dioxide45 Posted July 17, 2015 #101 Share Posted July 17, 2015 If you booked it yourself online at carnival.com, then you can. For other combinations, you'll have to wait for the appropriate answers. Most Travel Agents also will accept the gift cards. I know mine does. Our travel agent has accepted them. They have to call Carnival to have them applied though. So it does take a little longer than just being able to apply them online yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moongal Posted July 17, 2015 #102 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Are they only available at certain times on the AARP site? I looked and saw nothing for Carnival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singbluesilver1 Posted July 17, 2015 #103 Share Posted July 17, 2015 They go fast on aarp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KammyJo3 Posted July 17, 2015 #104 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I keep looking on AARP and on Verizon...so far no luck.....is there a certain pattern of them posting them on these sites? I would love to snag a few...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallivanting Souls Posted July 17, 2015 #105 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Those of you that have mentioned cards are available at Lowes, are you talking about Lowes Home Improvement, like Home Depot? Or is there a Lowes Grocery Store? I live in the northwest and we do have the home improvement Lowes. Can't say I have ever seen any gift cards other than their own... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesapster Posted July 17, 2015 #106 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Those of you that have mentioned cards are available at Lowes, are you talking about Lowes Home Improvement, like Home Depot? Or is there a Lowes Grocery Store? I live in the northwest and we do have the home improvement Lowes. Can't say I have ever seen any gift cards other than their own... Yes they are at the Lowes home improvement stores, I live in Alaska and they sell them here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cappy09 Posted July 17, 2015 #107 Share Posted July 17, 2015 The Publix in Polo Grounds mall have them now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosel Posted July 17, 2015 #108 Share Posted July 17, 2015 The Publix and Lowe's Home improvement stores have them in Clermont Fl, (Orlando area). I just let the kids know to make their Christmas shopping easier. Cindy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamashanks Posted July 19, 2015 #109 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Can the gift cards be used in the casino? Is it possible to get cash back from them - in the casino? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruser3 Posted July 19, 2015 #110 Share Posted July 19, 2015 I'm in upstate New York. I recently bought these at my local Lowers store. Increments of $25 to $500. Easy-Peasey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kassimer1 Posted July 20, 2015 #111 Share Posted July 20, 2015 we have them in our simon mall at the customer info desk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruzCrazy Posted July 20, 2015 #112 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Checked my Kroger, christiansburg, va. No go. Sigh... Keep checking...we have them here in my local Kroger in Daleville. Remember, if you don't care about the fuel points at Kroger (we don't use Kroger gas), you can order them online at a 10% discount ($90 for $100 card, $450 for a $500 card) through Verizon Rewards if you have Verizon wireless, or through AARP Rewards for Good. I ordered three $100 cards and put those toward my final balance, and then ordered a $500 card to use onboard for S&S account. They became available again a couple of weeks before we left, and I ordered another $500 card, but UPS lost the package, and it took me days of phone calls to Verizon to get refunded. I knew they wouldn't have inventory again in time to get me a replacement, which was a bummer. They used to be e-cards, but apparently there was some issue with those, so now they are actual hard cards that are either mailed or sent by UPS, depending on how many/value. They do charge 0.59 shipping for each card. I paid $1.77 in shipping for the three $100 cards but only 0.59 shipping for the single $500 card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troublemaker47 Posted July 20, 2015 #113 Share Posted July 20, 2015 I got one at Lowe's a couple weeks ago and going to apply it to our onboard account. What's nice about buying it at Lowe's there was no service charge to buy the card just the amount that I loaded to it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADB_BWG Posted July 20, 2015 #114 Share Posted July 20, 2015 I have seen them at Safeway grocery stores in Maryland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrenalineRush Posted July 20, 2015 #115 Share Posted July 20, 2015 I got one at Lowe's a couple weeks ago and going to apply it to our onboard account. What's nice about buying it at Lowe's there was no service charge to buy the card just the amount that I loaded to it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk You should never get charged a service fee for a gift card regardless of which retailer you choose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klepton Posted July 20, 2015 #116 Share Posted July 20, 2015 I got one at Lowe's a couple weeks ago and going to apply it to our onboard account. What's nice about buying it at Lowe's there was no service charge to buy the card just the amount that I loaded to it. Just curious, but why would you buy gift cards at Lowes to use with Carnival? Unless there's a promotion for using credit cards (like the Chase Freedom 5x at Lowes) is there a reason to do that over just paying Carnival with a credit card? Or do you pay cash for gift cards, and you're saying there's no service charge like the prepaid cards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troublemaker47 Posted July 21, 2015 #117 Share Posted July 21, 2015 (edited) That's how I cover all my expenses on a cruise, usually buy cruise cash thru carnival, but there is a limit on how much per cruise so I just saw it at lowes, had the extra cash and got it so my kids & grandkids didn't know I had extra cash that week[emoji3] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Edited July 21, 2015 by Troublemaker47 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klepton Posted July 21, 2015 #118 Share Posted July 21, 2015 That's how I cover all my expenses on a cruise, usually buy cruise cash thru carnival, but there is a limit on how much per cruise so I just saw it at lowes, had the extra cash and got it so my kids & grandkids didn't know I had extra cash that week[emoji3] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Gotcha! :D Yeah cash purchase makes sense to avoid the prepaid debit card fees. Glad it works for ya! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrenalineRush Posted July 23, 2015 #119 Share Posted July 23, 2015 (edited) 4x fuel points is back. They sent me an email yesterday, telling me I could take advantage of it a week early. So I bought a card today. So maybe it will officially start when 2x fuel ends on the 8/2 Edit my early offer expires 7/28/15 so that's when the 4x fuel points should be advertised in the website. Edited July 23, 2015 by AdrenalineRush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javajunkie91 Posted July 24, 2015 #120 Share Posted July 24, 2015 I'm in Ohio and they sell them at Giant Eagle grocery store. You earn fuel perks by purchasing gift cards there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMS MT Posted July 24, 2015 #121 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Can the gift cards be used in the casino? Is it possible to get cash back from them - in the casino? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk We used gift cards to pay off our balance and then put the balance on our sign and sail card once we got onboard, went to casino, downloaded funds, played for a while, then cashed out and had the cash to use on shore. So although we didn't use the gift card itself in casino we did use the gift card funds in the casino, playing some there but cashing a lot out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtaylor Posted July 24, 2015 #122 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Were you charged the fee (3% perhaps) when you transferred funds to the casino? gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamashanks Posted July 24, 2015 #123 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Thank you TMS MT. I was a little fearful that I would be stuck with Carnival GC's if I couldn't get cash out at the casino. Safe to assume there was no limit on how much you could cash out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klepton Posted July 24, 2015 #124 Share Posted July 24, 2015 When I've used OBC at the Casino (table games) I was charged a 3% fee, I would imagine that 3% fee applies here as well. Can someone confirm? I know in the past I'd seen the slots advertised as having to fee, so maybe that's the best way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kcruiser2014 Posted July 24, 2015 #125 Share Posted July 24, 2015 When I pulled out cash at the tables last week ( I had gift cards on my S&S account), I was charged 3% fee. But, using slots to download from S&S, no fee. So, I would go to slots, download cash, spin once, go to cashier and cash out. Then, if I wanted to play table games, I would play with the cash I pulled out from slots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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