Carnival Shareholder OBC

[Lady cruise line]

Has anyone ever received shareholder OBC for a reduced fare or complimentary cruise? 

[IntrepidFromDC]

13 minutes ago, Lady cruise line said:

Has anyone ever received shareholder OBC for a reduced fare or complimentary cruise? 

Many times.

[kicia]

We have a lot.

[Colorado Beach Bum]

It’s $100 OBC for being a shareholder.  

[JandPB]

Sent my stock statement in 2 weeks ago for our April Magic cruise and received the OBC in about a week. Doesn’t matter what you paid for the cruise. Shareholder credit is applied regardless. 

[IntrepidFromDC]

1 hour ago, Colorado Beach Bum said:

It’s $100 OBC for being a shareholder.  

The $ depends on the length of the cruise.

[ontheweb]

9 hours ago, Colorado Beach Bum said:

It’s $100 OBC for being a shareholder.  

No, shorter cruises have a $50 OBC, and longer cruises a $250 OBC.

[RGEDad]

Actually the Shareholder benefits is a three tier plan

 

https://www.carnivalcorp.com/static-files/50351a91-4dc0-4f6b-bfec-684647e6129f

 

The benefit is applicable on sailings through July 31, 2022 

 

I have 6 CCL (Carnival & Holland America) booked. I have submitted 6 cruises and been approved for 4 cruises departing through 4/22. Cruises from 8/22 and beyond I was told to resubmit at a later time. The current benefit is only approved for sailings through 7/22. OBC appears after embarkation.

Edited September 10, 2021 by RGEDad
Added last paragraph & Benefit Date

[RGEDad]

In Rounded Numbers, Have ~ $75,000 in Bookings over the next 1.5 Years. Stockholder Benefits come to ~$1,000. Cost was ~$2,000 (This Years Purchase). 

So it appears like ~ 1.5% cruise cost reduction, Or ~ 50% ROI on Stock Purchase over 18 months - more or less.

Plus any increase/loss of stock price / dividends

Risk of course is that CCL goes Belly-up - but my loss in Deposits would far outweigh the stock price loss in that case.  

And yes - It does tend to color our cruise company selection - does not mandate, but does consider/influence it - which of course is why they do it (IMHO).

[snowballs mom]

Carnival is now counting two seven day B2B cruises as a fourteen day cruise. I received $150 OBC on my second leg of my B2B2B instead of $100.

 

I also just purchased stock this summer. I, too,  am looking at it from the ROI standpoint. $350 in non-taxable OBC in the next month is a pretty good return, especially since two of the three cabins we booked are inexpensive 4Js.

 

Since the OBC is available on all CCL lines, I don't feel as limited as I would if we could only use it on the Carnival brand.

[Lady cruise line]

My shareholder OBC was denied by guest admin. Is there another department I can try or anyone have any other suggestions? 

[Lady cruise line]

I’m not sure if the statement about reduced/complimentary rate is new or if they’re just beginning to enforce it but I always cruise on a casino promotion and have never been turned down before. 

[IntrepidFromDC]

I just got approved for our October Pride cruise and it was a free balcony offer ($100 but comes with $100 OBC).  That was just last week.  Going to be interesting going forward if that language is new.

[jasmyne]

We received an $250 OBC for our upcoming 14 day cruise booked with a casino rate.  We emailed our documents.  It took about a week for the credit to post,