Can shore excursion credit be used for anything else

[brisalta]

On 4/12/2023 at 12:09 PM, ldtr said:

No but other categories of OBC have supposedly been limited for years.  Such as not for gratuities, not for casino, etc.  Princess has never implemented any system that actually enforces those restrictions, even though they exist in policy.  As such as with other forms of OBC the onboard Princess systems do not track how OBC is used effectively and as such do not prevent OBC from being used for things it is not supposed to be used for.  In this case it is only supposed to be used for excursions (not implied but stated), but the system will not track and make sure that happens.

 

Instead it is all grouped together and just applied against the onboard spend (non-refundable first, then refundable).

 

I have never seen restrictions on  the use of OBC. Were do you get this idea from?

 

[brisalta]

On 4/24/2023 at 8:09 PM, rheathslc said:

Since this has already been answered I will only add that the only distinction I've ever encountered is that a "Shore Excursion Credit" CAN be used in Cruise Personalizer PRIOR to embarkation to book excursions but can't be use for anything else. Once onboard though it is applied to your folio and can then effectively be used for anything. 🙂

 

I could not use mine to book an excursion. The option was not available.

[brisalta]

18 hours ago, 4bande said:

I don't even know why I got my credit.  I booked through Expedia ($99pp balcony for the 3 day) and we ended  up with $100 shore excursion credit when I looked on my Princess account.  I wasn' sure it was going to post until I opened my Journey Account on the day of the cruise where it showed the credit and -$100 balance.  Who it actually came from? Don't know (and don't care! LOL)!

 

You got your OBC because Princess was offering OBC as an incentive at the time you booked.

[brisalta]

18 hours ago, 4bande said:

I don't even know why I got my credit.  I booked through Expedia ($99pp balcony for the 3 day) and we ended  up with $100 shore excursion credit when I looked on my Princess account.  I wasn' sure it was going to post until I opened my Journey Account on the day of the cruise where it showed the credit and -$100 balance.  Who it actually came from? Don't know (and don't care! LOL)!

 

You got your OBC because Princess was offering OBC as an incentive at the time you booked.

[brisalta]

18 hours ago, 4bande said:

I don't even know why I got my credit.  I booked through Expedia ($99pp balcony for the 3 day) and we ended  up with $100 shore excursion credit when I looked on my Princess account.  I wasn' sure it was going to post until I opened my Journey Account on the day of the cruise where it showed the credit and -$100 balance.  Who it actually came from? Don't know (and don't care! LOL)!

 

You got your OBC because Princess was offering OBC as an incentive at the time you booked.

[4bande]

Just now, brisalta said:

 

You got your OBC because Princess was offering OBC as an incentive at the time you booked.

Interesting because when I booked there was not mentioning of an OBC - even on its website.

[Ombud]

1 minute ago, 4bande said:

3 minutes ago, brisalta said:

 

You got your OBC because Princess was offering OBC as an incentive at the time you booked.

Interesting because when I booked there was not mentioning of an OBC - even on its website.

Did your CVP have 'extra OBC' she could share? Mine does sometimes depending on the booking

[coo359a2]

3 minutes ago, 4bande said:

Interesting because when I booked there was not mentioning of an OBC - even on its website.

We booked a number of cruises back in Oct 2022 and at that time there as a Princess promotion going on that gave $100 per person  for Shore Excursions.  We even got this OBC for a 3 day cruise that had no ports so no excursions were available to book.

[4bande]

Just now, coo359a2 said:

We booked a number of cruises back in Oct 2022 and at that time there as a Princess promotion going on that gave $100 per person  for Shore Excursions.  We even got this OBC for a 3 day cruise that had no ports so no excursions were available to book.

Cool deal.  We booked this 3 day about 3 weeks before the cruise because it was such a great deal.  Seeing the credit just made it better!

[RedIguana]

41 minutes ago, coo359a2 said:

We even got this OBC for a 3 day cruise that had no ports so no excursions were available to book.

Should have at least been some sort of city tour/with transfer or at least an airport transfer from the disembarkation day.