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azdmelani

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azdmelani

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I will be going on a Mediterranean cruise over the summer. I know we are able to get cash from our onboard account in the casino without a fee. Does this have to be in the same currency your account is in (for example USD) or can it be in another currency (i.e. EUR)?

 

Thanks for the help!

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Pia1913

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I will be going on a Mediterranean cruise over the summer. I know we are able to get cash from our onboard account in the casino without a fee. Does this have to be in the same currency your account is in (for example USD) or can it be in another currency (i.e. EUR)?

 

Thanks for the help!

 

US Dollars.

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On our last cruise which was four years ago I was able to pre-purchase casino credits. These came in the form of vouchers that came to our cabin. I was then able to take these vouchers to the casino and cash them in for cash. This saved me having to carry so much cash on me flying to the port.

 

Can you still do this?

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Pia1913

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On our last cruise which was four years ago I was able to pre-purchase casino credits. These came in the form of vouchers that came to our cabin. I was then able to take these vouchers to the casino and cash them in for cash. This saved me having to carry so much cash on me flying to the port.

 

Can you still do this?

 

Yes, I do it for every cruise I take.

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johnmik1

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Princess are onto this 'free cash from the casino' malarky. If you download money to your player bank and cash out without playing, or with very little play then expect your card to be blocked.

 

Can you explain what a blocked card means?

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Can you explain what a blocked card means?

 

It means that if you've just put money on it and not played and just cashed out, next time you try to put money on it you won't be able to do so. You will have to get a manager or attendant and he/she will tell you what you did and if you do it again you will get no access. Like being sent to the principal's office or standing in a corner at school.

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murielg510

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Casino credits are a good way to get cash, plus when you charge them to your CC you can get your credit card points (2x for travel on Amex)

 

I just ordered some casino credits for our March cruise. I have done this for a lot of my cruises plus double the points on my Princess visa CC card. When you cash the voucher in you can play the machine or not. No fee plus no shut off on card:eek:

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SwissDave

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I just ordered some casino credits for our March cruise. I have done this for a lot of my cruises plus double the points on my Princess visa CC card. When you cash the voucher in you can play the machine or not. No fee plus no shut off on card:eek:

 

If you pre purchase casino credit and then for some reason don't use it, or don't use it all, can you get it refunded? I've never done this before but it seems convenient.

 

 

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When you order the vouchers you just take them to the cage and they will give you the full value in cash. You do not have to play.

 

If you have any left over credit vouchers then just cash them in at the casino prior to the cage closing on the last night.

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99Cruiser

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I will be going on a Mediterranean cruise over the summer. I know we are able to get cash from our onboard account in the casino without a fee. Does this have to be in the same currency your account is in (for example USD) or can it be in another currency (i.e. EUR)?

 

Thanks for the help!

 

I believe the currency will be in whatever the currency of the ship is. I was in Australia on the Sun in November and it was the first cruise (in almost 30 cruises) the ship currency was not USD but it was the Australian Dollar. I had pre-purchased $4,000 in casino credit and it was converted into AUD.

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I believe the currency will be in whatever the currency of the ship is. I was in Australia on the Sun in November and it was the first cruise (in almost 30 cruises) the ship currency was not USD but it was the Australian Dollar. I had pre-purchased $4,000 in casino credit and it was converted into AUD.

 

Sun is in AUD as it is based in Australia permanently.

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If you pre purchase casino credit and then for some reason don't use it, or don't use it all, can you get it refunded? I've never done this before but it seems convenient.

 

 

Sent from my iPad using Forums mobile app

 

But this doesn't help you get back some of your non refundable obc.

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Crzn-Life

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Princess are onto this 'free cash from the casino' malarky. If you download money to your player bank and cash out without playing, or with very little play then expect your card to be blocked.

 

I can attest to that.

 

I've never done this since when I download $ from my onboard account to the casino, I do it to play the slots or tables, so had no idea that this could happen. When did they start doing this?

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