Is stock benefit combinable with casino offer, etc?

[coscab]

I have 80 shares of carnival stock, thinking of buying 20 more for benefit, are there any restrictions on getting the obc.

Edited August 29, 2023 by coscab

[Haljo1935]

I have not had an issue combining it with any offer or rate or with stacking it on Carnival, but I have on other CCL lines.

One call out is it can get a little muddy on B2B - seems it's not consistently applied, so do check once you get confirmation it's been added.

[Elaine5715]

Depends on the offer.  The ones that are "Pay $200 Cruise Fare, Get $200 OBC" not likely unless you bump up a room category and pay more cruise fare.   

[john91498]

The only time I was denied the stock benefit was a few years ago when Carnival was giving out a lot of free cabins to get people back to cruising. I was denied, but reapplied a few weeks later and was approved. YMMV...

[coscab]

Thanks for replies😊

[wardwhitty]

We keep getting denied with the casino offer.

[hard_eight]

29 minutes ago, Elaine5715 said:

Depends on the offer.  The ones that are "Pay $200 Cruise Fare, Get $200 OBC" not likely unless you bump up a room category and pay more cruise fare.   

This seems to be the most accurate. The Premier etc cruises are fine..I've got one of the $200/$200 ones booked in Nov and assume it'll be denied.

[Old Fart Cruisers]

I have only had 1 approved out of 9 cruises since the restart.  I have tried resubmitting the requests multiple times with no luck.  They were all pay $200, get $200 OBC offers, so that may be the reason.  Never had any issues getting approvals before the shutdown.

[1025cruise]

I believe the stock benefit does not apply if you booked a discounted rate. I also believe you need 100 shares.

[badgermomof2]

2 hours ago, wardwhitty said:

We keep getting denied with the casino offer.

I booked two weeks ago with casino offer, $500 OBC and free drinks in casino.  Within a few days my OBC was added for my Carnival shares.  

[john91498]

1 hour ago, badgermomof2 said:

I booked two weeks ago with casino offer, $500 OBC and free drinks in casino.  Within a few days my OBC was added for my Carnival shares.  

 

3 hours ago, wardwhitty said:

We keep getting denied with the casino offer.

 

This is what I don't understand. Seems half the folks say they were denied the stock benefit because of the casino offers, while the other half says they're not denied.

I, for one, only sail if there's a decent casino offer. We're been doing casino offers for the last 25 years and for the most part, we've always been able to get the stock benefit.

Could it be a regional case where the benefit is denied or not?

[Haljo1935]

1 minute ago, john91498 said:

 

 

This is what I don't understand. Seems half the folks say they were denied the stock benefit because of the casino offers, while the other half says they're not denied.

I, for one, only sail if there's a decent casino offer. We're been doing casino offers for the last 25 years and for the most part, we've always been able to get the stock benefit.

Could it be a regional case where the benefit is denied or not?

I share your frustration. I'm not looking for a special exception - would just like consistency in how things are applied/approved.

Still struggling w/adding HIA for same reason.