Ultimate Value Booklet

[JohnPaulla]

I understand that the booklet will now be "paperless" and computerised into the stateroom card keys.

Any experience? comments? feedback? from CC members ...

[dorisis]

For the most part, I have found them useless. They usually require a purchase of some kind before the offer is good.I like the coupons we get as Elite on Celebrity much better.

[JohnPaulla]

Thanks Doris. My interest is in the "going paperless" by RCI..

[Reijo]

How does Celebrity's differ? Since they are both owned by RCCL seems that they would be the same. My TA keeps trying to get me to try Celebrity because it is "nicer/classier" than RCCL ships. Can't imagine.

[jaimevoyager]

I understand that the booklet will now be "paperless" and computerised into the stateroom card keys.

Any experience? comments? feedback? from CC members ...

 

There was an thread about this a few months ago. I was on the Brilliance a few weeks ago and surprised to find the "paper" booklets were still used. Do a search through the threads. From what I remember, you simply told people which coupon you wanted to use and they took care of it with your stateroom card. I also remember that once a coupon was used, you had to actually use the other passenger's card for a second coupon.

[elleluv]

I'm not sure if they are paperless on all the ships yet... I'm happy to know they still had the books available on Brilliance as of a couple of weeks ago. We'll be on the August 19 sailing and I'm very much hoping they still have the books at that time.

 

We're recently back from Jewel, where they are using the paperless coupons... they worked fine, with the exception of our D+ BOGO coupon for the specialty restaurant.

 

There were 4 of us who went to Chops the first night... 3 of us are D+ so had BOGO coupons available. It was a celebration and one of the members of our group wanted to pay for dinner. Unfortunately, there was no way to use two of the coupons and have one person pick up the tab. They had to charge the Sea Pass card that had the coupon on it.

 

The manager actually put in a call to someone to try to find a workaround for the problem, but was told there wasn't one... We ended up splitting the tab and then adjusting it between us.

 

It was so much easier when they had the paper coupons... as long as you had a coupon for each member of the group they were happy to charge just one Sea Pass card.

[hcat]

are they paperless on Oasis yet?

[FLACRUISER99]

There was a thread last week with the rollout dates in it.

[elleluv]

There was a thread last week with the rollout dates in it.

 

 

Thanks... I'll have to look for it... We were on Jewel last week, so I missed it. :)

[elleluv]

There was a thread last week with the rollout dates in it.

 

 

I'm not having any luck finding the thread you are referring to... if anyone has a link to it or a list of the rollout dates and wouldn't mind posting it, I'd sure appreciate it.

[TBone2K]

I don't know about the list by ship, but here is the original thread. Rather than start over again: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1763464

[labeachcomber]

are they paperless on Oasis yet?

 

Not paperless on the Oasis last week, we had the books.

[rrraydon]

If paperless (no booklet), how does one know what the coupons/benefits are?

[Clarea]

If paperless (no booklet), how does one know what the coupons/benefits are?

People have reported being given a letter in the stateroom with a list of coupons loaded on your account.

[JohnPaulla]

Thanks guys for the link and the experiences. Seems like some small "teething" problems, as expected, but no big hiccup...

:)

[KelJ]

Last week on the Grandeur they were still using the paper coupon books.

[Domb23]

Does anyone know if Allure of the seas is paperless yet??

[goose30]

The booklet is worth $0.23

[Lionesss]

Just got back from the Allue two weeks ago.

 

Still had books in cabin (we had platinum).

We had three (daughter now 18)

Used the Casino pull and also did not care we used all six in one session, (the match bet)

Came in very handy for buying photos.

Never found time for the B1G1 milkshake at JR.

We were in CL so did not use the drink coupons.

Sea Ya

[cruisenfever]

The booklet is worth $0.23

For D+ and PC Members it's actually worth at least $30 with the BOGO coupon for the first night in a Specialty Restaurant.:D

[labeachcomber]

As a lowly platinum, the book was worth about $22 to us.

 

Two BOGO soda, wine, or beer. (Glass of wine $10)

Two 10% off glass of wine (Saved $1 each time)

 

Played blackjack once, had the $5 match play coupons in my pocket, and actually completely forgot about them.

 

I'm not so sure I like the idea of them being loaded on to your seapass card. How are we supposed to remember what coupons we have? Will we have to tape a list to the mirror and cross them off as we use them? Will the server as you each time if you want to use your BOGO drink coupon, or do you have to decide when? (Obviously use it for a more expensive glass of wine versus a $2.50 can of Coke.)

[Host Dan]

Last week on Freedom, booklets were not used. Trying to order a BOGO wine was quite confusing for the waiter (insisted on the paper coupon). The only paper couons given were for thw free internet minutes and something else, I can't recall.

A sheet of paper had all the benefits listed, but one might think its quite the $$ saver for RCCL. (Benefits out of sight, out of mind)

 

Host Dan

[JohnPaulla]

Mariner of the Seas --- November 2013.....

still using booklets.........

Not easy going "paperless" .......I'm still writing on paper and post-its

[1ParticularHbr]

We were on Freedom in October and it was "paperless". We were given a list in our cabin on the first day. Part way through the cruise, after we'd used a few of the "coupons", a bartender offered to run us a tally of remaining deals. She swiped our card and out printed a receipt showing what remained! It was pretty easy, really.

Edited December 2, 2013 by 1ParticularHbr

[styxfire]

Sounds like a slam to the consumer, and a double-bonus to the cruiseline. Consumers won't remember the coupons if they don't have them in their hands.

 

Cruiselines won't have to pay to print the books, AND cruiselines know that most consumers will forget about the coupons, so the cruiseline ends up giving less discounts than they would've otherwise.