Royal Caribbean stock benefit.

[Gangway]

My apologies if this has already been covered.

Since Royal Caribbean now owns Silver Sea do they give on board credit to stockholders that own 100 shares?

[Gourmet Gal]

Yes.  Check the RCL investor website under FAQ.  Shareholder benefits.  $100 6-13 days, etc….

Edited April 15 by Gourmet Gal

[Host Jazzbeau]

Seems like a much smaller benefit with Silversea fares.  Percetagewise it's a rounding error.

[taxatty]

2 hours ago, Host Jazzbeau said:

Seems like a much smaller benefit with Silversea fares.  Percetagewise it's a rounding error.

Free money either way. I bought my RCI stock many years ago--it's been paid for several times over with these OBCs, as has my Carnival stock. 

[Host Jazzbeau]

1 minute ago, taxatty said:

Free money either way. I bought my RCI stock many years ago--it's been paid for several times over with these OBCs, as has my Carnival stock. 

Right, but now RCL costs $127, down from a recent high of $131 – that wipes out the benefit from 4 trips.  Plus, Silversea is the only RCG line I would consider and that is probably not going to continue after the two I have booked.

 

CCL meanwhile only costs $14, so you could pay that back with Seabourn cruises in even a Boomer lifetime.  And a recent WSJ article thought CCL is undervalued while RCL is fully valued.

 

But, just as I have my TA give me their rebate in cash rather than OBC, I only buy stocks that pay dividends so I get the benefit every year whether I use their products or not.