WAAAYTOOO Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 Has anyone else had mystery OBC posted to their CP accounts ? This morning, while doing my morning perusal, I noted $100 OBC show available on 3 of my upcoming cruises: Serenade, May 23, Allure, Nov. 13 and Symphony, Dec. 31. In all 3 of these cruises, the "OBC banner" popped up and said that I had $100 OBC available. I did not spend any of it...prices are "up" at the moment, but if they are still there when the next "sale" starts, I am going to gobble it up !! Needless to say, no, I have not applied any OBC to any of these cruises myself. They just mysteriously appeared this morning. Neesa, Shari3, Elzbeth and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 That happened to me last year. I think I asked you about it then lol. Ogilthorpe, Neesa and WAAAYTOOO 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWaits Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 I would use it now before it disappears. You can always cancel and rebook whatever you spend it on when the sales occur. Baked Alaska and Ogilthorpe 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted October 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 19 minutes ago, HeWhoWaits said: I would use it now before it disappears. You can always cancel and rebook whatever you spend it on when the sales occur. I might. I will wait and see if it's there tomorrow. Ogilthorpe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaMG Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 Oooh, lucky you. Nothing on mine. I agree with HeWhoWaits. Spend it now. Harder for them to take it back if you've already spent it. Ogilthorpe and Baked Alaska 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDaley Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 19 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said: I noted $100 OBC show available Yes! I have a random $100 on my Nov 2021 and $75 on Jan 2021 that was just added. I had completely forgotten about my May 2020 125% OBC that was never applied anywhere and just called to get it added to my CP. Now my Oasis Nov 2021 is fluuushhh with 1k of OBC. Let us be really sailing by then please! Jax, CrimsonCruiser and Ogilthorpe 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melody of the Seas Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 I checked all 7 of mine and nothing Ogilthorpe, WAAAYTOOO and Jax 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 1 hour ago, WAAAYTOOO said: I might. I will wait and see if it's there tomorrow. FWIW, last year, mine disappeared when I re-priced. My savings was greater than $100 so I considered it worth the re-price. And it was a star class sailing so not much I would have used it on anyway. But I agree with @HeWhoWaits, use it now. Ogilthorpe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRoberts Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 I checked both my 2021 Cruises but only showing up on my September Alaska cruise but not my December Southern Caribbean cruisse. I'll keep checking back. WAAAYTOOO and Ogilthorpe 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruzOnBye Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 No surprise obc for my February '21 sailing Ogilthorpe and WAAAYTOOO 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leroyr55 Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 Seems they forgot mine too. Ogilthorpe and WAAAYTOOO 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterh8r Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 Where do I look to see if I have the OBC on my 2021 cruises? I booked the cruises through a travel agent and I'm not aware of how I can find this info myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shari3 Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 9 hours ago, WAAAYTOOO said: Has anyone else had mystery OBC posted to their CP accounts ? This morning, while doing my morning perusal, I noted $100 OBC show available on 3 of my upcoming cruises: Serenade, May 23, Allure, Nov. 13 and Symphony, Dec. 31. In all 3 of these cruises, the "OBC banner" popped up and said that I had $100 OBC available. I did not spend any of it...prices are "up" at the moment, but if they are still there when the next "sale" starts, I am going to gobble it up !! Needless to say, no, I have not applied any OBC to any of these cruises myself. They just mysteriously appeared this morning. Yes! Only for my April 2022 booking. I hope it doesn’t go away... WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 33 minutes ago, Winterh8r said: Where do I look to see if I have the OBC on my 2021 cruises? I booked the cruises through a travel agent and I'm not aware of how I can find this info myself. Log into your cruise planner. If it’s there, it will show along the top of the home screen of your booking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted October 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 32 minutes ago, Winterh8r said: Where do I look to see if I have the OBC on my 2021 cruises? I booked the cruises through a travel agent and I'm not aware of how I can find this info myself. Just sign into your account, get into your cruise and open the Cruise Planner. If you have OBC, a banner will pop up and tell you how much you have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 I got a lump of coal in my account! WAAAYTOOO and SpeedNoodles 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterh8r Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 Apparently I get a lump of coal as well. Thanks for the advise on how to find the OBC, if it would have been there. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Ogre Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 No OBC no coal ... just an increase to Coco cay beach club price.... Gee thanks!! WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogilthorpe Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 I found no mystery OBCs, but each of my bookings already had OBCs in place. I wonder if that made a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jce2 Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 For some (like me) here is what is happening...When my cruise originally got cancelled I was offered the 125% OBC in leu of planner item refunds.....but then several months later they simply credited the refund (100%) back to my credit cards....now they are applying 25% as OBC as a way to "honor" the original offer. I will say that while it took almost 8 months, in the end everything worked out. Ogilthorpe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted October 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 1 hour ago, jce2 said: For some (like me) here is what is happening...When my cruise originally got cancelled I was offered the 125% OBC in leu of planner item refunds.....but then several months later they simply credited the refund (100%) back to my credit cards....now they are applying 25% as OBC as a way to "honor" the original offer. I will say that while it took almost 8 months, in the end everything worked out. That's pretty cool ! At least they are trying to do the right thing. I had the same thing happen to me on 1 cancellation (I had asked for the 125% and they gave me a 100% refund instead). As far as I know, they never gave me the other 25%. None of my mystery OBS's were for cruises that had been rebooked or were the result of a cancellation. 1 is a casino comp and the other 2 are Empress L&S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luv2Travel Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 On 10/20/2020 at 9:42 AM, WAAAYTOOO said: Has anyone else had mystery OBC posted to their CP accounts ? This morning, while doing my morning perusal, I noted $100 OBC show available on 3 of my upcoming cruises: Serenade, May 23, Allure, Nov. 13 and Symphony, Dec. 31. In all 3 of these cruises, the "OBC banner" popped up and said that I had $100 OBC available. I did not spend any of it...prices are "up" at the moment, but if they are still there when the next "sale" starts, I am going to gobble it up !! Needless to say, no, I have not applied any OBC to any of these cruises myself. They just mysteriously appeared this morning. I had OBC to appear this week too, but I'm pretty sure mine has to do with a "Loyal to Royal" promotion that I booked last month. The fine print said that the OBC would show up within 30 days after the booking. Maybe you booked under some type of promotion like that and it's just now appearing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted October 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 32 minutes ago, Luv2Travel said: Maybe you booked under some type of promotion like that and it's just now appearing? Hmmmmm....now that you mention it, these are some of the more recent bookings I’ve made. I find it VERY hard to believe that a casino comp (which one of these is) would qualify for any kind of booking bonus. But truly, it’s the best guess I’ve heard to explain the mystery OBC. Thanks for mentioning it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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