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2 minutes ago, ChessE4 said:
My Royal visa OBC in September was refundable, but I ended up spending it rather than cashing it out at the casino (you can take a charge to your seapass).
Thanks for the info. Much appreciated.
Mike
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1 hour ago, mworkman said:
@MicroBeta OBC from rewards cards are refundable, especially if your talking about the BOA card.
That's the card. Thanks
Mike
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1 hour ago, AGSLC5 said:
I saw it on cruise critic.. Where exactly on facebook did you see she is leaving today? This is good news I am just curious where I can find it.
I didn't say she left today although, someone up thread did. At work when we take a vessel out of dry dock we call it floating off.
However, I haven't seen anything saying Oasis is underway.
EDIT: I just checked a ship tracker and the Oasis is currently moored.
Mike
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5 minutes ago, StephanieH said:
It depends on the type of On-board credit. On-board credits from Travel Agents are Refundable. On-board credits as part of a promotion (Ship Credit sales, WOW sales, On-board bookings) are usually non-refundable.
Hope this helps!
It appears that OBD from a travel agent is not always refundable. I'm also wondering about rewards card OBC.
Mike
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This is a bit confusing. RCI says onboard credit is non-refundable. Yet, I've seen discussions and blogs that say third party OBC is refundable. IIUC, the OBC from a TA may be refundable but the terms & conditions from our TA specifically said it's non-refundable.
The other problem is we can get OBC on our RCI rewards credit card. What category does this fall into? The TOC for converting points ot OBC doesn't say either way.
Google and forum searches haven't turned up any definitive answers and there doesn't seem to be anything official on refundable/non-refundable....except RCI's FAQ does say non-refundable.
The question is where does rewards card OBC fit into this and what conditions determine whether a travel agent's OBC is refundable?
Mike
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3 minutes ago, AGSLC5 said:
actually I live in ft. Lauderdale.. They changed the tax in broward county to 7% back in January.. Is it possible the receipt you saw was for someone who Didn't have a drink package and was just buying a drink? If so that's the reason for the Tax... The OP was referring to if you have a drink package.. If not then I don't know why they charged tax..
The couple posting the video did not have the drink package. So at 7% it's just on the cost of the drink. It's good to know they weren't charged tax on the "surcharge". I wonder if that's unique to Florida or does RCI do this for all in port, non-drink package drinks in the US. And, why wouldn't drink package drinks be subject to tax in port? I believe it should be that way because I pre-paid for the package but I can see states/municipalities might see it another way.
Mike
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I recently saw a Youtube video showing some drink receipts on Majesty OTS out of Fort Lauderdale. The drinks were while in port and they had tax on them. It corresponded to 6% which is sales tax in FL. So, it appears there is something, at least about being in FL, that has caused RCI to charge sales tax on drinks. And, it was 6% of the drink+"surcharge". Of course the "surcharge" is the 18% gratuity. It doesn't seem fair to pay sales tax on the gratuity but if you call it a surcharge it's apparently taxable.
Edit: BTW, the video was from June of this year.
Mike
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1 minute ago, darketower said:
Can't wait to hear about the "new" Oasis - we are scheduled on her for next August!
Me too. I'm dying to see how the wifi and app work. We have the Key for our May 2020 sailing so I'm hopin' we can have all the latest tech bells and whistles.
Mike
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I saw on Facebook that she's been floated off. That indicates to me that the majority of the heavy work is completed. I would have loved to spend so time running around that dry dock. It's orders of magnitude larger than the ones we have where I work. The crane system alone is amazing.
It's pretty close to first sailing in November. I hope they make it...although I'll be willing to bet they'll make it even if they have to put off some items to a later availability.
Mike
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Every Caribbean cruise goes through the triangle. No cruise ships lost though.
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7 hours ago, SpeedNoodles said:
if I can't stalk the website looking at cruises/cruise planner!!!! FOILED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know how you feel. Our fire wall blocks out many websites...but lucky for me RC isn't one of them.
We're a defense contractor so for security reasons there are a lot of websites that we can't get too. We get a graphic of a big flashing light telling us access is denied.
Sometimes it seems kinda random too. There are a couple of local tv stations that won't load and some that do. I got nothin'
Mike
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14 hours ago, YOLO said:
Hey Mike,
This is not same question/issue the OP had. If your OBC shows up in the Cruise Planner check-out you can certainly choose to use. There is a an option for you to do so. But I have had many OBCs which don't show up until I board the ship. If this happens to you then you will have to pay for your planner purchases now and wait for your OBC once you are on the ship.
6 hours ago, AshleyDillo said:It should be available for pre-purchasing stuff but it doesn't show sometimes until closer to the sailing. If you have a TA you can have them check on it for you and they can usually get it applied earlier.
Thanks for the relies. And, more to the topic at hand, asking about OBC should never be a problem for a TA to answer. Either they offer it or they don't but they certainly know there plenty of TAs that do and if they're any good at their job the response will be polite and professional.
I read the link posted up thread so there are limitations. But, it's certainly clear any TA can offer OBC so shopping around and inquiring should never be a problem. It was one of the criteria we had in booking our up coming cruise.
Mike
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I have OBC from the RC credit card. Will be able to use that prior to our sailing next year? It's been about a week since we redeemed our points and we haven't seen anything in our planner.
Mike
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This has been really good info. Thanks to everyone. Now I just have to hope that when Oasis comes out of the shipyard we can use the app for messaging. Otherwise, we'll have to use a third party app.
Thanks
Mike
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Is there a list somewhere that shows which ships this works on which don't?
Mike
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We're going on the Oasis in May 2020 so the messenger app should work for us.
Mike
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What do you use to text between devices on board and what DON'T you like about it?
Mike
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21 minutes ago, ellcee said:
For me, both.
I love them. I took an international flight for 9 days and brought a large suitcase because I over pack. I only filled half of the suitcase with clothes - that's huge for me plus on this trip I knew I had a lot of gifts to bring back. I rolled what could be rolled which helped. I lived out of the suitcase (many different hotels) and was able to use my cubes like dresser drawers. Usually my suitcase is a mess by the time I get home but this time it was fairly neat. I now swear by them. I even consolidated clean clothes and made dirty clothes packing cubes.
It also seems that it would be easy to segregate what may still be clean on the trip home.
Mike
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5 minutes ago, AnnetteJackson said:
I love them~! The ones that I use actually hang - so once you arrive you take it out of the luggage and it hangs in the closet. Only having to hang those clothes that need to hang for wrinkle release
https://www.amazon.com/Stow-N-Go-Portable-Luggage-Suitcase-Organizer/dp/B01N9KMI1Z/ref=sr_1_4?crid=JVPBS5EDFXNJ&keywords=hanging+packing+cubes+for+travel&qid=1571067203&sprefix=hanging+pac%2Caps%2C149&sr=8-4
That's interesting. That would add some efficiency in on board storage too. I like maximizing storage efficiency.
Mike
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Does anyone use suitcase packing cubes? Can they really save any space or is more about organization...or both?
TIA
Mike
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1 hour ago, JLMoran said:
Welcome to the RCBlog Forums, Mike! You've found a great community here.
Thanks. I see you're from North Jersey. We're originally from Elizabeth.
28 minutes ago, JohnK6404 said:Welcome Mike!
My wife and I are on that cruise too and can't wait!
Thanks. We're really looking forward to this too.
Mike
Confirming what many of us already know - Royal Caribbean is #1!
in Royal Caribbean News and Rumors
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What I find interesting is that Carnival has 15% more passengers than RCI and yet RCI made 56% more money than Carnival.
Mike