wrk2cruise

We will be onboard with you B2B with the following 12 Night Norway sailing.  2 itineraries we have been looking forward to since before Covid.  I really need to start thinking about packing.  With all the layers needed I expect I'll over pack.  I'm not a fan of E class ships but have been hearing great things about Apex lately.

5 minutes ago, 1Virgo said:

agree with leaveitallbehind.    Even the Future Cruise Certificate (pay $100/pp deposit now) book later has changed. That used to be 1 year to book a cruise but now 6 months.

And non refundable.  If you don't use it in 1 year you lose the $$.  It can also be used for NRD fares.

I don't think it's been showing up on any of the co branded cards.  It's not on my Delta Gold card.

38 minutes ago, wrk2cruise said:

I bought $500 in OBC a few days ago, posted to my account.  Today there is a $500 credit from Celebrity but no notification of the OBC being returned.  Anybody else have Celebrity credit your OBC purchase?

Just off the phone with shoreside concierge where I bought the OBC.  They spoke with another department and said it was some automated process which triggered the refund.   In the end they took the order again and a new post to my account is pending.

I'll wait a few days before I do it again on my other card with the offer.

I bought $500 in OBC a few days ago, posted to my account.  Today there is a $500 credit from Celebrity but no notification of the OBC being returned.  Anybody else have Celebrity credit your OBC purchase?

On 5/21/2024 at 10:45 AM, cruzzzinma said:

S Class - Silhouette or Equinox

Pretty sure the picture of Equinox.  Silhouette has the U shaped bar like Reflection if I remember correctly.

1 hour ago, jenf22 said:

If I use the link to buy OBC for myself as a gift, will it show on my planner ahead of time or is it really "delivered" to the cabin on Day 1?  I bought OBC a few days ago, the AMEX charge has cleared, but I don't see anything in my cruise planner.  Thanks for the help!

Only OBC (Non Refundable) from Celebrity shows on Cruise Planner.   Any OBCR you buy shows up once onboard.

3 hours ago, cruisegirlppp said:

Celebrity

No if they were trying to charge you the change fee associated with a NRD you can point them to the T&C that state it's for a ship or sail date change only.   Escalate to a supervisor or resolutions department.

1 hour ago, billc23 said:

The winters and summers are milder on the coast but I still vacation most of the winter. The rest of the year is amazing, in fact a cruise ship (small luxury one) is coming to Portsmouth beginning this year.

Must be real small to get up the river.   I used to work in Portsmouth.  Lived in Portsmouth, Dover, Rochester, Farmington.

Yes as long as it's the same cruise you are going on.  I think it's up to 2 additional cabins.  They get the OBC and reduced deposit.  Of course the deposit for each room has to be paid.  You can use your card or if you have their card info you can put one on each.

Although I always tell people to stay far far away from the Book Later certificates this is one use for them as when using them to assign a ship/sail date ALL passenger names on it can be changed.  The big warning here is it would be a NRD deposit as refundable is not available.

So in your case I still highly recommend doing Book Now, not Book Later.

17 minutes ago, Mr. Click said:

If that works where do I find the way to purchase the OBC?  I looked around some and I don't see it.

Yes that will work

https://www.celebritycruises.com/cruise-gifts/items-results?category=ONBDCR&collection=ONBDCR

6 hours ago, chamima said:

 

 

Did you put the two $500 deposits on the same cruise or different cruises?

I'm wondering if using the offer twice on the same cruise would trigger a problem.

 

 

I just wanted to thank the OP @Stockjock for alerting all of us to this offer!!! 💜

I'm going to wait until the first one registers as accepted.  It shouldn't matter if it's the same one or not.   I happen to have a B2B next week so I bought OBC for the first sailing and will buy more for the second one once I get notified the first one went through.

My TA had to leave a call back number this afternoon.   He did get called back and we got the issue resolved.

I used the offer on my wife's card a couple of days ago.  It just showed up on my card today!

1. ^^^ What @Ken the cruiser said.  ^^^ Stay away from Book Later.   If you keep it with Celebrity until you get home you can do the additional research and transfer to the TA of your choice within 30 days.   They TA can move to another sailing or reprice with a group or NRD price any time after that.

Called and bought $500 OBC for my sailing next week.

OBC which is purchased is refundable like what you get from the TA.  The trick is either go to guest relations the last night of the sailing and get any remainder in cash OR use a different card (not Amex) when setting up your seapass account.    If the remaining OBC is credited to your Amex then they might claw back the statement credit.

Thanks for posting the script.   I had given up adding them one by one.  The very last batch had it on one of my cards.

I have done this twice before each time buying OBC which triggered the offer no problem.

The more the cruise the bigger the difference is going to be.  Remember the "deal" is an extra 25% off the second passenger.  75% for NRD and 50% for Refundable.

7 hours ago, CruisersTimesThree said:

Can you share the phone number to call to get the status match? 

From the email Celebrity just sent out about the match.   I called the other day and it was taken care of promptly.

57 minutes ago, leaveitallbehind said:

Yes.  For non-suite bookings, the difference between refundable and non-refundable deposits is in the total fare, not the deposit. The same reduced deposit will apply to both fare bases.

And for non-refundable the reduced deposit is the biggest advantage of booking onboard.  I don't mind risking $200 but won't risk $900.

Here is the chart of the OBC bonus as well

39 minutes ago, TGfromTX said:

 

Sorry if you posted this somewhere already, but what type of room are you in?  I'm in an infinite veranda next month & I will be requesting a lounger but expecting to be told no.

There have never been loungers in IV cabins or 90+% of balcony cabins on Celebrity Ships.   There should be no expectations for one.  You should not put the crew in the position by even asking.

I completely agree with your thinking.  Call now and ask to be wait listed for select dining.  Generally they will clear these before sailing.  If not then go directly to MDR on boarding and request the change.  They may not be able to accommodate the first night but generally work it out.

Maybe the way they have changed the way they do it.  They used to add them to planner as $0.  If they allow you to cancel and refund the $$ then that is certainly the way to go.

I've purchased OBC before the cruise to satisfy the Amex offer in the past.  I believe if you use a different card to settle your onboard account onboard any remainder will be credited to that card.  When I did this to be sure I went to guest relations on the last evening and took the remainder in cash (which they will do).   Just make sure it doesn't get credited to your Amex as they may claw back the statement credit.