comps in casino

[oprahcla]

I don't understand this post.

 

The CAS perks are pretty awesome, actually.

 

We typically get at least 1 or 2 invites for dinner (with wine) at a specialty restaurant, we've had spa services offered, there's the drink card....and then there's the SeaBucks...

 

With 1 exception, my Seabucks have resulted in the same treatment on my last 4 cruises:

 

- Everything on my NCL account was credited except cash advances, and DSC.

 

That means drinks I had elsewhere (and signed for), dinners I had before the Host offered comps, shore excursions, and spending in the gift shop were all comped. I did not attempt to buy booze in the gift shop....I suspect that would be exempt as well. If we had bought photos, I'm sure they would have been comped too.

 

Oh yes, and the internet. I always get the $100 package, and typically top-up with the $55 one mid-week.

 

 

I've had SeaBuck credits of $500 - $1500 on a single cruise, multiple times.

 

THEN, when I've gone back to book again, I get comp cabins for 2.

 

 

 

How these perks could possibly be considered 'poor' is beyond me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No, it does not carry over. What you MIGHT get is a 20% discount on the upcoming cruise, and if you qualify for that....then you'll get a drink card on that sailing too.

 

You only accumulate points to the extent that you have not redeemed them at the end of the prior cruise.

 

 

 

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WOW you do very well. How much money would you have to spend to get upgraded as you have to a Spa Suite? I am leaving next month and anxious to play in the Casino. :)

[Cowdengelly]

I sure wish NCL would "link" the CAS point system and not provide a phone number to call. As I understand it, you can continue accumulating points as long as it's with 18 months of one another. On our last cruise, I finally hit the "free drinks" mark on the last day at sea. I wonder if that (free drinks) continues if we sail again within the 18 months specified.

 

If you did not redeem your 1500 points then your free drinks card will carry over to the next cruise. Simply ask the casino host to get in touch with the previous cruise ship and your points will be transferred and you will be given a drinks card

[VideoTech]

WOW you do very well. How much money would you have to spend to get upgraded as you have to a Spa Suite? I am leaving next month and anxious to play in the Casino. :)

 

Upgrades actually have very little to do with your CAS status. When you book a cruise through CAS, they will consider your past play, as well as the popularity and current booking level of the cruise you want, and the cabin inventory they have available. They will offer you a cabin level that can vary depending on all those factors. You might be offered a balcony cabin on a less popular ship & itinerary, but only an ocean view cabin on a more popular ship & itinerary.

 

You can then pay for an upgrade to whatever cabin you want. You'll pay the difference between the book rate fare for the cabin you were offered, and the book rate fare for the cabin you want.

[Rochesterboatingdotcom]

How much of a discount would they give me for my lowly 3600 pts?;) Can I use it with other promotions like the 9 month or more OBC? What about the AMEX, lattitudes?

 

We got a comped cruise after our first Sky cruise after only 25 seabucks (which I think is equal to 2500 of the new points) Insides are pretty easy to get, I would think 3600 should qualify on some cruises. Call and find out, and if you don't get the answer you want, call back again in a few weeks. It's hit or miss what they offer at any given time.

[CRAustin]

Well I'm confused on their system. I get my comped cruises through Harrahs. Have taken 2 cruises in the last year and back on the EPIC this Saturday. Last years April EPIC cruise at the end they gave me a $300 ship credit. My point level did not bring me to the next level card I had missed it by 2 or 3k. When I went up to the desk he offered me $75 credit, I said oh come on I played alot and lost alot can't you do better and he wrote down $300 and I said that is way better!

 

Then I cruised in November as an invite for the Millionairre Maker Slot Tournament and I lost big time on the Spirit, we were told by Harrah's to not go to the desk for your comps that they would calculate and you would get your credit applied. I was appauled when it was $50!!!! I played more on the Spirit and was barely comped.

