Can OBC from my travel agent be used in the Casino?

[sheezsmith]

I read this and I am confused?

[smokeybandit]

That says your OBC can be used in the casino.

Just you have to actually bet that money, not simply use the casino as an ATM.

[Biker19]

1 hour ago, sheezsmith said:

I read this and I am confused?

Depending on the ship, you may still be able to cash it in via the slot machine.

[Tlbecker1]

We just go to the slot machine and add our OBC of $100.00 to our casino account as a room charge, play with some and then cash out.  

[chfenton]

I received $1,500 of OBC from TA for booking star class on Harmony. I was paranoid based on past posts about cashing out straight via slot machine without cycling through at least 50% of the room charge.  So I would typically room charge/download $100 at a time to a machine and, if I was playing $5 a spin for example, I would make sure I played at least 11 spins and then would cash out whatever was left---once it was over $2,000-so I was fine with my strategy!  Probably did this 6-7 times throughout the week and never had any issues.

 

To be clear, I did have to interrupt my strategy to get paid the $2,000 as it was a hand pay, but you get the point. 

Edited July 7 by chfenton
adding more info

[Biker19]

1 minute ago, chfenton said:

I received $1,500 of OBC from TA for booking star class on Harmony.

That should not be an issue as that is usually refundable OBC.

[Another_Critic]

Travel agent OBC, not pass-through from RCI, is typically refundable.  Refundable can be cashed out at guest services or go back to the card on your onboard account.

 

Edited July 7 by Another_Critic
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[chfenton]

1 minute ago, Biker19 said:

That should not be an issue as that is usually refundable OBC.

I think you are absolutely right as when I reviewed my bill near end of cruise I did notice that it was listed as refundable, oh well no harm - worked out fine for me with the jackpot in any event.