OBC from repricing after final payment

[Biker19]

8 minutes ago, Jasukkie said:

I'm sure my husband would be happy to donate part of it back to the casino if we can't get refunded but I'm hoping we can cash out or something at the end.

Don't donate it but do go to the casino and cash out via a slot machine.

[Jasukkie]

1 minute ago, molly361 said:

The OBC is NOT refundable 

Thank you. Can it be used in the casino? I'm not a gambler but my husband usually goes with like $500 in cash to have fun with there. Can he buy chips or credits or however that works?

[Jasukkie]

1 minute ago, Biker19 said:

Don't donate it but do go to the casino and cash out via a slot machine.

So the slot machines can turn your OBC into cash? I'm sure he can figure that out. I literally walk through once on every ship just to see it and never go in again.

[Biker19]

13 minutes ago, Jasukkie said:

So the slot machines can turn your OBC into cash?

On most ships, including Ovation, yes, that should work.

[Jasukkie]

Very happy to report I can now see my onboard credit in my cruise planner and it's even more than I expected. I think reaching out through social media did the trick finally. 

[2VaCruzers]

On 8/19/2021 at 11:35 PM, John Reid said:

To address a few of the questions:

 

I got a price reduction for my 11/7 Anthem cruise on 8/18. The OBC was in my cruise planner in less than 24 hours.

 

The advice given about canceling any prepaids to use an excess of OBC is a good one. I once put $200 OBC into a casino credit the next to last night of the cruise. I played a total of $5.00 on video poker and cashed out - for cash! I seem to remember there was some small casino charge associated with the transaction.

Hmmm, we also got OBC for our November 7 Anthem cruise and I’ve yet to see it.  May need to have my TA check on it. She got us the OBC on Aug 12th.  

[cruiselvr04]

It available in my cruise planner but I have not figured out how to use it.  For us it showed within 24 hours.

[crzndeb]

I am up to almost $400 on each of my cruises on the Ovation for Oct 1 and 8. I’ll tell you, since I will be cruising from my home port, some of it will be going to cheap booze. It is expensive here in Washington.LOL

[AlanLW9]

On 8/19/2021 at 10:57 AM, CruisinMama2003 said:

Yep, 14 days is what they told us too when we called yesterday for a price drop on our Oct cruise. Might be the standard line they tell everyone, but could show up earlier than that idk.

Did yours end up showing up? 

[CruisinMama2003]

4 hours ago, AlanLW9 said:

Did yours end up showing up? 

Yep, the next day it was there 

[CyberTag]

On 8/21/2021 at 10:46 PM, aussievc said:

I had a reprice after final payment on a Celebrity cruise, which goes through RC's price guarantee, and I was told the difference will be available only onboard, not prior in Cruise Planner.  This was about 2 weeks ago and cruise is next week. 

 

I also had received a $100 OBC as a bonus and that was available via Cruise Planner but I had to apply it to dining, excursions, whatever BEFORE the cruise otherwise I would lose it.

Did your OBC show up once onboard? 

[deliver42]

Just got $1307.00 OBC that I called about from price drop after FP. Having a ball purchasing stuff from it, and still have $600.00 left over for on board spending.

[CruisinMama2003]

41 minutes ago, deliver42 said:

Just got $1307.00 OBC that I called about from price drop after FP. Having a ball purchasing stuff from it, and still have $600.00 left over for on board spending.

Wow! 

[deliver42]

What's really nice is when i give my credit card on boarding, it will never be touched.

[satchimosmom]

On 8/20/2021 at 5:33 PM, satchimosmom said:

Can you tell me where exactly in the cruise planner to find OBC?  We called about our 9/11 sailing and were given $267!  But I’d sure like to confirm it.  

Our OBC never showed up in the cruise planner.  Called yesterday and was delighted to discover they had refunded our credit card instead.  

[2VaCruzers]

After 3 weeks of waiting for my OBC to show up, I asked by TA to call to inquire.  She was on the phone for an hour.  Turns out they lost the OBC notification, but when they recalculated, we got about $45 more. 

[SAPMAN]

As to On Board Credit.   I got quite a bit from my TA for price reduction.   

 

Do I need to wait until on board to use it?  Or can I get a CoCo Cay Club pass on line and have them use my OBC.    I am thinking the on board price will be higher than what is online that I can be before the cruise.    Thanks for any info.

[karena1]

On 8/19/2021 at 9:44 AM, AlanLW9 said:

Hi All,

 

I was able to save $100 on repricing my cruise after final payment and it was applied as OBC. 
 

Does anyone have any experience with this showing up in the cruise planner? I had my OBC from my credit card points show up today and this made me curious if I need to call and check in on the $100. 
 

Sailing 9/5 if that helps with any timeframe issues I may be facing. 

Ours showed up within 24 hours.

[molly361]

37 minutes ago, SAPMAN said:

As to On Board Credit.   I got quite a bit from my TA for price reduction.   

 

Do I need to wait until on board to use it?  Or can I get a CoCo Cay Club pass on line and have them use my OBC.    I am thinking the on board price will be higher than what is online that I can be before the cruise.    Thanks for any info.

You can use it as soon as it shows up in your Cruise Planner

[AlanLW9]

So I waited the 14 business days like they asked and nothing. Called the C&A line today and explained the situation. It was manually added in 15-20 minutes. Not sure what would have happened if I didn’t call..