 

This weeks cruise is my 7 star cruise and through Harrah's I was given a Balcony Spa comped. I have booked the Star for Nov on a certificate from Harrah's and it is a mini-suite. So I feel for my play I'm not getting much from CAS, is it because Harrah's is comping the trips upfront. CAS has not sent me any offers only Harrahs and CAS when I was looking at an Alaska cruise wanted to charge me $179 per person upgrade from a balcony to minisuite when the upcharge on NCL was only $50?? So I feel like CAS so far has been pretty useless since the $300 credit.

 

Any thoughts on inconsistency?

[Rochesterboatingdotcom]

The standard OBC is 1% of your points over 2500, so if you get 7000 pts you qualify for a $70 comp. HOWEVER, the casino host has the option to increase that based on your play compared to the rest of the ship. Get to know your casino host right from the start and you will do better.

[CRAustin]

Ok - I didn't realize I had an assigned host as no one ever approached me on either trip. I'll seek one out on Saturday and I am also wondering if my combined trips would have brought me to their next level.

 

Thanks for the reply

[VideoTech]

Well I'm confused on their system. ....So I feel for my play I'm not getting much from CAS, is it because Harrah's is comping the trips upfront. CAS has not sent me any offers only Harrahs and CAS when I was looking at an Alaska cruise wanted to charge me $179 per person upgrade from a balcony to minisuite when the upcharge on NCL was only $50?? So I feel like CAS so far has been pretty useless since the $300 credit.

 

Any thoughts on inconsistency?

 

There does seem to be a lot of variability in the CAS system, both on board the ships and from their shore-based operations. Like you, we book all our cruises through Harrah's.

 

I think when you're on board, your best bet (sorry, bad pun:)) is to get to know the casino hosts, as others have mentioned. They do seem to have a fair amount of leeway (oops, did it again :)) in what they can do for you, given that they really only have 3 things to offer: comps for drinks, food, and spa, and credit against your final on board bill.

 

As for offers from CAS for future cruises, remember that they work kind of like an airline miles program: they only have so many "free" cabins to offer on any one ship, and they're not going to offer you much of a comp cabin on the more popular cruises and ships, because they know those will get sold at full fare.

 

We've seen a huge disparity between our comp offers for the Western Caribbean run as against the Alaska run. Asking for a comp cabin on the Alaska run will barely get you any offer at all, whereas they will fall all over themselves to put you on the Western Caribbean cruise.

 

In general, we're pretty happy with the Harrah's/CAS way of doing things. They don't always come through with the best offer, but it's generally enough of an offer that we can cruise more often than we might otherwise.

[CRAustin]

Thanks VideoTech

 

Yes Alaska was that $179 a person for a mini suite, while on the Western Carrib it was comped?? They did give me the Spa Balcony on EPIC (Harrahs) so I am looking forward to that. I will probably use my 2012 7 Star cruise for Alaska or Europe.:)

[Fishbait17]

Well I'm confused on their system. I get my comped cruises through Harrahs. Have taken 2 cruises in the last year and back on the EPIC this Saturday. Last years April EPIC cruise at the end they gave me a $300 ship credit. My point level did not bring me to the next level card I had missed it by 2 or 3k. When I went up to the desk he offered me $75 credit, I said oh come on I played alot and lost alot can't you do better and he wrote down $300 and I said that is way better!

 

Then I cruised in November as an invite for the Millionairre Maker Slot Tournament and I lost big time on the Spirit, we were told by Harrah's to not go to the desk for your comps that they would calculate and you would get your credit applied. I was appauled when it was $50!!!! I played more on the Spirit and was barely comped.

 

This weeks cruise is my 7 star cruise and through Harrah's I was given a Balcony Spa comped. I have booked the Star for Nov on a certificate from Harrah's and it is a mini-suite. So I feel for my play I'm not getting much from CAS, is it because Harrah's is comping the trips upfront. CAS has not sent me any offers only Harrahs and CAS when I was looking at an Alaska cruise wanted to charge me $179 per person upgrade from a balcony to minisuite when the upcharge on NCL was only $50?? So I feel like CAS so far has been pretty useless since the $300 credit.

 

Any thoughts on inconsistency?

