Booking specialty dining with credits

[tanyaewa]

Sailing Scandinavia in September...

 

I have received a specialty dining credit from both my TA and with the promo we booked with.  

I tried to make reservation but it requires that I post payment to confirm booking.  Is there a trick to applying the credits so that I can book ahead of time? 

Thx

[caribill]

Nope.

 

All pre-booked reservations must be paid for in advance via credit card.

[tanyaewa]

Well if I do that can I then refund and use credits on-board ?

[WisCruiser2]

When we've received Specialty dining from our TA, it's booked for us. A card was in our cabin with the restaurant, date, and time. We've had no problem with calling the Dine Line or going directly to the venue to change to a more preferred place or date.

Just wait until you're onboard.

[franktown]

You cannot use book till you are onboard.  

[MaryBethV]

We also received the card in our room and just called the dine line (as soon as we got in our room) to get reservations on the night/restaurant we wanted. 

[MKKruiser]

I reserved and paid for all my specialty restaurants.  I then received a free dining certificate from my travel agent.  Any suggestions on how I might exchange that for my paid reservation.

[MaryBethV]

 

If you are still at least a week out still, I believe you can cancel reservations and get a refund (just like you can with other pre-purchases). Then use your TA certificate onboard.

 

Edited March 4, 2020 by MaryBethV

[Colo Cruiser]

54 minutes ago, MKKruiser said:

I reserved and paid for all my specialty restaurants.  I then received a free dining certificate from my travel agent.  Any suggestions on how I might exchange that for my paid reservation.

Best to cancel and get a refund.

Then book onboard.

 

[voljeep]

and hopefully if you cancel then book onboard, you can still get your desired day and time … j/s

[Potstech]

Instead of trying to use the dine line we just take the card directly to our desired specialty venue and make arrangements there. Much easier and does not require multiple calls to the oft busy dine line.

Edited March 4, 2020 by Potstech