A (different) credit card question

[bboop51]

I have a Celebrity (Bank of America) credit card.  We are taking our first Royal cruise next year. I am under the impression I can use my Celebrity card point for OBC for my Royal cruise. So question one - does anyone have experience doing this ?  Question two... if so how do I do this ? I  found BOA totally useless at the onset (years ago) and always have enlisted the assistance of Celebrity's Captain's Club rep.  I realize that obviously is not an option, since I'm not cruising celebrity.  Any assistance would be greatly appreciated 🙂.

Thank you !

[Clarea]

See if this redemption link works for you:

 

https://www.managerewardsonline.com/RMSapp/Ctl/entry?pid=grprwd&mc=RCCL

[bboop51]

13 minutes ago, Host Clarea said:

See if this redemption link works for you:

 

https://www.managerewardsonline.com/RMSapp/Ctl/entry?pid=grprwd&mc=RCCL

Yes, it looks like there is a drop down where I can assign the point from the card to Royal... cool !  Thanks 😍

 

Edited August 1, 2019 by bboop51

[Clarea]

10 minutes ago, bboop51 said:

Yes, it looks like there is a drop down where I can assign the point from the card to Royal... cool !  Thanks 😍

 

 

Excellent, please report back if the redemption works.

[fdthird]

We all seek redemption!

[Snit13]

2 hours ago, bboop51 said:

I have a Celebrity (Bank of America) credit card.  We are taking our first Royal cruise next year. I am under the impression I can use my Celebrity card point for OBC for my Royal cruise. So question one - does anyone have experience doing this ?  Question two... if so how do I do this ? I  found BOA totally useless at the onset (years ago) and always have enlisted the assistance of Celebrity's Captain's Club rep.  I realize that obviously is not an option, since I'm not cruising celebrity.  Any assistance would be greatly appreciated 🙂.

Thank you !

I called and redeemed 100,000 points from my Celebrity Visa Monday.  Rep told me I would see the $1,000 credit toward my November cruise in about 3 weeks.  I have redeemed for OBC many times but this is first for credit towards cruise.  I prefer to call and have them do the transaction.  I then have them send email which I print for my records.

[bboop51]

2 hours ago, Host Clarea said:

 

Excellent, please report back if the redemption works.

It will be a while, but I will be sure to report back.

[bboop51]

40 minutes ago, Snit13 said:

I called and redeemed 100,000 points from my Celebrity Visa Monday.  Rep told me I would see the $1,000 credit toward my November cruise in about 3 weeks.  I have redeemed for OBC many times but this is first for credit towards cruise.  I prefer to call and have them do the transaction.  I then have them send email which I print for my records.

I always call Celebrity rather than do this online. Did you call Visa ? I got nowhere with them this first time I tried ? 

[bboop51]

1 hour ago, fdthird said:

We all seek redemption!

Okie dokie

[handbellplayer]

We used our RCCL CC points for our Celebrity cruise last year.  Works like a charme through the website Bob mentioned above.

[Clarea]

3 minutes ago, bboop51 said:

I always call Celebrity rather than do this online. Did you call Visa ? I got nowhere with them this first time I tried ? 

 

You can't call Visa to redeem.  However, Royal has a redemption departme that can help, perhaps Celebrity has the same?

[bboop51]

17 minutes ago, Host Clarea said:

 

You can't call Visa to redeem.  However, Royal has a redemption departme that can help, perhaps Celebrity has the same?

It was the Celebrity's Captin's Club that always did my redemption. I suspect they are not going to do it my cruise on Royal 🤨. 

Edited August 1, 2019 by bboop51

[Clarea]

57 minutes ago, bboop51 said:

It was the Celebrity's Captin's Club that always did my redemption. I suspect they are not going to do it my cruise on Royal 🤨. 

 

You can try Royal's redemption people:  888-305-4626.

[Snit13]

1 hour ago, Host Clarea said:

 

You can try Royal's redemption people:  888-305-4626.

That is the number I called, Bob.  On a letter from Celebrity the number they list is 800-760-0654, and the Bank of Am number on the same letter is 800-421-2110

 

Grace

[bboop51]

On 8/1/2019 at 3:30 PM, handbellplayer said:

We used our RCCL CC points for our Celebrity cruise last year.  Works like a charme through the website Bob mentioned above.

Excellent news, thanks 🙂

[bboop51]

On 8/1/2019 at 4:48 PM, Host Clarea said:

 

You can try Royal's redemption people:  888-305-4626.

I'll give that a try, thank you 🙂

[fredflint]

you might want to look at getting a royal card too usually you can get between 400-600 in credit for spending 3-5K in 3 months.

The offers tend to go up and down if you want to stay at a hotel hilton has a great offer for 4K spent.

