Casino money on Australian Ships

[Davey Wavey]

Can't find the answer in searches,

 

1) Does the Carnival Spirit casino use AUD?

2) Are the chips in 1/5/25/100 AUD denominations?

3) If I cash in chips, do they give Australian currency?

4) If I use a credit card for my Sail & Sign account, will they charge a transaction fee on the final bill? 

[MicCanberra]

1) yes, it is AUD aboard.

2) Not 100% sure but would think so as that is usual.

3) Yes (see 1).

4) that would depend on your Credit card (international transaction fee free or not), BTW, it is always best to pick option B where your bank does the conversion rather than the cruise line.

[Davey Wavey]

On 3/25/2019 at 11:57 PM, MicCanberra said:

4) that would depend on your Credit card (international transaction fee free or not), BTW, it is always best to pick option B where your bank does the conversion rather than the cruise line.

Thanks! My credit card has no international transaction fee, but Carnival AU still charged a "processing fee" of 1.1% or something like that when I paid the port charges/taxes. It was specific to using a credit card and didn't apply to using a debit card. I was wondering if they would charge that processing fee on S&S final bill. My credit card gives 3% cash back or 4.5% for travel expenses, so it is worth it, but it does make a difference on whether I would purchase certain things onboard.

[The_Big_M]

Yes, all the local Carnival group lines add the fee for credit card transactions onboard.