 

Part of the inconsistency on your OBC (on board credit given for your play) is that the credit is variable depending on how you rank among the players on the ship. On your first sailing (the Epic), you likely ranked higher than a lot of players, so you got "bonus" credit. The second time, you booked a sailing notoriously full of highly ranked players - a slot tournament cruise, and you likely ranked pretty low among players on this sailing. There is some leeway for your overall losses, but much more adjustment for your placement among the overall group of gamblers. For example, last week on the Epic, we earned approx 10,000 points. This would guarantee a credit of $100 , but our play ranked us somewhere above 65% of players, so we got bonus credit for a total of roughly $600. Now on some European sailings, I have gotten only 7000 points and gotten credit just as high or higher, as I was ranked much higher among the group. Also, keep in mind that you can only be comped to the extent of your onboard charges - some are comped $1 to $1 (food, drinks, spa) others are comped at only $1 per $2 of charges (gift purchases, jewelry, art) and some can't be comped at all (cash charged to your onboard account, etc).

 

CAS levels are in the middle of changing right now, but in the past it has been 7000-8000 points in a year to move up to Bronze level, which doesn't really offer much - usually one specialty dinner and free cigarettes in the casino. The next level is Gold, at 40,000 points in a year, which waives the 3% fee for cash advances against your on board account, and likely a few extras. Lately, they have needed to check with your previous ship to add up your total points - I have no idea why. This last cruise I was given a purple card, and the host called my last sailing to confirm Bronze level. First time for that!

 

As for the difference in up charges for your Alaska inquiry - there are two things likely at work here. First, your comped balcony could be the lowest level balcony, not the highest, so you would have to add up the total up charges to go up thru each level of balcony to the mini suite. Secondly, CAS sometimes has slightly different fares than the NCL website, accounting for some difference in upcharges.

 

CAS is definitely the best game in town, though, and they have done right by me! :D

 

Robin

 

 

 

 

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[CRAustin]

Thanks Fishbait that helps alot. I might call tomorrow to see if I can find out what level I am.:cool:

[GriffinAlexander]

How much of a discount would they give me for my lowly 3600 pts?;) Can I use it with other promotions like the 9 month or more OBC? What about the AMEX, lattitudes?

 

I think I recall that POA doesn't have a casino? Would they still give me a discount?

 

I guess if they have a good enough deal I could book through them and get my drink card that way. Not a big drinker either but would be nice to have one or two a night.:)[/quote

 

If you book with CAS it cannot be combined with any other discounts and you get the free drink card.... Pride of America doesn;t have a casino therefore there would be no benefit to booking thru CAS...and they won;t take the booking.....In order to reap what you sow - you must gamble....3600 points is a reasonable amount, but they decide the discount and or type of room they will comp when you call, they look up your play from the last time and tell you what they will offer....there's no real formula.....

 

 

 

hello folks:

 

I can confirm this too. I just got back from my first time cruise on the Epic. We had actually been offered 3 cruises from NCL from 2 casinos, 2 from the Hard Rock and one from Twin River in New England. Picked up 1 from the Hard Rock and used it, never got the other 2. I know I should have picked up the one I was in town for and applied it for an upgrade, we had upgraded to balcony but maybe would have gotten a mini suite or a suite.

 

Anyway, we liked our trip so much that we decided to rebook the same trip for next year. Instead of waiting for another offer, I called Casinos at Sea and they comped based on play for an oceanview I think or inside, but the upgrade cost was almost $200 less than last cruise for the same balcony room, so we booked it. I know I played at least 50000 points during the course of the week on slots, and didn't do badly, won on first and last days (best times to win IMO).

 

The rep booking said that the AMEX code specifically (and all others implicitly) would just get kicked out if she tried them, so you can't combine them for the onboard credit.

 

I don't know about what happens if you've put a depo on a future cruise and apply that balance to your upgrade, if that works at all. I would assume since you've paid your deposit they apply that toward your CAS cruise and you get the OBC you received at the previous cruise, usually 100for a depo of 250? on a cruise.

