Funseekers Posted November 12, 2021 #1 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Does anyone know where you can get the Carnival discount gift cards? I have read that AARP and Allstate offered them but I have yet to find anything. I feel like I have been all over the AARP site as well as my Allstate site with no luck. Cruising early December and was hoping to get a couple to help with the drink package and excursions. 😊 Any suggestions would be MUCH appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evandbob Posted November 12, 2021 #2 Share Posted November 12, 2021 We just bought 4 $500 cards for $1800 on AARP, that's the usual 10% discount they offer. Only change from the past was that we didn't need to use any points to get them. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe817 Posted November 12, 2021 #3 Share Posted November 12, 2021 It took me a while, but AARP does offer discounted Carnival gift cards. You have to be a member and it's under the AARP REWARDS at the top of the page. I think you have to log into your account to see it though. Allstate Rewards (my preferred go to place for gift cards) is available, but you have to join up, and it's a pain to do so. Their is an extensive thread on Allstate Rewards on this forum. Keep searching. And I wish you good luck! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nessachelle Posted November 12, 2021 #4 Share Posted November 12, 2021 AARP is probably the easiest place. Allstate Rewards is very hit or miss for me, when it works it's great but most of the time I can't get the website to work. AARP you do have to be a member to purchase them but membership is pretty cheap (somewhere around $15-20 a year) and you can become a member at any age, you do not have to wait till your 50 to join. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schoifmom Posted November 12, 2021 #5 Share Posted November 12, 2021 I never have a problem using Allstate Rewards. You don't have to be an Allstate customer to join, just go to their website and create a log in. It's really pretty simple. They have both ecards and physical cards available right now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine5715 Posted November 12, 2021 #6 Share Posted November 12, 2021 If you have a Meijer nearby, they do both 10% off gift cards and 10% back in store MPerks at different times. Just need to check the website 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcvtmom Posted November 12, 2021 #7 Share Posted November 12, 2021 If you have a Target Red Card, you can buy them at 5% off. I get most of mine through AARP, with their 10% off, but have purchased a few through Target, in a pinch. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinaInTexas Posted November 13, 2021 #8 Share Posted November 13, 2021 4 hours ago, pcvtmom said: If you have a Target Red Card, you can buy them at 5% off. I get most of mine through AARP, with their 10% off, but have purchased a few through Target, in a pinch. Hmmmmm I work at Target and didn't know that. It would be sweet if I could stack that with my team member discount lol. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj59 Posted November 13, 2021 #9 Share Posted November 13, 2021 AMEX Blue Cash Preferred gives 6% back on grocery, so I used to buy Carnival gift cards at stores. You can also check gift card resale sites, since I remember selling some partially-used ones there. Personally, just booking using VIFP offers saved me tons of money, as well as using the RU1 drinks package offer. Then having 100 shares of CUK or CCL also gets me $50/100 in credit per cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funseekers Posted November 17, 2021 Author #10 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Thank you all!! I ended up finding them on AARP and bought a couple $500 ecards. It was just confusing me as I thought when I was clicking on rewards that I had to have reward points to get them.. but that is not the case thank goodness!! 🙂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luv2travel06 Posted November 21, 2021 #11 Share Posted November 21, 2021 On 11/12/2021 at 3:14 PM, Elaine5715 said: If you have a Meijer nearby, they do both 10% off gift cards and 10% back in store MPerks at different times. Just need to check the website Meijer also had Princess gift cards for a period of time, but they were recently removed from all the racks and replaced with eBay gift cards, which was a bummer because we have 3 Princess cruises booked. But we were able purchase enough to pay for almost 2 of the cruises before they disappeared. And when you pay for them with a credit card that offers 2%-5% back, it costs even less to cruise! 🙂 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNJCruisers Posted November 21, 2021 #12 Share Posted November 21, 2021 8 minutes ago, luv2travel06 said: Meijer also had Princess gift cards for a period of time, but they were recently removed from all the racks and replaced with eBay gift cards, which was a bummer because we have 3 Princess cruises booked. But we were able purchase enough to pay for almost 2 of the cruises before they disappeared. And when you pay for them with a credit card that offers 2%-5% back, it costs even less to cruise! 🙂 Allstate has the Princess cards on occasion, usually @ 10% off, was @ 15% off for a short time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mondello Posted November 21, 2021 #13 Share Posted November 21, 2021 Citi Easy Deals has a current Carnival gift card promotion, 10% off, $500 card for $450 for those with a Citi credit card. This is in addition to the Merchant Offers with $250 off $1000 on Carnival. I got a $250 statement credit with this, $200/free cards with rewards points, and a $250 statement credit on my new Carnival Barclays card. $700 savings and $1400 OBC for 3 cruises, not to mention the casino fares. