Ditto.

[BuzzBuzzen]

We bought 2 large Stanley bears with the remaining non refundable. Very necessary purchases !  Cheers, Buzz.

[Jean C]

Keith bought duty free - prices weren't wonderful but it was better than letting the credit expire. My granddaughter bought a ring with the majority of my left over credit, I must check if she still wears it 🤔

[Bubbeh]

I'd probably buy whiskey if I had enough.  Maybe not the cheapest I could get but as with @Jean C I'd be reticent to let it go into some lines consolidated revenue.

[Sparky74]

I wonder if using it to boost gratuities is an option.

I’d be more inclined to make a donation to the crew than to consolidated revenue. 

[Womble99]

We have a 10 day cruise coming up with over 5k of refundable OBC so it is good to hear that it does come back in a reasonable time fame as I can't see us spending it all....

[Bubbeh]

On 5/27/2024 at 11:21 AM, Womble99 said:

We have a 10 day cruise coming up with over 5k of refundable OBC so it is good to hear that it does come back in a reasonable time fame as I can't see us spending it all....

5K in refundable OBC, are you kidding me??  I don't know how many people could spend that much in 10 days and not need a liver transplant afterwards. 

[Womble99]

3 minutes ago, Bubbeh said:

5K in refundable OBC, are you kidding me??  I don't know how many people could spend that much in 10 days and not need a liver transplant afterwards. 

I can't imagine us spending the non refundable OBC let alone making a dent in the refundable but it is a carry over from a pre covid move-over cruise so we will find a way 🤷‍♂️

[Ondine]

Some years ago I had a lot of refundable credit from a move over offer.  They gave us a new cruise with an upgrade and the same benefits and the price of the old cruise back as refundable credit.  About a month after I got home I received a cheque for the refundable (it was pre this bank account stuff).  It was Princess.

[MicCanberra]

1 hour ago, Womble99 said:

I can't imagine us spending the non refundable OBC let alone making a dent in the refundable but it is a carry over from a pre covid move-over cruise so we will find a way 🤷‍♂️

Just do what you can and pocket the rest.