 

The nights I hit decent jackpots (around 500 on a single machine) I got chocolate plates delivered to the room with a choco strawberry and a few other assorted chocolates.

 

When we arrived, we both had drink cards attached to casino cards waiting in our room. The bar in the casino would give me comp drinks too, and I would tip them everytime. I also went to them at night for filled water bottles, sodas, and even red bulls once. (We still had drink stickers, but I don't think you need them in the casino w/ the drink card, because a comp is a comp, with or without alcohol).

 

I played the slots every day I could, tried to do well, won a good amount first and last nights, but gave a lot of it back midweek. All in all even if I had lost, I would have considered it money toward the next cruise. I left with more cash in my pocket that I went on the cruise with, and paid cash for everything on the islands and tipped our steward and all the bartenders and waitstaff that we dealt with well. After looking at the NCL site and what it would cost for us to book our balcony room at regular rates, and what we've paid through CAS w/ the upgrade, we did well. That's one person spending a fair amount of time at the penny and nickel slots. Not losing more than I would have spent on the next cruise in the difference I'd have had to pay had I not been comped.

 

Would I like to get a few more comps? Sure. A dinner, a bottle of champagne all would have been nice. But we did those anyway. For us, the level of comp works based on how much I like to gamble. I'm not spending much especially considering my wins, so I'm happy to not have cashed in my points. I'll add them up until I can use them for something like a major upgrade or just let them roll over. 50 bucks isn't worth the cash in value for me. I'd rather keep them on the card and see where they take me on a future cruise.

[Fishbait17]

Griffin alexander, everything you said was pretty much on the money. A few things I noted though.. One, the chocolates, etc that appeared in your cabin likely had nothing to do with your wins.. As a guest of CAS (whether your comp came directly from CAS or thru them from another casino), you are automatically on the list for treats delivered to your cabin a few times from the casino - so it was likely coincidence as to delivery days.

 

Also, you said you didn't cash in your points at the end of the cruise. You also said you earned 50,000 points, but from later in the post I would guess it was actually 5000?? First, double-check your final statement on your onboard account to make sure the casino didn't automatically cash them out. Sometimes they appear as a credit, or sometimes items you charged (dinner,drink bills, etc) simply disappear from the bill. Generally, comped CAS guests have their points cashed in automatically.. The amount would likely be more than $50 - the credit is very fluid and kind of tiered based on how many points you earned and how all other CAS member were playing and where you ranked among them. For example, 2500 points will usually get you $25 credit, but then up from there depends on how you placed among all players on the sailing and how many points you earned. For example, on our last sailing, I made roughly 8000 points, hubby about 2500. Under "normal" rules, that would have been about $100 credit. But with the fluidity, we ended up with roughly $600 credit (I can't really remember exactly how much right now).

 

If you did leave those points on your account, you will need to inform the casino desk on your next sailing so that make sure to bring them in from your last sailing - they have to email the ship you were on and have the points transferred, although it looks like you will be on the same ship, so it will be faster. The points that remain on your account have no bearing on your next booking. It's how many points you earned, not whether you used them or not. They cannot be used in any way toward making a booking, or upgrading a cabin - they are only usable onboard toward a credit to your onboard account. this is how CAS points differ from land casino points, which are computerized, attached to your "account", and usable for lots of options. CAS does not assign you an "account" per se, they simply look at your play from your last sailing for cabin comps.

 

You also mentioned hoping for a comped dinner with wine or something. Once you reach Bronze level at CAS (8000 points in a rolling year) you should be offered this automatically. If you are not, you should ask at the casino desk what level you are and maybe gently ask/remind them.

 

Lastly, you can use Future Cruise Certificates toward cabin upgrade charges on a comped cruise. They cannot be used for the taxes and fees payable for the comped cabin, but I always apply them to my suite upgrades.

 

Very happy to hear you actually came out ahead! That doesn't happen to me very often, congrats!

 

Hope this helps!

 

Robin

 

 

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[HppyCamper]

On the Dawn about a month ago I was playing $5 blackjack and craps and started getting free drinks the first day about a half hour into play on the blackjack table. Never paid for a drink in the casino after that. I did play some slots but I was no where near the 1500 point mark.

