divinmule Posted September 20, 2014 #326 Share Posted September 20, 2014 No, you cannot add them as OBC prior to sailing. But you can bring them with you and have them applied as OBC at guest services once you are on the ship. That's what we did on the Dream 08/24. Applied 10 $100 e cards that took care of our Cheers package, gratuities for 4 and had a little extra for arcade for the kids! Sent using the Cruise Critic forums app What if I am purchasing an excursion...can they be used precruise for purchase? I have paid off the cruise with the gift cards and saved a pretty penny. I would love to do that for the dive excursions as well. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divinmule Posted September 20, 2014 #327 Share Posted September 20, 2014 What if I am purchasing an excursion...can they be used precruise for purchase? I have paid off the cruise with the gift cards and saved a pretty penny. I would love to do that for the dive excursions as well. :D Guess I answered my own question. Did a mock booking for an excursion and it gave me the option to use a gift card. Excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volacruzing Posted September 20, 2014 #328 Share Posted September 20, 2014 So excited! I saw this post and I have saved. Have my spring cruise booked on the Dream and surprise graduation cruise for my niece booked on the Splendor. I can't wait as we sell out of San Juan and into New York. Thanks everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare aggie182 Posted September 21, 2014 #329 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Just bought a $500 to apply to our Sail and Sign. Sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallen13 Posted September 22, 2014 #330 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Just bought a $500 ecard and applied it to my balance immediately. So yes it works.... Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmandaKaye79 Posted September 22, 2014 #331 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Just bought a $500 ecard and applied it to my balance immediately. So yes it works.... Sent from my iPhone using Forums Was this carnival or RC? Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallen13 Posted September 22, 2014 #332 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Was this carnival or RC? Sent from my iPhone using Forums Carnival. RC only has gift certificates not ecards.... Ty are different.... Those are mailed to ur address the ecards are emailed in minutes Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmiller Posted September 23, 2014 #333 Share Posted September 23, 2014 just saw this... fantastic! We're saving $165 so far on three cruises that we've already paid partially... and if we book the blogger's cruise, we can save another $120! love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patcruise1 Posted September 24, 2014 #334 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Just bought $200s worth. :D Now I have $200 + $500 from the June promo, the $20 + $50 bonus cards from that offer, and another $200 from Verizon. So, basically, $90 in "free" money. I really don't like to prepay for things, but when I can get a benefit, why not? it's not like my money's earning any interest sitting in my account, right? ;) I have final payment this week for 11/1 cruise, then final payment a month later for the 11/29 cruise. And another year before the balance is due on the Bermuda cruise. By the time that's due, I should have earned enough credit card points to redeem for additional cash. I missed out on the June special, because I did not hear about it. How was this announced? Also, I believe that I read on one of the post that when the charge is posted it is not showing as a Carnival purchase, but a Verizon payment. I have the Carnvial Mastercard and get 2x the points for Carnival Charges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
April1969 Posted September 24, 2014 #335 Share Posted September 24, 2014 After you purchase how soon are e-cards available for use? Immediately need ours this week. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Get it via email immediately.I just saw this tip and going on a cruise tomorrow,so I just purchased it.very simple to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLee1973 Posted September 24, 2014 #336 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I missed out on the June special, because I did not hear about it. How was this announced? Also, I believe that I read on one of the post that when the charge is posted it is not showing as a Carnival purchase, but a Verizon payment. I have the Carnvial Mastercard and get 2x the points for Carnival Charges. You are correct it will be billed as Verizon Smart Rewards, but hey it does save some money. I purchased 10 of them for my upcoming cruise to cover Cheers, Steakhouse and gratuities and that should leave $150 left over for whatever. I saved $100 doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoconutJD Posted September 24, 2014 #337 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I didn't read through the entire thread, so forgive me if this has been asked, but do these count as "promotional" gift cards, and have an expiration date? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tallyho8 Posted September 24, 2014 #338 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I didn't read through the entire thread, so forgive me if this has been asked, but do these count as "promotional" gift cards, and have an expiration date? No, they do not expire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n6uqqq Posted September 25, 2014 #339 Share Posted September 25, 2014 I missed out on the June special, because I did not hear about it. How was this announced? Also, I believe that I read on one of the post that when the charge is posted it is not showing as a Carnival purchase, but a Verizon payment. I have the Carnvial Mastercard and get 2x the points for Carnival Charges. You would surely give up the extra 1 % Carnival points to get 10% off a gift card for a net savings of 9% would you not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patcruise1 Posted September 25, 2014 #340 Share Posted September 25, 2014 You would surely give up the extra 1 % Carnival points to get 10% off a gift card for a net savings of 9% would you not? This is true, but then I can't use my points from Carnival to get my statement credit. The Carnival card also has a promotion if you use your points they will give you 10% of your points back to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n6uqqq Posted September 25, 2014 #341 Share Posted September 25, 2014 This is true, but then I can't use my points from Carnival to get my statement credit. The Carnival card also has a promotion if you use your points they will give you 