AmberTeka Posted May 10, 2019 #1 Share Posted May 10, 2019 (edited) First Time. I have the cards. What do I do now? Thanks. Edited May 10, 2019 by AmberTeka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknoge3k Posted May 10, 2019 #2 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Login to your cruise manager and select gift card as the method of payment, to make payments on your cruise. The same way as you would a regular credit card. Type in the card number & PIN. Once you've paid the cruise off and are on the ship, you can either pre-load them at the terminal or at guest services or the kiosk on the ship to add funds to your account. Alternatively you can do what I do and just rack up a bill. Then at the end of the voyage you can go to guest services and pay your balance off with the gift cards. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valor2005 Posted May 10, 2019 #3 Share Posted May 10, 2019 I've paid online and through my PVP. When paying online, you simply enter the card number and PIN that's on the back of the card in the correct box on the payment page. If paying through your PVP, just tell them the numbers. Very easy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmberTeka Posted May 10, 2019 Author #4 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Both of You are an angel. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBigfoot613 Posted May 10, 2019 #5 Share Posted May 10, 2019 10 minutes ago, teknoge3k said: Once you've paid the cruise off and are on the ship, you can either pre-load them at the terminal or at guest services or the kiosk on the ship to add funds to your account. Alternatively you can do what I do and just rack up a bill. Then at the end of the voyage you can go to guest services and pay your balance off with the gift cards. I'm guessing you put a credit card on file at beginning of the cruise? To the Amber...I used mine online to purchase cruise cash. I did just $100 and then when checking in online I selected cash. Once onboard I'll watch and add as needed. This will eliminate any holds on a credit card or debit card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknoge3k Posted May 10, 2019 #6 Share Posted May 10, 2019 16 minutes ago, BBigfoot613 said: I'm guessing you put a credit card on file at beginning of the cruise? Yes, I do. That way I don't have to worry about anything. We always have a lot of gift cards with us so we never have to worry about them charging us anything. I'm also not worried about any holds they put on the card because it eventually comes off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organized Chaos Posted May 10, 2019 #7 Share Posted May 10, 2019 You also don't have to use the entire amount on a single gift card. For example, let's say you have a $500 card, but only want to pay $200 on the cruise and use the rest for something else. Just enter the amount you want to pay in the "Other Amount" box. Once you pay off the entire balance, any remaining funds on that gift card stays on the card until you use it. If you add funds to your S&S account using gift cards, any remaining balance (over $10) will be refunded in the form of another gift card, unless you cash out in the casino. If you choose to get another gift card, you can do it at Guest Services or they'll mail it to you. Anything under $10 left in your S&S account is automatically donated to St. Jude's Children's hospital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straitlover Posted May 10, 2019 #8 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Be sure to keep the actual cards until after the cruise just in case there's a problem w/ the funds! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joepeka Posted May 10, 2019 #9 Share Posted May 10, 2019 8 hours ago, Valor2005 said: I've paid online and through my PVP. When paying online, you simply enter the card number and PIN that's on the back of the card in the correct box on the payment page. If paying through your PVP, just tell them the numbers. Very easy. This is also true if the OP booked through a TA - that TA can simply pass along your GC numbers and PIN's to their Carnival rep to make payment on the reservation. Additionally, you can also pay directly via the Carnival web site if you booked through a PVP, you don't have to call the PVP to apply the GC's to your balance if you don't want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coevan Posted May 10, 2019 #10 Share Posted May 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Straitlover said: Be sure to keep the actual cards until after the cruise just in case there's a problem w/ the funds! not really, you will know for sure the funds are in your account Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearguitar Posted May 11, 2019 #11 Share Posted May 11, 2019 We just did this for our upcoming cruise at the end of May. In fact, we booked about 3 weeks ago and paid in full with a credit card at the time of booking. I had the gift cards ordered, but they weren't here yet. I asked our PVP if we could call back and replace the credit card payment with the gift cards and he said yes. We booked the cruise, paid in full with the credit card and when the gift cards came the next week we called back and paid for the cruise with the gift cards and had the credit card charge refunded. Worked out great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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