What out of the box things can you spend your OBC on?

[Gatordad1967]

We are flying, so no booze to take home.  What creative things can we do with it?

 

[1025cruise]

Celebrity allows you to use OBC for prebooked items, so specialty restaurants, excursions, etc. 

 

Or you could buy stuff from the stores. Gamble. Ask that it be given to the tip pool.

[Jim_Iain]

You can book excursions,  spa treatments, buy jewelry,  watches etc.  You can also give additional gratuities to staff by filling out a form at the front desk.

 

Additional things to spend your OBC on are Specialty Dining, wine tastings and upgrading your internet package.   

 

So virtually anything you can buy on board you can use it on.

[Gatordad1967]

4 minutes ago, 1025cruise said:

Celebrity allows you to use OBC for prebooked items, so specialty restaurants, excursions, etc. 

 

Or you could buy stuff from the stores. Gamble. Ask that it be given to the tip pool.

casino?

[cruisestitch]

Because this gets asked so often I've compiled a list of things to spend OBC on. The only thing I know of now that you CAN'T buy with OBC is a deposit on a Future Cruise. You need a credit card for that.  Also, there may be some card game in the casino with a cash only buy-in.   Otherwise, here you go:

 

 

Acupuncture

Airport transfers

Alcove Rental (some ships)

Apple products etc. and Ilounge classes

Art Auctions

Babysitting

Barber Shop services (Edge only)

Beverages -- Alcoholic, carbonated soft drinks, specialty coffees and teas, bottled water

Bingo

Bottles of wine

Casino

Chef’s Table

Duty free liquor and cigarettes

Extra cost entrees and other items in Main Dining Room and specialty restaurants

Extend Your Stay program

Fitness classes

Flowers

Gelato

Gift shop souvenirs, purses, cosmetics, clothing, jewelry, etc.

Gratuities, and extra gratuities

Guests dining with you in Luminae (applies to Suite Passengers only)

Guest entertainers' CD's and DVD's

Hair and nail salon

Hollywood hot glass experiences (some ships)

Internet

Laundry/pressing/drycleaning

Luggage Valet

Martini Flights

Medical Center purchases (but not treatments)

Mini bar

Portrait photo sessions

Pay-per-view movies

Persian Gardens passes

Personal Training Sessions

Photos & cameras

Room service up charge items, and late night delivery fee

Shore Excursions

Shuttle to town (some ports)

Spa -- massages and treatments

Specialty restaurants

Teeth Whitening

Telephone calls using ship's system

Transfer to another passenger's account

Voyage in Review DVD

Wine and liquor tastings

Zumba

[Jim_Iain]

@cruisestitch   Great list -   Thanks for posting.  You even alphabetized.

[wrk2cruise]

Casino, yes.   You will either get promo chips or have promo credit loaded on your seapass card for playing slots.   You are unable to cash out promo chips/credit so basically you have to bet it but any winnings can be cashed out.

 

If you are planning on using OBC in the Casino you may want to purchase some credit in your cruise planner using OBC where you get extra 10%  $55 credit for $50.   I think you can buy up to  $500 per passenger this way.

[chemmo]

Just wondering if there is a Celebrity sponsored charity you can move unwanted/unused OBC to? Does anyone know?

[Gatordad1967]

32 minutes ago, Jim_Iain said:

@cruisestitch   Great list -   Thanks for posting.  You even alphabetized.

I second my praise of your list!  Thank you .

[TeaBag]

You don't say who you booked through.  If your OBC is from a travel agency and not Celebrity, you don't have to spend it.  It will be returned to your CC after the cruise.  We have had this done many times. 

[RichYak]

33 minutes ago, wrk2cruise said:

or have promo credit loaded on your seapass card for playing slots.   You are unable to cash out promo chips/credit so basically you have to bet it but any winnings can be cashed out.

I'm sure this is a dumb question for those that have done it, but when you cash out on the slots, doesn't it go right back onto your seapass card? How does one ensure that one is betting on slots with promo credit vs. cashed out credit?

[cruisestitch]

Teabag —- While this is often true it isn’t always true.   Sometimes travel agents act as a pass-through and the OBC actually comes from Celebrity, not from the agent, meaning that it is nonrefundable and you would not get it back

[cruisestitch]

Chemmo, I have never seen a charitable donation as an option. I am always looking for any items I may have forgotten or overlooked so I can update the list. If you find any please let me know.

[TeaBag]

4 minutes ago, cruisestitch said:

Teabag —- While this is often true it isn’t always true.   Sometimes travel agents act as a pass-through and the OBC actually comes from Celebrity, not from the agent, meaning that it is nonrefundable and you would not get it back

That's why I italicized "not".  We always ask the TA who is paying the OBC.  perhaps I should have said this.  Thanks for bringing it up.

