Free Casino cruise certificate question

[helene109]

My friends are picking one up Saturday from a land based Casino. It states a free Inside room! Both him and his wife received a free certificate for an inside room. Has anyone else received one? Just curious if they just pay the difference from an inside to a balcony. Thanks!

[kwokpot]

5 minutes ago, helene109 said:

My friends are picking one up Saturday from a land based Casino. It states a free Inside room! Both him and his wife received a free certificate for an inside room. Has anyone else received one? Just curious if they just pay the difference from an inside to a balcony. Thanks!

Yes, you can do paid upgrades. Sometimes they allow you to combine certificates for a cabin class upgrade. They can ask all these questions when they call the number on the certificate. They will be responsible for taxes and port charges of about $255 total and additional gratuities. 

Edited November 7, 2022 by kwokpot

[helene109]

3 minutes ago, kwokpot said:

Yes, you can do paid upgrades. Sometimes they allow you to combine certificates for a cabin class upgrade. They can ask all these questions when they call the number on the certificate. They will be responsible for taxes and port charges of about $255 total and additional gratuities. 

So helpful! They would be great if they can combine certificate’s ! So appreciate your advice! Thanks again!

[hard_eight]

Side question, what casino is this from? (Headed to Vegas next week😁)

[helene109]

2 hours ago, hard_eight said:

Side question, what casino is this from? (Headed to Vegas next week😁)

Cosmopolitan is NCL. A local casino in our state is Carnival.

[pe4all]

We have done this many times.  We have never had a problem with Carnival taking our money for an upgrade to a balcony - lol!

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

Anyone else among us receive the PLAY MY WAY offers from Carnival recently?

 

I received several different ones - all with Drinks Everywhere, up to free suites, and anywhere from $200-$1,000 FunPlay and up to $2,000 OBC.

 

These are even better than my Elite offers. It would seem Carnival is trying to cast a wide net (perhaps taking into account onboard spend).

 

I've already utilized 4 of the offers. I upgraded our Celebration sailing from $200 OBC to $2,000.. and got a lower rate and CHEERS and booked three other cruises (one of which is on hold... not sure I need to cruise this much... LOL).

 

 

 

Tom

[d12j28]

3 minutes ago, Tom-n-Cheryl said:

Anyone else among us receive the PLAY MY WAY offers from Carnival recently?

 

I received several different ones - all with Drinks Everywhere, up to free suites, and anywhere from $200-$1,000 FunPlay and up to $2,000 OBC.

 

These are even better than my Elite offers. It would seem Carnival is trying to cast a wide net (perhaps taking into account onboard spend).

 

I've already utilized 4 of the offers. I upgraded our Celebration sailing from $200 OBC to $2,000.. and got a lower rate and CHEERS and booked three other cruises (one of which is on hold... not sure I need to cruise this much... LOL).

 

 

 

Tom

We both got the same ones as you. Trying to move a January cruise to one of these while also looking at a fall cruise. I don't get enough vacation time for all of them! 

[helene109]

On 11/7/2022 at 11:21 AM, kwokpot said:

Yes, you can do paid upgrades. Sometimes they allow you to combine certificates for a cabin class upgrade. They can ask all these questions when they call the number on the certificate. They will be responsible for taxes and port charges of about $255 total and additional gratuities. 

They called and they won’t combine the certificate’s! As they each have one.

[dbrucern]

On 11/8/2022 at 9:38 AM, Tom-n-Cheryl said:

Anyone else among us receive the PLAY MY WAY offers from Carnival recently?

 

I received several different ones - all with Drinks Everywhere, up to free suites, and anywhere from $200-$1,000 FunPlay and up to $2,000 OBC.

 

These are even better than my Elite offers. It would seem Carnival is trying to cast a wide net (perhaps taking into account onboard spend).

 

I've already utilized 4 of the offers. I upgraded our Celebration sailing from $200 OBC to $2,000.. and got a lower rate and CHEERS and booked three other cruises (one of which is on hold... not sure I need to cruise this much... LOL).

 

 

 

Tom

Yes received the same and also changed our Celebration to one of these offers and booked additional 2 cruises with the offers. At first I thought it was a hoax

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

5 minutes ago, dbrucern said:

Yes received the same and also changed our Celebration to one of these offers and booked additional 2 cruises with the offers. At first I thought it was a hoax

 

Sweet indeed !

 

Tom

[tucho]

Just wondering how much casino action do you have to give, to get these offers?

25+ cruises only get drink offers no free rooms.

Now, I barely play slots and only play the $5-$6 tables.

Enjoy Life

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

28 minutes ago, tucho said:

Just wondering how much casino action do you have to give, to get these offers?

25+ cruises only get drink offers no free rooms.

Now, I barely play slots and only play the $5-$6 tables.

Enjoy Life

 

Most of mine was in the past, and at that point it was not uncommon to leave there up/down by $5-10+G... $50-$300/hand blackjack, often playing two hands at once. I don't usually stay too long at the higher bet levels, or else a bad run can go really bad, fast! I test the waters (push my bets up), usually to be slapped back into my place.  😉

 

Tom

[hard_eight]

28 minutes ago, tucho said:

Just wondering how much casino action do you have to give, to get these offers?

25+ cruises only get drink offers no free rooms.

Now, I barely play slots and only play the $5-$6 tables.

Enjoy Life

That's the problem, they love slots players. Table games, not so much.