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I know this is an old thread but in case folks are still curious. We found a couple of places near the port that you can store your bags for about $6 a bag. Below is one you can book in advance. https://usebounce.com/city/new-orleans/french-quarter?utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=pmax&utm_campaign=20118159333&hsa_grp=&utm_term=&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw2uiwBhCXARIsACMvIU3BAce0bcjZitvZrCuQ2GUwm2ePSdfMacEiH4hi2_5K6Ne73NyGC5caAqlxEALw_wcB We had the perfect, for us, return flight at 1:20 and southwest moved it to 9:20, so we had to change to the evening 5:35 flight.

From past carnival offers we have had success by paying on the cruise (obviously), by paying gratuities, internet, and by booking excursions. Basically everything has worked for us. We are not drinkers so I do not know about cheers charges. For Royal Caribbean offers we have only been successful for paying on the cruise. Their excursions and internet code differently and we have not gotten the offer.

When you log into your amex account you will see your balance. Below that there are offers that you can add to your account. This was one of the hundred offers on there.

Blue Cash preferred and Hilton. One per social security number, so if you add to the blue Cash the Hilton goes away. However, we are a family of four and the wife and kids have authorized user cards that contained the offer so I was able to add four offers - it will be $600 off $3k.

First time I have had this offer in over a year. Check your Amex offer for $150 back if you spend $750 or more for a Carnival cruise. It was on all of my personal amex cards. Best of luck.

As others have mentioned wait for the shareholders meeting, which is on April 5. They will vote to continue the benefit and it will take about two weeks to show up on the website and then you can get your obc for being a shareholder. We often do one of our cruises in August before the kids head back to school and every year we need to wait to get the obc for that cruise.

I have a brother in law that used to go to Atlantic city about once a month for years and years. He does not go anymore because gambling became legal in out state. Out of all the times he went, probably over a hundred, to this day we only hear about six specific trips where he won fairly big amounts. Gamblers have very selective memories.

We were on the legend last month and I found it interesting what could and could not be streamed. Had no problems with youtube streaming, but disney+ and hbo max could not be accessed at all. I also had no problem streaming spotify and audio books (libby).

The 2025 Alaska cruises are back up for those that might be interested. Be careful when booking. My top offer defaulted to a military appreciation offer, which I am not eligible for.

Was on the magic last month. Everything on the ship was great. The ship is in good shape and the different wait staff at mytime dining were wonderful. We have done larger ships and smaller ships previously on Carnival but this was the first time on this size ship. We really liked it, just enough variety of food and activities but not overwhelming. Just an FYI, the arrival at the parking lot in Norfolk was crowded and very slow moving. I think the problem was we came at 11 and there were still buses with people coming back home from the last cruise, so the porters and passengers were confused about which bags were going on the buses to go to the ship and which were coming off the buses for people coming home. We waited for about 15 minutes, the line wasn't moving much so we walked to the street and got an uber. Our bags did make it on the ship fine. Walk off back to the parking lot on the buses at the end of the cruise was quick and painless. The next time we cruise from Norfolk we will either plan to uber from the lot or pick a later arrival time to let the disembarkers clear out. Again though the ship and crew were great, no concerns at all.

I think you are right Lee in that the primary cost will be the same or more. I think, perhaps, if it is significantly less expensive for Carnival maybe they will roll internet into more specials. Things like book an excursion get 25% off internet (as opposed to the 10% off they sometimes give currently) or buy the drink package and get half off internet, or maybe even give it to the gamblers as one of their perks like the drinks on us. Time will tell. We were on the magic two weeks ago and had mid level internet. If they have starlink up and running it is nothing to write home about. The internet was down for hours each day. Late at night it would get up to 3 Mbps down and 2 Mbps up with a ping in the 200's. Usable to read the news and check email at least some of the time in the day but that was it.

All fixed 😊

Just boarded the magic out of Norfolk. They are using bottled water for the water with lunch and said there was a 'water failure.' What happens if they can't fix it? The first stop is all the way down in PR.

Absolutely. The way we play it is once one of us goes over 5/24 the other will be under and will get the southwest companion pass for a couple of years, but once that person gets over 5 apps they pick up some of the smaller bonuses. Cards that do not have annual fees (carnival) stay open to extend the average age of accounts. This is not a card we use often, but they gave me a couple of hundred bucks to open it and the 10% is not a bad perk.

I am having an odd experience with the Carnival credit card. I rarely use the card, but there was an excursion I wanted to take for an upcoming cruise and I figured I would charge it to the card to save the 10%. After telling the family and extended family a week later about the fun hiking excursion I booked for for everyone they said they did not want to do it. The next day I cancelled the excursion on the carnival website. The $760 was quickly refunded to the card. HOWEVER, when the statement ended a $76 credit was put on the card for the 10%. I figured it would get clawed back in a few days. It has been three months and the $76 credit is still on there. I called Barclays (the credit card issuer) and they got confused and thought I wanted an additional 10% credit. So after holding for 15 minutes the customer service rep came on and said his supervisor would not allow him to give me another $76. I said again that I wanted them to take back the $76, that I should not get a credit for an excursion I returned. He put me back on hold, came back and again said he was very sorry but he could not give me an additional $76. I just got an email that my statement has closed and sure enough the credit is still there. Your Carnival® World Mastercard® account statement is now available online. To view your statements online, log in to BarclaysUS.com and select View Activity & Statements. IMPORTANT NOTICES: Please remember to review your statement to see transactions, payments, other important account information and disclosures such as Account Renewal and Privacy notices. The account above is enrolled in paperless statements, so you will not receive a paper statement in the mail. Your account information: Payment due date: 07/05/2023 by 7pm ET Minimum payment due: $0.00 Statement balance: $-76.00 Has this happened to anyone else? Not sure if I should donate the money to charity or book $500000 in excursions, return them all, and go on a world cruise! 😛