On board credit

[baytraller]

If you load $100 of OBC - how do you know when you have bet 50%

 

Are you able to accumulate the 50% with multi sessions

 

 

[SueMo]

9 hours ago, baytraller said:

If you load $100 of OBC - how do you know when you have bet 50%

 

Are you able to accumulate the 50% with multi sessions

 

 

My experience on the Summit last month is that you can transfer money from your OBC to a slot machine one time and cash out, but then will be locked out for the remainder of the cruise.  For example, I transferred $100 from my OBC and my husband transferred $100 and we both cashed out.  But the next time we went to the casino, we were both locked out of the slot machines.  A friend of ours was able to cash out $250 on her first transfer before being locked out.  I don't know about the 50% bet rule as stated above, but I do know that you get only one transfer (without betting) to cash out.

[mygreyhound66]

Can I ask a question on this please?  I am not a casino person, so I’m quite confused.  I have $200 obj from celebrity NFC.  Can I go to the casino, on Summit, put in $200 on a slot machine against my room, spin a few times and then cash out, probably about $175 or so?  To me if I get locked out of the casino for the rest of the cruise, it wouldn’t matter at all.  I would just like to take the NFC as cash!  Am I missing something?  

[D. B.]

1 hour ago, mygreyhound66 said:

Can I ask a question on this please?  I am not a casino person, so I’m quite confused.  I have $200 obj from celebrity NFC.  Can I go to the casino, on Summit, put in $200 on a slot machine against my room, spin a few times and then cash out, probably about $175 or so?  To me if I get locked out of the casino for the rest of the cruise, it wouldn’t matter at all.  I would just like to take the NFC as cash!  Am I missing something?  

That has worked for me in the Past but someone said X (well the Casino) has "Fixed" that option.

 We would load our OBC in a penny slot machine and do the Cheapest bet and then Cash Out.

[RTShaker]

1 hour ago, D. B. said:

That has worked for me in the Past but someone said X (well the Casino) has "Fixed" that option.

 We would load our OBC in a penny slot machine and do the Cheapest bet and then Cash Out.

On my April Millennium cruise I tried this and when I cashed out the voucher was only for the amount of the slot winnings. The balance went back to my OBC.

[baytraller]

3 hours ago, RTShaker said:

On my April Millennium cruise I tried this and when I cashed out the voucher was only for the amount of the slot winnings. The balance went back to my OBC.

 

When you receive the 10% bonus via Cruise Excursions before boarding you are only able to cash out slot winnings. If you load $100 + $10 (bonus) you must continue to play until all the $110 has been used - any leftover amount will be lost .

 

This may be what happened

[RTShaker]

8 hours ago, baytraller said:

 

When you receive the 10% bonus via Cruise Excursions before boarding you are only able to cash out slot winnings. If you load $100 + $10 (bonus) you must continue to play until all the $110 has been used - any leftover amount will be lost .

 

This may be what happened

No bonus, and as stated they paid out the winnings, but returned the balance to my folio.

[jagoffee]

13 hours ago, RTShaker said:

On my April Millennium cruise I tried this and when I cashed out the voucher was only for the amount of the slot winnings. The balance went back to my OBC.

 

1 hour ago, RTShaker said:

No bonus, and as stated they paid out the winnings, but returned the balance to my folio.

Seems like a reasonable way to close the loophole. We all know that cashing  out without making bets is not how non refundable OBC is suppose to be used.  
 

If I have extra non refundable OBC, I play video poker.  I make a series of bets equally my initial deposited OBC and then cash out the winners and ties. I also make sure to take advantage of any free money when they are trying to get people to spend some time in the Casino.  Usually $10 a person.

 

Not an issue in my upcoming Iceland to Boston cruise as used the OBC for some shore excursions.