KarmaCruisers

Forgot to post pictures of my food; lol and I got catch in 90 minutes!

Well then my offers should start getting better!

I would have but these were the type of people who wouldn’t listen to me.

Since I saw @sonomaphil in the hall and he asked..this is the $10,000 cruise I am going to try to book 11-day on the Crown out of SF for Memorial Day.

Exactly..I JUST turned 40, and have been cruising for 6 years…let’s put you starting cruising at 50..I’ve got ten more years before I start getting to be the demographic that princess markets towards.. Is it smart on their part to not use the data to their advantage? No..but you can only do so much if your C-suite is making all the money and no one else is.

I feel REALLY bad for the two kids next to me..they have the “Premier” package and they think it means unlimited food at the sushi bar..so they’re literally ordering everything off the menu..what they don’t realize is its unlimited PREFIX menu’s….at least I would BET that’s what it means; otherwise it’d be EASY to make up that $20 a day difference..

Puttin in work back there

Tokyo tea and a dead soldier

At ocean terrace now and the plus package comes with a pre-fixe preset menu. I also ordered a Tokyo Tea.

Man, that Cherry Blossom Garden was DAMN good!

a lot of people take finances personally; the way I look at it..I’m not here to give false pretenses to anyone, nor say “ohh look I got a free suite and I barely gambled!” i keep it real.

The PES lounge is pretty spartan tonight..but oddly crowded.. only had some pretty weak potstickers and instead of the shrimp ceviche they have chicken salad (which no one is getting, lol) im trying the cherry blossom garden cocktail this time. after this I’m going to go to ocean terrace for a small sushi bite; before catch at 7:30

Thank you; I appreciate the kind words. the next stage of my life will probably get pretty rocky, so it’s nice to go out and full blown degen gamble and drink; before the bad times come. (I mean hopefully they don’t; but it’s not looking that way)

4000 points to get $250 freeplay I don’t think is too bad..that $20,000 coin-in at 4% HE (expected loss of $800) with a CC cashback of $600; that’s actually a good play, for very little risk.

I think it’s much more than that..demographic also plays a huge part in it. I am 100% not princess’s target demographic…although I’m getting up there in age, to finally match my hobbies.

That is a good thought..but I don’t think it works that way; because they don’t charge the CC on file until the TOTAL bill at the end. and I don’t think you could “pay down” your bill using a CC, daily. (And on the backend side of that, CC’s work extremely slow so even if I could pay it per day; it wouldn’t POST for like 3 days..and don’t forget about holidays and weekends) I do like your thinking though… and spend isn’t important; it’s whether I maximized the value. (I know I fouled up on extracting value this cruise..but at least I got lucky with that offer)

To make that a decent play; I’d need $50,000 limit on my credit card (10,000 points on 4% edge video poker would be $50,000 coin-in with an expected loss of $2,000 with $1,500 cashback… i wish it was for sure…because I did 10,000 on our 12-day British isle cruise and got NO come-back-soon offer, at all.

Thanks! I do wonder what the minimum points required for this (which I can only assume IS the top offer) if it was indeed 50,000 points…that is an EXPECTED loss of $10,000. However, with the CCL creditcard; you’d get $7,500 CASHBACK..so you’d actually only have an expected loss of $2500…which if you were guaranteed to get this offer of $2500 freeplay..you’re actually doing a “break even” play… The only caveat, is you’d need a CCL credit card limit of $250,000! Even if you scaled that down to earning 5,000 points (which I’m not 100% sure would get you anything)..but MAYBE like an interior and $250 freeplay. Unfortunately my CCL creditcard limit is only $10,000 (ie: why I couldn’t lose any more)

I actually run a few offshore houses; so me and my Filipino friends click and I know exactly how to make sure I get what I need. My “corporate” offers; I can absolutely book myself online; that’s why I say..my current PVP is a moron-bot.

Thanks.

I actually used to have a decent PVP; he was straight up with me that he couldn’t touch anything casino offer related..but he was replaced with an absolute moron-bot, who just uses the pre-generated emails to blast my box (even though I’ve told him..I mean I THINK it’s a him anyway..”Ove”?) that my WIFE’S emails are ALSO coming to my mailbox! I’ll give Manila a call on the 21st; I’d like to use it on an Alaska cruise..but I want to sail on a Royal class; but the only thing out of SF is the Crown…

Look what showed up..so it’s obvious that the last day DOESN’T count in the casino.

Forgot dinner pictures from tonight and yes; the piece of meat was like 3” diameter.

This is a good question..but the only explanation of why I do not get commensurate offers from OceanCasino. A lot of time these companies are giant data warehouse’s..but they don’t pay salaries high enough for people intelligent enough to actually maximize the data’s value.. while they plod along making $$$; they could be making $$$$$$$ if they invested in good data scientists and analytics folks. Even land based casinos have issues with this..although sometimes you’ll find people who hire the right folks (ala: Cosmo, when Kevin Sweet ran the casino floor) im sure @c-boy is going to ask me “then why do you continue to play??” because I’m an addict and lonely!

So today was a brutal day on video poker..puked through the last $4000 with no breath of a win. that’s a wrap for the casino as the card my stateroom is on can’t take anymore haha. (Maxed out) i ended up with 54,000 points; I actually had a pretty lengthy conversation with a fella playing next to me about Ocean Casino and their marketing strategies..he said he always thought it was based on how many points you earned..although he was an elite and unfortunately forgot what his offers looked like before he was barely platinum. I rebutted that it’s definitely not based on points (unfortunately) because I’ve earned around the same amount on all five princess cruises and my offers went from a good CBS on the first one; to not even GETTING A CBS offer. i then told him; the marketing data as best I can gather is based on how much money you HAVE (not what you SPEND); to which I said “if you have an Amex black or chase sapphire or the likes for your room creditcard; that’s why you’re getting offers” and he said “wow I can’t believe you called that; indeed I DO have an Amex Black for my room”…he was surprised I knew as much as I did.. i would get like an Amex Black or Chase Sapphire (fico8 is 845) but I can’t justify the annual fee to HAVE that card. (I don’t fly often, and when I do I get to the airport just minutes before boarding usually) plus I am not liquid and my funds are all in mutual funds, RSU’s and properties (ie: ASSETS that don’t really show up on datapoints marketing companies can see)