Onboard placeholder booking questions

[OKW Lover]

Not correct as far as our TA is concerned. We use Dreams Unlimited (who bring us the DIS Boards) and this counts fully as booking directly with the TA.

I'm sorry Shmoo, but if you look at the website, you'll see that the OBC is reduced by half for on board bookings after 11/15/2015 even if the TA was named at booking. I just double checked. This hadn't impacted me yet, but I noted it at the time.

http://www.dreamsunlimitedtravel.com/cruise/specials.htm

Thanks for the correction. I had forgotten about that change in the DCL policy.

 

[pirate33]

Is there any benefit to booking onboard for a future cruise in concierge? It sounds like not much--maybe th onboard credit?

 

[lanejudy]

Is there any benefit to booking onboard for a future cruise in concierge? It sounds like not much--maybe th onboard credit?

I believe a concierge booking will still receive the OBC -- either $100 or $200 depending on length of cruise.

Enjoy your cruise!

 

[CM Dad]

I believe a concierge booking will still receive the OBC -- either $100 or $200 depending on length of cruise.

If you use a TA, they may reduce the stateroom credit for an on-board booking since DCL pays them a reduced commission. You'd have to decide if the $100/$200 stateroom credit from DCL is better than the additional credit you would get from your TA if you book directly.

 

[FigmentSpark]

If you use a TA, they may reduce the stateroom credit for an on-board booking since DCL pays them a reduced commission. You'd have to decide if the $100/$200 stateroom credit from DCL is better than the additional credit you would get from your TA if you book directly.

So, if you transfer the OBC to a TA, you don't get a stateroom credit from DCL?

 

[PrincessShmoo]

So, if you transfer the OBC to a TA, you don't get a stateroom credit from DCL?

Yes, if you book onboard you get $100 OBC for cruises shorter than 7 nights. $200 OBC for cruises of 7 nights and longer.

If you book a reservation (not onboard) through a TA, sometimes a TA will offer OBC (amount varies by TA).

If you book onboard, you get the OBC, and if you transfer that booking to a TA within 30 days to a TA who offers OBC, often the TA will only offer about 50% of the OBC THEY would have given you had you booked the reservation through them.

 

[Ravenne]

So, if you transfer the OBC to a TA, you don't get a stateroom credit from DCL?

From what I understand (someone please correct me if I'm wrong) what DCL gives you as OBC is separate than what a TA would give you. DCL would give you $100 or $200 depending on length of cruise. What the TA offers you is up to them. You don't lose the DCL OBC for booking a placeholder just because you list a TA on your reservation. I think the difference, and confusion is how much the TA would give you based on how you book. If you book directly through a TA (no placeholder) you'd get 100% of the perks they'd normally give. If you book a placeholder or transfer one to a TA, you'd get about half of what their normal booking perk is. That's generally how it works, though some TAs still give full perks regardless of how you book.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

From what I understand (someone please correct me if I'm wrong) what DCL gives you as OBC is separate than what a TA would give you. DCL would give you $100 or $200 depending on length of cruise. What the TA offers you is up to them. You don't lose the DCL OBC for booking a placeholder just because you list a TA on your reservation. I think the difference, and confusion is how much the TA would give you based on how you book. If you book directly through a TA (no placeholder) you'd get 100% of the perks they'd normally give. If you book a placeholder or transfer one to a TA, you'd get about half of what their normal booking perk is. That's generally how it works, though some TAs still give full perks regardless of how you book.

Only one I've heard of that hasn't reduced their OBC on transferred bookings is Costco. And it's not really an OBC, it's a cash card to use at their business. Just means that you spend that money with them.

 

[Ravenne]

Only one I've heard of that hasn't reduced their OBC on transferred bookings is Costco. And it's not really an OBC, it's a cash card to use at their business. Just means that you spend that money with them.

I've had an indie TA (with an agency) tell me she hasn't reduced her perks/OBC, but it was a really small OBC to begin with, nothing even close to DU's 50% for transfer, so it's not much of a comparison.

 

[FigmentSpark]

From what I understand (someone please correct me if I'm wrong) what DCL gives you as OBC is separate than what a TA would give you. DCL would give you $100 or $200 depending on length of cruise. What the TA offers you is up to them. You don't lose the DCL OBC for booking a placeholder just because you list a TA on your reservation. I think the difference, and confusion is how much the TA would give you based on how you book. If you book directly through a TA (no placeholder) you'd get 100% of the perks they'd normally give. If you book a placeholder or transfer one to a TA, you'd get about half of what their normal booking perk is. That's generally how it works, though some TAs still give full perks regardless of how you book.

That's what I was thinking. I guess I read that other post as saying that in the case of an OBB, DCL only gives OBC if you didn't use a TA, which is why I was confused. I get that about what the TA does or doesn't give has nothing to do with DCL's decisions.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

That's what I was thinking. I guess I read that other post as saying that in the case of an OBB, DCL only gives OBC if you didn't use a TA, which is why I was confused. I get that about what the TA does or doesn't give has nothing to do with DCL's decisions.