 

https://www.americanexpress.com/us/credit-cards/card/hilton-honors-surpass/?eep=26129&extlink=af-us-ccsg-HHSLM&irgwc=1&veid=S4GXkxTH0xyJTt2wUx0Mo3c3UklQ8d3ZuSg8U00&affid=1

 

it will cost 99 buck but would easily cover pre and post cruise hotels

 

Hilton Honors American Express Surpass® Card

Raise Your Status

LIMITED TIME OFFER
EARN 130,000 HILTON HONORS BONUS POINTS

and a Free Weekend Night Reward after you spend $4,000 in purchases on the Card within your first 4 months of Card Membership.^† Offer ends 8/28/2019

ANNUAL FEE

$ 95^¤

APR

[bboop51]

17 minutes ago, fredflint said:

you might want to look at getting a royal card too usually you can get between 400-600 in credit for spending 3-5K in 3 months.

The offers tend to go up and down if you want to stay at a hotel hilton has a great offer for 4K spent.

 

https://www.americanexpress.com/us/credit-cards/card/hilton-honors-surpass/?eep=26129&extlink=af-us-ccsg-HHSLM&irgwc=1&veid=S4GXkxTH0xyJTt2wUx0Mo3c3UklQ8d3ZuSg8U00&affid=1

 

it will cost 99 buck but would easily cover pre and post cruise hotels

 

Hilton Honors American Express Surpass® Card

Raise Your Status

LIMITED TIME OFFER
EARN 130,000 HILTON HONORS BONUS POINTS

and a Free Weekend Night Reward after you spend $4,000 in purchases on the Card within your first 4 months of Card Membership.^† Offer ends 8/28/2019

ANNUAL FEE

$ 95^¤

APR

 

Thanks... not sure I want to deal with another card, but I'll consider it.  But on another more important note is that a Komondor in your profile pic ? 

[fredflint]

Yes it is I have had quite a few mostly rescue and was talked into showing one,   Dante was a showdog and champion  got all his points and retired.

[fredflint]

Come on I have 24 cards right now according to credit karma.  The secret is not to carry a balance

Edited August 6, 2019 by fredflint

[bboop51]

16 hours ago, fredflint said:

Yes it is I have had quite a few mostly rescue and was talked into showing one,   Dante was a showdog and champion  got all his points and retired.

Very cool... Over an about a 35 year period I had three beautiful Kom girls.  I got talked into a little showing here and there. We got points and ribbons but always managed to wiggle out of it before finishing. It was a time (and $$$) suck to me.  Our last wonderful beautiful girl passed away suddenly four years ago and left us desperately heartbroken. We have two rescue Coconut Retrievers from St Martin, FWI.  I expect one more Komondor is in our future.  They are THE BEST 😍.

[bboop51]

22 hours ago, fredflint said:

Come on I have 24 cards right now according to credit karma.  The secret is not to carry a balance

We watched a YouTube video about getting you cruise paid for by taking out credit cards with bonus points.  It made my head explode.  I according to credit Karma I have two. I use one.  I carry no balance.  I had a job where I had the sad task of reading people's credit reports of part of the process.. OMG.

[fredflint]

6 hours ago, bboop51 said:

Very cool... Over an about a 35 year period I had three beautiful Kom girls.  I got talked into a little showing here and there. We got points and ribbons but always managed to wiggle out of it before finishing. It was a time (and $$$) suck to me.  Our last wonderful beautiful girl passed away suddenly four years ago and left us desperately heartbroken. We have two rescue Coconut Retrievers from St Martin, FWI.  I expect one more Komondor is in our future.  They are THE BEST 😍.

Yes about then same for me first Kom was actually a stray we found wandering down the dirt road we lived on, when he passed we adopted another, then another as the first was getting a little older and we had 5 acres with horses and ducks and chickens.

Then we rescued a female (from a kill shelter) that was not spayed and the owner left her chained out.  She was very male aggressive and we had to find another home for her.

 

Fast forward a few years and when 9/11 hit the people who adopted her left town and left her at the house outside.  I went and picked her up, at the time I had just purchased a new house and had no other pets so she was perfect.

 

Then was looking for another Kom and got talked into a puppy from a friend who was a breeder, deal was I had to show and get him finished, paid about 1/2 price.  Did the show stuff he did not really like it but he was still very well behaved.

 

Lost Kom about 2 years ago but right now just not in a good spot to have a 3rd dog that is large.  Getting someone to take care of 2 small dogs.  Walking a Kom at least all that I have owned can be a challenge, mine were always well behaved but other dogs always wanted to attack them.  Had 2 Koms I had to take to vet for dog bites.  Part is always had to hold mine back since I knew that they would not do the usual dancing that dogs tend to do but they would either slam into them and take out a leg or just bite and crush.

 

Pleas post some pics and I will too, one of the funniest thing Dante learned was the table command, he loved nothing more than jumping onto tables of any kind.  Mostly without being asked too!

[Sailor Taylor]

23 hours ago, fredflint said:

Come on I have 24 cards right now according to credit karma.  The secret is not to carry a balance

I am going to guess you are way above 5/24 by now.   😱I 

 

i got piles of offers in the mails but sitting at 4/24 I don't dare to do anything.  My credit score is also well over 800.  Dang that rule. 

[fredflint]

what do you mean by 4/24?  The funny part is my wife has relatively few cards and her score is higher than mine since my income counts towards her score.

Bad part is we have a ton of chase cards and they will not let us get anymore from offers.