We have a booking for our first HAL cruise on the Rotterdam for summer of 2025, so the trip is a good ways out. We have quite a bit of stacked onboard credit already showing on our account, and at some point, I plan to submit the claim for the shareholder benefit to pick up some more.
We've booked one HAL excursion using our shore excursion credits that came with the booking. Is there a way to use OBC to book excursions at this point? If not, has anyone had success prebooking HAL excursions out of pocket, requesting a refund onboard, and rebooking using OBC?
I have a similar question with respect to specialty dining. I expect I'm likely a year out from making any reservations given what I've read in other posts on this board, and we have two specialty dining included in the booking. I'll book those two when reservations open, but I'd like to book at least one more. So, I have the same questions regarding use of OBC or refund/rebook onboard.
Thanks!