[LaCal]

On the Dawn about a month ago I was playing $5 blackjack and craps and started getting free drinks the first day about a half hour into play on the blackjack table. Never paid for a drink in the casino after that. I did play some slots but I was no where near the 1500 point mark.

 

That FREE DRINK CARD is AWESOME.......We LOVE It.....lol.....:D

 

Also for ANYOMNE Who doesnt know.....Theres a Full Casino Section on the forums.......Just look at the front page near the bottom......

 

Loads of GREAT ADVICE AND Any Questions, Tips, etc on Gambling while on your cruise...

[luvcruzing]

 

Also for ANYONE Who doesn't know.....There's a Full Casino Section on the forums.......Just look at the front page near the bottom......

 

Loads of GREAT ADVICE AND Any Questions, Tips, etc on Gambling while on your cruise...

 

I did not know that. Thanks. I'll check it out.

[GriffinAlexander]

Griffin alexander, everything you said was pretty much on the money. A few things I noted though.. One, the chocolates, etc that appeared in your cabin likely had nothing to do with your wins.. As a guest of CAS (whether your comp came directly from CAS or thru them from another casino), you are automatically on the list for treats delivered to your cabin a few times from the casino - so it was likely coincidence as to delivery days.

 

Also, you said you didn't cash in your points at the end of the cruise. You also said you earned 50,000 points, but from later in the post I would guess it was actually 5000?? First, double-check your final statement on your onboard account to make sure the casino didn't automatically cash them out. Sometimes they appear as a credit, or sometimes items you charged (dinner,drink bills, etc) simply disappear from the bill. Generally, comped CAS guests have their points cashed in automatically.. The amount would likely be more than $50 - the credit is very fluid and kind of tiered based on how many points you earned and how all other CAS member were playing and where you ranked among them. For example, 2500 points will usually get you $25 credit, but then up from there depends on how you placed among all players on the sailing and how many points you earned. For example, on our last sailing, I made roughly 8000 points, hubby about 2500. Under "normal" rules, that would have been about $100 credit. But with the fluidity, we ended up with roughly $600 credit (I can't really remember exactly how much right now).

 

If you did leave those points on your account, you will need to inform the casino desk on your next sailing so that make sure to bring them in from your last sailing - they have to email the ship you were on and have the points transferred, although it looks like you will be on the same ship, so it will be faster. The points that remain on your account have no bearing on your next booking. It's how many points you earned, not whether you used them or not. They cannot be used in any way toward making a booking, or upgrading a cabin - they are only usable onboard toward a credit to your onboard account. this is how CAS points differ from land casino points, which are computerized, attached to your "account", and usable for lots of options. CAS does not assign you an "account" per se, they simply look at your play from your last sailing for cabin comps.

 

You also mentioned hoping for a comped dinner with wine or something. Once you reach Bronze level at CAS (8000 points in a rolling year) you should be offered this automatically. If you are not, you should ask at the casino desk what level you are and maybe gently ask/remind them.

 

Lastly, you can use Future Cruise Certificates toward cabin upgrade charges on a comped cruise. They cannot be used for the taxes and fees payable for the comped cabin, but I always apply them to my suite upgrades.

 

Very happy to hear you actually came out ahead! That doesn't happen to me very often, congrats!

 

Hope this helps!

 

Robin

 

 

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Thank u for your advice. So from how I'm reading this it makes no difference if I cash in the points or not or if they automatically cash them in, it won't affect my being comped for another cruise. They def didn't offer me a dinner, and I played a lot of slots. I'll check when I'm back on the ship to see whether or not they used my points automatically and if I was at 5000 or 50000. You may be right on that, I wasn't paying much attention to it but I know I went a little over one of those markers after playing for the week. I guess the chocolates came on days I hit for a few hundred on a couple of machines, so I thought it was because of that. It's good to know they'll give them to us anyway even if I don't win.

 

Thanks again for all of your helpful advice. I do appreciate it!

