Gift Card in Casino??

[BlerkOne]

Skip the cashier and use one of the self-service machines.

[hard_eight]

50 minutes ago, BlerkOne said:

Skip the cashier and use one of the self-service machines.

They'll still catch ya if you go to the well to many times. Must be automated. Do it once, should be golden.

 

Buy gift cards at 10% off, still up 7% Gonna try guest services this week, Will report back lol

[Elaine5715]

On 8/17/2022 at 10:08 AM, dbrucern said:

I take my gift cards to guess services and they have given me the cash.

You claiming you simply hand a gift card to GS and they hand you cash?  

[DallasGuy75219]

2 hours ago, hard_eight said:

They'll still catch ya if you go to the well to many times. Must be automated. Do it once, should be golden.

 

Buy gift cards at 10% off, still up 7% Gonna try guest services this week, Will report back lol

I'll save you the time... don't even bother trying to cash out gift cards at Guest Services.  

[DallasGuy75219]

8 hours ago, totz808 said:

Charge the $2500 to your player bank at a slot machine.  Play slots for a couple of minutes, spin it a few times.  Then go to the cashier, cash out, take the cash and go play table games.

Pretty sure the limit is charging $1,000 to your S&S onto a slot machine at once.  You might be able to get away with it few times charging a couple hundred dollars, playing some slots, then cashing out, but based on a friend's warning from the cashier (he would charge his S&S and then cash out when he had several hundred dollars left, and did this multiple times for a fee-free cash advance and credit card points) they can see your history of charging your S&S vs. cashing out.  True, they can't hold your slot bank hostage, but trying this with a $1000 or even $500 S&S charge and not playing enough with those funds may get your S&S completely locked from future slot charges.

[totz808]

6 hours ago, DallasGuy75219 said:

Pretty sure the limit is charging $1,000 to your S&S onto a slot machine at once.  You might be able to get away with it few times charging a couple hundred dollars, playing some slots, then cashing out, but based on a friend's warning from the cashier (he would charge his S&S and then cash out when he had several hundred dollars left, and did this multiple times for a fee-free cash advance and credit card points) they can see your history of charging your S&S vs. cashing out.  True, they can't hold your slot bank hostage, but trying this with a $1000 or even $500 S&S charge and not playing enough with those funds may get your S&S completely locked from future slot charges.

 

This page doesn't list any $1,000 limit, it does list a limit of $5,000 per day.

 

https://help.carnival.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1146/~/casino-and-carnival-players-club

 

So what I am saying is that if you know you aren't going to play slots anyway, or no longer are going to play them, then it doesn't really matter as long as you limit your withdrawal to just once.  If you bring $2,500 worth of gift cards on board, charge $2,500 to your S&S account, play a couple of rounds, then cash out.  At that point it doesn't matter if your S&S account is locked from future slot charges, you have the cash.  If you want to play slots again later, use the cash, but now you can go play table games as well.

[DallasGuy75219]

4 hours ago, totz808 said:

 

This page doesn't list any $1,000 limit, it does list a limit of $5,000 per day.

There is a $1,000 limit per transaction when charging your S&S on a slot machine.

[Elaine5715]

4 hours ago, totz808 said:

 

This page doesn't list any $1,000 limit, it does list a limit of $5,000 per day.

 

https://help.carnival.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1146/~/casino-and-carnival-players-club

 

So what I am saying is that if you know you aren't going to play slots anyway, or no longer are going to play them, then it doesn't really matter as long as you limit your withdrawal to just once.  If you bring $2,500 worth of gift cards on board, charge $2,500 to your S&S account, play a couple of rounds, then cash out.  At that point it doesn't matter if your S&S account is locked from future slot charges, you have the cash.  If you want to play slots again later, use the cash, but now you can go play table games as well.

Understand it won't be a length of cruise ban on charging in the casino but a permanent ban.  This method is close to money laundering when using discounted gift cards.  

[joeyboy_m]

14 hours ago, hard_eight said:

They'll still catch ya if you go to the well to many times. Must be automated. Do it once, should be golden.

 

Buy gift cards at 10% off, still up 7% Gonna try guest services this week, Will report back lol

How or where are getting gift cards at 10% off?

