kaybeebee Posted September 23, 2022 #1 Share Posted September 23, 2022 Trying to purchase AARP Carnival gift cards for 3 days now and site says shopping cart disabled. Anyone else have this experience, and if so, can you call to purchase? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbieGee Posted September 23, 2022 #2 Share Posted September 23, 2022 28 minutes ago, kaybeebee said: Trying to purchase AARP Carnival gift cards for 3 days now and site says shopping cart disabled. Anyone else have this experience, and if so, can you call to purchase? I found the same issue. Cannot 'check out', just reroutes me to 'log in' screen. I'll try making a call... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbieGee Posted September 23, 2022 #3 Share Posted September 23, 2022 NOTICE: Cart checkout is currently unavailable and purchases have been temporarily disabled. We are working to remedy the issue & apologize for the inconvenience. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbieGee Posted September 23, 2022 #4 Share Posted September 23, 2022 No help via the phone. We must then wait. Check back periodically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaNectar Posted September 23, 2022 #5 Share Posted September 23, 2022 Same thing all week.. they just told me to check back in a couple of hours. (They been saying that all week) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luv2trvlnow Posted September 23, 2022 #6 Share Posted September 23, 2022 The cart check out being disabled is just the lastest in a string of problems on the AARP Rewards website. Two or three years ago a new company took over the program and there has been nothing but website problems . Everytime they try to solve a problem they only make it worse. They don't solve the problem, just add more problems. People have been complaining there about not receiving the Carnival gift cards for months. It takes time and patience to finally get them. People have been told they haven't purchased them even though the money has been charged to their credit cards or deducted from their checking accounts. I just don't think it is worth the discount there anymore. They just can't seem to solve their many IT problems. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaybeebee Posted September 23, 2022 Author #7 Share Posted September 23, 2022 I bought them last year with no plrblems, just printed the e card and used . Hopefully they will get it sorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruizinisthebest Posted September 23, 2022 #8 Share Posted September 23, 2022 Been happening alot lately. I had this issue two weeks ago, then it eventually worked. The cart has been disabled all week again. People have been asking on the community help page, but AARP has no answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjkTX Posted September 25, 2022 #9 Share Posted September 25, 2022 I just bought $2500 worth of e-gift cards from AARP (not for Carnival) a few days ago and got them immediately. Since they have a monthly limit if I go back and try and buy more this month nothing works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Thenagers Posted September 25, 2022 #10 Share Posted September 25, 2022 On 9/23/2022 at 1:12 PM, cruizinisthebest said: Been happening alot lately. I had this issue two weeks ago, then it eventually worked. The cart has been disabled all week again. People have been asking on the community help page, but AARP has no answers. Just tried again this AM and when I try to checkout it makes me log in again? Can not get to the screen to pay. Glad I do not need to pay for anything for a while? I guess I will just keep checking back? I will need to get some to pay off the cruise and buy the drink package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbismith Posted September 25, 2022 #11 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Is there another vendor to buy them from? I sail in a week and need wifi and water. TIA, Bobbi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Goodreds Posted September 25, 2022 #12 Share Posted September 25, 2022 3 hours ago, bobbismith said: Is there another vendor to buy them from? I sail in a week and need wifi and water. TIA, Bobbi Allstate Rewards also sells Carnival gift cards with a 10% discount. You do not have to have Allstate insurance but you do need to download their Drivewise app. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jelly_Toast Posted September 26, 2022 #13 Share Posted September 26, 2022 I've had problems with AARP too. It has been at least a month now but no matter what form of payment I tried to use it wouldn't go through. Calls to customer service were useless as I was told my issue would have to be escalated. I had waited until the last minute to decide to use gift cards and didn't have time so I purchased as many as I could from Allstate but wasn't able to cover the entire trip because they do have a limit on the number you can get at once. Lesson learned, don't wait until the last minute to buy gift cards and don't count on AARP. When trying to find an answer to my issue I found more than one forum where people were complaining of the exact same problem I had that had gone back for quite a while and there was nobody who had resolved the issue for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lele100 Posted September 26, 2022 #14 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Says you have to be an AARP member to purchase the Carnival Cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngrund Posted September 26, 2022 #15 Share Posted September 26, 2022 2 hours ago, lele100 said: Says you have to be an AARP member to purchase the Carnival Cards the cards are for AARP members only, but the website is having issues with making any purchases (shopping cart disabled) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avenger71 Posted September 26, 2022 #16 Share Posted September 26, 2022 I just tried and it keeps bringing me back to the login page, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycruise1 Posted September 28, 2022 #17 Share Posted September 28, 2022 JUST WORKED FOR ME! Like many of you I have been trying for days, even this morning. But I have been making a habit of checking and it went through and I even got the confirmation emails for my orders. Good because I have a couple final payments coming due and want to put a deposit down on another cruise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drazil65 Posted September 28, 2022 #18 Share Posted September 28, 2022 (edited) Worked for me as well just now, although the $500 card was sold out the $100 cards were still available. Edited September 28, 2022 by Drazil65 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngrund Posted September 28, 2022 #19 Share Posted September 28, 2022 I'm still getting the cart is disabled message- But at least I have some time before my final payment due date Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcvtmom Posted September 28, 2022 #20 Share Posted September 28, 2022 I got excited, because I've been trying for the last two weeks. The message still says checkout is unavailable. Sigh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalspin Posted September 28, 2022 #21 Share Posted September 28, 2022 It came on at 11:30 Eastern but went off quite quickly. (I missed it.) All of the $500 cruiseline cards are no longer available (Carnival, RCI, X, Princess, HAL), and I don't expect them to come back. I used the Chat function last week, and "Michele" said they were analysing usage data, that it wasn't a web or tech problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BlerkOne Posted September 28, 2022 #22 Share Posted September 28, 2022 On 9/26/2022 at 2:41 PM, avenger71 said: I just tried and it keeps bringing me back to the login page, too. At least it doesn't do that now. But still won't let me purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcvtmom Posted September 28, 2022 #23 Share Posted September 28, 2022 AARP asked me to fill out a survey on my last visit to the page. I had my say about the current situation, not that it'll do much good. We can all hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ButterflyGirly Posted September 28, 2022 #24 Share Posted September 28, 2022 I am still not able to checkout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngrund Posted September 28, 2022 #25 Share Posted September 28, 2022 1 hour ago, crystalspin said: It came on at 11:30 Eastern but went off quite quickly. (I missed it.) All of the $500 cruiseline cards are no longer available (Carnival, RCI, X, Princess, HAL), and I don't expect them to come back. I used the Chat function last week, and "Michele" said they were analysing usage data, that it wasn't a web or tech problem. This happened a couple of years ago-only $100's no $500s. I just hope they don't decrease the purchase limit per month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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