Originally Posted by
mahasamatman
We took the Queen Elizabeth from Tokyo to Vancouver in May (17 nights), and it got kind of ridiculous with $2,200 in OBC ($129/day), plus prepaid gratuities.
- $600 future cruise deposit
- $500 early booking
- $300 "welcome home"
- $150 travel agent promo
- $400 from a big fare drop after final payment (I would have preferred the $800 fare difference or an upgrade, but this was all they'd do)
- $250 shareholder credit
Has anyone done better?
After we had our fill of internet, laundry, wine, and specialty restaurants, we had to resort to buying jewelry and accessories in the onboard shops to spend it all, and ended up with $0.73 left on our account. I thought about buying a $0.75 candy bar just to see if Cunard would actually push through a charge for $0.02, but decided against it.
Hard to beat that. Best we’ve had was $1,200 on a nickel-and-dime cruise line. Better actually was $500 on an all-inclusive cruise line.