Akizoo 1 Report post Posted January 5, 2018 I am going on the FOTS in March, 2018 and have not cruised in years with RCI. I am wondering if the free onboard credit given by RCI can be used to pay for the gratuities. I was not given a lot of OBC, and am willing to pay for the difference, of course. Any advice/knowledge would be truly appreciated. Thank you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
L454S 218 Report post Posted January 5, 2018 Yes they can, done this several times recently. Just don't "prepay" your grats, let them charge the tips daily to your folio account. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akizoo 1 Report post Posted January 5, 2018 L454S, thank you for the info. I dont want to waste the OBC on unimportant things (for me) like photo packages, or spa treatments. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RestingBird 382 Report post Posted January 5, 2018 I was thinking about using some OBC for grats in March, but I'm always paranoid about rates going up, so I pre-paid. Sure enough, they just went up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akizoo 1 Report post Posted January 5, 2018 Thanks, but I o not know how this relates to the topic 1 whenismynextcruise reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
L454S 218 Report post Posted January 5, 2018 What resting birds is saying is that he prepaid his grats recently(on a booked cruise) because the tip price has just gone up $1.00 per day/per person. He had a chance to get grandfathered in at the existing price on a booked cruise, so he prepaid. I thought about it for a while(have a couple on the books), decided that because we generally have OBC from RCI and T/A(as opposed to free grats), it would be in my best interest to use OBC for grats. On longer sailings, grats can well exceed the $400 mark. I think this "grandfather" window is past now though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JLMoran 5,974 Report post Posted January 5, 2018 @Akizoo, what sailing are you on? I’ll be on Freedom March 31 for an 8-night Eastern Caribbean sailing, and another couple of people here will be on her the prior week for the 6-night Western Caribbean itinerary. No obligation to reply, just informal roll call. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akizoo 1 Report post Posted January 5, 2018 L454S thanks for the info from resting bird Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akizoo 1 Report post Posted January 5, 2018 JLMoran, my family will be in the Mar 17th FOTS cruise. Looking forward to it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
