Non Refundable Deposit Now is US?

[Luvcrusn]

I got an email today offering up to a $500 OBC plus another perk for an onboard booking. Luckily I always read the small print. Here is what it said:

 

"Choose your stateroom at time of booking. A $50 to $500 non-refundable deposit per stateroom is required to enroll in the Program. The deposit schedule is the same as the onboard credit schedule and is determined by category type, voyage length and destination. Reservations may be canceled, but deposit would be forfeited as it is non-refundable."

 

Is this a new policy in the US? Needless to say, I won't be booking on board as I was planning to do!:mad:

[[g]cruiserke]

You may not have completely understood the terms: The OBC you get for the onboard booking is the same amount as the deposit and you get that OBC on your current cruise. So you pay for example $200 down and immediately get $200 on that cruise to spend. Of course if you then go home and cancel the cruise you booked you will not get that $200 back, you spent it already.

 

I do believe that you can request the OBC to be given on the future cruise you are booking instead of the cruise you are on and in that case, the deposit IS refundable (or it may just be on Royal that they do this, not sure).

[AmberCascades]

We booked a b2b onboard last year. We paid a $250 deposit and got some OBC for the future cruises plus $250 OBC for the current cruise. The deposit was non-refundable. We spent the $250 OBC while we were on board and it turned out we later had to cancel the second part of the b2b. We didn't get our deposit back but we didn't lose anything either since we had already spent the OBC on the previous cruise. It could be that this is what they are doing here.

[Luvcrusn]

cruiserke;51705697']You may not have completely understood the terms: The OBC you get for the onboard booking is the same amount as the deposit and you get that OBC on your current cruise. So you pay for example $200 down and immediately get $200 on that cruise to spend. Of course if you then go home and cancel the cruise you booked you will not get that $200 back' date=' you spent it already.

 

I do believe that you can request the OBC to be given on the future cruise you are booking instead of the cruise you are on and in that case, the deposit IS refundable (or it may just be on Royal that they do this, not sure).[/quote']

 

Thanks! That makes a lot more sense.

[easyboy]

Thanks! That makes a lot more sense.

Yup. But thanks for bringing the matter up.

[Morgsmom]

Is this a common onboard offer? It's our first Celebrity cruise but I'd be enticed to plunk down some $ to book another cruise whilst onboard if this were the case.

[El Crucero]

Yes, this offer is quite common for on-board booking of a future cruise. We have always rolled all the OBC offered to the future cruise so refunds have never been a problem for us.