Extra bonus on pre-paid bar tab (“limited time”)

[Missus Zed]

When we booked our trip for Scarlet Lady (Mayan Sol) the offer for the bonus on pre-paying the $300 bar tab was $50.  We didn’t buy it at the time, since it seemed we could do it at any point before sailing, but I just looked again tonight and it seems they are now offering a $100 bonus “for a limited time” ( no idea how “limited” that is).  Not sure if I should grab it now or if these offers are going to keep getting better?  😆 Anyway, just posting it here in case others want to jump on it.  Cheers! 

[drewdawg199]

The terms and conditions say the $100 offer is available through end of Agustin 2022.  I don’t think the bar tab offers will get better because the highest bonus I’m aware of is for sailors that sailed in 2021 (initial year), called Sea Blazers, and they get a $125 bonus on a $300 bar tab…lifetime…forever.

[scaught]

6 hours ago, drewdawg199 said:

$125 bonus on a $300 bar tab…lifetime…forever.

It doesn't suck.

[paulbri]

So this enhanced bonus is running through to the end of August or best to purchase as soon as possible?

[cantgetin]

The VV web site says that the $100 bonus is valid until August 31, as is the new special on bookings for the remainder of 2022.  I have read, but have no personal experience, that if you have a bar tab with the $50 extra, you can call VV and request to have it adjusted to the new special...and it is happening for at least some Sailors.

 

[allinwonderland]

"Valid through the end of August" or "valid on any sailings booked through the end of August"? I tried to find an answer in the fine print and was confused. If I book a new sailing this month, am I forced to buy my bar tab now for a cruise that won't happen for 6+ months in order to get the extra money from Virgin ($100 instead of their usual $50 "top-off")?

 

The fine print of the offer seemed to indicate that I could book while this offer is in effect and I'd still get the extra money even if I set up the bar tab a few weeks before sailing, because it's coded into the booking somehow as a promo, but I'm wondering if anyone has firsthand experience.

[Gonzowifey]

I can only speak to my experience, which was I booked my cruise in January and they were running the buy $300, get $100 deal, but I waited. They changed the deal to buy $300, get $50 bonus and while that was going on, I bought my bar tab and got the $100 bonus that was running when I booked. So, in my case, they honored the promotion that was running when I booked. I hope this helps. 

[allinwonderland]

Just now, Gonzowifey said:

I bought my bar tab and got the $100 bonus that was running when I booked.

That is exactly what I was hoping for! Yay!

[ramidon1]

11 hours ago, cantgetin said:

The VV web site says that the $100 bonus is valid until August 31, as is the new special on bookings for the remainder of 2022.  I have read, but have no personal experience, that if you have a bar tab with the $50 extra, you can call VV and request to have it adjusted to the new special...and it is happening for at least some Sailors.

 

I emailed sailor services and they upped my $50 bonus to $100 when I asked.  Classy move…..it’s not like I haven’t spent a bucket of $$ on this cruise already, 50 more bucks won’t kill them & it made me a happy sailor!  LOL

[gkbiiii]

This is better, pay $200 for a $100 bonus, for $300 onboard credit.