MyVegas Rewards - bit confused

[exm]

22 hours ago, TravelinTess said:

After playing the silly game for years, I finally cashed out a bit and purchased the 10% wild card a few days ago. I already had a future cruise booked for a few months, but the price was nearly the same when I checked last week, so I put a hold on a room in the same category and called the number on the voucher. Ultimately, I canceled my refundable room and booked the one I had a hold on, saving me about $450. 

 

I was confused about the process until I found this thread explaining it had to be booked through the number provided on the voucher and the sailing had to be within a year from the time of booking. 

 

The 10% wild card was a far better deal for my booking than the onboard credit, but YMMV.

 

Thanks. So you do need to book the cruise through that particular number, correct? There's a also a 5% discount which seems to be less restrictive.

[kimlet]

I play MyVegas rewards but have been unsure how redeeming works. I am  hoping for the onboard credit.

Can you do that will cruises already booked. One cruise is for Mar 2024

[exm]

An update:

- Booked my cruise on Monday through a TA for September 2024 (<1 year)

- Have the 10%, 5% and $100 obc discounts available. Since this is my first time, and the fine print of the 10%/5% discounts looks confusing, I decided to try the $100 obc.

- Went through the MV redeem option on Tuesday, used my real name (MV is linked to Facebook, which has a different last name), got the email in.

- Email still had my FB last name, but for the 5 questions I used my real name.

Forwarding the email to the clubroyale@rccl.com, here is what I wrote:

1.Purchaser First and Last Name, Date of Birth and Citizenship
<REAL NAME, DOB,> US
2.Guest First and Last Name, Date of Birth and Citizenship
<REAL NAME, DOB>, US
3.Preferred Contact Time (i.e. Morning, Afternoon or Evening)
Morning
4.Contact Phone Number or Email
<phone> or <email>
5.Crown & Anchor Number (if applicable) Limited to sail dates within one year of redemption.One reward redemption per booking (stateroom).
<CA NR>

RC Booking number: <RC BN>

(Note: last line is optional)

-Today (Thursday) got the approval email:

"Thank you for contacting Royal Caribbean’s Club Royale regarding your upcoming cruise vacation on the <ship>, departing <date>, in reservation <nr>. We have applied your MyVegas offer code <code> for $100 onboard credit. Your invoice has been sent to your Travel Agent in a separate email."

 

So pretty smooth sailing, and my TA is not a store like Costco, but a small agency. Hope this helps someone.

Edited October 12, 2023 by exm

[orkaren1]

On 7/9/2021 at 6:16 AM, zebra36 said:

Tried to redeem both the $100 OBC and the $100 casino credit recently and was denied the casino credit  Not to sure how the twice in 180 days restriction  worked there unless somewhere there is a restriction of one reward per cruise which I have not noticed.

As others have said only one redemption per reservation.  I redeemed points for casino credit with no problem.  My husband has his own MyVegas account and tried to redeem points for OBC but was denied.  No problem because we play for free and will take any perk we can get.

[orkaren1]

On 10/9/2023 at 11:26 PM, kimlet said:

I play MyVegas rewards but have been unsure how redeeming works. I am  hoping for the onboard credit.

Can you do that will cruises already booked. One cruise is for Mar 2024

Yes because you need your reservation number when you send the redemption info to Royal.

[Donsyb]

On 10/10/2023 at 4:26 AM, kimlet said:

I play MyVegas rewards but have been unsure how redeeming works. I am  hoping for the onboard credit.

Can you do that will cruises already booked. One cruise is for Mar 2024

It has to be within 30 days of booking the cruise I believe 

[exm]

17 hours ago, Donsyb said:

It has to be within 30 days of booking the cruise I believe 

 

Correct. And the cruise needs to be less than a year away.

[cruising twosome]

Requested my $100 OBC yesterday and got confirming email just now!

I booked the cruise early September for next April. Easy!

[TravelinTess]

On 10/9/2023 at 9:09 PM, exm said:

 

Thanks. So you do need to book the cruise through that particular number, correct? There's a also a 5% discount which seems to be less restrictive.

I did book the cruise through the number. I already had it booked without a discount of any kind, but the 10% off was a significant savings, so I called the number (it is an official RCI number), canceled my original booking, then rebooked using the discount. The wording on the wild card vouchers is ridiculous- I just took the chance because all I really had to lose were points I let sit there for years anyway 😅 Well worth the time it took to call and work through it.