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNJCruisers Posted November 21, 2021 #14 Share Posted November 21, 2021 1 hour ago, mondello said: Citi Easy Deals has a current Carnival gift card promotion, 10% off, $500 card for $450 for those with a Citi credit card. This is in addition to the Merchant Offers with $250 off $1000 on Carnival. I got a $250 statement credit with this, $200/free cards with rewards points, and a $250 statement credit on my new Carnival Barclays card. $700 savings and $1400 OBC for 3 cruises, not to mention the casino fares. Not all Citi Bank cc customers get these offers. I have 2 different Citi Bank cards and did not get it through either of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuddrules Posted November 21, 2021 #15 Share Posted November 21, 2021 At least at the moment, I'm no longer able to find Carnival GC on AARP. Can anyone else find them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AfricaTravellers Posted November 21, 2021 #16 Share Posted November 21, 2021 I can't find them on the AARP website either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe817 Posted November 21, 2021 #17 Share Posted November 21, 2021 Same here. AARP must have removed them from their website, as I see Celebrity g.c.'s available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mondello Posted November 21, 2021 #18 Share Posted November 21, 2021 14 hours ago, SNJCruisers said: Not all Citi Bank cc customers get these offers. I have 2 different Citi Bank cards and did not get it through either of them. True. I got offers on my Citi Diamond Preferred that were not available on my Citi Thank You card. I've finally paid off all my bills this year after a lifetime of debt. Just using one card for points and paying it off every month. Plan on racking up more free gift cards to add to the $700 savings on the 3 cruises we have booked. Next month will be our first cruise since Alaska in 2016. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luv2trvlnow Posted November 22, 2021 #19 Share Posted November 22, 2021 (edited) According to their site, AARP will be offering the $100 Carnival gift card on Friday at noon. It will be offered for a 30% discount. Unfortunately you are only able to buy 1. This is their Daily Deal for the day. Not sure how many they will have, but you will need to be ready to purchase the moment it turns 12. Some of these deals are gone in a few seconds. edit: Just to clarify that is noon EST. Edited November 22, 2021 by luv2trvlnow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe817 Posted November 22, 2021 #20 Share Posted November 22, 2021 2 hours ago, luv2trvlnow said: According to their site, AARP will be offering the $100 Carnival gift card on Friday at noon. It will be offered for a 30% discount. Unfortunately you are only able to buy 1. This is their Daily Deal for the day. Not sure how many they will have, but you will need to be ready to purchase the moment it turns 12. Some of these deals are gone in a few seconds. edit: Just to clarify that is noon EST. I looked, and looked and looked for the $100 Carnival gift card, and could not find one word about it. And....I didn't see anywhere about any Daily Deals. Can you clarify by posting a link? TIA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luv2trvlnow Posted November 22, 2021 #21 Share Posted November 22, 2021 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Joe817 said: I looked, and looked and looked for the $100 Carnival gift card, and could not find one word about it. And....I didn't see anywhere about any Daily Deals. Can you clarify by posting a link? TIA. I hope this link works. It is on the Community Forums, under the AARP Rewards Redemption. https://community.aarp.org/t5/Redemption/Daily-Deals-for-the-Week-of-11-22-11-26-2021/m-p/2433669#M4064 Edit: On Friday morning you should find the item listed on the Redeem page. But it won't go live until 12 noon EST. Edited November 22, 2021 by luv2trvlnow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe817 Posted November 22, 2021 #22 Share Posted November 22, 2021 1 minute ago, luv2trvlnow said: I hope this link works. It is on the Community Forums, under the AARP Rewards Redemption. https://community.aarp.org/t5/Redemption/Daily-Deals-for-the-Week-of-11-22-11-26-2021/m-p/2433669#M4064 It worked! Thanks so much. I never thought to look in the community forums thread. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lele100 Posted November 22, 2021 #23 Share Posted November 22, 2021 15 minutes ago, luv2trvlnow said: I hope this link works. It is on the Community Forums, under the AARP Rewards Redemption. https://community.aarp.org/t5/Redemption/Daily-Deals-for-the-Week-of-11-22-11-26-2021/m-p/2433669#M4064 Edit: On Friday morning you should find the item listed on the Redeem page. But it won't go live until 12 noon EST. Actually is says carnival is available on the 19th, that has passed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calnev1 Posted November 22, 2021 #24 Share Posted November 22, 2021 3 minutes ago, lele100 said: Actually is says carnival is available on the 19th, that has passed Since the AARP message from Teri was posted on the 19th and looks like the schedule for the following week, the reference to "Friday, November 19" could be a typo. So I still plan to watch for this on Friday, November 26. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embem Posted November 22, 2021 #25 Share Posted November 22, 2021 It hasn't been available in a while, but Newegg used to do discounts on carnival giftcards occasionally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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