kansas farm wife Posted September 28, 2022 #26 Share Posted September 28, 2022 On 9/20/2022 at 7:51 AM, happywandering said: Is anyone else having trouble buying from your cart? I keep getting the message that they are unable to fill my order at this time and are working on it. The questions are what is the problem and when will it be fixed. My paranoia is kicking in. I wonder if they are trying to stop selling the HAL cards. I have not purchased any since June, but had no trouble at that time. Same here. I bought some last month with no problem. This month I kept getting credit card error remarks. Later checked my credit card statement and I was charged multiple times for gift cards but never received them. Called in and they said there is a huge glitch in the system and many people were charged ace didn’t receive the gift cards. They shut it down until they get the problem fixed and people reimbursed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwj Posted September 29, 2022 #27 Share Posted September 29, 2022 16 hours ago, NRFBQN said: The AARP cards were available this morning and I was able to check out successfully. I hope they work for all of you, too! We very much appreciate your notification. We were sitting on 5 $500 gift cards in our cart, and where able to checkout and receive the emails successfully. The $500 gift cards were not available unless they were already in your cart. Lo and behold, today, the AARP rewards website checkout is no longer working (again ...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalspin Posted September 29, 2022 #28 Share Posted September 29, 2022 2 hours ago, mwj said: We very much appreciate your notification. We were sitting on 5 $500 gift cards in our cart, and where able to checkout and receive the emails successfully. The $500 gift cards were not available unless they were already in your cart. Lo and behold, today, the AARP rewards website checkout is no longer working (again ...) Well, boo. I took my 3x$500 out of my cart bc I thought they wouldn't honor them. Of course I missed the hour or so they were on line anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laura1960 Posted October 2, 2022 #29 Share Posted October 2, 2022 The checkout is still not working....and final payment is tomorrow! The IT department at AARP (if they even have one) sucks. This has been going on for what, like three weeks now? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalspin Posted October 2, 2022 #30 Share Posted October 2, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, laura1960 said: The checkout is still not working....and final payment is tomorrow! The IT department at AARP (if they even have one) sucks. This has been going on for what, like three weeks now? I understood (from the Chat person I got) that it was the button-counters and not IT that had the Rewards off-line. The fact that the $500 Cruise cards went away agrees with that. My final payment is about one week out. OTOH, with only $100 (x5) cards available the most you and I can save would be $50... Edited October 2, 2022 by crystalspin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChinaShrek Posted October 2, 2022 #31 Share Posted October 2, 2022 These gift cards were always intended as such. They were not intended to be purchased in large quantities to pay off entire cruises. I believe we caused our own problem. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalspin Posted October 2, 2022 #32 Share Posted October 2, 2022 34 minutes ago, ChinaShrek said: These gift cards were always intended as such. They were not intended to be purchased in large quantities to pay off entire cruises. I believe we caused our own problem. Interesting point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happywandering Posted October 5, 2022 Author #33 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Woo Hoo! Bought five cards today. (10/5/22) Applied to my February cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalspin Posted October 5, 2022 #34 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Yes I saw on the Carnival Board that the AARP Rewards were working, but only for $100 (limit of five). Meanwhile I have paid off my January cruise with the HAL anniversary (of HMC) cards, getting bonus cards worth $149 whereas with the limit at $500/month, I was only going to save $50 from AARP. (Final Payment is next week.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happywandering Posted October 5, 2022 Author #35 Share Posted October 5, 2022 I was able to get the $500 cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalspin Posted October 5, 2022 #36 Share Posted October 5, 2022 12 minutes ago, happywandering said: I was able to get the $500 cards. You are correct! I was repeating what I read on the Carnival Board and had not gone to AARP Rewards site because I no longer needed them! Both values of cards are available for all the cruiselines they had before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruising-along Posted October 5, 2022 #37 Share Posted October 5, 2022 58 minutes ago, happywandering said: Woo Hoo! Bought five cards today. (10/5/22) Applied to my February cruise. Thank you for posting this. DH and I each were able to purchase our monthly limit of 5 ($500) cards. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aprilsp88 Posted October 8, 2022 #38 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Are the e-gift cards delivered instantly after purchase? I called AARP today, asking what should I do in case there is problem with the gift card, the representative seems to be clueless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happywandering Posted October 8, 2022 Author #39 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Pretty much instantly. Maybe five minute delay.🤨 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friendswithdave Posted July 25, 2023 #40 Share Posted July 25, 2023 I'm an AARP member and can find nothing on their website about Holland America, much less their gift cards. Anyone else clue me in? Are they gone are just hard to find? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruising sister Posted July 25, 2023 #41 Share Posted July 25, 2023 I found them hard to find. Make sure you are signed in and search in reward center. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charleston Lady Posted July 25, 2023 #42 Share Posted July 25, 2023 18 minutes ago, cruising sister said: I found them hard to find. Make sure you are signed in and search in reward center. Yes, go to rewards, then choose "see all rewards" and scroll down till you see the HAL cards. It's tricky, but they are there. I just bought the max amount for me and my husband yesterday. Once you choose the card you can choose the number you wish to purchase (max 5/month pp) when it's in your cart. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare richwmn Posted July 25, 2023 #43 Share Posted July 25, 2023 (edited) I just brought up the aarp website. 1. Click on rewards at the top 2. scroll down until you see a Carnival Gift Card 3. on the right click on 'see all rewards' 4. scroll down and you will see Princess and Holland America (typing at same time as Charleston Lady) Edited July 25, 2023 by richwmn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friendswithdave Posted July 25, 2023 #44 Share Posted July 25, 2023 Thanks for the help, but I must be in the AARP twilight zone. When I click on "AARP Awards 3765 Points" at the top, it sends me to a new page. Scrolling down this page doesn't get me anywhere. Wife tried and did no better. Does your page say just "Rewards" at the top? Frustrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Nickelpenny Posted July 25, 2023 #45 Share Posted July 25, 2023 9 hours ago, friendswithdave said: Thanks for the help, but I must be in the AARP twilight zone. When I click on "AARP Awards 3765 Points" at the top, it sends me to a new page. Scrolling down this page doesn't get me anywhere. Wife tried and did no better. Does your page say just "Rewards" at the top? Frustrating. Log in to AARP (you don't have to be a member) and at the top in the red bar should be "AARP Rewards". Click then go to "redeem" on the left side and select "all". Scroll down and you should see them. I don't know if this link will work for you as I am logged in but try: https://www.aarp.org/rewards/discover/?intcmp=GLOBAL-HDR-LNK-CLK-AARP_REWARDS-UXDIA Good Luck!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friendswithdave Posted July 25, 2023 #46 Share Posted July 25, 2023 Thanks all, it worked for me this morning. The screen looked different. I think I just needed to log out then log back in. Now I need to figure out how to use these to make payment when booking a cruise using an online travel agent currently providing the best deal on a Dec cruise. I'll start working on this and report back, but if you have hints or know this isn't possible, your input is appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulders Posted July 25, 2023 #47 Share Posted July 25, 2023 Go to this page and scroll down until you see "All Rewards" https://www.aarp.org/rewards/redeem/#sort-by=default Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulders Posted July 25, 2023 #48 Share Posted July 25, 2023 3 minutes ago, friendswithdave said: Now I need to figure out how to use these to make payment when booking a cruise using an online travel agent currently providing the best deal on a Dec cruise. I'll start working on this and report back, but if you have hints or know this isn't possible, your input is appreciated. You should be able to apply them by calling your travel agent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ready2go11 Posted July 25, 2023 #49 Share Posted July 25, 2023 I often book through an online company and I have to call and read them the numbers and pins from the gift cards and then wait on hold while they call Holland to apply the payment. A few extra steps necessary but worth the savings. I did ask last time if I could email them the card details and they said they cannot accept the details that way. Maybe your TA will be different but that is how mine works. The gift cards all start with the same numbers, usually only the last 4-6 digits are different if that helps when reading them the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare POA1 Posted July 25, 2023 #50 Share Posted July 25, 2023 They definitely do not make it easy to find. The Join! links, on the other hand, are hard to miss. 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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