AryMay Posted February 28, 2018 #101 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Looking at the "fine print" on the AMEX offer (see below.) I wonder if purchasing a Future Cruise Deposit would qualify for the offer...or if it would fall under one of the exclusions I highlighted in red? Excludes onboard purchases, transfers and transportation to the ship, gift and services, full ship charters, McKinley Chalet Resort (Holland America), Worldwide Emergency Assistance Services, Cancellation Protection plan (Holland America), formalwear rentals and charitable donations. Excludes gift cards. Excludes the following if not booked at time of reservation: airfare booked through cruise line, excursions, Prepaid food/beverage programs, prepaid gratuities, prepaid wi-fi packages, spa packages, photo & video packages, onboard celebrations, luggage valet services, Travel Insurance, Vacation Protection, motorcoach program, charters, meetings and incentive bookings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterBill99 Posted February 28, 2018 #102 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Looking at the "fine print" on the AMEX offer (see below.) I wonder if purchasing a Future Cruise Deposit would qualify for the offer...or if it would fall under one of the exclusions I highlighted in red? It depends on how it posts to your credit card. If they charge it to your onboard account, then no it won't work. If it posts as Holland America Reservations then it will. I believe that someone in the Princess thead recently posted that buying their version of that worked for the $100. Sent from my VS980 4G using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwaysfrantic Posted February 28, 2018 #103 Share Posted February 28, 2018 the deposit onboard is not charged to the folio; it takes a separate payment, so it should work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madbullogna Posted February 28, 2018 #104 Share Posted February 28, 2018 This makes me happy. :-) Does anyone know if I make a payment towards my existing cruise online via the 'make a payment' button, will it post as "Holland America Reservations", thus be a qualifying transaction, or do I have to call HAL and do a phone payment? I know someone earlier mentioned an online payment didn't activate theirs, but that was for prepaid items, not a cruise payment, (don't know if the portals post as different 'vendors' or share the same, if that makes sense). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktpc2005 Posted February 28, 2018 #105 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Signed up both my wife's and I Amex Card for the deal and just did $500 for each card. Got the two emails right away and got the credit two days later. So far Amex has saved me $400 on my HAL cruise, $200 from the Amex Offer and I get $200 onboard credit as I booked with Amex Platinum card under the cruise privilege program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AryMay Posted February 28, 2018 #106 Share Posted February 28, 2018 the deposit onboard is not charged to the folio; it takes a separate payment, so it should work. One thought I had however...if you end up not booking a cruise and eventually get a refund on the FCD's then you would lose the benefit. Better to use the offer towards an actual cruise booking if possible. On last year's offer we had used our AMEX cards to make payments on a Princess cruise we had booked...but then cancelled. Since we had made two $500 payments, we were only refunded $400 on each card. (Which I expected because we had already received the $100 credits.) Even though the offer had not expired, it did not show up again as an offer our cards (after we cancelled the Princess cruise) and attempting to use the link above to add it back to the cards just resulted in a message saying "you have already used this offer." I called AMEX and inquired about getting the offer put back on my card and they said it should work even if it didn't show up on my account page. We ended up booking a HAL cruise instead and when we made a payment with the two AMEX cards, we did get two $100 credits again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gochina Posted March 1, 2018 #107 Share Posted March 1, 2018 One thought I had however...if you end up not booking a cruise and eventually get a refund on the FCD's then you would lose the benefit. Better to use the offer towards an actual cruise booking if possible. On last year's offer we had used our AMEX cards to make payments on a Princess cruise we had booked...but then cancelled. Since we had made two $500 payments, we were only refunded $400 on each card. (Which I expected because we had already received the $100 credits.) Even though the offer had not expired, it did not show up again as an offer our cards (after we cancelled the Princess cruise) and attempting to use the link above to add it back to the cards just resulted in a message saying "you have already used this offer." I called AMEX and inquired about getting the offer put back on my card and they said it should work even if it didn't show up on my account page. We ended up booking a HAL cruise instead and when we made a payment with the two AMEX cards, we did get two $100 credits again! So I can only use this offer once? I was thinking about booking a B2B, but looks like I will only receive credit for one? Sent from my RCT6303W87DK using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterBill99 Posted March 1, 2018 #108 Share Posted March 1, 2018 So I can only use this offer once? I was thinking about booking a B2B, but looks like I will only receive credit for one? Sent from my RCT6303W87DK using Forums mobile app That is correct, once per card. But if your spouse also has a card you can add it to theirs as well. They will need to have their own AMEX account so that the offer can be added to their card (which will have a different number than yours). Or get another AMEX card, they have plenty of no-fee cards. Sent from my SM-G935V using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterBill99 Posted March 1, 2018 #109 Share Posted March 1, 2018 I called AMEX and inquired about getting the offer put back on my card and they said it should work even if it didn't show up on my account page. We ended up booking a HAL cruise instead and when we made a payment with the two AMEX cards, we did get two $100 credits again! That's very interesting and the first time I've heard of someone getting the offer again after having it taken back due to a refund. BTW presumably when you said that you only got back $400 on your cancelation you meant that you received $500 back from the cruise line but then AMEX took back the $100 separately. Sent from my SM-G935V using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterBill99 Posted March 1, 2018 #110 Share Posted March 1, 2018 This makes me happy. :-) Does anyone know if I make a payment towards my existing cruise online via the 'make a payment' button, will it post as "Holland America Reservations", thus be a qualifying transaction, or do I have to call HAL and do a