Get a $50 gift card when you spend $1,000!

[Ombud]

In the midst of it all: 

Order $1,000 or more in Princess Cruises Gift Cards in a single transaction and receive a $50 Promotional gift card. Offer is applicable to orders placed from 2/5/2020 6:00AM PST to 2/14/2020 11:59PM PST, while supplies last.

[phred119s]

Not to be insensitive to what all is going on right now, but I was hoping that this would pop back up for Valentines!

[Ombud]

Yeah. I owed 3500 on my Hong Kong cruise so I'm picking up 3. 

[riffatsea]

I don't get it?

Got the same email but don't need to spend $1,000 now to get $50.

 

[Ombud]

Depends on how close you are to final payment date

Edited February 6, 2020 by Ombud

[KreinKrunker]

What is the code you have to enter to get the $50?

[shadow8899]

Can the gift card be used in the Casino?

[Ombud]

25 minutes ago, KreinKrunker said:

What is the code you have to enter to get the $50?

All 3 of mine showed up automatically when I ordered a $1000 card (3 separate purchases). I owed 3569. I now only owe 419. Hoping everything settles down in Asia bc that's how I used them. 

1 minute ago, shadow8899 said:

Can the gift card be used in the Casino?

You can buy casino credits with it by calling Princess or your TA. I usually do but just not this time. I'll be charging in the casino. Maybe I'll win again! 🤞

 

$50 gc must be used by 4/30/2020

[phred119s]

7 minutes ago, Ombud said:

All 3 of mine showed up automatically when I ordered a $1000 card (3 separate purchases). I owed 3569. I now only owe 419. Hoping everything settles down in Asia bc that's how I used them. 

You can buy casino credits with it by calling Princess or your TA. I usually do but just not this time. I'll be charging in the casino. Maybe I'll win again! 🤞

 

$50 gc must be used by 4/30/2020

Did you have to use different cards to get 3 or the same card? In the past I’ve had to use different cards to keep subsequent ones from getting cancelled. 

[Ombud]

Same card but 'different' recipients:

1- to me from (my name)

2- to (my name) from me

3- to fyi from Ombud

All 6 already applied to cruise. They have mentioned in the past that I've got a lot ..... I told them that I've got a lot of kids and it's the only gift I want

 

Princess cancelled an itinerary and they discovered the multiples when refunding me

 

Edited February 6, 2020 by Ombud

[shadow8899]

Can I just bring the GC on the cruise and use it to pay for whatever I charge to my account at the casino?

 

TIA!

Edited February 6, 2020 by shadow8899

[Crystabel]

The email from Princess says that you can order up to 5 cards. That’s what I did. Hopefully I’ll get the $50 bonus for each. Everything will be applied to my upcoming cruise. 

[2 cruises a year]

1 hour ago, shadow8899 said:

Can I just bring the GC on the cruise and use it to pay for whatever I charge to my account at the casino?

 

TIA!

 

I have "cashed in" my Gift Cards at the Pursers Desk and had them applied to my on-board account, no problem.  They are even refundable if you don't use up your on-board account.  But that is a problem that I have never had.

[Jeter02]

Okay I see I can order the thousand dollar gift cards a few of them to pay off towards some of my bookings. But can I also apply the $50 gift card towards those bookings for final payment, that I get in return for each of them?  Otherwise we can I apply those $50 gift cards to? I'm a bit confused.

Edited February 6, 2020 by Jeter02

[Crystabel]

The $1000 gift cards don’t expire, so you can use them anytime, either for OBC or to pay for part or all of any of your cruise balances. The $50 bonus cards can be used the same way,  but they expire on 4/30/2020. So use your bonus cards first and before the deadline. 

 

I just received all five of my digital $1000 cards plus all five of the $50 bonus cards by email. It only took ten minutes from order to receipt. 

[Jeter02]

1 minute ago, Crystabel said:

The $1000 gift cards don’t expire, so you can use them anytime, either for OBC or to pay for part or all of any of your cruise balances. The $50 bonus cards can be used the same way,  but they expire on 4/30/2020. So use your bonus cards first and before the deadline. 

 

I just received all five of my digital $1000 cards plus all five of the $50 bonus cards by email. It only took ten minutes from order to receipt. 

So pretty much you used $5,250 towards your final payment of your cruise correct? If that's the case I plan on doing this myself. Extra 250 to take off the cost of the fare sounds Grand.

[Crystabel]

12 minutes ago, Jeter02 said:

So pretty much you used $5,250 towards your final payment of your cruise correct? If that's the case I plan on doing this myself. Extra 250 to take off the cost of the fare sounds Grand.

Exactly. I never turn down free money.

 

Princess had a gift card promotion last Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, so keep an eye out for this year too. 

[Jeter02]

Just now, Crystabel said:

Exactly. I never turn down free money.

 

Princess had a gift card promotion last Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, so keep an eye out for this year too. 

This literally has made my night. Thank you so much for your lovely information. One last question is the last day of this promotion Valentine's Day do you know offhand?

[Crystabel]

Sorry, I couldn’t find the answer to your question. If you call Princess, they may be able to tell you when the promo ends. Come back and let us know if you find out. 

[Jeter02]

1 minute ago, Crystabel said:

Sorry, I couldn’t find the answer to your question. If you call Princess, they may be able to tell you when the promo ends. Come back and let us know if you find out. 

I found it in the lovely fine print. It's one minute before midnight on Valentine's Day.

[Crystabel]

Thank you for letting us know. Have a wonderful cruise, and enjoy that free money! 

[Thrak]

2 hours ago, Crystabel said:

The email from Princess says that you can order up to 5 cards. That’s what I did. Hopefully I’ll get the $50 bonus for each. Everything will be applied to my upcoming cruise. 

 

Where do you see that? What I see is this:

 

The $50 Promotional gift card is limited to one (1) per customer during this promotion and will be delivered to the recipient as a digital gift card only. Promotional gift card expires on 4/30/2020.

 

I would love to get a bunch of these. I owe more than $14k on booked cruises so I'll have to pay Princess anyway and a bunch of "extra" $50 cards would be welcome. I'm just unclear on how to get more than the specified amount of one (1) per customer. I know I had a number of transactions cancelled when I bought multiples last time.

[Ombud]

I did 1 per charge and went through the order process 3 times without an issue. Although it states that the maximum number of gc in 1 transaction is 5 I don't know if each of those 5 would get an extra gc. I did read in the terms and conditions:

Quote

Purchasing Gift Cards
Gift Cards are available for purchase on Princess.com, via www.Princess.com/giftcard, by calling 1-800-774-6237, or your travel agent. Purchasers may not acquire Gift Cards from Princess® in any given day in an aggregate amount that exceeds $10,000. Each single Gift Card may be purchased in any denomination between $25 and $2,000.

 

If you get 10 transactions through let me know! My max was 6 individual transactions last cyber Monday 

Edited February 6, 2020 by Ombud

[phred119s]

10 hours ago, Ombud said:

Same card but 'different' recipients:

1- to me from (my name)

2- to (my name) from me

3- to fyi from Ombud

All 6 already applied to cruise. They have mentioned in the past that I've got a lot ..... I told them that I've got a lot of kids and it's the only gift I want

 

Princess cancelled an itinerary and they discovered the multiples when refunding me

 

I may try that!! To me, to dad, to kid. 😂 that’s $150 free. 

[coo359a2]

I have never bought a gift card or used one to pay on a cruise. If I bought three,  Do you just give your TA the numbers on each card and it shows as three payments on your TA invoice.