How does the Sail & Sign card work?

[abismom04]

How does the Sail and Sign card work?

[crusinmama06]

You fill out the info online before you board about who can charge what to your credit card. And if you choose, when you board you can put cash on your account.

 

Then while you are on the ship EVERYTHING goes on the card except the casino (and even THAT CAN go on you card but you can use cash as well)

 

Sp pictures, shopping, drinks, added excursions...all on the card.

 

Then early on the last morning a statement will be slid under your cabin door. If you agree with the charges you do nothing and it will all go on the credit card on file.

[marym933]

Use your sign and sail card like a credit card on the ship for all of your purchases - drinks, excursions, souvenirs, etc. On the last evening of the cruise, they will hang a statement on your door giving you the total. This total is then billed to the credit card you registered at embarkation unless you put down a cash deposit.

[SheriNtexas]

How does the Sail and Sign card work?

 

 

They issue one to you when you check in at the pier and it will also be your key into your room! Your prepaid tips are added to this as well as anything you buy onboard-pictures, items from the shops, drinks, etc. You only need cash to tip room service and if you use cash in the casino. Everything is billed to your S&S card. On Conquest, you can check your bill on the tv. You have to have it when you leave the ship and when you get back on.

[SheriNtexas]

It also makes a GREAT souvinier once your trip is over!! I have mine from each of my cruises!! It also will list your table # for the dining room, and which dining room you will be in!

[anneep]

If I am on a 4 day cruise with 4 people do I have to put $400 cash deposit if I want to use cash?

 

off topic but can you use cash in the arcade or do the kids have to use the sail and sign for that too?

[abismom04]

Can you change your prepaid gratuity amount that is charged if you want to tip in cash instead??

[DAllenTCY]

A four day cruise requires a $150 deposit per person.

David

[abismom04]

Other than tips, the ship doesn't accept cash for anything else right?

 

Can you get a statement more than just at the end of the ship to better keep track of what's been spent (since we'll be putting a cash deposit down.) We don't have a credit card so it'll have to be linked to our debit card and I would like to avoid $$ coming out of our bank account.

[anneep]

A four day cruise requires a $150 deposit per person.

David

The Carnival website says that 2-4 day cruises are $100 deposit for the sail and sign:confused:

[abismom04]

A four day cruise requires a $150 deposit per person.

David

 

What does this mean??

 

And we're 2 people on a 7 day cruise... ????

[SheriNtexas]

Other than tips, the ship doesn't accept cash for anything else right?

 

Can you get a statement more than just at the end of the ship to better keep track of what's been spent (since we'll be putting a cash deposit down.) We don't have a credit card so it'll have to be linked to our debit card and I would like to avoid $$ coming out of our bank account.

 

 

You can keep track of spending with the menu on the tv. Just follow directions and it will show your purchases.

[anneep]

What does this mean??

 

And we're 2 people on a 7 day cruise... ????

this is from the carnival website

 

Important Note: A hold will be placed on the credit card or checking account debit card at the beginning of the cruise as a deposit for an onboard purchases. This will reduce the amount of available credit on the credit card or restrict the availability of cash in the checking account. The hold will be released and actual charges will be billed at the end of the cruise.

The following dollar amounts, per guest, are used as a deposit and placed as a hold on the credit card when the Sail & Sign Account is opened:

 

2-4 day cruises: $100 deposit pp

5-8 day cruises: $200 deposit pp

9 + day cruises: $350 deposit pp

[DAllenTCY]

You can mosey on over to the Front Desk anytime and inquire as to your balance....they will gladly print out your account anytime you would like to review it.

The purposes of using credit cards instead of cash, and initiating automatic tipping, are to relieve the long lines at the Front Desk. Who wants to spend 10-15 minutes every day of their "vacation" standing in line at the "bank"?

Also, your debit card must have a "VISA" or other logo on it, or it won't be accepted. Also, the ship may put a "hold" on the funds, based on what your credit limit is.

Why wouldn't you want to use these timesaving conveniences?

David

[DAllenTCY]

Sorry, I misread the Carnival brochure I was looking at the cruise deposit, not the Sail and Sign deposit.

David

[abismom04]

I found the sign and sail card info on the carnival website... so I have a better understanding, lol.

 

We're planning to put up a cash deposit... but I couldn't tell from the website if it was still $200 pp on the 5-8 day cruises or if it's whatever amount we want??

[anneep]

The purposes of using credit cards instead of cash, and initiating automatic tipping, are to relieve the long lines at the Front Desk. Who wants to spend 10-15 minutes every day of their "vacation" standing in line at the "bank"?

 

If I don't go over the amount I put down as a deposit I won't have to go to the front desk at all.

 

 

Also, your debit card must have a "VISA" or other logo on it, or it won't be accepted. Also, the ship may put a "hold" on the funds, based on what your credit limit is.