[Elaine5715]

1 hour ago, joeyboy_m said:

How or where are getting gift cards at 10% off?

AARP and Newegg.com

[joeyboy_m]

On 7/4/2024 at 2:51 PM, Elaine5715 said:

AARP and Newegg.com

Nice thanks

[KarmaCruisers]

On 8/17/2022 at 7:08 AM, dbrucern said:

I take my gift cards to guess services and they have given me the cash.

Can you expand on this please??

So if I take $1000 worth of gift cards to guest services each day; they’ll hand me $1000 cash???

[KarmaCruisers]

I’m actually going to find the minimim “play” for each “wash” on my next cruise 

i intend to wash $14,000 worth of gift cards.

[weezal]

41 minutes ago, KarmaCruisers said:

I’m actually going to find the minimim “play” for each “wash” on my next cruise 

i intend to wash $14,000 worth of gift cards.

technically the minimum play, before withdrawing, would be the equivalent amount loaded to casino credit.

any less, and you risk being banned from future casino charges to the room (starting from that same sailing).

Edited July 16 by weezal

[KarmaCruisers]

24 minutes ago, weezal said:

technically the minimum play, before withdrawing, would be the equivalent amount loaded to casino credit.

any less, and you risk being banned from future casino charges to the room (starting from that same sailing).

Interesting..but I almost think that’s gotta be impossible (I mean from the system side it’s absolutely not)

but how many people actually withdraw $100 and PLAY $100 before cashing out and then doing it again?

it’s a good question to find out exactly…

[weezal]

5 minutes ago, KarmaCruisers said:

Interesting..but I almost think that’s gotta be impossible (I mean from the system side it’s absolutely not)

but how many people actually withdraw $100 and PLAY $100 before cashing out and then doing it again?

it’s a good question to find out exactly…

cashing out of the slot machine at the end of a session, just goes back to casino credit balance.
withdrawing actual cash from that balance, either from atm or cashier, is what i was referring to.

 

Edited July 16 by weezal

[DallasGuy75219]

2 hours ago, KarmaCruisers said:

I’m actually going to find the minimim “play” for each “wash” on my next cruise 

i intend to wash $14,000 worth of gift cards.

You'll get blocked from charging your S&S in the casino long before you get anywhere close to $14,000.  Possibly permanently if you're trying to do it on that scale.

[hard_eight]

Also note, someone on the cruise last week tried to cash in 4-5k in chips at the cage, and was presented with some form for SSN and info...

 

BTW adding the gift cards at the kiosks takes FOREVER. But, going to Guest services is no faster! lol

[Elaine5715]

7 hours ago, KarmaCruisers said:

Can you expand on this please??

So if I take $1000 worth of gift cards to guest services each day; they’ll hand me $1000 cash???

No, you can't.  That is called money laundering.  

[Elaine5715]

3 hours ago, hard_eight said:

Also note, someone on the cruise last week tried to cash in 4-5k in chips at the cage, and was presented with some form for SSN and info...

 

BTW adding the gift cards at the kiosks takes FOREVER. But, going to Guest services is no faster! lol

You are always presented with a currency transaction report when you cash out a large amount of chips.   It is not a tax report

[SmooshSmash]

14 hours ago, Elaine5715 said:

You are always presented with a currency transaction report when you cash out a large amount of chips.   It is not a tax report

What is a currency transaction report? What purpose does it serve? Why am I required to fill it out?

Edited July 17 by SmooshSmash

[SmooshSmash]

On 7/4/2024 at 11:51 AM, Elaine5715 said:

AARP and Newegg.com

Newegg.com has it for dollar for dollar, no discount.

[weezal]

33 minutes ago, SmooshSmash said:

Newegg.com has it for dollar for dollar, no discount.

sales come and go (usually for 1 day only), about 3 times a year

[Elaine5715]

45 minutes ago, SmooshSmash said:

Newegg.com has it for dollar for dollar, no discount.

Sale is on now

[Elaine5715]

47 minutes ago, SmooshSmash said:

What is a currency transaction report? What purpose does it serve? Why am I required to fill it out?

What Is a Currency Transaction Report (CTR)?

A currency transaction report (CTR) is a bank form used in the U.S. to help prevent money laundering.