10% of your points back to you. The 10 % of your points that you get from your Carnival statement and the 10 % off from Verizon are two different animals. Doing a hypothetical cruise for 3000 dollars as an example will show the difference. If you use your Carnival card to buy the 3000 dollars through Verizon ( if you have enough points available with Verizon rewards) you will get 10 percent off the order plus 1 percent from your credit card for 11 percent off which would be $330 dollar savings. Now if you bought the cruise with Your Carnival card directly through Carnival your savings would be 3000 dollars X 2 points per dollar which is 6000 points or 60 dollars cash back. Then you add the 10% bonus on the points which is 300 points or 3 more dollars back for a total of 63 dollars for using your Carnival card to buy the cruise from Carnival directly. So it comes to 330 dollars savings using the Verizon gift cards vs 63 dollars using the card to buy from Carnival directly. So the better way is with the Verizon deal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camper49 Posted September 25, 2014 #342 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Just bought an e-card! I had already bought enough to pay off our 2 upcoming cruises (from the Fathers Day Promo) with a few hundred left to put towards our onboard account. But i have been reading these posts for days and just decided to see how it worked out. Got the e-card with-in seconds of ordering!! I also priced cruises using Verizon points...there are savings there as well..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patcruise1 Posted September 25, 2014 #343 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Just bought an e-card! I had already bought enough to pay off our 2 upcoming cruises (from the Fathers Day Promo) with a few hundred left to put towards our onboard account.But i have been reading these posts for days and just decided to see how it worked out. Got the e-card with-in seconds of ordering!! I also priced cruises using Verizon points...there are savings there as well..... I never heard abut the Fathers Day Promo until it was over. How did you find out about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chank82 Posted September 26, 2014 #344 Share Posted September 26, 2014 I bought a few of these to use on my cruise last week. Was able to call carnival and prepay my gratuities with one and used the kiosk on the ship to apply the others to my sail and sign account. It's great that I didn't have to wait in the guest services line to use them. I had a little bit left over and will use that on my next cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCTribeFan Posted September 29, 2014 #345 Share Posted September 29, 2014 I missed out on the June special, because I did not hear about it. How was this announced? Also, I believe that I read on one of the post that when the charge is posted it is not showing as a Carnival purchase, but a Verizon payment. I have the Carnvial Mastercard and get 2x the points for Carnival Charges. The only reason I found out about that one was here on these boards. It was a Father's Day promotion. I even emailed them and asked why they hadn't done this for Mother's Day (you know, since I'm a single mom and didn't receive an email about the Father's Day offer). She said the program was brand new and she agreed with me and hoped they would offer one next May. I hope so, too! Well, I sat down this weekend and used $315 of the $340 I had left on a Christmas gift card from my employer and bought another $350 worth. That's $350 FREE MONEY to spend on Carnival. I even got follow-up emails from Carnival yesterday reminding me that I hadn't viewed and/or printed the cards. I printed them this morning at work and they're now stuck in my drawer until I decide what to do with them. I now have $350 Verizon eCards and my original $500 card I bought in June. I used the $200 card and the two "bonus" cards from that promo ($20 & $50) as payment on my Freedom cruise. I'll take some combination on the two November cruises (and hope I don't spend them all) and will apply any left over to the Bermuda cruise. Unless I decide to book a spring cruise and use them then! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patcruise1 Posted September 29, 2014 #346 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Thank you for letting me know. I guess that I will have to keep eyes and ears open. I am still trying to figure out which cruise I am going on next. ;):D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bambilin Posted October 1, 2014 #347 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Has anyone purchased e-gift cards and had their TA apply them as payment on a balance ? Want to make sure before I buy them. Thanks :o I purchased $500 and my TA could not use them via Goccl.com but he called in and had them applied as my deposit. My friend then purchased $500 and forwarded to the same TA. He has been fighting with Carnival for three days now. Nobody can seem to apply them and CCL is quoting what is printed on the email that gives you the e-certificate number and PIN. He have them my booking with my permission and showed them mine had been applied and was told they do not know how that could have happened. He is still trying for her but....very strange!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beach_gal Posted October 1, 2014 #348 Share Posted October 1, 2014 TA's have a drop down menu and one of the selections is "Carnival Gift Card." Your TA probably doesn't see this drop down box. I've applied hundreds (literally) in the past few weeks since this thread started, but I admit it took me awhile to figure out how. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bambilin Posted October 1, 2014 #349 Share Posted October 1, 2014 TA's have a drop down menu and one of the selections is "Carnival Gift Card." Your TA probably doesn't see this drop down box. I've applied hundreds (literally) in the past few weeks since this thread started, but I admit it took me awhile to figure out how. Thanks so much Beachgal for responding to me. I am pretty sure he told me he tried the "Carnival Gift Card" option on the website but I will send him this info just in case! I used $1000 for onboard credit in August on the Dream and was planning on paying off next year's Pride sailing off this way. Maybe I still can! Thanks again!! Sent using the Cruise Critic forums app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizonagirl14 Posted October 1, 2014 #350 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I have bought 2 $500 cards to pay off our cruise since learning about this program. I plan to buy some for onboard credit. 10% is a good deal. Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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