getting OBB credit for previously booked cruise

[luvpooh]

I thought I read somewhere that you can book a cruise, then apply the OBB perks when you sail on an already booked cruise. Is this correct? What if you book using a travel agent?

We are considering a 'big' cruise in 2017 (TA or PC, or maybe Alaska), and I'm wondering if the sail dates are announced in the next month or so, but we don't sail on our already booked cruise until October, if we can make sure we procure our stateroom now for a future trip, but still get the OBB credits in October. If this method is not possible, what is the likelihood that decent options are still available?

 

[PrincessShmoo]

I thought I read somewhere that you can book a cruise, then apply the OBB perks when you sail on an already booked cruise. Is this correct? What if you book using a travel agent?

We are considering a 'big' cruise in 2017 (TA or PC, or maybe Alaska), and I'm wondering if the sail dates are announced in the next month or so, but we don't sail on our already booked cruise until October, if we can make sure we procure our stateroom now for a future trip, but still get the OBB credits in October. If this method is not possible, what is the likelihood that decent options are still available?

You can't apply an onboard booking to an already booked cruise. That said, what you can do is check to see if the onboard booking will save you any money over what you're already paying for the already booked cruise. If so, cancel the already existing reservation and make a new one while onboard.

If the prices have increased enough since the original booking was made, it's possible that the onboard booking will not be cheaper (save you any money), as the OBB is at the prevailing prices, not the price available when you made the original booking.