Celebrity giving bonus pts, is Royal far behind?

[John&LaLa]

Just got an offer from Celebrity for 15 bonus points on select TA and TP cruises in 2019.

 

I know Royal gave an extra pt for Diamonds in December,  3 pts for onboard spending on Freedom, and an extra point  per day for suites over summer..

[Biker19]

Those points are not worth the same as on the RCI C&A scale. Folks will still want low prices on repo cruises. 

[h20skibum]

3 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

Just got an offer from Celebrity for 15 bonus points on select TA and TP cruises in 2019.

 

 

Got the same offer.  It is only for veranda and higher. 

[John&LaLa]

1 hour ago, Biker19 said:

Those points are not worth the same as on the RCI C&A scale. Folks will still want low prices on repo cruises. 

 

I did not check the pricing

[cruisingpluto]

They still do Diamonds in December?  I haven't heard that in forever.  What was the promo?  1 point total?  

[John&LaLa]

11 minutes ago, cruisingpluto said:

They still do Diamonds in December?  I haven't heard that in forever.  What was the promo?  1 point total?  

 

Haven't done it in 5 - 6 years. It was basically one extra pt per night. 

[cruisingpluto]

Oh haha, I guess I got confused when you mentioned it in your first post.  They need to bring that back.  

[h20skibum]

8 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

I did not check the pricing

 

It is around $2,000 + gratuity for a 13 night from Ft. Lauderdale to Southampton in a Veranda. Only about a dozen left last night. 

[Clarea]

14 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

Just got an offer from Celebrity for 15 bonus points on select TA and TP cruises in 2019.

 

I know Royal gave an extra pt for Diamonds in December,  3 pts for onboard spending on Freedom, and an extra point  per day for suites over summer..

 

I would be surprised if Royal started a similar program. 

[John&LaLa]

5 minutes ago, Host Clarea said:

 

I would be surprised if Royal started a similar program. 

 

You've been surprised before. 😉

[DragonOfTheSeas]

As often as I read that there are too many d, D+ and Ps it does not seem like something they need to do. 

[DragonOfTheSeas]

Just now, John&LaLa said:

 

You've been surprised before. 😉

 

Too true.  But not usually in a pleasant way. 

[John&LaLa]

Remember, this is Royal. One department doesn't seem to confer with another.  If revenue can get the ok to dish out some extra points, C&A may not have been consulted. 😉

[holiday-shrek]

37 minutes ago, DragonOfTheSeas said:

As often as I read that there are too many d, D+ and Ps it does not seem like something they need to do. 

But that is because they give out status like candy - you can give your status to all your significant friends and they can pass it on to their significant friends afterwards!

Edited February 12, 2019 by holiday-shrek

[h20skibum]

It wouldn’t surprise me if at some point they went to a point system based on cabin category like Celebrity. It would take longer for some people to move up.


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[Biker19]

Or skip directly to the cost model from the hotels/airlines.

[sgmn]

4 minutes ago, Biker19 said:

Or skip directly to the cost model from the hotels/airlines.

Or drop a tier if no cruises taken within a given time as per airlines FFP

[DragonOfTheSeas]

19 hours ago, sgmn said:

Or drop a tier if no cruises taken within a given time as per airlines FFP

I would think it would need to be several years if they do that.  For example, our cruises in 2017 were on Celebrity.  I would hate to lose D+ because we sailed another RCL cruise line.

[frank808]

On 2/11/2019 at 6:29 PM, John&LaLa said:

Just got an offer from Celebrity for 15 bonus points on select TA and TP cruises in 2019.

 

I know Royal gave an extra pt for Diamonds in December,  3 pts for onboard spending on Freedom, and an extra point  per day for suites over summer..

The summer promo I remember was double points for suites.  We received a total of 28pts(instead of 14pts) for each 7 night sailing on Freedom.  This promo happened during December of 2015 I believe.

[frank808]

19 hours ago, sgmn said:

Or drop a tier if no cruises taken within a given time as per airlines FFP

MSC does this, you have to cruise at least once every 3 years to retain your status.  Although their loyalty program is no where near as generous as Royal.

[Iamcruzin]

On 2/11/2019 at 5:29 PM, John&LaLa said:

Just got an offer from Celebrity for 15 bonus points on select TA and TP cruises in 2019.

 

I know Royal gave an extra pt for Diamonds in December,  3 pts for onboard spending on Freedom, and an extra point  per day for suites over summer..

The extra points would be great for those on the borderline to the next tier. I sail multiple lines and I'm not close to the next level on any of them. I received the same email and would not be compelled to book a cruise with this promotion. As a matter of fact I read the highlight and deleted it immediately without reading it completely.  I only read promotions that offer 2 perks or OBC

[orville99]

I wonder if they would double my points if I posted how much I loved the exceptional competence and skill of their IT department