Great question, I have 12,000 points to get to sapphire which should be after my cruise next month.
Of course if I want to go to the spa for a treatment or we do want to go to a specialty restaurant we'll just put it on our account and let the casino host offset it The reason we wait until we know what the amount is before buying anything is we want the lowest bill possible, so we wait until we know what amount we can spend.
They will tell you how much accrued comps you have earned which can be used to offset onboard charges from the spa, specialty restaurants, bar bill (not gratuities),excursions, gift shop purchases. There's no way of knowing how much you've earned unless you speak to the casino host on the LAST day of your cruise. On Celebrity you earn onboard comps that must be used by the end of the cruise. I was refering to the accrued casino ask the host towards the end of the cruise to see if they can offset any spending onboard. I learned too! Although, if I only play about 300 say 7 out of 11 nights, black jack, win or lose some, would I be wasting my time asking for the host to do this? Do they have a name tag that says host, usually how many on each ship? Thanks