fas64 Posted May 15, 2013 #1 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Do you think the World Leading Cruise Lines (Carnival, Princess, Costa, Cunard, P&O, Holland America & Seabourn) should match the highest status across all the brands as RCL and Celebrity do. ie if you are Elite on Princess you receive Platinum on Carnival and so on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_duck Posted May 15, 2013 #2 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Do I think they should, yes. Are they going to no, until they realize that they may keep some of the Carnival customers they are losing if they gave them a head start on another line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5000 Posted May 15, 2013 #3 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Iwas just saying the same thing on the DJ thread..... It just seems so obvious to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5000 Posted May 15, 2013 #4 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Carnival Corp ownes enough levels of cruising 'experiences', it would make sense to do it within all the Carnival lines anyway. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fas64 Posted May 15, 2013 Author #5 Share Posted May 15, 2013 I have sailed Carnival 16 times, I for one would try Princess or P&O if they matched the programmes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CantanaLobo Posted May 15, 2013 #6 Share Posted May 15, 2013 You'll start getting complaints about the Elite functions being crowded with people from the other cruise lines. That issue erupts periodically on the Celebrity board. I think if Carnival starts seeing too many frequent cruisers moving from the Carnival brand to the Royal brand, they might do something like status match to keep them in the family. But if people are just migrating within the Carnival family, there's no reason to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare crewsweeper Posted May 15, 2013 #7 Share Posted May 15, 2013 So are you saying that just because Delta will give you a 1000 free miles for every 30 minutes you're delayed leaving the gate that United should offer the same? Or that if your Chase MC gives you a penny credit for every $50 of gas you buy but nothing for every $100 you spend on the mechanic, should they match Ally Bank Visa's 2 pennies for every $500 spent regardless of what the purchase was? Brand differentiation! How brands, regardless of whether cruise lines, airlines or credit cards, or dry cleaners, decide to recognize "loyal" customers is and should be different amongst competitors, even intra-corporate competitors and up to what the brand believes "loyal" customers will respond to. So if you're cruising to chase rewards choose the one that represents the most value to you and ignore the other lines. If you're cruising several lines and can afford to cruise several lines enough to collect rewards, the piddly value of any of these rewards should be insignificant to your decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.S.Oceanlover Posted May 15, 2013 #8 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Do you think the World Leading Cruise Lines (Carnival, Princess, Costa, Cunard, P&O, Holland America & Seabourn) should match the highest status across all the brands as RCL and Celebrity do. ie if you are Elite on Princess you receive Platinum on Carnival and so on? They just revamped their own loyalty program to make it harder to get to platinum since there were so many Platinum members so i don't think they'd open it up to all the CCL corp brands. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chosbor2 Posted May 15, 2013 #9 Share Posted May 15, 2013 It was mentioned in the future cruise talk on our Glory cruise in November, he said since all are based on days sailing it might happen. We will just have to wait and see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo's Rule Posted May 15, 2013 #10 Share Posted May 15, 2013 So are you saying that just because Delta will give you a 1000 free miles for every 30 minutes you're delayed leaving the gate that United should offer the same? Or that if your Chase MC gives you a penny credit for every $50 of gas you buy but nothing for every $100 you spend on the mechanic, should they match Ally Bank Visa's 2 pennies for every $500 spent regardless of what the purchase was? Brand differentiation! How brands, regardless of whether cruise lines, airlines or credit cards, or dry cleaners, decide to recognize "loyal" customers is and should be different amongst competitors, even intra-corporate competitors and up to what the brand believes "loyal" customers will respond to. So if you're cruising to chase rewards choose the one that represents the most value to you and ignore the other lines. If you're cruising several lines and can afford to cruise several lines enough to collect rewards, the piddly value of any of these rewards should be insignificant to your decision. I think you missed the point. The cruise lines referenced are owned by Carnival. If you sail on one or more of their owed vessels, you should earn credit for doing so. Like how Royal and Celebrity operates. Or was that your point? Just because Royal does it doesn't mean Carnival Corporation should start doing it with their lines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fas64 Posted May 15, 2013 Author #11 Share Posted May 15, 2013 So are you saying that just because Delta will give you a 1000 free miles for every 30 minutes you're delayed leaving the gate that United should offer the same? Or that if your Chase MC gives you a penny credit for every $50 of gas you buy but nothing for every $100 you spend on the mechanic, should they match Ally Bank Visa's 2 pennies for every $500 spent regardless of what the purchase was? Brand differentiation! How brands, regardless of whether cruise lines, airlines or credit cards, or dry cleaners, decide to