Same thing is happening on the Royal side. I goy off a three night cruise ten days ago and the three points have not been added to my total. Under past cruises, it shows that I earned 3 points for the cruise.
My mistake, it was Spain close to Portugal. I do not know if the conversion can be done anywhere else. Whatever ship starts regular service from California will have to have the conversion done.
Ovation will have to have shore power connections installed to sail out of LA for more then 5 cruises. Navigator had it installed while in dry dock in Portugal prior to coming to LA.
Currently on the Wonder and the blocks are the new color blocks. When I was on the Wonder in March 2022, they were clear blocks. The number of clear Wonder blocks may be a low number.
Cruise started with 547 Pinnacles and 12 made Pinnacle this cruise, so there are now 559 Pinnacles on the President cruise. Numbers on other ships may go up after this Sunday.
Fortunately, many of us were able to purchase OBC stock far from the 5 figure amount mentioned by topnole. I was able to purchase 100 shares for less then $2,200 in March 2020, I am enjoying cruising with free money on each cruise.
We did the exact same thing and bought 200 shares at $21. When we explained the OBC to our financial advisor, he agreed it was a no brainer. We sail a lot and by the end of this year we will have earned more OBC then the stock cost.
I have 200 shares bought in March 2020 at $21. If I do sell shares, I will keep 100 for the OBC. I will earn enough stock OBC by the end of this year to cover the cost of the stock purchase.