Rare CruzerDeb Posted April 11 #1 Share Posted April 11 Can I pay my entire cruise fare with gift cards? Is there a limit as to how much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare dickinson Posted April 11 #2 Share Posted April 11 Do a search to find the other threads about gift cards. In short, yes you can. the limit is purchasing 5 per month so if cruise payment is expensive you have to buy over a few months. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare CruzerDeb Posted April 11 Author #3 Share Posted April 11 4 minutes ago, dickinson said: Do a search to find the other threads about gift cards. In short, yes you can. the limit is purchasing 5 per month so if cruise payment is expensive you have to buy over a few months. Yeah, the AARP gift card thread is extremely long. Thanks for the quick response! I was just on the AARP site, and they’ve increased the limit to 20 per month. But … another question, if I may. Are the Carnival and Princess gift cards always available? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare dickinson Posted April 11 #4 Share Posted April 11 Just went to AARP and logged in under dh who has purchased 5 this month. It says you can purchase 5/month. Maybe some other company you can buy 20 but not Princess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare CruzerDeb Posted April 11 Author #5 Share Posted April 11 13 minutes ago, dickinson said: Just went to AARP and logged in under dh who has purchased 5 this month. It says you can purchase 5/month. Maybe some other company you can buy 20 but not Princess. Sorry! Just double-checked. You can buy 25 per month for Carnival, but only 5/mo for Princess. Didn’t mean to lead you on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare CruzerDeb Posted April 12 Author #6 Share Posted April 12 Yep - another AARP GC question. I see that Princess policy states that the GCs can’t be used for EZAir and excursions. Has anyone found this not to be the case? $5,000 of my existing amount due is for EZAir flights; sure would like that discount, but obviously don’t want to buy cards I can’t use. Thanks for answering yet ANOTHER ?? - I did try to search for the answer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLAlaska Posted April 12 #7 Share Posted April 12 Yes you can, just take this into account, If you need to cancel for any reason, refunds will be in gift cards as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare CruzerDeb Posted April 12 Author #8 Share Posted April 12 4 minutes ago, FLAlaska said: Yes you can, just take this into account, If you need to cancel for any reason, refunds will be in gift cards as well. Cool! Much better savings if I can pay for EZAir as well! I’m fine with the refund being to the gift cards as they have no expiration date and I’ll be cruising again. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMadame Posted April 12 #9 Share Posted April 12 5 hours ago, FLAlaska said: Yes you can, just take this into account, If you need to cancel for any reason, refunds will be in gift cards as well. How did you do this? When I booked excursions, I was not given the choice to add a gift card, only to pay by credit card. 😞 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLAlaska Posted April 12 #10 Share Posted April 12 2 hours ago, MacMadame said: How did you do this? When I booked excursions, I was not given the choice to add a gift card, only to pay by credit card. 😞 I apololgize, should have been more clear.. I was referring to paying the cruise fare, not excursions or extras. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAT0303 Posted April 12 #11 Share Posted April 12 8 hours ago, CruzerDeb said: Yep - another AARP GC question. I see that Princess policy states that the GCs can’t be used for EZAir and excursions. Has anyone found this not to be the case? $5,000 of my existing amount due is for EZAir flights; sure would like that discount, but obviously don’t want to buy cards I can’t use. Thanks for answering yet ANOTHER ?? - I did try to search for the answer. Yes, I used gift cards for EZAir for a cruise in Australia in Jan/Feb. I booked through a travel agent and she applied the cards and didn't have any problems. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beg3yrs Posted April 12 #12 Share Posted April 12 2 hours ago, MacMadame said: How did you do this? When I booked excursions, I was not given the choice to add a gift card, only to pay by credit card. 😞 It is possible to pay for excursions with gift cards. However you must call Princess and pray for a competent CS person. If they don't seem to know what they're doing, HUACA (hang up and call again). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZaTaz Posted April 13 #13 Share Posted April 13 Do you book excursions on line then call or just have excursion number and have them add excursions and then pay with AARP gift cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paradiselivin1 Posted April 13 #14 Share Posted April 13 I had read that you don't have to be a member to buy the gift cards ~ is that still true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare JimmyVWine Posted April 13 #15 Share Posted April 13 6 minutes ago, paradiselivin1 said: I had read that you don't have to be a member to buy the gift cards ~ is that still true? Correct. You do have to register for the AARP Rewards Program, but that is separate from being a full-fledged member of AARP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare JimmyVWine Posted April 13 #16 Share Posted April 13 1 hour ago, beg3yrs said: It is possible to pay for excursions with gift cards. However you must call Princess and pray for a competent CS person. If they don't seem to know what they're doing, HUACA (hang up and call again). I have HUACA’ed multiple times, asked for supervisor elevation, and explained over and over that it can be done, but have never succeeded. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare CruzerDeb Posted April 13 Author #17 Share Posted April 13 13 hours ago, JAT0303 said: Yes, I used gift cards for EZAir for a cruise in Australia in Jan/Feb. I booked through a travel agent and she applied the cards and didn't have any problems. Great news! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smwg Posted April 14 #18 Share Posted April 14 I just want to make sure you know that if you use a gift card and later cancel your cruise, the money will be refunded to the gift card you used. So don't throw away those "used" gift cards until well after the cruise is over and you know you will not be getting any refunds. Learned that the hard way. 😉 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare CruzerDeb Posted April 14 Author #19 Share Posted April 14 53 minutes ago, smwg said: I just want to make sure you know that if you use a gift card and later cancel your cruise, the money will be refunded to the gift card you used. So don't throw away those "used" gift cards until well after the cruise is over and you know you will not be getting any refunds. Learned that the hard way. 😉 Thanks for this great info! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviegal Posted April 17 #20 Share Posted April 17 Can you use gift cards to upgrade to Plus / Premier after booking? I know it's not possible through the website, but if I call? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZjohn Posted April 17 #21 Share Posted April 17 4 hours ago, moviegal said: Can you use gift cards to upgrade to Plus / Premier after booking? I know it's not possible through the website, but if I call? Yes but purchase when boarding (same price). Then deposit you gift card(s) at customer service onboard and they will deduct price of the Plus/Premier that was purchased onboard (along with any additional purchases onboard). 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExploringTheGlobe Posted April 17 #22 Share Posted April 17 On 4/14/2024 at 5:37 PM, smwg said: I just want to make sure you know that if you use a gift card and later cancel your cruise, the money will be refunded to the gift card you used. So don't throw away those "used" gift cards until well after the cruise is over and you know you will not be getting any refunds. Learned that the hard way. 😉 This happened to my friend as well. Now we are all diligent about keeping a copy until we are certain we no longer need it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nasa1974 Posted April 17 #23 Share Posted April 17 @smwg is correct. If you use a gift card keep that card or cards until after your cruise. I had 4 cruises booked for 2020 and was using gift cards to pay for those cruises in 2019. When those cruises got cancelled everything went back to the gift cards. If I had thrown those cards away in early 2019 I would have been out a lot of money. Also, the gift cards don't expire. I used some of those gift cards from 2019 to pay for a couple of cruises this year. @AZjohn I'm planning on using a gift card towards OBC once I get on the ship. I've heard that sometimes guest services have a problem getting the card attached to your account. Just an FYI for some that would like to do that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviegal Posted April 17 #24 Share Posted April 17 18 hours ago, moviegal said: Can you use gift cards to upgrade to Plus / Premier after booking? I know it's not possible through the website, but if I call? I know the answer, I called Princess and was able to pay to add Premier to my booking with gift cards (just in case anyone was wondering). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tha sista Posted April 18 #25 Share Posted April 18 Are there kiosks so one can load their gift cards on their account? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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