[cruisestitch]

Yes, the catch is that sometimes the OBC “appears” to come from the travel agency but really it doesn’t.  And it is not transparent (I am guessing because the travel agency wants to appear generous, even though it isn’t coming out of their pocket)

[Ken the cruiser]

All of our nonrefundable OBC we received for each of our Edge B3B legs was given to us by Celebrity - $600 for booking a SS, $100 for shareholder benefits, and a sizable amount from the Best Price Offer perk we got after submitting “the form” when the cabin price for our SS dropped about a month or so prior to sailing. 

 

So far we have spent it on prebooked excursions, prebooked specialty restaurants, the iPad I’m typing this on and two luggage bags. Any remaining nonrefundable OBC at the end of each leg will be given to our steward, butler and dining room servers by way of the form we fill out at customer service. 😎

 

[canderson]

52 minutes ago, RichYak said:

I'm sure this is a dumb question for those that have done it, but when you cash out on the slots, doesn't it go right back onto your seapass card? How does one ensure that one is betting on slots with promo credit vs. cashed out credit?

You need only place enough $ in bets to equal the promo amount.  Once you have 'rinsed that amount, you're good.

[pennys mum]

2 hours ago, RichYak said:

I'm sure this is a dumb question for those that have done it, but when you cash out on the slots, doesn't it go right back onto your seapass card? How does one ensure that one is betting on slots with promo credit vs. cashed out credit?

No.  you get a printout as you would in Vegas, just take to the casino desk and they give you cash

[SueMo]

2 hours ago, cruisestitch said:

Chemmo, I have never seen a charitable donation as an option. I am always looking for any items I may have forgotten or overlooked so I can update the list. If you find any please let me know.

They sell t-shirts every cruise which benefits saving the reefs, but they usually advertise that t-shirts must be purchased using $10 cash.

[PTC DAWG]

 

 

Cheap Sunglasses…

 

 😀

Edited August 19, 2021 by PTC DAWG

[Alakegirl]

23 minutes ago, SueMo said:

They sell t-shirts every cruise which benefits saving the reefs, but they usually advertise that t-shirts must be purchased using $10 cash.

Thanks …. I will add that to the list of things which must be paid in cash

[kokopelli-az]

We were on the Equinox Aug 8-15 and used all our OBC playing video poker in the casino.   We used to have to go to the cashier and have them transfer however much OBC we wanted to our cards but you don't have to do this any more.  You just let the machine know you are playing (tap your seapass card) and add $ from your OBC to your machine whenever you want (there are little cards at the cashier that instruct you how to transfer the OBC).   We played in $20 increments and once we had played $20 (which was deducted from the OBC) we cashed in and reloaded another $20 from OBC. 

I think we had about $400 OBC from Celebrity and we cashed in $700.  

[cruisestitch]

I will update my post and appreciate knowing anything else that can — or can’t — be bought with OBC, especially casino-connected since I don’t gamble.

 

I recall seeing t-shirts as a fundraiser for Breast Cancer research and I wonder if you can use OBC for them?

 

 

[sasset]

5 hours ago, cruisestitch said:

Because this gets asked so often I've compiled a list of things to spend OBC on. The only thing I know of now that you CAN'T buy with OBC is a deposit on a Future Cruise. You need a credit card for that.  Also, there may be some card game in the casino with a cash only buy-in.   Otherwise, here you go:

 

 

Acupuncture

Airport transfers

Alcove Rental (some ships)

Apple products etc. and Ilounge classes

Art Auctions

Babysitting

Barber Shop services (Edge only)

Beverages -- Alcoholic, carbonated soft drinks, specialty coffees and teas, bottled water

Bingo

Bottles of wine

Casino

Chef’s Table

Duty free liquor and cigarettes

Extra cost entrees and other items in Main Dining Room and specialty restaurants

Extend Your Stay program

Fitness classes

Flowers

Gelato

Gift shop souvenirs, purses, cosmetics, clothing, jewelry, etc.

Gratuities, and extra gratuities

Guests dining with you in Luminae (applies to Suite Passengers only)

Guest entertainers' CD's and DVD's

Hair and nail salon

Hollywood hot glass experiences (some ships)

Internet

Laundry/pressing/drycleaning

Luggage Valet

Martini Flights

Medical Center purchases (but not treatments)

Mini bar

Portrait photo sessions

Pay-per-view movies

Persian Gardens passes

Personal Training Sessions

Photos & cameras

Room service up charge items, and late night delivery fee

Shore Excursions

Shuttle to town (some ports)

Spa -- massages and treatments

Specialty restaurants

Teeth Whitening

Telephone calls using ship's system

Transfer to another passenger's account

Voyage in Review DVD

Wine and liquor tastings

Zumba

 

Yes - THANK YOU for posting this list ! 

[George C]

Celebrity has a really good deal for gamblers, if you prebuy 50 dollars in chips you will get 55 in chips , I use four entire 600 and received 660 in chips , same goes for slots play.