Ellaleah Posted November 18, 2020 #3551 Share Posted November 18, 2020 I just put down a hefty deposit using gift cards on my Carnival Celebration, 12/27/22. I have enough points to pay off the cruise for my family and more. I have paid little attention to the RCL and Princess gift card/certificates, but my perception is that individuals think these are more difficult to use. Is that true? Princess gives 15% off? Has anyone used these on either RCL or Princess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ULCajunCruiser Posted November 18, 2020 #3552 Share Posted November 18, 2020 23 minutes ago, MeganGC1983 said: 2K4GIFTS2020 Thanks!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MeganGC1983 Posted November 18, 2020 #3553 Share Posted November 18, 2020 1K4GIFTS2020 works as well. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ULCajunCruiser Posted November 18, 2020 #3554 Share Posted November 18, 2020 4 minutes ago, MeganGC1983 said: 1K4GIFTS2020 works as well. Awesome, thanks Megan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calnev1 Posted November 18, 2020 #3555 Share Posted November 18, 2020 2 hours ago, MeganGC1983 said: 1K4GIFTS2020 works as well. Thanks for the 2k! And I found the 1k too by just messing around! There is hope for combos again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calnev1 Posted November 19, 2020 #3556 Share Posted November 19, 2020 On 11/18/2020 at 8:33 AM, Ellaleah said: I just put down a hefty deposit using gift cards on my Carnival Celebration, 12/27/22. I have enough points to pay off the cruise for my family and more. I have paid little attention to the RCL and Princess gift card/certificates, but my perception is that individuals think these are more difficult to use. Is that true? Princess gives 15% off? Has anyone used these on either RCL or Princess? Not to worry about Princess gift cards. We have used them many times. Just like with Carnival gift cards, you can use Princess gift cards for your cruise deposit, your cruise fare, and for all onboard spending. You can use them directly with Princesss, or through your travel agent. Last time I checked, there were $100 Princess gift cards available at 15% off (i.e., for $85) on Allstate, but the $500 Princess gift cards had disappeared. There is a good chance the $500 ones will be back. As for the RCL certificates, we have never used them. But I am pretty sure they come with severe limitations. For some reason, I am thinking you may not be able to use the RCL certs on a "discounted" cruise fare -- but almost all decent cruise fares are discounted in some way!! So I would definitely research RCL certs carefully before buying them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ULCajunCruiser Posted November 19, 2020 #3557 Share Posted November 19, 2020 On 11/18/2020 at 10:33 AM, Ellaleah said: I just put down a hefty deposit using gift cards on my Carnival Celebration, 12/27/22. I have enough points to pay off the cruise for my family and more. I have paid little attention to the RCL and Princess gift card/certificates, but my perception is that individuals think these are more difficult to use. Is that true? Princess gives 15% off? Has anyone used these on either RCL or Princess? I've used the RCL certificates a couple of times. They are certainly more cumbersome to use than the Gift Cards from Carnival. I've only used them to pay off the cruise fare. You have to fill them out and send them off, and at some point they will be credited to your account, but its probably a 3 to 4 week process. But they will save you 10% (or whatever savings they're being sold at). Worth it to me if it's for a cruise a ways off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldjetdriver Posted November 25, 2020 #3558 Share Posted November 25, 2020 BLACKFRIDAY20 for 1K 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ULCajunCruiser Posted November 25, 2020 #3559 Share Posted November 25, 2020 2 minutes ago, oldjetdriver said: BLACKFRIDAY20 for 1K Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bury me at sea Posted November 25, 2020 #3560 Share Posted November 25, 2020 3 hours ago, oldjetdriver said: BLACKFRIDAY20 for 1K Thak you and Happy Thanksgiving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MeganGC1983 Posted November 27, 2020 #3561 Share Posted November 27, 2020 BFSTEALS20 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bury me at sea Posted November 27, 2020 #3562 Share Posted November 27, 2020 Thanks Megan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MizzyMiz Posted November 27, 2020 #3563 Share Posted November 27, 2020 Not sure they are still available, but on the Rewards site - Special Offers / Extra Savings page, they have $5 Amazon GC for 500 pts. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n6uqqq Posted November 27, 2020 #3564 Share Posted November 27, 2020 1 hour ago, MizzyMiz said: Not sure they are still available, but on the Rewards site - Special Offers / Extra Savings page, they have $5 Amazon GC for 500 pts. Thanks. It's hard to beat free! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNJCruisers Posted November 27, 2020 #3565 Share Posted November 27, 2020 2 hours ago, MizzyMiz said: Not sure they are still available, but on the Rewards site - Special Offers / Extra Savings page, they have $5 Amazon GC for 500 pts. 1 hour ago, n6uqqq said: Thanks. It's hard to beat free! Sure is.....just snagged it. Shame there was a limit of 1. 100 of them for 50,000 points wouldn't put a dent in my total. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calnev1 Posted November 27, 2020 #3566 Share Posted November 27, 2020 2 hours ago, MizzyMiz said: Not sure they are still available, but on the Rewards site - Special Offers / Extra Savings page, they have $5 Amazon GC for 500 pts. Must have just missed it. Sold out now. But thanks for posting this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calnev1 Posted November 27, 2020 #3567 Share Posted November 27, 2020 6 hours ago, MeganGC1983 said: BFSTEALS20 Thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calnev1 Posted November 28, 2020 #3568 Share Posted November 28, 2020 (edited) 19 hours ago, MizzyMiz said: Not sure they are still available, but on the Rewards site - Special Offers / Extra Savings page, they have $5 Amazon GC for 500 pts. Looks like Allstate reloaded these this morning! Snagged one on my account, and one on my wife's account. The confirms signal that these will be physical gift cards, not ecards. Not sure why Allstate would want to do all that shipping and handling, but, heh, I'm not complaining. And keep your eye out on credit card offers. I just got an offer of 5% back on my citi double cash card for "online" purchases up to $500 this weekend. Think I will use that to get a $500 Carnival GC from Allstate. Edited November 28, 2020 by Calnev1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNJCruisers Posted November 28, 2020 #3569 Share Posted November 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Calnev1 said: And keep your eye out on credit card offers. I just got an offer of 5% back on my citi double cash card for "online" purchases up to $500 this weekend. Think I will use that to get a $500 Carnival GC from Allstate. Got the same offer and I'm thinking of putting a 500 deposit on a late summer 2022 sailing of the Oasis of the Seas. 5% is a free 25 bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmptrwiz Posted November 28, 2020 #3570 Share Posted November 28, 2020 2 hours ago, Calnev1 said: Looks like Allstate reloaded these this morning! Snagged one on my account, and one on my wife's account. The confirms signal that these will be physical gift cards, not ecards. Not sure why Allstate would want to do all that shipping and handling, but, heh, I'm not complaining. And keep your eye out on credit card offers. I just got an offer of 5% back on my citi double cash card for "online" purchases up to $500 this weekend. Think I will use that to get a $500 Carnival GC from Allstate. Thanks! I picked one up this morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organized Chaos Posted November 28, 2020 #3571 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Dang! One per customer, that's just cruel. I loaded up $150 worth of Amazon cards because I have plenty of points to spare. Hit the Add to Cart button, but nothing happened. Scrolled up to see the 1 per customer message and my dreams were crushed. 😢 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNJCruisers Posted November 28, 2020 #3572 Share Posted November 28, 2020 49 minutes ago, Organized Chaos said: Dang! One per customer, that's just cruel. I loaded up $150 worth of Amazon cards because I have plenty of points to spare. Hit the Add to Cart button, but nothing happened. Scrolled up to see the 1 per customer message and my dreams were crushed. 😢 Like I mentioned a half dozen posts ago, 100 of those puppies worth 500 would have cost me 50,000 points, which is maybe 8.5% of my total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MeganGC1983 Posted November 30, 2020 #3573 Share Posted November 30, 2020 20CYBERMONDAYPTS 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ULCajunCruiser Posted November 30, 2020 #3574 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Just now, MeganGC1983 said: 20CYBERMONDAYPTS Thanks Megan!! You're very quick!! :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MizzyMiz Posted November 30, 2020 #3575 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Now they have a $5 Best Buy for 500pts ! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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