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Mary Ellen

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You only get it if you are not in a balcony cabin. You can't get two discounts
Add me to the others who don't understand your comment. The CCL stock OBC is in fact combinable with other credits. Also, I don't have a clue what you mean by a "discount" if in a balcony cabin. The OBC talked about here is not a "discount" anyway.
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Krazy Kruizers

Krazy Kruizers

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First you need to own 100 shares of stock.

You will get a certain amount of shipboard credit according to the length of your cruise -- no matter what cabin category you book.

Carnival Corporation & plc is pleased to extend the following benefit to our shareholders: NORTH AMERICA

BRANDS

CONTINENTAL

EUROPE

BRANDS

UNITED KINGDOM BRANDS

AUSTRALIA

BRANDS

Onboard credit per stateroom on sailings of 14 days or longer

US $ 250

€ 200

£ 150

A$ 250

Onboard credit per stateroom on sailings of 7 to 13 days

US $ 100

€ 75

£ 60

A$ 100

Onboard credit per stateroom on sailings of 6 days or less

US $ 50

€ 40

£ 30

A$ 50

 

Other than that, there is no discount of your cruise fare.

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Windsailer

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There are certain discounted cruises that you are not eligible to use the stockholders OBC credit.

 

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I've never run across a cruise where I wasn't able to use my CCL stock for OBC. What type of discounted cruises are you talking about?

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Mary Ellen

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I've never run across a cruise where I wasn't able to use my CCL stock for OBC. What type of discounted cruises are you talking about?
Basically you need to be sailing on a 'published' fare to get the OBC. I couldn't get my CCL OBC one cruise as we were part of a deeply discounted group rate through our TA. Interline fares are another example where the OBC wouldn't be allowed. Neither situation is something that the general cruising public would likely encounter.
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oaktreerb

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You need to be on a published fare for mariner suite double credits.

 

You CAN get share holder credit with unpublished group rates as long as you are given your own booking number. You need to submit your booking number along with proof of stock ownership to Seattle to get shareholder obc.

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Tampa Girl

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There are certain discounted cruises that you are not eligible to use the stockholders OBC credit.

 

In addition to being a dividend stock you get another dividend if you cruise allot.

 

 

This is the first time I have heard of "another dividend" if one cruises a lot. Can you explain?

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CruiserBruce

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This is the first time I have heard of "another dividend" if one cruises a lot. Can you explain?

 

I believe the comment was intended to say you get a stock dividend if you own the CCL stock, and you get the "dividend" of the OBC, if you happen to cruise.

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0bnxshs

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One other thing to remember is that the Shareholders Benefit is not refundable to the passenger if, for some reason, it is not fully used to offset on board spending.

 

There are a few tricks, though, to "cashing out" a credit on your account that involve the on board casino that others have described on other threads.

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CruiserBruce

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Commonly, it seems, the ship exhausts nonrefundable OBCs first. As the most you can get from the stockholders OBC is $250 for a 14 day or longer cruise, and the Hotel Service Charge for a 14 day cruise with two people in a cabin is at least $322....it gets eaten up fast. We have never come close to having any issues using up our nonrefundable OBCs, and we almost always get the FCD OBC as well. The smallest our final bill has been is about $75, so no problem there.

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0bnxshs

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Commonly, it seems, the ship exhausts nonrefundable OBCs first. As the most you can get from the stockholders OBC is $250 for a 12 day or longer cruise, and the Hotel Service Charge for a 12 day cruise with two people in a cabin is at least $276....it gets eaten up fast. We have never come close to having any issues using up our nonrefundable OBCs, and we almost always get the FCD OBC as well. The smallest our final bill has been is about $75, so no problem there.

 

LOL.. we've found it the same, nonrefundable OBC goes first.... but then, we managed to spend more than our >$1000 combined OBC on our recent 14 day cruise (and took all private tours), so we too never have a problem finding ways using it up! :D

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Commonly, it seems, the ship exhausts nonrefundable OBCs first. As the most you can get from the stockholders OBC is $250 for a 14 day or longer cruise, and the Hotel Service Charge for a 14 day cruise with two people in a cabin is at least $322....it gets eaten up fast. We have never come close to having any issues using up our nonrefundable OBCs, and we almost always get the FCD OBC as well. The smallest our final bill has been is about $75, so no problem there.

 

Please clarify.....

What is considered non refundable OBC? I got OBC for making a reservation via HAL and I will be getting the shareholder benefit. Is it correct that both are nonrefundable?

 

Also, on The Shareholder Benefit PDF, it says "This benefit....cannot be used for casino credits/charges and gratuities to your onboard account." Is it correct that the daily service charge is not considered "gratuities" and, therefore, I can use the OBC for the daily service charge?

 

Thanks!

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CruiserBruce

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Money that the cruise line gives you- such as the Stockholder's OBC, will not be refunded if you don't spend it. Money that is your money, such as refunds for canceled excursions, or OBC that you purchase, will be refunded if you don't use it.

 

As mentioned earlier, non-refundable OBC is usually exhausted first by the ship, and Stockholder's OBC is consumed first. We have received the Stockholder's OBC 4 times now, and never had a problem with this.

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serendipity1499

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Does anyone know if there is a discount for Carnival Corporation stock holders on Holland America? I don't own any but am looking for ways to save on cruise costs.

 

There are certain discounted cruises that you are not eligible to use the stockholders OBC credit.

 

In addition to being a dividend stock you get another dividend if you cruise allot.

 

No discount on cruises but agree with liketraveling, we took the plunge & made lots of $$$ since purchasing the stock..

 

We purchased our 100 shares in 2009..At that time the share price was $18.24 per share.. Today the share price is $39 & change.. We have received approx. $1600 in OBC's on our 6 long cruises (more than 14 days) & one short cruise..

 

Plus in 2010 Carnival started paying dividends..The first year they gave a $10 dividend every three months & in 2011 they increased the dividend to $25.00 every three months

 

Only wish we had purchased the stock when we first read about the stockholders OBC's.. Also regret that we did not purchase more than 100 shares when the price was low.. But I was too chicken to suggest it to DH..:eek:;)

 

I mentioned to our new Broker that when we stop cruising we might sell the stock & he said "My advice would be to only sell it if you are no longer making a profit on it"..

 

IMO if you are planning to cruise once or twice a year for 14 days or more, you should consider purchasing the stock now.. It may take a bit longer to break even/SIZE]

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0bnxshs

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Money that the cruise line gives you- such as the Stockholder's OBC, will not be refunded if you don't spend it. Money that is your money, such as refunds for canceled excursions, or OBC that you purchase, will be refunded if you don't use it.

 

As mentioned earlier, non-refundable OBC is usually exhausted first by the ship, and Stockholder's OBC is consumed first. We have received the Stockholder's OBC 4 times now, and never had a problem with this.

 

To add to this information, any OBC you receive from a TA other than HAL is refundable.

 

To date, any and all credits I have had on my on board account have been used for any and all costs I have incurred. The credits have included the Shareholder's Benefit, HAL promotional credits and TA provided credits. I have never tried the casino trick to cash out remaining OBC (never had any) so can't speak to that but there are other threads covering that.

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