tommy Posted March 22 #1 Share Posted March 22 Do you have to give a credit card when checking in or can I wait till I get on the ship? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NutsAboutGolf Posted March 22 #2 Share Posted March 22 2 minutes ago, tommy said: Do you have to give a credit card when checking in or can I wait till I get on the ship? IDK yet wanted to point out you can CHANGE credit cards once aboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Click Posted March 22 #3 Share Posted March 22 They will ask for one when you check in online but as NutsAboutGolf said, it easy to go to guest relations and change it. I had to do it last summer when the card I used to check in got hacked and was canceled and re-issued with a new number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisestitch Posted March 22 #4 Share Posted March 22 You can tell the staff at check-in that you are setting up a cash account, and then, when you get on the ship, go to guest relations and give them your credit card. A number of years ago, some credit cards were compromised by a rogue staff member in Fort Lauderdale. At that point I began waiting until I got on the ship to present my credit card. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ferry_Watcher Posted March 22 #5 Share Posted March 22 If you don't have a credit card registered at embarkation you will be sent to a counter agent. They can see when pulling up your boarding info, that you don't have a credit card on file and they will ask you if you want to add one now. Depending on how much you value your time, the easiest option is to add the credit card with the counter agent. If you don't, expect a letter from Guest Services a couple days into your cruise asking you to come to Guest Services (where you can stand in a line with everyone else). If you don't add a credit card or put a cash deposit down, your usage of your SeaPass card will become restricted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisestitch Posted March 22 #6 Share Posted March 22 6 minutes ago, Ferry_Watcher said: If you don't have a credit card registered at embarkation you will be sent to a counter agent. They can see when pulling up your boarding info, that you don't have a credit card on file and they will ask you if you want to add one now. Depending on how much you value your time, the easiest option is to add the credit card with the counter agent. If you don't, expect a letter from Guest Services a couple days into your cruise asking you to come to Guest Services (where you can stand in a line with everyone else). If you don't add a credit card or put a cash deposit down, your usage of your SeaPass card will become restricted. That all depends on if you have OBC to offset any on board charges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Wildcat Posted March 22 #7 Share Posted March 22 1 hour ago, tommy said: Do you have to give a credit card when checking in or can I wait till I get on the ship? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_K Posted March 23 #8 Share Posted March 23 12 hours ago, cruisestitch said: A number of years ago, some credit cards were compromised by a rogue staff member in Fort Lauderdale. At that point I began waiting until I got on the ship to present my credit card. Wouldn’t doing it online before getting to the port have served as well to thwart the miscreant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PTC DAWG Posted March 23 #9 Share Posted March 23 46 minutes ago, Mark_K said: Wouldn’t doing it online before getting to the port have served as well to thwart the miscreant? Thats my take also… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisestitch Posted March 23 #10 Share Posted March 23 Might have but at the time nobody knew what records he or she had access to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ferry_Watcher Posted March 23 #11 Share Posted March 23 Just a FYI re credit cards and checking in. Only counter agents have the needed equipment to swipe your credit card to enter it into the system, or to change the card a passengers wants to use. Any time an agent is on a passenger's folio page on their check-in lap top, only the registered credit card's last four digits are shown. If a passengers asks about what credit card is registered, we say 'you registered your Visa card ending in 2387' because that is all we see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NutsAboutGolf Posted March 23 #12 Share Posted March 23 19 hours ago, cruisestitch said: You can tell the staff at check-in that you are setting up a cash account, and then, when you get on the ship, go to guest relations and give them your credit card. A number of years ago, some credit cards were compromised by a rogue staff member in Fort Lauderdale. At that point I began waiting until I got on the ship to present my credit card. That can happen literally anywhere. In the US, more and more restaurants now have a mobile credit card reader where they charge your card at the table (so your card never leaves your sight) but many restaurants still take your card away and charge it at the register. I've seen it multiple times where foreigners from Europe and Australia are shocked when they take the card away to the back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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