Royal Caribbean credit card rewards money

[juhacorno410]

I have $150.00 in rewards money to use from our RC credit card.  I see it is posted and applied on my manage my cruise page , but it says for pre cruise purchases.  I thought I was told that the OBC can be used towards gratuities, or to spend on the ship, not pre cruise only.

 

I tried calling RC but was on hold for over an hour so hung up.

 

Has anyone been able to use "pre cruise OBC" on the ship, rather than pre cruise use?

[DaniDanielle]

Always use it on the ship

[Cigar King]

My understanding that this money CAN be used for purchases pre-cruise.  If you don't use it pre-cruise it will be available during the cruise for your purchases, which can include the gratuities.  

[MrsP_29]

I recently cashed in most of my points to offset the cost of our upcoming cruise. Since then I've accrued a few more and was planning on using them as OBC. Maybe I need to cash them out earlier than planned.

[John&LaLa]

Quit using the card when I had over 50,000 points 'expire' during Covid shutdown.🤬

[NRWPA]

I just cashed in my points for on board credit. The points are also good for purchasing robes. You must "shop" on the Bank of America website under your credit card account. Add the on board credit in the amount you want to your shopping cart. To check out, you'll need your reservation number for the cruise where you want the OBC applied. I believe you have to do this 7 or more days in advance of your cruise. I did mine for my June and September cruises. If you need help, don't call Royal, call the bank phone number on the back of your card. I hope this helps 🙂

[NRWPA]

33 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

Quit using the card when I had over 50,000 points 'expire' during Covid shutdown.🤬

That's terrible! No extension?

[John&LaLa]

4 minutes ago, NRWPA said:

That's terrible! No extension?

 

Nope, guess I assumed there would be

 

Bad on me

[NRWPA]

Just now, John&LaLa said:

 

Nope, guess I assumed there would be

 

Bad on me

I would have assumed the same. I think I like my Princess card better, you can use the points to pay your bill

[John&LaLa]

3 hours ago, NRWPA said:

I would have assumed the same. I think I like my Princess card better, you can use the points to pay your bill

 

Do points expire?

[NRWPA]

10 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Do points expire?

According to Barclay website: As long as your account is open, active and in good standing, your points do not expire.

[Snackdaddy]

According the Royal Caribbean Cruises Visa Program Rules (Bank of America) "Points expire five years after the month they were earned."  You can keep track of your expiration dates when you sign into your Bank of America account on their website.

[Moon Orchid]

10 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

Do points expire?

Oops,sorry . I accidently quote this 😊

Edited April 16, 2022 by Moon Orchid

[John&LaLa]

22 minutes ago, Snackdaddy said:

According the Royal Caribbean Cruises Visa Program Rules (Bank of America) "Points expire five years after the month they were earned."  You can keep track of your expiration dates when you sign into your Bank of America account on their website.

 

Gotcha, but couldn't really use overvthe 18 month shutdown

[island lady]

Just applied some of mine to upcoming Mariner 8 night...due to realizing I forgot to add prepaid gratuities. 😮  

 

Sooo...will let the points pay the tips during the cruise.   😉 

[PokrChick]

14 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

Nope, guess I assumed there would be

Have you tried arguing your point? (no pun intended)  It seems everything should have been put on hold while cruising was on hold.  That's a lot of money to give up without a fight!

[MadamG2U]

Read this and called.  Got a nice OBC for my June cruise.

[Snackdaddy]

You can always ask. The worst that can happen in a “no.”  When we couldn’t use our Disney Vacation Club points during COVID, we lost them. I called and they reinstated 50% of the points. Can’t hurt to ask. 

[cruisegal40]

I need to do this for our upcoming cruise in September. Thanks for the tips on the transferring.

[juhacorno410]

Thank you to all that responded.  I will use the OBC on the ship.

 

[NJ Seahorse]

I had points expire and BOA told me I needed a cruise booked to be able to stop the expiration. Now that I have a cruise planned, I got help from Crown & Anchor for some restoration of recently lost Points. Ask for the Resolution department to address this. I had to call back in about two weeks to see if points would be issued to my cruise account.

[MAILMAN]

Cashed in points for $100 on board credit last week still don’t see it applied to cruise anyone know how long it takes or who I should call. Thanks