Scorpio41 Posted April 20, 2023 #51 Share Posted April 20, 2023 20 hours ago, doog442 said: We bought 100 shares with Hargreaves Landsdown a month back. E mailed P&O yesterday for our Jan 24 cruise, reply today that OBC has been applied. HL supply a pdf that I attached...so £150 OBC Princess different story. E mail sent well before the cut off but nothing else heard, they won't answer the phone and the cruise is 11 days away. P&O appear to be getting a grip of things now aggressive pricing, decent customer service. You probably already know this but. Princess have a different email address to P&O. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Selbourne Posted April 20, 2023 Author #52 Share Posted April 20, 2023 2 hours ago, wowzz said: Interesting - can you let us know how you get on. Got an email back from the TA within an hour saying that they had made the request to P&O. Sounds like it won’t be any quicker than how you do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrierjohn Posted April 20, 2023 #53 Share Posted April 20, 2023 40 minutes ago, Scorpio41 said: You probably already know this but. Princess have a different email address to P&O. I thought it was a Carnival UK e-mail address that you sent all requests to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianI Posted April 20, 2023 #54 Share Posted April 20, 2023 12 minutes ago, terrierjohn said: I thought it was a Carnival UK e-mail address that you sent all requests to. Princess are different UNITED KINGDOM BRANDS P & O CRUISES (UK) Shareholders Guest Services Carnival UK Carnival House 100 Harbour Parade Southampton SO15 1ST United Kingdom Tel 44 0 345 355 5111 Fax 44 0 238 065 7360 Email: shareholderbenefits@carnivalukgroup.com CUNARD* Shareholders Guest Services Tel 44 0 345 355 0300 Fax 44 0 238 065 7360 Email: shareholderbenefits@carnivalukgroup.com PRINCESS CRUISES (UK)* Princess Cruises Military & Shareholder Benefits Team Tel 44 0 344 338 8663 Fax 44 0 238 065 7509 Email: benefits@princesscruises.co.uk Brian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gettingwarmer Posted April 20, 2023 #55 Share Posted April 20, 2023 22 hours ago, doog442 said: We bought 100 shares with Hargreaves Landsdown a month back. E mailed P&O yesterday for our Jan 24 cruise, reply today that OBC has been applied. HL supply a pdf that I attached...so £150 OBC Princess different story. E mail sent well before the cut off but nothing else heard, they won't answer the phone and the cruise is 11 days away. P&O appear to be getting a grip of things now aggressive pricing, decent customer service. 1 hour ago, BrianI said: Princess are different UNITED KINGDOM BRANDS P & O CRUISES (UK) Shareholders Guest Services Carnival UK Carnival House 100 Harbour Parade Southampton SO15 1ST United Kingdom Tel 44 0 345 355 5111 Fax 44 0 238 065 7360 Email: shareholderbenefits@carnivalukgroup.com CUNARD* Shareholders Guest Services Tel 44 0 345 355 0300 Fax 44 0 238 065 7360 Email: shareholderbenefits@carnivalukgroup.com PRINCESS CRUISES (UK)* Princess Cruises Military & Shareholder Benefits Team Tel 44 0 344 338 8663 Fax 44 0 238 065 7509 Email: benefits@princesscruises.co.uk Brian 22 hours ago, doog442 said: We bought 100 shares with Hargreaves Landsdown a month back. E mailed P&O yesterday for our Jan 24 cruise, reply today that OBC has been applied. HL supply a pdf that I attached...so £150 OBC Princess different story. E mail sent well before the cut off but nothing else heard, they won't answer the phone and the cruise is 11 days away. P&O appear to be getting a grip of things now aggressive pricing, decent customer service. See above email address. Have you sent to the correct one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandancer Posted April 20, 2023 #56 Share Posted April 20, 2023 We have enjoyed shareholder obc from P&O, Cunard and Princess. Princess was the only one we had any problem with but I think was because we allowed HL to apply on our behalf and it was sent to the wrong email address. Since then I have applied myself. This morning I applied using the Carnival email address for an October P&O cruise. Within the hour I heard back that it was accepted and 20 mins later a new invoice from our TA detailing the increased obc popped into my inbox. Couldn’t complain about that service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Selbourne Posted April 20, 2023 Author #57 Share Posted April 20, 2023 12 minutes ago, sandancer said: This morning I applied using the Carnival email address for an October P&O cruise. Within the hour I heard back that it was accepted and 20 mins later a new invoice from our TA detailing the increased obc popped into my inbox. Couldn’t complain about that service. Interesting that they applied the shareholder OBC 3 months early, as their rules say you can only apply after the balance due date, which for an October cruise would be July. It would certainly make life easier being able to do all future cruises in one go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandancer Posted April 21, 2023 #58 Share Posted April 21, 2023 I read on CC that someone had got it for next year so I thought I would have a go and it worked. