Princess Website - Military Benefits

[Tedferg]

Did a couple of test bookings and noticed that Princess include Military Benefits for DW as well, only I qualify for these benefits.

[ALWAYS CRUZIN]

3 hours ago, Tedferg said:

Did a couple of test bookings and noticed that Princess include Military Benefits for DW as well, only I qualify for these benefits.

Even if both in the cabin are veterans. You should only receive the OBC for one. It is per cabin.

[Pierlesscruisers]

1 hour ago, ALWAYS CRUZIN said:

Even if both in the cabin are veterans. You should only receive the OBC for one. It is per cabin.

Unless things have changed in the last year or so, that is not correct. My wife and I are both retired military and both have been getting them on every cruise we've been on. I quote from the Princess website in the restrictions portion of the Military Benefit section, "This offer is valid for a maximum of two military personnel per booking."

 

Tom

[peachykiehn]

12 hours ago, Tedferg said:

Did a couple of test bookings and noticed that Princess include Military Benefits for DW as well, only I qualify for these benefits.

Did your wife register as a first responder/healthcare worker during the Princess promotion last year? That could be the reason you are seeing the additional OBC. They didn’t create a special category for those benefits they show under military and mine have been showing on all booked cruises. 

[deliver42]

My wife is retired military, and the OBC always shows up automatically.

[skynight]

10 hours ago, ALWAYS CRUZIN said:

Even if both in the cabin are veterans. You should only receive the OBC for one. It is per cabin.

Up to two qualified passengers per cabin. From the Princess web site

Restrictions

• This offer is valid for a maximum of two military personnel per booking.
• This offer is combinable with other Onboard Credit offers.
• This offer is non-transferable.
• This offer cannot be used for casino credits/charges.
• This offer is combinable with most cruise fares. Some restrictions apply.
• Applications to receive this benefit must be made no later than 14 days prior to the cruise departure date.

[GonzoWCS]

Interested in this.  Great question.

 

Cheers

[Tedferg]

2 hours ago, peachykiehn said:

Did your wife register as a first responder/healthcare worker during the Princess promotion last year? That could be the reason you are seeing the additional OBC. They didn’t create a special category for those benefits they show under military and mine have been showing on all booked cruises. 

No and it has always been just me, including our current scheduled cruise. I just did another test booking and again it shows Military benefits for both of us. How about one of you do a test booking. It popped up under 'View Applied Promo'.

[BabySarge]

DH and I are both retired military and have both always received this terrific and very much appreciated benefit from Princess to include on our last cruise in Feb this year and it is showing for both of us on our upcoming cruises in Sep 2022, Oct 2022, Jan 2023, Feb 2023, Mar 2023, and Apr 2023.

[NavyCruiser]

We instantly received $100 OBC for our Feb 2023 oceanview 7 night booking.

Any other benefits/perks besides that...?

Thanks,

[Tedferg]

1 minute ago, NavyCruiser said:

We instantly received $100 OBC for our Feb 2023 oceanview 7 night booking.

Any other benefits/perks besides that...?

Thanks,

No I used 'no frills' option in three test bookings and both passengers got military benefit. I was logged in to Princess account, no benefits if I was not logged in.

[ALWAYS CRUZIN]

12 hours ago, ALWAYS CRUZIN said:

Even if both in the cabin are veterans. You should only receive the OBC for one. It is per cabin.

So sorry. I was thinking about the stock OBC

[JF - retired RRT]

17 hours ago, Tedferg said:

Did a couple of test bookings and noticed that Princess include Military Benefits for DW as well, only I qualify for these benefits.

Shhh!!!

[JF - retired RRT]

1 hour ago, NavyCruiser said:

We instantly received $100 OBC for our Feb 2023 oceanview 7 night booking.

Any other benefits/perks besides that...?

Thanks,

Buy 100 shares of Carnival stock...same OBC as the military benefit.

[Bizziecruzer]

It's a glitch. When get all the way through the booking, it will show for the eligible guest only.

[Tedferg]

1 hour ago, Bizziecruzer said:

It's a glitch. When get all the way through the booking, it will show for the eligible guest only.

Aha, you are probably right!

[Jilliebean28]

My husband and I are both veterans and we both have always gotten military benefit!

[Pierlesscruisers]

On 7/19/2022 at 8:51 AM, JF - retired RRT said:

Buy 100 shares of Carnival stock...same OBC as the military benefit.

There are 2 differences between the Veterans' Benefit and the Carnival stock credit. First of all, the stock credit must be applied for every time which makes sense since it could be sold at any time, and secondly the stock OBC is non-refundable which means that it is a "spend-it-or lose-it" OBC where the balance left over from Veterans' Benefit is returned to the cruiser in a check about 6-8 weeks after the end of the cruise if its not all spent. On a similar subject, Princess uses up all of a cruiser's non-refundable OBC before using any of their refundable OBC which I believe is a nice thing!

 

Tom