Redeeming Carnival Mastercard Fun Points for OBC

[tmarquez]

If you've done this before, has the OBC shown up on your cruise docs before your cruise?

 

I redeemed mine about a week ago and it isn't showing up. i called and Carnival said they don't show up until the day of the cruise. that just doesn't seem right for some reason.

 

Thanks!

Edited July 16, 2014 by tmarquez
typo

[framerman]

If you've done this before, has the OBC shown up on your cruise docs before your cruise?

 

I redeemed mine about a week ago and it isn't showing up. i called and Carnival said they don't show up until the day of the cruise. that just doesn't seem right for some reason.

 

Thanks!

 

Last time I redeemed points for OBC nothing showed up anywhere til I was on the ship and then I found in our cabin on embark day OBC credit statements. Hope this helps

[Laurie S.]

No, it doesn't show up. I called my travel agent about it, and she gave me a number to call at the credit card office. I checked with them, and they said it will be in my documents onboard. Just keep a copy of the e-mail you receive when the points are used for your own record.

[cuzzx]

ours showed up after we boarded the ship

 

we are sailing again in a few weeks and we will be getting $600 to $800 onboard credit.

[WillWorkForCruz]

Can you not apply the credit to your balance and use the card for your S&S onboard and get the double points??

 

I weighed the options before our May cruise of onboard credit vs applying the points to my balance and decided to get the double points.

[Laurie S.]

Sure, but all my OBC on the card is from double points, and we're getting the Cheers program on our 22-day cruise, so the more OBC, the better! :)

[drosphot]

If you plan to spend more than $1500 onboard on your Sail & Sign account you can charge it to your Carnival Mastercard and then redeem the Fun points on that charge for 1.5x point value and the Sail & Sign points are also available to pay off that amount. ;)

[cruisinbabs]

I redeemed my points for 100 OBC and it showed up the next morning after embarkation. They will also drop off that long half sheet telling you as well in your stateroom

 

 

Sent using the Cruise Critic forums app

[familyfuncruise]

Good to know! I was getting worried when I didn't see my OBC. I will be taking my email receipt.;)

[roseaxel]

If you plan to spend more than $1500 onboard on your Sail & Sign account you can charge it to your Carnival Mastercard and then redeem the Fun points on that charge for 1.5x point value and the Sail & Sign points are also available to pay off that amount. ;)

 

I thought anything you charge with Carnival on the Funpoints MasterCard (onboard or paying for the actual cruise) gives you double points, not 1.5. And why does it have to be more than $1500?

 

Is there a different card that only pays 1.5?x?

[mistycruiser]

When they mention the 1.5 points they mean for redemption on higher charge amounts. You get a better redemption value. For example for $100 redemption value if it's applied towards a charge of over $1500 you only need 6666 pts. If the charge is under $1500 it takes 10,000 pts to equal a $100 credit. The 2 points is when earning on the carnival mc.

[lucky13elec]

I always get the statement credit. I believe its a better deal.

[drosphot]

When they mention the 1.5 points they mean for redemption on higher charge amounts. You get a better redemption value. For example for $100 redemption value if it's applied towards a charge of over $1500 you only need 6666 pts. If the charge is under $1500 it takes 10,000 pts to equal a $100 credit. The 2 points is when earning on the carnival mc.

 

That is exactly what I meant! Thank you! :cool:

 

if you can pay off the credit card balance monthly you are better off earning more points and then using the points to pay off the S&S charge instead of getting OBC. We used 86,667 points to pay off $1300 of a $1600 Carnival charge for our next cruise.

[L&S49004]

If you don't use all of the OBC redeemed with points, do you get cash back at the end of the cruise, points back, or is it just lost?