Concierge Bookings

[cruisehopeful]

There's no reason to do an on board booking for concierge, correct?
Seems like no financial benefit.

Please remind me the refund policy. I know there are no refunds for cancellation, but I read that you can change to a non-concierge room and get the whole deposit transferred. What is the timeline for that? Can it be for a later cruise date?

 

[DISNEY FANTASY]

There's no reason to do an on board booking for concierge, correct?
Seems like no financial benefit.

Please remind me the refund policy. I know there are no refunds for cancellation, but I read that you can change to a non-concierge room and get the whole deposit transferred. What is the timeline for that? Can it be for a later cruise date?

You get a little DCL OBC that's it. You do not get the % off the cruise.
You can transfer to any new cruise, as long as you are outside the paid in full date.

 

[TestingH2O]

And, if you are using an agency that gives big OBC, you will lose some amount of that (for instance Dreams Unlimited reduced it by half) by doing an OBB. I think Costco is the only one that does not reduce the credit if it is an OBB.

 

[lanejudy]

I believe you can still get OBC ($200 or $100) if you use an OBB for a concierge reservation. No fare discount and no reduced deposit.

Concierge reservations can be modified to a new cruise date, concierge-level or non-concierge level. If you switch it to a non-concierge stateroom, the deposit value still remains non-refundable. I don't believe there is any time limit to push out deposit to a different cruise unless you are using an OBB, in which case it's 24 months.

Enjoy your cruise!

 

[princessmommyx3]

If you use an OBB for concierge and later decide to downgrade to non-concierge, you would at that time get the 10% off. If you think there is a chance you will do this, it might be worth it to do an OBB for concierge. Also, like PP said, you will still get the on board credit (either $100 or $200) but you need to compare this with what on board credit your TA (if you are using one) will give you for an OBB vs. non-OBB. Also, we have used an OBB for concierge and still got the 10% deposit.

 

[DISNEY FANTASY]

I have had the 10% concierge booking on board before, and also had the DCL OBC and a TA OBC on allocation of my booking to my TA.

 

[belac]

I have had the 10% concierge booking on board before, and also had the DCL OBC and a TA OBC on allocation of my booking to my TA.

Curious, as to you got the 10% off the cruise price? I thought they didn't give that to Concierge? Or do you mean 10% deposit (not the normal 20%)?
Edited to add we did a place holder and were told a Cat T didn't qualify for 10% Discount or the 10% deposit. Had to do 20% deposit and no discount. Only what TA gives in OBC (and DCL OBC)

 

[Jeanwill]

This just happened to us. We switched an onboard booking to a category T for the EBPC. We lost the 10% discount but we're able to keep the $200 on-board credit.