 

 

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[Fishbait17]

Thank u for your advice. So from how I'm reading this it makes no difference if I cash in the points or not or if they automatically cash them in, it won't affect my being comped for another cruise. They def didn't offer me a dinner, and I played a lot of slots. I'll check when I'm back on the ship to see whether or not they used my points automatically and if I was at 5000 or 50000. You may be right on that, I wasn't paying much attention to it but I know I went a little over one of those markers after playing for the week. I guess the chocolates came on days I hit for a few hundred on a couple of machines, so I thought it was because of that. It's good to know they'll give them to us anyway even if I don't win.

 

Thanks again for all of your helpful advice. I do appreciate it!

 

 

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No problem.. FWIW, it's $5 run thru = 1 point, so 5000 points = $25,000 run thru, 50,000 points = $250,000 run through. 500 points would get you at least $50 OBC, 50,000 would get you at least $500 (likely everything on your account would be wiped out). I play slots average $3-5 per spin, 7 days @ roughly 5 hours per day for approx 8000 points. 50K points would take me at least 15 hours a day at double my rate lol.. if you hit 50,000 points in seven days, my hat is off to you - that's the highest I have ever heard!! Woo hoo!!! :D

 

You are correct, whether you cash out your points or not, it has no effect on your next comp.

 

Robin

 

 

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[gaylemh]

No problem.. FWIW, it's $5 run thru = 1 point, so 5000 points = $25,000 run thru, 50,000 points = $250,000 run through. 500 points would get you at least $50 OBC, 50,000 would get you at least $500 (likely everything on your account would be wiped out). I play slots average $3-5 per spin, 7 days @ roughly 5 hours per day for approx 8000 points. 50K points would take me at least 15 hours a day at double my rate lol.. if you hit 50,000 points in seven days, my hat is off to you - that's the highest I have ever heard!! Woo hoo!!! :D

 

You are correct, whether you cash out your points or not, it has no effect on your next comp.

 

Robin

 

 

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When I was on the Gem two weeks ago, I played the slots about 3 hours/day. The last night I had a little over 1000 points, they told me to cash them in, all I got was $10 slot play. Before the night was over I had an additional 200 points. Total for the cruise 1200 points. Will I get any offers from Casinos at Sea for a future cruise? I was thinking of booking another cruise on the Gem. Would it be better to wait to see if I get any offers?

[Monaco02]

When I was on the Gem two weeks ago, I played the slots about 3 hours/day. The last night I had a little over 1000 points, they told me to cash them in, all I got was $10 slot play. Before the night was over I had an additional 200 points. Total for the cruise 1200 points. Will I get any offers from Casinos at Sea for a future cruise? I was thinking of booking another cruise on the Gem. Would it be better to wait to see if I get any offers?

It doesn't hurt to give them a call and ask - they don't contact you with offers, you contact them! Friends of ours went with us on our last cruise and had about the same amount of points as you and they were told, no, not enough play for a discount, but you never know unless you call!

[GriffinAlexander]

No problem.. FWIW, it's $5 run thru = 1 point, so 5000 points = $25,000 run thru, 50,000 points = $250,000 run through. 500 points would get you at least $50 OBC, 50,000 would get you at least $500 (likely everything on your account would be wiped out). I play slots average $3-5 per spin, 7 days @ roughly 5 hours per day for approx 8000 points. 50K points would take me at least 15 hours a day at double my rate lol.. if you hit 50,000 points in seven days, my hat is off to you - that's the highest I have ever heard!! Woo hoo!!! :D

 

You are correct, whether you cash out your points or not, it has no effect on your next comp.

 

Robin

 

 

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It was probably 5000 then. I was looking through the papers I came back with and they did put some of this in a letter left in my stateroom on the first day. It says that the points will be automatically deducted. They give 100 points = $1 for some things like food, laundry, excursions. 200 points = $1 for gift shop Internet, art, phone calls.

Or 1000 for $10 in slot play if I ask.

