Princess Currency Exchange Offer vs Bank (Canada)

Hi! Cruising on Sunday out of Ft Lauderdale. Wondering of any Canadians recently who have used the Princess offer to convert currency to CAD before posting to credit card. Are the rates competitive? Any help/insight would be greatly appreciated! :)

Have them charge your card in US$...your bank will convert at the better price.

Hi! Cruising on Sunday out of Ft Lauderdale. Wondering of any Canadians recently who have used the Princess offer to convert currency to CAD before posting to credit card. Are the rates competitive? Any help/insight would be greatly appreciated! :)

Have you looked into pre-purchasing OBC for yourself? Assuming you booked in canadian funds, the rate will be much better unless this is a last-minute booking.

Have you looked into pre-purchasing OBC for yourself? Assuming you booked in canadian funds, the rate will be much better unless this is a last-minute booking.

Thank you!!! Just called Princess and $600 CAD onboard credit purchased will get $500 USD. Which is better than the $450 USD with current exchange rate plus bank currency conversion fees.

Great idea!!!

Thank you!!! Just called Princess and $600 CAD onboard credit purchased will get $500 USD. Which is better than the $450 USD with current exchange rate plus bank currency conversion fees.

 

Great idea!!!

Glad it worked out. FYI, you can do the same thing buying casino credit to get US cash easily. :)

Hi! Cruising on Sunday out of Ft Lauderdale. Wondering of any Canadians recently who have used the Princess offer to convert currency to CAD before posting to credit card. Are the rates competitive? Any help/insight would be greatly appreciated! :)

Don't do it.

Goofy 559

Quick question, if I purchase casino credits, can I go to casino to withdraw US dollars ? and is there a charge to do that ?

When I was on Celebrity Solstice, I could withdraw us cash in casino, but they charged us 5% to do that transaction.

My friend who is sailing with me, her booking was in CAD $$, so she can purchase shipboard credit at the old Princess exchange rate of 1.20, new bookings are at 1.35 for Cdn currency,

I was thinking of buying shipboard credit in her name and then get her to withdraw cash for me or transfer to me.

My booking is in US dollars so unable to take advantage of purchasing sbc in my reservation.

Any thoughts will be welcome,

You can cash out in the casino however I would spend a bit of money in there. As they have caught on to people doing it so take out 200 dollars play a bit cash out that is what I do everytime

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Thanks BC, will see if anyone else weighs in.

Goofy 559

Quick question, if I purchase casino credits, can I go to casino to withdraw US dollars ? and is there a charge to do that ?

When I was on Celebrity Solstice, I could withdraw us cash in casino, but they charged us 5% to do that transaction.

 

My friend who is sailing with me, her booking was in CAD $$, so she can purchase shipboard credit at the old Princess exchange rate of 1.20, new bookings are at 1.35 for Cdn currency,

 

I was thinking of buying shipboard credit in her name and then get her to withdraw cash for me or transfer to me.

 

My booking is in US dollars so unable to take advantage of purchasing sbc in my reservation.

 

Any thoughts will be welcome,

Your friend can purchase casino credits on her booking (C$ at 20% exchange) and cash in the vouchers (which will be in her cabin) at the casino cashier and receive US$ and no fees involved.

She can then do as she pleases with the cash....no gambling even required.

Purchasing shipboard credit requires transferring some of that OBC to your casino account, gambling a little (eg. slots) then cashing out at the cashier.

Quick question, if I purchase casino credits, can I go to casino to withdraw US dollars ? and is there a charge to do that ?

We did this one time and when we got back to the ship we were locked out of our casino access. Went to the desk and they explained that they do not appreciate being used as a bank and then let us back into our account.

I do wish that the USD & CAD were closer in value, but what can you do?

Your neighbour, Steve

Your friend can purchase casino credits on her booking (C$ at 20% exchange) and cash in the vouchers (which will be in her cabin) at the casino cashier and receive US$ and no fees involved.

 

She can then do as she pleases with the cash....no gambling even required.

 

Purchasing shipboard credit requires transferring some of that OBC to your casino account, gambling a little (eg. slots) then cashing out at the cashier.

I had ship board credit when I did it.

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