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doog442 Posted April 21, 2023 #59 Share Posted April 21, 2023 12 hours ago, Selbourne said: Interesting that they applied the shareholder OBC 3 months early, as their rules say you can only apply after the balance due date, which for an October cruise would be July. It would certainly make life easier being able to do all future cruises in one go. Indeed mine has been applied for a Jan 24 cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doog442 Posted April 21, 2023 #60 Share Posted April 21, 2023 12 hours ago, Gettingwarmer said: See above email address. Have you sent to the correct one. I managed to get through to Princess yesterday by phone and they confirm $100 OBC has been applied but no e mail to confirm. I've just spoken to my TA and they've confirmed and applied it to the booking. So thanks to the advice on here we have an immediate return of £230 on £700 worth of shares . I bought the shares in my wifes name as she's going with her mum next week on Princess ($100) and we're both off next Jan on Arvia (£150). P&O gave us £600 OBC for that cruise, so £750 should cover drinks. Happy days !....that said the share price is still falling but I'm not complaining. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruisemeister2002 Posted April 21, 2023 #61 Share Posted April 21, 2023 On 4/19/2023 at 1:57 PM, Selbourne said: I don’t have any Carnival U.K. shares, but as we are now commencing cruising in the post-Covid era and the share price is still low (£7 per share versus around £30-40 per share when we last cruised Pre Covid) I am thinking that it may be worthwhile. As I understand it, you need 100 shares, so an outlay of around £700? We have 3 cruises booked with P&O this year (2 x 14 night and 1 x 7 night) and a 14 night cruise with Cunard in Spring 2024 so, if I understand the shareholder benefit correctly, we would get most of our investment back via OBC within just 12 months? Do you have to have had the shares for a minimum period (3 months?) before you can apply for the OBC benefit? I’m wondering if I’m too late for our July cruise? Are there any other qualifying conditions that mean that, if I buy now, may prevent me from getting OBC? My biggest question / concern is over bookings that have received discounts, as this seems to be a disqualifying factor? All our bookings are via a big cruise specialist TA that many of us use, and all have a discount (albeit not a huge one). Having done a bit of Googling, it would appear that some Carnival brands have started refusing shareholder OBC unless the booking was made at the full advertised rate. Does this ring any bells with anyone? I don’t want to buy the shares and then find that we can only get the OBC by booking direct at full price. Thanks. Just got back off a cruise on Ventura. Got the £150 OBC as I hold 100 Carnival shares. Bought these several months ago at £6.99 per share so an outlay of just over £700 due to purchase costs. Go again next year on a 19 night cruise so another £150. whilst I am aware OBC isn't actually worth £150 as items bought onboard whether clothes, dining, shore excursions etc are all subject to a mark up which will be profit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheep Flavour Posted April 21, 2023 #62 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Apologies if it’s been mentioned and I have missed it. What is the min amount of shares that you need? And is it in P&O or Carnival etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruisemeister2002 Posted April 21, 2023 #63 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Just now, Sheep Flavour said: Apologies if it’s been mentioned and I have missed it. What is the min amount of shares that you need? And is it in P&O or Carnival etc? Carnival ordinary shares. Now around £6.70 per share. One hundred needed to get OBC. This varies from £30 to £150 depending on the length of your cruise. If you have a tier in the Portunas club, we a Caribbean tier you won't of course get any further discount as you are using OBC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheep Flavour Posted April 21, 2023 #64 Share Posted April 21, 2023 5 minutes ago, Cruisemeister2002 said: Carnival ordinary shares. Now around £6.70 per share. One hundred needed to get