 

That is why I am using cash

[KroozNut]

It also makes a GREAT souvinier once your trip is over!! I have mine from each of my cruises!! It also will list your table # for the dining room, and which dining room you will be in!

 

I often wondered if we were the only ones that did this...now I know that we're not! Agree that they make cool souvenirs..

[klfrodo]

I found the sign and sail card info on the carnival website... so I have a better understanding, lol.

 

We're planning to put up a cash deposit... but I couldn't tell from the website if it was still $200 pp on the 5-8 day cruises or if it's whatever amount we want??

 

 

I hate to tell you this, but you may be screwed.

 

From your other thread that you started you indicated that you wanted to use cash. You also stated that you only had a grand total of $300. Now you say you want to use a Debit Card. That's even worse

 

For a 7 day cruise you need to put down $200 per person as a deposit for your S&S account. That's $400 for 2 people. (Your already over your limitof $300.)

 

Now, if you use your Debit Card, Carnival is going to run your card and put a $400 HOLD on you checking account. That automatically freezes $400 in your checking...CAN'T BE TOUCHED. Then at the end of the cruise, Carnival will debit from your account the total amount of your S&S charges,,,,,let's say you charge a total of $275 on your S&S. The $400 is still frozen. They deduct $275 from your account?????

The $400 that they HOLD, probably won't be released back to you until about a week after you return.....

 

Alot of things are not adding up here. You only have $300 set aside for spending money. It's going to cost $400 just to get on the ship. $275 to get off the ship, then the $400 will be released a week later.

 

Of that $300,,,$140 goes for tips = $160 spending money...

[abismom04]

If I am reading the website correctly (which I am not sure I am) if you do not want to put up a debit card, you can put a cash deposit instead and they will alert you if your balance gets below a certain amount and you are free to put more $$ on the card.

 

My question in that last post was wondering the same deposit amounts applied $200 PP which would make sense and I could get the additional $100 from somewhere rather than use my debit card.

[abismom04]

If I am reading the website correctly (which I am not sure I am) if you do not want to put up a debit card, you can put a cash deposit instead and they will alert you if your balance gets below a certain amount and you are free to put more $$ on the card.

 

My question in that last post was wondering the same deposit amounts applied $200 PP which would make sense and I could get the additional $100 from somewhere rather than use my debit card.

[abismom04]

 

From your other thread that you started you indicated that you wanted to use cash. You also stated that you only had a grand total of $300. Now you say you want to use a Debit Card. That's even worse

 

 

When I said "it'll have to be linked to my debit card" I didn't mean I wanted it to - I meant since we don't have a credit card that would have been the next option but we don't want to do that b/c we don't want $$ coming out of the bank account - exactly the bad situation you described was what we wanted to avoid, b/c we are on a more strict budget, I don't want a $400 hold for over a week after we get back. Well, who does? lol

 

:D

[PirateGal]

Instead of the final charges going to the credit card on file, can I pay off our balance in cash instead?

 

I don't really want to do put down a $200.00 cash deposit per person. We are light drinkers and we plan to book our excursions through private companies.

 

With gratuties, I anticipate that we will most likely spend maybe $250 between the both of us. And since we are Canadian, I can get cash at a better exchange rate then using our credit card.

[klfrodo]

When I said "it'll have to be linked to my debit card" I didn't mean I wanted it to - I meant since we don't have a credit card that would have been the next option but we don't want to do that b/c we don't want $$ coming out of the bank account - exactly the bad situation you described was what we wanted to avoid, b/c we are on a more strict budget, I don't want a $400 hold for over a week after we get back. Well, who does? lol

 

:D

 

Yes, If you could come up with an additional $100 cash, and then just put up the $200 per person deposit, you would be better off.

 

Pay close attention (daily) to your account balances. They (Carnival) sometimes make mistakes like all of us and put charges to the wrong accounts. Also when your balance gets low (don't know what that magic number is) they will page you to the pursers desk and request more funds be deposited. If you have none available, they will close your account.

 

If you still have funds available on the last night, go down to the pursers desk and ask to close out your account. They will provide you with either a check or with cash of your remaining balance.

[010907]

Instead of the final charges going to the credit card on file, can I pay off our balance in cash instead?

 

I don't really want to do put down a $200.00 cash deposit per person. We are light drinkers and we plan to book our excursions through private companies.

 

With gratuties, I anticipate that we will most likely spend maybe $250 between the both of us. And since we are Canadian, I can get cash at a better exchange rate then using our credit card.

 

 

I'm also wondering about this. We'll use a credit card linked to our S&S card, but also bring cash for souvenirs and other stuff we'll buy when on an island. If we have cash left at the end of the cruise, can we use it to pay part of our S&S account? Since we also are Canadians, we would prefer spending all our US money while on the cruise, not bring some back, although we could use it on another trip. :rolleyes: