AARP Carnival Gift Cards

[crazycatlady82]

Regarding the AARP cards, it's asking me to become a premium member for $12 a year for the carnival gift cards. Does this sound right?

[canes20]

5 minutes ago, crazycatlady82 said:

Regarding the AARP cards, it's asking me to become a premium member for $12 a year for the carnival gift cards. Does this sound right?

That is correct. Some credit cards have offers to get $8 back. If you go more than 1 year, it is also a better deal.

Edited July 6, 2023 by canes20

[crazycatlady82]

21 minutes ago, canes20 said:

That is correct. Some credit cards have offers to get $8 back. If you go more than 1 year, it is also a better deal.

Thank you! Appreciate the info. 

[d-lite-n-cruisin]

Once you join AARP, where do you go to purchase gift cards?

[travelingtink]

Wish I had taken a screen shot. I won 1500 points in the scratch game and it had a link that said something along the lines of use your points to score a gift card. Clicked the link and was taken to the gift card page where it lists the categories but as soon as I clicked anything I got an error page telling me nothing was available.

 

I’ve still been getting my daily points but I don’t even know why I bother since I have my AARP membership now. 

[travelingtink]

56 minutes ago, d-lite-n-cruisin said:

Once you join AARP, where do you go to purchase gift cards?

Under Rewards, then Redeem, then Members Only 

[Calnev1]

2 hours ago, d-lite-n-cruisin said:

Once you join AARP, where do you go to purchase gift cards?

I usually go to Rewards, then click on Discover, then click on Redeem, then click on All Rewards.   As stated in the previous post you can find the Carnival cards under Members Only, but the Carnival cards also pop up first under All Rewards, and with All Rewards I can see every gift card on offer.  Often there are gift cards that show up under All Rewards that interest me that don't show up under Members Only. 

Edited July 6, 2023 by Calnev1

[d-lite-n-cruisin]

59 minutes ago, Calnev1 said:

I usually go to Rewards, then click on Discover, then click on Redeem, then click on All Rewards.   As stated in the previous post you can find the Carnival cards under Members Only, but the Carnival cards also pop up first under All Rewards, and with All Rewards I can see every gift card on offer.  Often there are gift cards that show up under All Rewards that interest me that don't show up under Members Only. 

Thank you!! I appreciate it.  And your rationale makes total sense.

[n6uqqq]

A fair amount of credit cards have a deal with AARP. For me I can do Bank of America with 8 dollars back. I also have the Quicksilver with CapitalOne that has 23 dollars back so I renewed for 5 years for 63 dollars and am getting back 23 making it 40 dollars or 8 per year. So be sure to check your various credit cards for deals. Allstate rewards looks like it is morphing into a shopping website. 

[canes20]

49 minutes ago, n6uqqq said:

A fair amount of credit cards have a deal with AARP. For me I can do Bank of America with 8 dollars back. I also have the Quicksilver with CapitalOne that has 23 dollars back so I renewed for 5 years for 63 dollars and am getting back 23 making it 40 dollars or 8 per year. So be sure to check your various credit cards for deals. Allstate rewards looks like it is morphing into a shopping website. 

Just used Quicksilver to renew for 5 years. After doing that, went and looked at account details, now I am good through November 2030 before I need to renew again. Did not realize I had already paid for so many years. Oh well, I saved $23 I guess, just have to make sure the statement credit shows up eventually.

Edited July 6, 2023 by canes20

[n6uqqq]

2 minutes ago, canes20 said:

Just used Quicksilver to renew for 5 years. After doing that, went and looked at account details, now I am good through November 2030 before I need to renew again. Did not realize I had already paid for so many years. Oh well, I saved $23 I guess, just have to make sure the statement credit shows up eventually.

You and me both. My AARP now  expires in 2032 😁   I got an email from Capital One a couple days later saying my 23 dollars was on the way in 2-3 billing cycles. Better late than never!

Edited July 6, 2023 by n6uqqq

[canes20]

5 minutes ago, n6uqqq said:

You and me both. My AARP now  expires in 2032 😁   I got an email from Capital One a couple days later saying my 23 dollars was on the way in 2-3 billing cycles. Better late than never!

 

Did you get the 5 port charging hub from AARP?

Edited July 6, 2023 by canes20

[n6uqqq]

Just now, canes20 said:

 

Did you get the 5 port charging hub?

Yes.  No mention in the email but in the sign up area it did mention it. 

[Calnev1]

16 hours ago, canes20 said:

Just used Quicksilver to renew for 5 years. After doing that, went and looked at account details, now I am good through November 2030 before I need to renew again. Did not realize I had already paid for so many years. Oh well, I saved $23 I guess, just have to make sure the statement credit shows up eventually.

I was also debating just how many years out I really want to push my AARP membership.  I need to ponder my life expectancy and check the mortality tables . . . .

[Organized Chaos]

On 7/6/2023 at 11:21 AM, travelingtink said:

I’ve still been getting my daily points but I don’t even know why I bother since I have my AARP membership now. 

 

I know the feeling, but I've been doing Allstate Rewards for 6 years now, so at this point I think it's just force of habit to keep going. Well, that and when AARP had a small monthly limit, Allstate was nice to have. At over 900K points, even if I stop earning more, I'll never use them all. I've used points to buy cards for other people in the past and just had them pay me back the discounted cost.

[Organized Chaos]

On 7/6/2023 at 4:03 PM, canes20 said:

Did you get the 5 port charging hub from AARP?

 

On 7/6/2023 at 4:04 PM, n6uqqq said:

Yes.  No mention in the email but in the sign up area it did mention it. 

 

You guys got a charging hub for signing up?

 

[n6uqqq]

12 minutes ago, Organized Chaos said:

 

 

You guys got a charging hub for signing up?

 

I did indeed. Hopefully it will work well. Could come in handy on cruises. 

[canes20]

6 hours ago, Organized Chaos said:

 

 

You guys got a charging hub for signing up?

 

 

Still waiting. Only been a week.

 

Did get the $35 credit on Wells Fargo for spending $100 at carnival.com.

 

[MommytoAsquared]

Does AARP send electronic gift cards or physical cards?

 

Thanks!

[tw67]

Just now, MommytoAsquared said:

Does AARP send electronic gift cards or physical cards?

 

Thanks!

Electronic.  They will be emailed to you.  

[disneyfan551]

What's your thoughts on this... If I were to sign up today, and ordered cards today, would I possibly receive them today?  My daughter JUST decided she wants to go on the cruise I booked months ago, and I have a hold on a cabin for her that expires today. It's in Sept., so we are fully paid on our other cabins.

[ab19902]

2 minutes ago, disneyfan551 said:

What's your thoughts on this... If I were to sign up today, and ordered cards today, would I possibly receive them today?  My daughter JUST decided she wants to go on the cruise I booked months ago, and I have a hold on a cabin for her that expires today. It's in Sept., so we are fully paid on our other cabins.

We did this the other day. I got the cards about 10 minutes after I bought them.

[disneyfan551]

On 7/4/2023 at 9:14 AM, canes20 said:

Wells Fargo Active Cash has spend $100 or more and get $35 statement credit.

Spend $100 on any purchase/website?

[ab19902]

11 hours ago, n6uqqq said:

I did indeed. Hopefully it will work well. Could come in handy on cruises. 

That’s exactly what I thought when I picked it. Wish there was some USB-C on there, but can’t be too picky on a free gift.

[canes20]

7 minutes ago, disneyfan551 said:

Spend $100 on any purchase/website?

$35 statement credit on Carnival purchase at carnival.com. Sorry about that, should have typed that in first comment. It was a Wells Fargo reward I had to activate and then I just used my card to pay $100 on a booked cruise. The credit has already been applied in my WF account.