Gift Card in Casino??

[ULCajunCruiser]

Does anyone know if I can use a gift card in the casino??  Or do I have to add it to my onboard account first??  And if I do that, can I then cash it out.   Basically I want to turn my gift cards into cash??   

[DallasGuy75219]

3 minutes ago, ULCajunCruiser said:

Does anyone know if I can use a gift card in the casino??  Or do I have to add it to my onboard account first??  And if I do that, can I then cash it out.   Basically I want to turn my gift cards into cash??   

You'd have to apply the gift card to your S&S account, then when you charge your room on a slot machine that will post as a charge on your S&S account.  Carnival will apply your S&S charges against any credits on your S&S account (OBC, refund of excess port taxes, any cash or gift cards you've applied to your S&S account) before charging the credit card you guaranteed your S&S with.

 

But be careful about withdrawing too much too often and cashing out without playing some it on the slots.  The casino can systematically identify people doing this to get no-fee cash advances or like you cashing out gift cards and automatically block you from charging more on the slots, in addition the the scolding you may get when you try to cash out at the cage.

[dbrucern]

28 minutes ago, ULCajunCruiser said:

Does anyone know if I can use a gift card in the casino??  Or do I have to add it to my onboard account first??  And if I do that, can I then cash it out.   Basically I want to turn my gift cards into cash??   

I take my gift cards to guess services and they have given me the cash.

[ULCajunCruiser]

2 minutes ago, dbrucern said:

I take my gift cards to guess services and they have given me the cash.

Really??   I didn't know they would do that??

[dbrucern]

Just now, ULCajunCruiser said:

Really??   I didn't know they would do that??

I've done 36 cruises and have done it each time.

[Calnev1]

33 minutes ago, dbrucern said:

I've done 36 cruises and have done it each time.

So do you cruise for free?

[MsTabbyKats]

On a similar topic....OBC and casino.  Forenote....I play the slots alot.  Nothing will go unused, but I just want to know the rules.

 

I go to the casino....I charge $100 to my cabin.  It's on the card.  Let's say I play $50 worth (hopefully some winnings)....and my card now shows a balance of $75.  Can I cash that out?  Or only the winnings? Or do I have to go thru the entire $100 to cash out "whatever the balance is" on my card?

[Schoifmom]

3 minutes ago, MsTabbyKats said:

On a similar topic....OBC and casino.  Forenote....I play the slots alot.  Nothing will go unused, but I just want to know the rules.

 

I go to the casino....I charge $100 to my cabin.  It's on the card.  Let's say I play $50 worth (hopefully some winnings)....and my card now shows a balance of $75.  Can I cash that out?  Or only the winnings? Or do I have to go thru the entire $100 to cash out "whatever the balance is" on my card?

Once you have charged to your S&S account, that money now sits in your Player's Bank, which is separate.  In your scenario, you can cash out the $75 without running through the entire $100 charged to your room.  I do it all the time when I have non-refundable OBC or gift card amounts that cannot be cashed out. 

 

 

 

[DallasGuy75219]

3 minutes ago, MsTabbyKats said:

On a similar topic....OBC and casino.  Forenote....I play the slots alot.  Nothing will go unused, but I just want to know the rules.

 

I go to the casino....I charge $100 to my cabin.  It's on the card.  Let's say I play $50 worth (hopefully some winnings)....and my card now shows a balance of $75.  Can I cash that out?  Or only the winnings? Or do I have to go thru the entire $100 to cash out "whatever the balance is" on my card?

Yes. The part about being able to cash out only the winnings only applies to promotional play uploaded by the casino to your promotional bank, e.g. the $25 Platinum/Diamond FreePlay they're giving since there are no tournaments, if you won FreePlay in a casino drawing or promotion, or if you booked a casino rate that includes FreePlay.

[CruizinSusan70]

15 hours ago, dbrucern said:

I've done 36 cruises and have done it each time.

How much per cruise?

[dbrucern]

22 hours ago, Calnev1 said:

So do you cruise for free?

I usually have a good Casino offer

8 hours ago, CruizinSusan70 said:

How much per cruise?

My children usually give me as Christmas, Birthday and anniversary gifts. I cashed $500 on our last cruise

[rondl1]

We buy our GC on AARP and apply it all to OBC.  

 

Last time we didn't use it all and never moved it onto our cards.  3 weeks after the cruise we received a GC from Carnival in form of a refund.