E-Gift cards on board

[sarmat1]

Silly question, but just looking for data points:

 

Can I use an e-card on board (i.e. apply at either guest services or kiosk)? I have applied physical gift cards while on board before without issue, so I'm guessing that this would be no different, but I wanted to see if anyone has actually done this?

 

I'm "old school", so I'm used to physical cards, I had no issue using e-gift cards online, but I'm fully paid and now want to use them to add to S&S when I go onboard in a few weeks.

 

No problem, right? :)

[Frank12]

No problem at all.

They work just like a plastic gift card!:)

[Organized Chaos]

Yep, just don't forget to print out the email or write down the card numbers & PINs to take with you.

[Silent Penguin]

Thanks for asking this OP. I was considering buying an E-card just now. Last week, I called Carnival to ask how to apply a gift card before I leave, but the customer service person said I can't.

[teknoge3k]

The only difference between an old timey plastic gift card and an egift card is one is sent to your email and one uses plastic. They work the exact same way.

[Scurvy Seadog]

I couldn't get the kiosk to take them last month on the Liberty, but no problem when I took them to Guest Services.

[Organized Chaos]

Thanks for asking this OP. I was considering buying an E-card just now. Last week, I called Carnival to ask how to apply a gift card before I leave, but the customer service person said I can't.

Right, you can't apply them to an S&S before you leave. It has to be done on board.

 

I couldn't get the kiosk to take them last month on the Liberty, but no problem when I took them to Guest Services.

Some have reported being able to do it from a kiosk on certain ships, others weren't able to. Seems like some of the kiosks have that function enabled and some don't.

[LibratPDX]

Guest Services told me the kiosks had been disabled for that use, not sure why. For some ships you can add them to your OBC when you check in on embarkation day.

[fkfad]

I have one warning when having Guest Services apply your gift cards to your S&S account...make sure to check the receipt before you walk away, verifying that they applied the gift card to your cabin. I had an experience where we had two $100 gift cards...they applied one correctly and the other was applied to someone else's cabin. I realized this the next day as I checked our S&S account and only saw one $100 gift card applied. I went to Guest Services to inquire about that and they said I had to show them the receipts to prove that I had two $100 gift cards. Thank goodness I had placed the receipts in our safe. After showing them the receipts, it was apparent that they had transposed our cabin number on one of the transactions, giving our money to someone else. It took them several days to fix this problem, but they got it fixed none the less! So, moral of the story, always check your receipt to make sure it shows the correct amount and the correct cabin number (and keep your receipts)!