OBC. This varies from £30 to £150 depending on the length of your cruise. If you have a tier in the Portunas club, we a Caribbean tier you won't of course get any further discount as you are using OBC. Thanks for your fast reply and help. finally I have a cruise booked later this month and Sept. Do you have to let the booking team know at the time of booking or can you call them whenever to get them to add it on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majortom10 Posted April 21, 2023 #65 Share Posted April 21, 2023 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Sheep Flavour said: Thanks for your fast reply and help. finally I have a cruise booked later this month and Sept. Do you have to let the booking team know at the time of booking or can you call them whenever to get them to add it on? You have to inform the cruise company of your shareholding. They state at least 4weeks before cruise but has been stated by some they applied later and was granted. Edited April 21, 2023 by majortom10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianI Posted April 21, 2023 #66 Share Posted April 21, 2023 3 minutes ago, Sheep Flavour said: finally I have a cruise booked later this month and Sept. Do you have to let the booking team know at the time of booking or can you call them whenever to get them to add it on? You can call anytime once you have the shares. However they say no earlier than 90 days and no later than 21 days before sail date. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheep Flavour Posted April 21, 2023 #67 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Thanks all, as always this forum is helpful 😃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruisemeister2002 Posted April 21, 2023 #68 Share Posted April 21, 2023 5 minutes ago, Sheep Flavour said: Thanks for your fast reply and help. finally I have a cruise booked later this month and Sept. Do you have to let the booking team know at the time of booking or can you call them whenever to get them to add it on? My shares are held with Hargreaves Landsdown. I contacted the in November for the cruise in early March, but due to the heavy volume of work they didn't inform P&O of my holding until around February time. But there is a limit to the time between telling P&O about your Carnival shares holding and your actual cruise. Best to check with them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowzz Posted April 21, 2023 #69 Share Posted April 21, 2023 17 minutes ago, Sheep Flavour said: Do you have to let the booking team know at the time of booking or can you call them whenever to get them to add it on? Unless someone knows differently, you cannot call them. You send an e-mail with details of your cruise, booking ref etc together with proof of share ownership. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ccpm Posted April 21, 2023 #70 Share Posted April 21, 2023 32 minutes ago, wowzz said: Unless someone knows differently, you cannot call them. You send an e-mail with details of your cruise, booking ref etc together with proof of share ownership. I have always used the email supplied by someone on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gettingwarmer Posted April 21, 2023 #71 Share Posted April 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Sheep Flavour said: Thanks for your fast reply and help. finally I have a cruise booked later this month and Sept. Do you have to let the booking team know at the time of booking or can you call them whenever to get them to add it on? The email details are in post #54 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshirephil Posted April 21, 2023 #72 Share Posted April 21, 2023 I usually wait until I have payed the balance to apply for the OBC but thought I would apply for our October cruise and I had it confirmed within a couple of hours. Good job Carnival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Deeliteful Posted April 22, 2023 #73 Share Posted April 22, 2023 I am trying to buy via HL and it’s showing $1.66 per share! That can’t be right can it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare david63 Posted April 22, 2023 #74 Share Posted April 22, 2023 11 minutes ago, Deeliteful said: I am trying to buy via HL and it’s showing $1.66 per share! That can’t be right can it? No - that is the US Carnival share price - you need one that is around 670p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrierjohn Posted April 22, 2023 #75 Share Posted April 22, 2023 12 minutes ago, david63 said: No - that is the US Carnival share price - you need one that is around 670p You want CCL:LSE, which is Carmnival plc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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