Cafedumonde Posted October 17, 2019 #1 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Everyone else probably already knows this, but just to save anyone some time who might be trying to claim it for after that date. We got an email back today saying too early for our thanksgiving 2020 cruise. But they did put it on our June 2020 cruise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare shof515 Posted October 17, 2019 #2 Share Posted October 17, 2019 this is normal. every year the benefits is renewed 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xDisconnections Posted October 17, 2019 #3 Share Posted October 17, 2019 27 minutes ago, shof515 said: this is normal. every year the benefits is renewed Yes- nothing new here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcuchio24 Posted October 17, 2019 #4 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Its the same every year. Just wait until its re-upped in June/July and then submit for all your cruises for the next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ontheweb Posted October 17, 2019 #5 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Yes, nothing to panic about. It has to be approved every year by the board of directors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bookster99 Posted October 17, 2019 #6 Share Posted October 17, 2019 16 hours ago, Cafedumonde said: Everyone else probably already knows this, but just to save anyone some time who might be trying to claim it for after that date. We got an email back today saying too early for our thanksgiving 2020 cruise. But they did put it on our June 2020 cruise. So, how does that work? If I buy Carnival stock through E*Trade or something, how do I claim this? (Pretend I know nothing!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyh9900 Posted October 17, 2019 #7 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Now is not a bad time to buy Carnival stock if you have some money just sitting around. Its been near a 5-year low in the last couple of weeks. If you are a frequent Carnival cruiser the OBC and annual dividend can end up making it a free investment eventually. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe817 Posted October 17, 2019 #8 Share Posted October 17, 2019 3 minutes ago, garyh9900 said: Now is not a bad time to buy Carnival stock if you have some money just sitting around. Its been near a 5-year low in the last couple of weeks. If you are a frequent Carnival cruiser the OBC and annual dividend can end up making it a free investment eventually. And don't forget the quarterly dividend. What is it now? $0.35/per share? I'm trying to talk my wife into getting 100 shares. But for us, we'd only get $100 OBC. But that's better than nothing, to be sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyh9900 Posted October 17, 2019 #9 Share Posted October 17, 2019 13 minutes ago, Joe817 said: And don't forget the quarterly dividend. What is it now? $0.35/per share? I'm trying to talk my wife into getting 100 shares. But for us, we'd only get $100 OBC. But that's better than nothing, to be sure! Its $0.50(for now anyway), I don't know why I said annual, it is quarterly, it just comes out to $2/year per share. I rarely invest in individual stocks, I prefer mutual funds, but I do a couple of stocks for companies with shareholder benefits that I otherwise patron such as carnival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcuchio24 Posted October 17, 2019 #10 Share Posted October 17, 2019 28 minutes ago, Joe817 said: And don't forget the quarterly dividend. What is it now? $0.35/per share? I'm trying to talk my wife into getting 100 shares. But for us, we'd only get $100 OBC. But that's better than nothing, to be sure! If your cruise alot, it is a huge benefit. We will get $450, just this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe817 Posted October 17, 2019 #11 Share Posted October 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, garyh9900 said: Its $0.50(for now anyway), I don't know why I said annual, it is quarterly, it just comes out to $2/year per share. I rarely invest in individual stocks, I prefer mutual funds, but I do a couple of stocks for companies with shareholder benefits that I otherwise patron such as carnival. Well let's think about this: 100 shares x $0.50/share comes out to $50.00/quarter. x 4 quarters = $200.00/year in annual dividends. Am I looking at this correctly? If I a $m, then I would receive $100 OBC for being a shareholder, PLUS I would buy $200 in Cruise Cash, from the proceeds of my annual dividends. $300 OBC goes a long way for me. IF my methodology is correct. Comments anyone? I'm just trying to learn here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcuchio24 Posted October 17, 2019 #12 Share Posted October 17, 2019 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Joe817 said: Well let's think about this: 100 shares x $0.50/share comes out to $50.00/quarter. x 4 quarters = $200.00/year in annual dividends. Am I looking at this correctly? If I a $m, then I would receive $100 OBC for being a shareholder, PLUS I would buy $200 in Cruise Cash, from the proceeds of my annual dividends. $300 OBC goes a long way for me. IF my methodology is correct. Comments anyone? I'm just trying to learn here. Thats all true. But, the stock is also down a ton in the past year, when you would have lost probably $1,000 in share value (in the near term). Thats just part of owning stocks, the up and the down. For the record I have I think 350 shares, and am happy to own them. Great long term hold. Edited October 17, 2019 by elcuchio24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe817 Posted October 17, 2019 #13 Share Posted October 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, elcuchio24 said: Thats all true. But, the stock is also down a ton in the past year, when you would have lost probably $1,000 in share value (in the near term). Thats just part of owning stocks, the up and the down. For the record I have I think 350 shares, and am happy to own them. Great long term hold. Thanks for the reply elcuchio24! Yes I agree, if one is an investor, they need to be in it for the long haul. The stock market always fluctuates. Always. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irule7 Posted October 17, 2019 #14 Share Posted October 17, 2019 4 hours ago, Bookster99 said: So, how does that work? If I buy Carnival stock through E*Trade or something, how do I claim this? (Pretend I know nothing!) You go here: https://www.carnivalcorp.com/shareholder-information/shareholder-benefit. Click where it says click her to view shareholder benefit, it will bring up a file that tells you what to do. Basically you fax or mail to whichever line you are traveling on your name, reservation #, ship, sail date and proof of ownership of stock (like a statement from E*Trade). You have to do it no later than 3 weeks prior to your sailing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ontheweb Posted October 17, 2019 #15 Share Posted October 17, 2019 4 hours ago, garyh9900 said: Now is not a bad time to buy Carnival stock if you have some money just sitting around. Its been near a 5-year low in the last couple of weeks. If you are a frequent Carnival cruiser the OBC and annual dividend can end up making it a free investment eventually. And let's not forget the OBC is available on all the cruise lines owned by Carnival Corporation, not just on the Carnival line. (Presently we have OBC on a Princess cruise booked for next summer.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffatsea Posted October 18, 2019 #16 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Interesting that Carnival line won't put the share holder's credit on cruises after June. We have it on a Princess cruise for December 2020 already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xDisconnections Posted October 18, 2019 #17 Share Posted October 18, 2019 6 hours ago, elcuchio24 said: If your cruise alot, it is a huge benefit. We will get $450, just this year. We have made back more than our initial investment. It has been a great buy for us years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bookster99 Posted October 22, 2019 #18 Share Posted October 22, 2019 On 10/17/2019 at 6:30 PM, Irule7 said: You go here: https://www.carnivalcorp.com/shareholder-information/shareholder-benefit. Click where it says click her to view shareholder benefit, it will bring up a file that tells you what to do. Basically you fax or mail to whichever line you are traveling on your name, reservation #, ship, sail date and proof of ownership of stock (like a statement from E*Trade). You have to do it no later than 3 weeks prior to your sailing. Thanks! That's very helpful. I wonder if I can use retirement funds to obtain the stock and still qualify? Guess I'll ask... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TracieABD Posted October 22, 2019 #19 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Hi- I am sailing on my first Carnival Cruise. I have 100 shares of CCL. Would anyone do me a favor and post a link or send me the Carnival form for the shareholder benefit? I have looked all over their website and cannot seem to find it. Thank you so much! Tracie-Lynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcuchio24 Posted October 22, 2019 #20 Share Posted October 22, 2019 21 minutes ago, TracieABD said: Hi- I am sailing on my first Carnival Cruise. I have 100 shares of CCL. Would anyone do me a favor and post a link or send me the Carnival form for the shareholder benefit? I have looked all over their website and cannot seem to find it. Thank you so much! Tracie-Lynn https://www.carnivalcorp.com/shareholder-information/shareholder-benefit Here you go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcuchio24 Posted October 22, 2019 #21 Share Posted October 22, 2019 On 10/17/2019 at 10:31 PM, xDisconnections said: We have made back more than our initial investment. It has been a great buy for us years ago. For sure. We bought maybe 2007, or around there. Great return and great OBC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irule7 Posted October 22, 2019 #22 Share Posted October 22, 2019 51 minutes ago, Bookster99 said: Thanks! That's very helpful. I wonder if I can use retirement funds to obtain the stock and still qualify? Guess I'll ask... Do you mean like funds that are in an IRA or 401k? I bought mine with my IRA account and just send them my statement and never had a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bookster99 Posted October 23, 2019 #23 Share Posted October 23, 2019 5 hours ago, Irule7 said: Do you mean like funds that are in an IRA or 401k? I bought mine with my IRA account and just send them my statement and never had a problem. Awesome! Definitely doing tthis! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irule7 Posted October 23, 2019 #24 Share Posted October 23, 2019 17 minutes ago, Bookster99 said: Awesome! Definitely doing tthis! It’s a great time to do it, the price today was lower than when I bought it in 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ontheweb Posted October 23, 2019 #25 Share Posted October 23, 2019 10 hours ago, Bookster99 said: Awesome! Definitely doing tthis! And start enjoying the onboard credit. Remember the credit applies to all lines owned by Carnival corporation, not just the Carnival line. (We are presently using it on Princess.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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