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Jilliebean28

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We have about $900 onboard credit for our upcoming cruise in March.  I have already bought coffee cards and water packages using my credit card.  Should I have waited to buy them onboard using our onboard credit?  Not sure if I have made a mistake.  Thanks for any advise you can offer!

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13 minutes ago, Jilliebean28 said:

We have about $900 onboard credit for our upcoming cruise in March.  I have already bought coffee cards and water packages using my credit card.  Should I have waited to buy them onboard using our onboard credit?  Not sure if I have made a mistake.  Thanks for any advise you can offer!

You could cancel your credit card order and they will refund your credit card, then use your onboard credit and buy once you get on the ship.  

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56 minutes ago, pmjnh said:

Just to clarify, never having had OBC until an upcoming cruise, can you use onboard credit for bar beverages or to use towards your final bill?

OBC is a credit to your onboard account from which any type of debit is deducted including the daily gratuity & the purchase of anything during the cruise.

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OP, here are a couple of ideas for using the OBC left after you deduct for gratuities and beverage, etc. purchases: specialty restaurant(s), Ultimate Bakcony Dinner, Chef's Table, Ultimate Ship Tour, Sanctuary. I'm sure others can come up with more, you shouldn't have any trouble spending it!

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1 hour ago, Jilliebean28 said:

We have about $900 onboard credit for our upcoming cruise in March.  I have already bought coffee cards and water packages using my credit card.  Should I have waited to buy them onboard using our onboard credit?  Not sure if I have made a mistake.  Thanks for any advise you can offer!

Yes on the coffee package.

As stated the water must be pre purchased and cannot be purchased onboard.

You can cancel the coffee package and purchase onboard.

They are supposed to use the non refundable first but there have been posts saying sometimes they don't do it that way.

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38 minutes ago, WisCruiser2 said:

OP, here are a couple of ideas for using the OBC left after you deduct for gratuities and beverage, etc. purchases: specialty restaurant(s), Ultimate Bakcony Dinner, Chef's Table, Ultimate Ship Tour, Sanctuary. I'm sure others can come up with more, you shouldn't have any trouble spending it!

Good ideas! We did the Ultimate Ship Tour and loved it! You can also use it in the spa for massages, etc or access to the Enclave if your ship has one. I'd also recommend the Stammtisches at Vines and/or afternoon tea.

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2 hours ago, Jilliebean28 said:

We have about $900 onboard credit for our upcoming cruise in March.  I have already bought coffee cards and water packages using my credit card.  Should I have waited to buy them onboard using our onboard credit?  Not sure if I have made a mistake.  Thanks for any advise you can offer!

Not sure what mistake you are talking about.  Coffee cards do not go on sale. They used to have coupon books where they were buy on get one, but haven't seen that for years.  If any punches are left you can use it on any ship but not for brewed coffee.  If you cancel your cruise you will not lose money as it wasn't your to begin with.  That's a lot of credit. Your account will start with showing $900 on it. Then every day after spending it will be deducted. That goes for the daily gratuities. I would surely use it in the specialty dining.  And check if any is refundable.  Most of the time it's use it or lose it.  Have fun!

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5 hours ago, WisCruiser2 said:

OP, here are a couple of ideas for using the OBC left after you deduct for gratuities and beverage, etc. purchases: specialty restaurant(s), Ultimate Bakcony Dinner, Chef's Table, Ultimate Ship Tour, Sanctuary. I'm sure others can come up with more, you shouldn't have any trouble spending it!

Thank you!  I hadn't thought about using it for Sanctuary which is exactly what we want to do.  Thanks to everyone for the suggestions/advice!

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I get shareholder OBC, FCD OBC and any sale OBC all of which is non-refundable.  The only OBC I get that is refundable is military OBC  and any credit for prepaid excursions and anything else I paid for before the cruise and then canceled.  I would suggest to the OP to only prepay the water which cannot be purchased on the ship and excursions which will be partially paid for by your $900 OBC.  All else buy on the ship. 

 

The coffee "sticker" is actually an entry in the computer on your card.  You can do anything with the coffee that you get but only you can get the coffee.  You cannot share the "sticker" or the now non-existent coffee card from before.   

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6 hours ago, johnfas said:

Not sure what mistake you are talking about.  Coffee cards do not go on sale. They used to have coupon books where they were buy on get one, but haven't seen that for years.  If any punches are left you can use it on any ship but not for brewed coffee.  

 

The coffee card is no more. It's now a coffee package attached electronically to your account. Everything expires at the end of the cruise. Passengers can't carry over unused punches like they used to be able to do.

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11 minutes ago, geoherb said:

 

The coffee card is no more. It's now a coffee package attached electronically to your account. Everything expires at the end of the cruise. Passengers can't carry over unused punches like they used to be able to do.

Thanks for the heads up...we were just on a cruise last year and had coffee card... hope those punches left are still good!?!

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OP: there's a slight misunderstanding in some of the poster's replies. Water CAN be purchased once you're on board...it just costs more.

Some of the responses make it sound like if you don't buy before you board there will be no bottled water available. Not true. They sell it all over the ship. There will even be some in your cabin.

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Doesn't OBC cover the gift shops, photo products, chocolate shop, jewelry shop  etc...?  That's what I thought although I've never used OBC before.

 

If you use the OBC to purchase the premium beverage package you can get unlimited bottled water in addition to unlimited soft drinks and up to 15 alcoholic beverages.  I don't think the soda and more package covers bottled water. The PBP certainly wouldn't be a good deal if all you wanted was water - it costs $68.99 per day for the entire cruise.

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5 hours ago, TravelingEA said:

I you have any left by the next to last day of the cruise, use the casino as an ATM. My wife & I both left the ship with about $200 from OBC in cash and a bill of $11.52.

I'm curious to know how that works.  I thought some OBC cannot be used in the casino.  Do they not have computers to keep compliance? 

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