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Wait for a half off deposit, they have them often.

In fairness I can understand why, they don't want people gumming up the boarding process. Too bad Carnival doesn't allow us to apply gift cards when creating our on board accounts.

I have tried to do it when checking in, but at least in Long Beach they don't want anything to do with it and tell me to do it on board. The kiosk has finally been working for me after not working in the past.

You got lucky because it has only been approved until July 31, 2023 for now. Someone made a booboo.

If you have an IRA or 401K you may be able to purchase the 100 shares through them. I have a Vanguard IRA and was able to purchase Carnival with no commission and have been enjoying the shareholder benefit for a while now.

Not a bad idea!

If you don't cruise all the prepurchased stuff is paid back in the form of original payment. In this case new gift cards would be issued because Carnival does not reload gift cards.

Sounds like money laundering 🤣

That's optimistic! I am guessing three different color choices for the koozie.

Charges can take up to 10 days to fall off. It isn't AARP it is your bank that takes that long for them to fall off. Just like all the Carnival holds that people think is Carnival's fault.

Because at the point of cancellation the cabin is not fully paid for. If you call a week before and state someone is not going that becomes a partial cancellation. The other cancelling person's fare is confiscated as the 100 percent penalty phase so the fare paid is wiped out (taken as penalty)and then the room is not fully funded.

Ah yes, the triple length extended balcony with the gawdiness of Joe Farcas. Doesn't get any better IMHO 😉 .

The charges should fall off, but keep an eye on it. AARP had trouble with this in Sept and their rewards site was basically down for a month because of charges being added without product delivery. I had trouble getting a purchase to go through when I was buying my daughter some gift cards trying to use her CC on my account. It didn't work until I used my card that matched my AARP account name (my name).

I will be 78 so I am on the same boat as you!

You got me curious so I looked up the eclipse view from Hilo, Hawaii. I thought it would be better than this. A well placed Mexican Riviera cruise would be best, but that is a no go. Mazatlan will be right it the middle of it.

Do you know when bookings will open for the 2045 cruise?

Netflix will allow you to download up to 100 movies at a time, so you can watch with no internet.

Seems like a AARP left Deluxe Rewards are their site admin and has had a lot of trouble. And I noticed that Allstate is now also gone from Deluxe Rewards. I guess you get what you pay for.

My current steakhouse price for Feb cruise says 48 dollar per but books at 42 per person in cart.

Well this announcement has sent the Carnival website into paralysis!

I wouldn't plan on them being there so soon. They don't even have a gift card category currently for any gift cards. A good investment is AARP where they have been pretty consistent lately with the 500 and 100 dollar egift cards. I paid about 56 dollars for 5 years and it paid for itself pretty much instantly!

I wonder if Allstate is playing nice on Dec 31 because I just got the 1500 also!

You're rich! Now all we need is for Allstate to actually have Carnival cards again ;). AARP has been my savior lately, as I have been on a binge booking cruises.

I was able to play, then at the end it stated there was a problem and to call customer service. No thanks for 500 points!

Nope, I just picked up the pieces and moved on 😉