phone payment? I know someone earlier mentioned an online payment didn't activate theirs, but that was for prepaid items, not a cruise payment, (don't know if the portals post as different 'vendors' or share the same, if that makes sense). You might want to try making a small payment first and see how it posts. If it shows up as the correct merchant, you can go ahead and charge the rest of the $500. That way you haven't risked as much. Sent from my SM-G935V using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AryMay Posted March 1, 2018 #111 Share Posted March 1, 2018 That's very interesting and the first time I've heard of someone getting the offer again after having it taken back due to a refund. BTW presumably when you said that you only got back $400 on your cancelation you meant that you received $500 back from the cruise line but then AMEX took back the $100 separately. Sent from my SM-G935V using Forums mobile app You are correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabinluvn Posted March 1, 2018 #112 Share Posted March 1, 2018 This makes me happy. :-) Does anyone know if I make a payment towards my existing cruise online via the 'make a payment' button, will it post as "Holland America Reservations", thus be a qualifying transaction, or do I have to call HAL and do a phone payment? I know someone earlier mentioned an online payment didn't activate theirs, but that was for prepaid items, not a cruise payment, (don't know if the portals post as different 'vendors' or share the same, if that makes sense). I just used both our cards for $500 each on an existing reservation. It worked. Have done this in the past as well and it worked Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gochina Posted March 5, 2018 #113 Share Posted March 5, 2018 I am leaving for a Holland America cruise next week. If I ended up with a bill of over $500 charged to my Amex, will I get the $100 statement credit? Thanks Sent from my RCT6303W87DK using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterBill99 Posted March 5, 2018 #114 Share Posted March 5, 2018 I am leaving for a Holland America cruise next week. If I ended up with a bill of over $500 charged to my Amex, will I get the $100 statement credit? Thanks Sent from my RCT6303W87DK using Forums mobile app No. It's not valid for on board purchases. You should call now and purchase $500 of OBC. That will qualify. Sent from my SM-G935V using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gochina Posted March 5, 2018 #115 Share Posted March 5, 2018 No. It's not valid for on board purchases. You should call now and purchase $500 of OBC. That will qualify. Sent from my SM-G935V using Forums mobile app Thank you! Please don't mind but now I have question about OBC. I already have enough OBC to cover all that I usually spent onboard. Will I be able to cash out some at the casino like that of on Carnival? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabinluvn Posted March 5, 2018 #116 Share Posted March 5, 2018 I believe if you added any cash to OBC before you sail, any of that left over will be refunded. Not quite sure how they keep it separate, however Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gochina Posted March 10, 2018 #117 Share Posted March 10, 2018 I believe if you added any cash to OBC before you sail, any of that left over will be refunded. Not quite sure how they keep it separate, however Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Thanks! I was able to add OBC and it shows on AE as Holland purchase so here's hoping I will get the $100 credit. Wasn't aware of this trick and almost missing out on great offer. Cruise starting in a few days. Sent from my RCT6303W87DK using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mxzcruise Posted March 22, 2018 #118 Share Posted March 22, 2018 I called and put $500 on OBC, but my statement showed “holland America web Seattle wa” and didn’t get the $100.:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabinluvn Posted March 22, 2018 #119 Share Posted March 22, 2018 I called and put $500 on OBC, but my statement showed “holland America web Seattle wa” and didn’t get the $100.:( That is what the statement should show. I would call and ask about the $100 credit. I used another statement benefit and when it didn’t show up, I called. They said it was still pending and would eventually show up. It did Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ontheweb Posted March 22, 2018 #120 Share Posted March 22, 2018 I called and put $500 on OBC, but my statement showed “holland America web Seattle wa” and didn’t get the $100.:( Generally with the Amex offers, you first get an e-mail saying if you have met the criteria you will get the credit. It then usually takes a few days for the credit to show up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underwatr Posted March 22, 2018 #121 Share Posted March 22, 2018 I called and put $500 on OBC, but my statement showed “holland America web Seattle wa” and didn’t get the $100.:( I did the same thing in mid-February. Never got the acknowledgement and never got the credit. A close reading of the terms this time around suggests that buying OBC doesn't qualify. When I've used the offer to make a cruise final payment in the last the acknowledgement has been pretty quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mxzcruise Posted March 22, 2018 #122 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Thank Underwatr and Onthenweb for the replies. It has been a week so I think I won’t get it. I have a question: is it possible to call back void the OBC purchase and put on my chase sapphire reserve card which gives 3% back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underwatr Posted March 22, 2018 #123 Share Posted March 22, 2018 I already get 1% on my Amex so I didn't bother doing that for the extra $10. But I'd think you could do that, just like any excursion purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mxzcruise Posted March 22, 2018 #124 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Thank you Underwatr! I might call. 1500 Chase ultimate points maybe worth $31.5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterBill99 Posted March 23, 2018 #125 Share Posted March 23, 2018 I did the same thing in mid-February. Never got the acknowledgement and never got the credit. A close reading of the terms this time around suggests that buying OBC doesn't qualify. When I've used the offer to make a cruise final payment in the last the acknowledgement has been pretty quick. That is unfortunate that buying OBC over the phone is not working for the offer. I know it worked last time and I also know that my TA bought some for me in December to finish off the $500 on one of my cards and it also worked. Curious to hear what changes in the terms you found this time that explains it not working. It ALWAYS had wording that said it would not work on anything other than a reservation (and a new one, at that). Sent from my VS980 4G using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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