recognize "loyal" customers is and should be different amongst competitors, even intra-corporate competitors and up to what the brand believes "loyal" customers will respond to. So if you're cruising to chase rewards choose the one that represents the most value to you and ignore the other lines. If you're cruising several lines and can afford to cruise several lines enough to collect rewards, the piddly value of any of these rewards should be insignificant to your decision. Well for me I would think about doing one of the Carnival Corps brands in lou of trying a competitor and it does work with Royal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted May 15, 2013 #12 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Well for me I would think about doing one of the Carnival Corps brands in lou of trying a competitor and it does work with Royal! I agree with you on this. That being said, they are somewhat different than Royal. Royal does it with their two brands. With Carnival it is more pervasive. Even though their loyalty programs match up better now (previous post) pricing and other things don't. I would not hold my breath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5000 Posted May 15, 2013 #13 Share Posted May 15, 2013 I was thinking within the Carnival umbrella.... Have it set up like Hilton Honors.... where your loyalty status follows to it's other brands, like Embassy Suites, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgiagolfer Posted May 15, 2013 #14 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Don't hold your breath. With Carnival Corp., it will probably never happen.:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruizinman Posted May 15, 2013 #15 Share Posted May 15, 2013 I was thinking within the Carnival umbrella.... Have it set up like Hilton Honors.... where your loyalty status follows to it's other brands, like Embassy Suites, etc. :D Yea ,there you go, two hour managers reception. But it will never happen . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5000 Posted May 15, 2013 #16 Share Posted May 15, 2013 :D Yea ,there you go, two hour managers reception.But it will never happen . Whoa now your on to something! :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly333 Posted May 16, 2013 #17 Share Posted May 16, 2013 I agree with you on this. That being said, they are somewhat different than Royal. Royal does it with their two brands. With Carnival it is more pervasive. Even though their loyalty programs match up better now (previous post) pricing and other things don't. I would not hold my breath. Carnival could do it with maybe just Princess, or even HAL. RCL also owns Azamara but they dont match that brand. It would not have to be all brands they match to .. just the ones closest to each other, most similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_duck Posted May 16, 2013 #18 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Carnival could do it with maybe just Princess, or even HAL. RCL also owns Azamara but they dont match that brand. It would not have to be all brands they match to .. just the ones closest to each other, most similar. This is the second thing I would do if I was the head beard. (The first would be to work a deal with Akroyd to put a House of Blues on every ship). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare crewsweeper Posted May 16, 2013 #19 Share Posted May 16, 2013 This is the second thing I would do if I was the head beard. (The first would be to work a deal with Akroyd to put a House of Blues on every ship). And instead of live blues/r&B/jazz put in a "DJ Ir-a-Tat" playing dead rapper tributes 24/7:D:rolleyes: And give all Platinum's a Happy-Hour discount from 9P-1A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fas64 Posted May 16, 2013 Author #20 Share Posted May 16, 2013 And instead of live blues/r&B/jazz put in a "DJ Ir-a-Tat" playing dead rapper tributes 24/7:D:rolleyes: And give all Platinum's a Happy-Hour discount from 9P-1A. All sounds good to me:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_duck Posted May 16, 2013 #21 Share Posted May 16, 2013 And instead of live blues/r&B/jazz put in a "DJ Ir-a-Tat" playing dead rapper tributes 24/7:D:rolleyes: And give all Platinum's a Happy-Hour discount from 9P-1A. Absolutely not. Real music only in my clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftykitty Posted May 16, 2013 #22 Share Posted May 16, 2013 This would only work if all the loyalty programs were the same. Seems to me they differ quite a bit from one company to the next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted May 16, 2013 #23 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Carnival Corp ownes enough levels of cruising 'experiences', it would make sense to do it within all the Carnival lines anyway. :D I've been 'going on' about this now, for YEARSseeing as all nine cruises I've done have all been on Carnival Corporation ships - but would I stand on one leg waiting for it to happen? NO. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted May 16, 2013 #24 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Absolutely not. Real music only in my clubs. Thank you."Rap" does not qualify as music. It barely makes the grade as Noise! :cool: . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkacruiser Posted May 16, 2013 #25 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Please, someone, correct me if my memory is wrong. But, I recall that someone in the audience asked about this at Carnival Corporation's Annual Meeting this year. Again, if my memory is correct, I recall Mr. Arison saying that this is an issue that the Corporation has been looking into, but has found it impossible at this time to fairly mesh all of the loyalty programs together. Sounded like it was a bookeeping nightmare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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