If you use a TA, they (the TA) may reduce the stateroom credit for an on-board booking since DCL pays them (the TA) a reduced commission. You'd have to decide if the $100/$200 stateroom credit from DCL is better than the additional credit you would get from your TA if you book directly.

It was worded a little clunky. But that poster was just saying you need to figure out if the $100/$200 OBC DCL gives you will cover whatever the TA will reduce their OBC for a transferred booking.

 

[FigmentSpark]

Yes, I see that now. But there are other perks to booking on board, even a placeholder, right?

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Yes, I see that now. But there are other perks to booking on board, even a placeholder, right?

Onboard booking perks (applicable to categories 4-11 only):
10% discount on deposit (for cruises 7 nights and longer)
10% reduction on cruise fare (not port taxes/fees)
$100 OBC for cruises of less than 7 nights. $200 OBC for cruises of 7 nights and longer.

Unless the cruise you book is a blackout date. Then you only get the OBC, no other discounts.

 

[n2mm]

Onboard booking perks (applicable to categories 4-11 only):
10% discount on deposit (for cruises 7 nights and longer)
10% reduction on cruise fare (not port taxes/fees)
$100 OBC for cruises of less than 7 nights. $200 OBC for cruises of 7 nights and longer.

Unless the cruise you book is a blackout date. Then you only get the OBC, no other discounts.

Exactly what I got, plus obc from my dreams unlimited TA because my reservation was transferred to her when I booked it onboard. For my 7 night cruise, I saved $270 with 10% discount, got $200 obc, paid a deposit of 10% down, and got another $50 obc from dreams unlimited (which was half the obc I would've gotten had I booked without the perks of booking onboard).

 

[CM Dad]

Exactly what I got, plus obc from my dreams unlimited TA because my reservation was transferred to her when I booked it onboard. For my 7 night cruise, I saved $270 with 10% discount, got $200 obc, paid a deposit of 10% down, and got another $50 obc from dreams unlimited (which was half the obc I would've gotten had I booked without the perks of booking onboard).

I may not have worded my response very well. I was responding to a poster asking about a concierge booking, where you don't get the 10% discount or reduced deposit, just the $100 or $200 stateroom credit from DCL. With an OBB, you would always get that credit, even if you use a TA. What can happen is that the TA may may reduce the stateroom credit that the TA would give you in addition to that.

From the DU site, https://www.dreamsunlimitedtravel.com/disney-cruise-line/discounts-specials.htm, if you book a concierge room on a less that 7 day cruise that cost $5000 or more you would get more from DU booking directly and just getting there stateroom credit and none from DCL. For a 7 night or longer, if the concierge cruise cost is $9000 or more, it looks like it would be better to book direct thru DU

 

[LAX]

Onboard booking perks (applicable to categories 4-11 only):
10% discount on deposit (for cruises 7 nights and longer)
10% reduction on cruise fare (not port taxes/fees)
$100 OBC for cruises of less than 7 nights. $200 OBC for cruises of 7 nights and longer.

Unless the cruise you book is a blackout date. Then you only get the OBC, no other discounts.

The bolded benefit is only meant to be paying less upfront, right? It's really not a "discount" on the required deposit, right? In other words, the 10% not paid as part of the initial deposit will be due at the time of PIF. The only discount is just the 10% off the cruise fare, right?

LAX

 

[Dug720]

The bolded benefit is only meant to be paying less upfront, right? It's really not a "discount" on the required deposit, right? In other words, the 10% not paid as part of the initial deposit will be due at the time of PIF. The only discount is just the 10% off the cruise fare, right?

LAX

Obviously correct. You always have to pay the balance.

BUT it's an advantage in that you can book with less money down at the time.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

The bolded benefit is only meant to be paying less upfront, right? It's really not a "discount" on the required deposit, right? In other words, the 10% not paid as part of the initial deposit will be due at the time of PIF. The only discount is just the 10% off the cruise fare, right?

LAX

Yes, when you book onboard (with all the perks applicable), your total cost (not counting port taxes/fees) is reduced 10%. Then, if your future cruise is 7 nights or longer, instead of putting down the 20% deposit that's usually required, you only put down 10%. But you're still paying what would have been that "other" 10% in the cruise fare total by the Paid In Full date.

 

[cmwade77]

Sorry if this gas already been answered somewhere.....Can you use a Disney Gift card to pay the deposit for the onboard booking offer?

 

[jtba]

Sorry if this gas already been answered somewhere.....Can you use a Disney Gift card to pay the deposit for the onboard booking offer?

we tried this past april on the fantasy but were told we had to use a credit card. your mileage may vary.