Charge for credit card purchase of casino chps?

[JulieM]

Read an article recently that suggested you can use the casino like an ATM with your credit card and it would give you some interesting benefits if your credit card offers airline milage / rewards based on the amt you spend. The one draw back mentioned was that some ships charge a service charge to use your credit card in the casino.

 

Anyone know if ROYAL CARIBBEAN has a charge associated with casino chip purchasing?

 

Anyone ever tried this?

[Tromler]

no charge, because the funds are put on your seapass card, which in turn is put on your credit card (or whatever fund you used for the seapass) at the end of the cruise.

[Penguin69]

Julie, I tried that on our last RCCL cruise after reading about it on these boards (getting money from the casino cage). It's great. No more having to bring a ton of cash $$$ on board (except for a couple hundred dollars for tipping, on excursions etc).

 

I agree with Tromler, when you originally sign-in on board and they take your credit card - then everything you charge on board (gifts, withdrawals at the casino cage etc) all goes on your seapass card. Then at the end of the cruise, they just bill your credit card. We take the money we left at home and pay the bill off as soon as we get home.

 

We also have a RCCL credit card so any purchase we make on RCCL (including cash withdrawals) records a double purchase on the RCCl credit card. A real win win situation. It's great and we plan on doing this from now on.

 

FYI - you can only get money at the casino cage while the ship is at sea - because you are suppose to be gambling with the money, but they never ask you what you want it for. You can also get as much as $1500.00 a day if I'm not mistaken.

[springtxbill]

Some times they will ask if you are using it for the slots or tables. Just tell them "Both" even if you are not and they will give you the money. CCL and Celebrity do not charge a fee, but Carnival and Princess do. :)