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That email comes immediately after you put in the info. Usually a couple days later you will get the approval email. I admit I was a skeptic about using Stockperks at first, but it is working really good for me now. I just uploaded a photo of my holdings, no way I am giving log in info to any third party to my IRA account!

You do but you can sometimes find good deals through credit card offers. If you have Capital One quicksilver they are offering a 5 year membership for $63 but you get $24 back through the offer so it comes to only 39 for 5 years which is a good deal. I pay for everything Carnival through gift cards. I joined AARP in 2022 and have saved over 2k total. Only caveat I have is anything you might cancel you get back gift cards............ you are married to them after purchase 😉 .

You will hit plat on this cruise because if you have 67 and add the 8 you are at 75 during the cruise. Your last night is your 75th day. Debark day has nothing to do with the count. You will no longer be with the unwashed masses 🤣

Did you make sure everything matches completely.... billing address, 3 digit code etc. I had a problem when I tried to buy some for my daughter and use her credit card. AARP wouldn't allow a transaction to go through where the AARP account name didn't match the credit card name. Another time I had trouble because my Google auto fill had changed my billing address slightly.

10 percent off and if you use the right credit card you can parlay that some more. I use my BofA cash rewards card to bump it up another 3 percent off for online purchases.

Those pending charges will fall off but it can take 10 days. AARP can be quirky occasionally. If you use something like Google auto fill look very carefully to make sure every detail is correct.

That is good to hear! I have an earlier flight at 1130 am and don't want to be in a line to drop off a suitcase.

I know it is a bit late now 3/10/24 but did Carnival end up participating in the port valet? I am doing the 14 day Alaska cruise from 4/23 to 5/7.

I reluctantly used the app also but have come to appreciate that is actually working and is quickly applied to my cruises. All stock perks got out of me is my name and email. I didn't answer their personal questions or give an actual address. And no access given to my account, just a picture of my statement. This is more evidence that Carnival is not ending the benefit any time soon. Why would they hire Stock Perks to do this and extend the applicable date to 12/31/24? I think many people are worried over nothing!

I have not stayed in the Splendor 4J rooms, I just remember being on the front deck and noticing the windows pointing forwards. But I can guess they would be prone to a bit more motion due to being high up on the ship and in the front.

That's pretty darn good view. I remember seeing some of the ones on the Splendor and they were much more recessed and I don't think they had that good a view. I meant balcony configuration as in same layout as a balcony room but no balcony.

Sometimes the views are non existent but if it is only 20 bucks more I will take the balcony configuration and natural light over a regular interior room. Last year I had a regular interior for the Freedom in Feb from Miami and it got switched over to the Spirit and I actually got a true upgrade at no cost..........they stuck me in a regular balcony on deck 5 which was a pleasant surprise. Do the 4J's have any kind of view other than the "secret" deck?. I would feel like a goldfish being watched in one of those!

It is pretty bad and cheesy music haha!

If you want to get an idea of your view the link below has some photos on sister ships Legend and Pride and a video of the Spirit room 4131. For your sanity you may want to go right to the 2:25 mark to escape the jittery camera work and lousy music 🤣 https://www.cruisedeckplans.com/ships/cabin-pick.php?c=2654

It will not load for me as of 258 PM pst . I always download so I can print later to be safe. I do miss the cruise summary still! They should have that available.

Well then he can take the chance on it but it is a gamble 😉 ! Carnival wants the people feeding their casino revenue to be onboard I would think.

It just recently got extended to the end of this year which is six months better than we were a couple weeks ago. Like Blerk said they have changed things up and to me renewing it on a calendar year basis makes much more sense than mid year like it was. I am cautiously optimistic that Carnival would not want to rock the boat and discontinue a cherished by many benefit.

My last shareholder thing shows differently with it originally expiring July 31st of this year but has now been updated since the stock perks takeover of applying for benefits. I downloaded this from Carnival on March 14th 2023. ShareholderBenefit2023-2024.pdf

But this isn't a garden variety no show, this sounds like the person who received a casino offer no showing after securing a "free" or greatly reduced cruise fare based on their offer. Someone should post the T&C for casino offers and we could probably figure it out, at least theoretically since Carnival can do things a number of different ways at different times.

I am not so sure about it being a bad sign. After all, they did extend the date beyond the previous expiration of July 31 of this year to December of this year. If it was going the way of the dodo I don't think they would have even extended it at all.

That is a rather bold statement. Are you privy to this sort of information? How can you possibly say it has never happened? I think casino offers are tied to the person who is offered a reduced or free sailing actually showing up.

Is this the casino offer T&C? I think no showing of a normal fared cruise is a lot different than a person who books a casino offer no showing. I think there very well could be a refare of the cruise if the person who was given a cut rate or free cruise no shows. I don't receive casino offers myself but have done "regular" no shows without issue.

That one pictured is deck 9 in the back by serenity on the Spirit. The main coffee joint is deck 2 forward near the Red Frog pub.

True but save your 25 percent milestone for something expensive!

This would make sense, they could renew it for a calendar year perhaps, which would be less confusing for some 😉