Thank you alchemy girl. I continue to check the Carnival Corp documents for requesting the Shareholder Benefit Credit, nowhere yet has the new StockPerks process been added to Corporate Documents. The old request process is still "on the official books!" Also there has been no changes made to the dollar amounts, or mention "exceptions" or a limited number of times a year the Shareholder Benefit Credit can be requested.
I did wonder if Luminosa is considered Carnival AU which has a different email address to submit the Shareholder Benefit Credit request (a possibility?).
This is just so confusing, time consuming, *frustrating, AND undocumented at a corporate level with no plan B available for stockholders.