Blue Chip Club bookings - No service charge on room charge of chips?

[aggiejd2000]

On 3/7/2022 at 7:30 AM, Tom-n-Cheryl said:

 

During the evening on day four I signed for $5,000 (1+2+2) without question/issue. I had ups/downs during the week, but ended up taking a couple nice purple stacks to the cage and got back everything I had signed for. I decided not to take the cash to guest relations, and instead leave it on my account because:

 

Darned if CHASE isn't on their game - final charge was posted to my account this morning, and received the full 3%.    THANKS to you guys on this thread !

 

After the first three nights (down $4k) I sought out the host on the next morning. I wanted to see how things tallied up. I was told that I had earned about 8,000 tier credits/points, based on theoretical. 

 

Oh - I did see a casino credit of $60 on my final account statement... not very impressive IMO, but I'd rather have that and all the cash I came with vs. the alternative !!  

 

I did not return to the casino on nights 5, 6, or 7 --- deciding not to tempt fate!  😉 

 

On the third night (as I recall) the couple which had been playing first base most of the time we were there ended up winning a drawing in the casino for a suite upgrade. I later learned that around 1 am that night they moved them into a Celebrity Suite... not too shabby !!  I saw their happy faces in Luminae each time we went in there after that. 🙂 

 

Tom

 

I'm late to this thread and I tried to search for the answer to my question.  If you purchase casino chips with your seapass card, it is charged to your cruise account and later coded to your credit card as travel expense and not as a cash advance?  Thanks!

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

2 hours ago, aggiejd2000 said:

I'm late to this thread and I tried to search for the answer to my question.  If you purchase casino chips with your seapass card, it is charged to your cruise account and later coded to your credit card as travel expense and not as a cash advance?  Thanks!

 

Charges for chips in the casino will go onto your shipboard account, and be settled to the credit card you gave them. In every instance that I've done this, on multiple lines, it comes across as travel on my credit card.

 

[redstonelady]

If you have enough cash at the end of the cruise or maybe Back to Back cruises from gambling.  Will Blue Cip cut you a check if you provide them the cash?  

[manmachine]

On 2/19/2022 at 6:02 PM, CalTexCruiser said:

 

Ah yes.  Splitting 7s.  The bane of my existence.

 

I can't even remember the last time I won when I split 7s.

 

Huh?  Better that than to keep your 14 unless the dealer has an 8 or better.

[kwokpot]

13 hours ago, redstonelady said:

If you have enough cash at the end of the cruise or maybe Back to Back cruises from gambling.  Will Blue Cip cut you a check if you provide them the cash?  

Checks aren't cut on the ship but mailed from the home office so you would have to wait 4-8 weeks after the cruise ended for the check to arrive at home from Celebrity's home office.

Edited April 18 by kwokpot

[redstonelady]

5 minutes ago, kwokpot said:

Checks aren't cut on the ship but mailed from the home office so you would have to wait 4-8 weeks after the cruise ended for the check to arrive at home from Celebrity's home office.

I don't understand.  Why would I give them my cash and not receive a check right away.  I was trying to not have to carry a lit if cash getting off the cruise in Europe.  I live in the US.

[kwokpot]

6 minutes ago, redstonelady said:

I don't understand.  Why would I give them my cash and not receive a check right away.  I was trying to not have to carry a lit if cash getting off the cruise in Europe.  I live in the US.

Yes,I know but that's how it's done. Otherwise you have to carry the cash off the ship and if it's more than $10,000 you have to declare so at CBP/Border control. The ship isn't a financial institution. All cruise ships do it that way for internal control purposes.

Edited April 18 by kwokpot