Gift Card Question for Placeholder/OBC

[naynay922]

I'm sorry if this has been asked, but I've searched and couldn't find it. I'm wanting to book my placeholder with a gift card, as well as put credit on my onboard account. Do I need two separate gift cards for this? Can I specify at Guest Services how much to put on my onboard account, or does the full amount of the gift card go on there?

Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks!

 

[PrincessShmoo]

I'm sorry if this has been asked, but I've searched and couldn't find it. I'm wanting to book my placeholder with a gift card, as well as put credit on my onboard account. Do I need two separate gift cards for this? Can I specify at Guest Services how much to put on my onboard account, or does the full amount of the gift card go on there?

Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks!

I believe an onboard booking must be paid via credit card.

When applying a gift card to your onboard account, the full amount is applied. If you have any credit left over at the end of the cruise (yeah, right) it is applied back to the same gift card, so hold onto it until then.

 

[Dug720]

You can tell them how much to put on. I have done it numerous times.

Or you can make it easy on yourself and buy OBC through calling DCL and using the gift card.

 

[Dug720]

I believe an onboard booking must be paid via credit card.

When applying a gift card to your onboard account, the full amount is applied. If you have any credit left over at the end of the cruise (yeah, right) it is applied back to the same gift card, so hold onto it until then.

I have used a gift card before without problem.

Also Guest Services has applied the amount I have specified numerous times before.

 

[naynay922]

I believe an onboard booking must be paid via credit card.

When applying a gift card to your onboard account, the full amount is applied. If you have any credit left over at the end of the cruise (yeah, right) it is applied back to the same gift card, so hold onto it until then.

I've read multiple posts where people have used a gift card for OBB, even read advice to hang on to the gift card in case you have to cancel the placeholder.

Or you can make it easy on yourself and buy OBC through calling DCL and using the gift card.

I have three other adults in my room, and we are all paying for ourselves, so the advice I was given was to wait until I board to make sure it gets applied to my specific account.
Do you have any experience with people in the room paying separately? I know it can be done, because we already have our cards set up. I'm just not sure how it works for OBC.

I have used a gift card before without problem.

Also Guest Services has applied the amount I have specified numerous times before.

Thank you!

 

[Dug720]

I have three other adults in my room, and we are all paying for ourselves, so the advice I was given was to wait until I board to make sure it gets applied to my specific account.
Do you have any experience with people in the room paying separately? I know it can be done, because we already have our cards set up. I'm just not sure how it works for OBC.

I don’t know exactly how. My parents used their credit card, and I guess my sister used hers. I did put it on once on board and it somehow worked out. The more complicated, the better it will be to wait probably.

 

[Mommb]

When I brought my DIsney Rewards Card (which works like a gift card) to Guest Services on the Magic last week, I was asked explicitly how many of its value I wanted to use, and was able to apply the exact amount I had outstanding on my onboard account. After making more purchases, I went to Guest Services and applied the remaining amount on the card.

If you are making an onboard booking with the agent (rather than just filling out a request form and placing it in the box), you can certainly ask about using a gift card for the deposit. The request form asks whether you want to use the same credit card as you have on file, but the deposit is not actually charged to your onboard account -- it's a separate transaction. If the reservations agent puts the charge through immediately, then it should be possible to use a gift card, and it shouldn't matter if its the same card you're using for your onboard account as long as it contains enough money. I have always used a credit card, though, so I don't know whether the charge is processed immediately.

 

[Dug720]

When I brought my DIsney Rewards Card (which works like a gift card) to Guest Services on the Magic last week, I was asked explicitly how many of its value I wanted to use, and was able to apply the exact amount I had outstanding on my onboard account. After making more purchases, I went to Guest Services and applied the remaining amount on the card.

If you are making an onboard booking with the agent (rather than just filling out a request form and placing it in the box), you can certainly ask about using a gift card for the deposit. The request form asks whether you want to use the same credit card as you have on file, but the deposit is not actually charged to your onboard account -- it's a separate transaction. If the reservations agent puts the charge through immediately, then it should be possible to use a gift card, and it shouldn't matter if its the same card you're using for your onboard account as long as it contains enough money. I have always used a credit card, though, so I don't know whether the charge is processed immediately.

It is.

 

[naynay922]

When I brought my DIsney Rewards Card (which works like a gift card) to Guest Services on the Magic last week, I was asked explicitly how many of its value I wanted to use, and was able to apply the exact amount I had outstanding on my onboard account. After making more purchases, I went to Guest Services and applied the remaining amount on the card.

If you are making an onboard booking with the agent (rather than just filling out a request form and placing it in the box), you can certainly ask about using a gift card for the deposit. The request form asks whether you want to use the same credit card as you have on file, but the deposit is not actually charged to your onboard account -- it's a separate transaction. If the reservations agent puts the charge through immediately, then it should be possible to use a gift card, and it shouldn't matter if its the same card you're using for your onboard account as long as it contains enough money. I have always used a credit card, though, so I don't know whether the charge is processed immediately.

SUPER helpful! Thank you so much!

 

[deliela999]

I had a gift card I put on my account for onboard credit, I think they put the whole amount and refunded what was left at the end (put back on the gift card). I was going to use it for my placeholder but they'd already charged my account for tips and there wasn't quite enough left so I used a credit card. They can use whatever you've set up for your room account or you can give them something different at the booking desk.

 

[Rob1872]

I paid for the future cruise deposit with a gift card last month. You can also have Guest Services put as much of a gift card onto your account as you want; there is no requirement to put the entire amount on. (And yes, anything extra goes back on the payment method.)