Booking suite while on board?

[39august]

Since all suites are getting the "Go Best" amenities, what else would be the reason to book while on board? Reduced deposit? I would be booking while on board RCI if that makes any difference.

[angelhelly]

Additional onboard credit and reduce deposits would be the added perk.. I think like $250 for a sky suite and I don't remember how much for the others.

[bigbenboys]

We booked a S1 12 night cruise while on board with all 4 perks. The additional OBC was $300.

[watchdiva]

We booked 11 night S1 and received additional OBC of $300 plus all 4 suite perks.

 

 

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[39august]

Well, I guess it is worth it for a reduced deposit. But in all honesty, I don't have any need for more non-refundable OBC!

[Muushka]

Personally I find reduced deposit to be next to useless.

OBC, even the non-refundable kind, can be useful.

 

Our $300 OBC for our Nov cruise will be happily spent.

[NCHPcruiser]

We booked our June Alaska cruise (S1) on a cruise in September. The booking was automatically transferred to our travel agent. Later we decided we would splurge on a Celebrity Suite since we are traveling with friends and thought the extra space for the four of us at times would be nice. We decided against changing after our TA gave us the prices. Two weeks later (only two weeks ago) while aboard the Reflection we were booking a cruise for 2019 and mentioned that we had wanted to upgrade to a CS on the Alaska cruise. We were able to get the upgrade to a CS through a completely new booking at a good rate plus more onboard credit (which I love!), much less than our TA had quoted (less than two weeks earlier). The cabin position is slightly preferred over the one offered by the TA as well. We like booking onboard and know we can always cancel, switch cruises, transfer TA, etc. The onboard agents have given us good advice in the past regarding location on the ship.

[fielddreamer]

The on board agents have a little more leeway to do different things on a booking that you would not fine on land !

[bEwAbG]

The reduced deposit doesn't always apply to suites. It hasn't for me the last two bookings. The extra OBC is always worth it to me. It usually turns $300 into $600 or more (depending on the offer and the suite level) for doing nothing more than booking while onboard. Can you not just use it to play in the casino? Buy something in the shops? Pay for excursions?

[Newbcruiser1]

The non-refundable OBC is technically still refundable! You just have to do it a bit of a roundabout way!

 

You can cash it out in the casino! Whether they'll give you the cash directly, or a slot voucher which you then insert into a machine and cash it back out to be cashed, OR give you the cash upfront depends on several factors - amount you're requesting, type of account you have, etc. There might be a small fee (typically 3%) to withdraw money off your sea-pass.

If you have a cash account, you used to be able to do it without the fee - unsure if this is still the case.

 

 

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[bEwAbG]

The non-refundable OBC is technically still refundable! You just have to do it a bit of a roundabout way!

 

You can cash it out in the casino! Whether they'll give you the cash directly, or a slot voucher which you then insert into a machine and cash it back out to be cashed, OR give you the cash upfront depends on several factors - amount you're requesting, type of account you have, etc. There might be a small fee (typically 3%) to withdraw money off your sea-pass.

If you have a cash account, you used to be able to do it without the fee - unsure if this is still the case.

 

This is no longer the case with non-refundable OBC, which is a change that was made around the beginning of 2016. You can get promotional slot credits or table chips, but they must be played. You keep the winnings (if any), but you can't just cash out the full amount anymore. Still, if you have a bunch of extra OBC, you can burn through it in the casino fairly quickly and maybe walk away with more than you started with. There are lots of threads about this on the forum all the time if you care to know the particulars.