 

Thanks again Robin! I don't feel bad if I lose knowing I'm getting a cruise out of it. The difference in price between what NCL charges and what we end up paying is significant. I know some get free balconies, and slot tourney offers, maybe I'll get,ore offers over the next year.

 

 

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[Iamrc]

you have to watch your points, big time. I finished last year with a little over 8000 (they gave me a bronze card). I had to argue with them about the amount of points I finished with on my second cruise of last year, because I didn't have the card with me. (always bring your previous card). according to my win/loss statement for the year, and if you do the rolling back into the machine thing, I should have had over 20000 points for the three cruises, at least. Not counting the tables.

 

As for cabins. Last year, my 7-day cruises I received balcony. For the Baltic 9-day I got an inside and upgraded to a balcony through my casino travel rep. I won't do that again, because, this year I got a Med cruise week 1 balcony through her, and asked what it would cost to get the B2B, they came up with a price of additional 1400 per person plus taxes. for week two. so I then called and used my 20% discount through Harrahs for second week, and comped first week, and paid 400 less for total. after reading these posts decided to call CAS, and lo and behold, the best deal. first week comped balcony, second week balcony 1600 for two people with taxes. so for 2100 total BA cabin for 2 weeks for 2 people.

 

still think for as much as I played and lost last year should have gotten even more.

Judi

[mikel24m]

I don't understand this post.

 

The CAS perks are pretty awesome, actually.

 

We typically get at least 1 or 2 invites for dinner (with wine) at a specialty restaurant, we've had spa services offered, there's the drink card....and then there's the SeaBucks...

 

With 1 exception, my Seabucks have resulted in the same treatment on my last 4 cruises:

 

- Everything on my NCL account was credited except cash advances, and DSC.

 

That means drinks I had elsewhere (and signed for), dinners I had before the Host offered comps, shore excursions, and spending in the gift shop were all comped. I did not attempt to buy booze in the gift shop....I suspect that would be exempt as well. If we had bought photos, I'm sure they would have been comped too.

 

Oh yes, and the internet. I always get the $100 package, and typically top-up with the $55 one mid-week.

 

 

I've had SeaBuck credits of $500 - $1500 on a single cruise, multiple times.

 

THEN, when I've gone back to book again, I get comp cabins for 2.

 

 

 

How these perks could possibly be considered 'poor' is beyond me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No, it does not carry over. What you MIGHT get is a 20% discount on the upcoming cruise, and if you qualify for that....then you'll get a drink card on that sailing too.

 

You only accumulate points to the extent that you have not redeemed them at the end of the prior cruise.

 

 

 

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Im hearing NCL is awesome for comps and free cruises

 

 

I know this is an old thread but I used the search function.Do you mind me asking what you play and usually spend? We travel usually with Carnival and play slots ,usually spend $5k plus and get basically a few hundred dollars our next cruise and some little cabin gifts like fruit basket /wine.

[VideoTech]

Im hearing NCL is awesome for comps and free cruises

 

 

I know this is an old thread but I used the search function.Do you mind me asking what you play and usually spend? We travel usually with Carnival and play slots ,usually spend $5k plus and get basically a few hundred dollars our next cruise and some little cabin gifts like fruit basket /wine.

 

The calculation on NCL is 1 point for every $5 in play ($10 on Video Poker). So, assuming no VP play, your $5k put in play earns you 1000 points. If you look back through the threads on this post, you'll see the point levels others are earning to get their freebies.

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Im hearing NCL is awesome for comps and free cruises

 

 

I know this is an old thread but I used the search function.Do you mind me asking what you play and usually spend? We travel usually with Carnival and play slots ,usually spend $5k plus and get basically a few hundred dollars our next cruise and some little cabin gifts like fruit basket /wine.

 

Maybe this will help

 

http://www2.ncl.com/freestyle-cruise/casinos-at-sea/players-club

 

Once you are a rated player and known, I'm assuming the casino host or manager will extend things like specialty restaurant meals and/or bottles of champagne since they know they will cover that onboard expense anyway at the end of the cruise. (see complimentary credit to your onboard folio)