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There are cruise lines who give levels of play & tag those players according to their   times & amounts they play for free perks or free  cabins .So does any one know if HAL's casino operation places levels on people who gamble for the free cabins or free perks aboard?

 

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As far as I can tell they don't have tiers like, say, Sapphire/Pearl/Gold etc. What happens for my husband is he receives a written offer in the cabin on the last night for a next cruise with perks based on his play. This early offer is usually the best offer. Then, periodically during the year we will receive other casino offers of various values.

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30 minutes ago, Jammu2 said:

As far as I can tell they don't have tiers like, say, Sapphire/Pearl/Gold etc. What happens for my husband is he receives a written offer in the cabin on the last night for a next cruise with perks based on his play. This early offer is usually the best offer. Then, periodically during the year we will receive other casino offers of various values.

Same here. I found that the price for my next cruise at the end of this March was a casino rate, as per the agent on the phone when I booked.

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12 hours ago, Jammu2 said:

As far as I can tell they don't have tiers like, say, Sapphire/Pearl/Gold etc. What happens for my husband is he receives a written offer in the cabin on the last night for a next cruise with perks based on his play. This early offer is usually the best offer. Then, periodically during the year we will receive other casino offers of various values.

 That is very interesting that your husband receives the best offer the last night of the cruise . That tells me yes they are actively monitoring play .We have heard that  the slot play gets more attention than say table play ;which also makes sense as the slots are the best payback to the house  in any casino .just look at the sq footage dedicated to slots vs the sq footage dedicated to table fames

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not yet, but i got a survey from them on how to make the casino players experience better and more rewarding so I would expect some changes soon, questions were geared to a status level platform like they have at MGM and Caesars 

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Yes they do have tiers. They do not call them out. You need to look at the lower left hand corner when your cabin card is activated in the slot machine. The purple tier is 50,000 points and above. I am not sure the breakdown for the yellow tier. 10,000 to 49,999 points possibly. Silver is the lowest tier. You get 1 point for every $2 put in the slot machine. On my last 7 day cruise I had a little over 90,000 points.

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3 hours ago, millennial said:

You spent $45k on slots?

I didn't spend $45,000 on slots. I actually rolled $180,000 thru the slot machines as you get 1 point for every $2 you put in. Obviously you don't lose on every spin. I hit some jackpots and did decent on the blackjack table. The Neptune Suite was comped by the casino. I lost less than the cost of the NS if I had to pay for it so to me I came out ahead.

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Wondering if they track your points from cruise to cruise.  Like if we spent a bunch on 1 cruise does that carry over to the next cruise?  Or is it tracked for just the cruise you are on?  I know on our last cruise, I got an offer much better than my husband did.  I just happened to win a bit on the 1st day & used that to gamble on.  So hubby spent more of his own $ than I did.

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Casino offerings are very confusing to say the least  . imo no one really knows how they figure &  on what basis do they send out rewards for casino players .all I know when you play in a cruise line casino ,the average player loses Same with any land based casino . There are only 2 games now that the player has a chance of wining .One is craps & the other is single deck 21 with good paluers at the table

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2 hours ago, mcrcruiser said:

Casino offerings are very confusing to say the least  . imo no one really knows how they figure &  on what basis do they send out rewards for casino players .all I know when you play in a cruise line casino ,the average player loses Same with any land based casino . There are only 2 games now that the player has a chance of wining .One is craps & the other is single deck 21 with good paluers at the table

I agree that the casino offerings are confusing. I don't play the tables (yet) and only play the slots when my wife is napping (about an hour a day). I only play for recreation and as such I don't bet big. I have received casino offers from HAL, Carnival, and Princess. Prior to receiving the offer from Princess I had only cruised with them once for 3 days. At times I lose, sometimes I win, but I always come out ahead due to the discounted rates. A word to the wise, publishing the discounted rates is probably the best way to get kicked off the list.

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On 3/3/2023 at 7:14 PM, Laminator said:

Yes they do have tiers. They do not call them out. You need to look at the lower left hand corner when your cabin card is activated in the slot machine. The purple tier is 50,000 points and above. I am not sure the breakdown for the yellow tier. 10,000 to 49,999 points possibly. Silver is the lowest tier. You get 1 point for every $2 put in the slot machine. On my last 7 day cruise I had a little over 90,000 points.

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Thanks for sharing Laminator.  What slot game were you playing where this displayed?  i'm play an IGT machine right now and don't see this same digital display

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On 5/4/2024 at 11:30 PM, Fly and Sail said:

 

Tier 4 - ME! 😄

Tier 1 - free Inside cabin offer     (Loser)

Tier 2 - Free OV cabin offer        (Big Loser)

Tier 3 - Free VH cabin offer        ( Very Big Loser)

Tier 4- Free SY Cabin Offer        (Impressively big loser)

Tier 5 Free Neptune Suite Cabin offer  (Super -duper 5 star gigantic loser)

 

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6 hours ago, ntdavis said:

Thanks for sharing Laminator.  What slot game were you playing where this displayed?  i'm play an IGT machine right now and don't see this same digital display

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That was quite some time ago so I don't remember. Your points are in the lower right hand corner. 

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25 minutes ago, Laminator said:

That was quite some time ago so I don't remember. Your points are in the lower right hand corner. 

So you shouldn’t use the free play to increase your point tier?  I always assumed they didn’t set you backwards if you used your free play.  What is your assumption?  Thanks for all of your insights.  

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2 hours ago, Mary229 said:

So you shouldn’t use the free play to increase your point tier?  I always assumed they didn’t set you backwards if you used your free play.  What is your assumption?  Thanks for all of your insights.  

You don't accumulate points on free play. That is pretty much the norm on both ship and land based properties. The easiest way to explain this is if you get $10 in free play and a spin costs a dollar you would not get any points on your first 10 spins, If you hit a few line pays and win $20 from that $10 you will receive points on that $20. So you accumulate points on your winnings from free play just not the free play itself. 

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7 hours ago, Laminator said:

You don't accumulate points on free play. That is pretty much the norm on both ship and land based properties. The easiest way to explain this is if you get $10 in free play and a spin costs a dollar you would not get any points on your first 10 spins, If you hit a few line pays and win $20 from that $10 you will receive points on that $20. So you accumulate points on your winnings from free play just not the free play itself. 

What I meant is if I play my free play my points go way down, should I not play the free play to keep the points in the bank. Another thing I was thinking about - does your status roll over to the next cruise or do you start from zero every time?  Thank you 

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7 hours ago, Mary229 said:

What I meant is if I play my free play my points go way down, should I not play the free play to keep the points in the bank. Another thing I was thinking about - does your status roll over to the next cruise or do you start from zero every time?  Thank you 

Sorry...I misunderstand. Points do not roll over to your next cruise. Some pax save their points til the end of the cruise. Some use their points for free play as they go along. Whatever works best for you is fine. It is important to remember that the Come Back and Sail offer you receive is given to you the morning before disembarkation day so any points you accumulate on the day before disembarkation will not count toward your offer. 

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