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Blue Chip Club’s — for those of you not familiar, that is the name of Celebrity’s casino loyalty program — recently opened their comped offerings web portal. It mirrors Royal Caribbean’s casino web portal. One of the options you can select identifies casino hosts (not all listed yet) by ship.

Just sailed from Oct. 2 through 13 on the Celebrity Summit.

Celebrity recently changed fleet-wide their craps odds from 2x odds at table min ($10) to 2x odds at $25 PL/DP (Come/DC) bet level.

3-4-5 times odds only offered at $50 PL/DP (Come/DC) bet level.

Would appreciate anyone who onows who is currently serving as casino hosts on Celebrity ships posting that information. Over the next 7 months, will be sailing on the Eclipse, Edge, Equinox, Silhouette, Solstice and Summit.

Thank you for any hosts you can identify currently onboard Celebrity’s ships. I am hoping that we can keep this thread current.

On 9/13/2019 at 11:52 PM, seasidemama said:

 

If you play in the casino, once you hit 2500 points/prime tier the fee is waived.

Hello seasidemama!

I am curious about getting cash against my Seapass. I have been procurring casino credit for each of the cruises I have booked thus far this year, including the Navigator this weekend.

Amongst my credit cards, I have AMEX Platinum, Chase Visa (no foreign transaction fees) and Bank of America MasterCards. They all provide points for transactions, but I know that the BofA MasterCard allowed me to elect a grouping of transactions for which I earn triple points.

If I use my BofA MC for charges against our cabin, and get cash against it, will those charges likely show up on my RCCL charges on my monthly statement as Travelling? If so, I can get triple points for those charges, including cash advances in the casino to the Seapass card.

I eagerly await your response (hoping you know), or anyone else with knowledge of the interaction of RCCL cash advances in the casino and BofA MC points accrual programs.

9 hours ago, seasidemama said:

 

How often are these published (I see it says July- is there a September one?)

 

AND where can we find a current list?

 

thanks!

seasidemama,

These are dragged from the pits of Hades (well either Montego Bay, Jamaica, Springfield, Oregon, or Guatemala City, Guatemala).

You have to call CR after you see that you have an offer on www.clubroyaleoffers.com, as we never receive an e-mail identifying which sailings are included in which offer.

They are not just issued on any regular basis by CR for all to download. Rather, the CR agents you call on the telephone can get them at some point (hours, sometimes days) after a new Offer Code is posted online, and they can then e-mail these listings to you once available.

On 8/26/2019 at 4:08 PM, Wally Alligator said:

H19HVIP03 (Comp Balcony) arrived via snail mail today.

12/09/2019 4 Nights on Navigator (Miami), Mariner (Canaveral), or Enchantment (Galveston.

12/14/2019 5 Nights on Independence (Fort Lauderdale) or Brilliance (Tampa).

 

Nice offer and I wish I could take it but get off Symphony just  6 days before the Brilliance sailing (Tampa is my home port) and the daughter would be extremely upset if I went on a cruise instead of going to her college graduation.

For the H19HVIP03 offer, I am curious, are you Prime, Signature or Masters level?

11 minutes ago, pcakes122 said:

Mine came today - H19HVIP01.  Comp Grand Suite for all the same terrible cruises.  No thank you.

Out of curiosity, for the H19JVIP01 offer code, are you Masters, Signature or Prime status?

On Navigator of the Seas currently (7/29 to 8/2), but received a new offer today:

Does anyone know what cruises and from which ports are available with this offer? Once again, no e-mails, and I am in Nassau, nowhere near my home's mailbox to await delivery of the brochure explaining the offer (if one comes).

TIA!!!!

OFFER NAME                                                            OFFER TYPE    EXPIRES         OFFER CODE     TRADE IN VALUE

Anyone else receive the 2019 Club Royale Suitcase Event offer this morning?

Also, it would be nice to know which ship it is taking place on, the number of sailing nights, dates of cruise, and what the event is. If anyone knows, your information would be appreciated.

UPDATE: FB poster advised that the quarterly calendar lists a Suitcase Trade Up event leaving on the Independence OTS from Fort Lauderdale on November 9th for 7 nights.

On 7/9/2019 at 1:56 AM, gaylemh said:

I got the same balcony offer for Allure on 10/27/19. I'm going to be using the trade in $1000 value on another cruise.

Just did the exact same thing, albeit only received $750 TIV.

2 hours ago, normannna said:

Hi

 

I never get emails from the casino either but an offer code of 

191RCL709 has popped up.  Could anyone tell me please what this code refers to please?  Many Thanks

See the screen shot I posted above on Tuesday afternoon outlining all of the sailings offered by promo code.

Think this might help everyone understand the types of offers available through this Variable Offer (code dependent).

New offer, 191RCL707, received last night. I have still never received any e-mails from Casino Royale, so I have no idea what this offer provides for me.

If anyone is familiar with this offer, please share the information.

We were hoping that there would be an offering on the Summer/Fall Calendar for the Allure OTS on July 21st. But apparently not.

So this morning, found the Summer Sizzler offer on casinorotaleoffers.com. Once again, no email.

At 8:30 am, called CR once it opened, and booked a 4 night cruise on the Navigator OTS departing from Miami on July 29, from the Summer Sizzler Offer (H19SUZ1). This way, we can still get away one last time before her school starts up again the second week of August.

Anyone else book a Summer Sizzler offer? If so, which one, and why?

6 hours ago, proggieus said:

if the ship has the RFID system you seem to think they have then why didn't you get the points you feel you should have?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exactly the point of my questions.

5 minutes ago, tekguy26 said:

Each time a player drops a spot or adds a spot the dealer has to key it into the computer.

Yes, but this is consistent with RFID tech, as players do not get paid only with chips reserved or their buy-ins, color changes, and pay-outs.

So, the dealer has to punch in the spots where players are betting so that the server can correlate which player (remember they use your Seapass cards for ID) is betting in which spots.

Why else would they bother tracking which spots which player is betting at, whether one hand, two hands, three, or the whole table???

According to the casino host they have, and ships are moving toward table games to RFID chip systems. He shared with me a screen showing the raw data on his laptop from the casino’s server reflecting every round’s bet, split, and double. So contrary to what others tell me on this website, the casino hosts on both the Quantum OTS (April sailing out of Shanghai) and the Navigator OTS (Miami sailing) have told me that they track players’ bets through RFID chips.

PS - $100 rough average per hour (actually laptop indicated it was around $92+/hour) was about right for nights 1 and 2. On night 3, alternating bets from $100 min up to $500 mac, sometimes playing 2 or 3 spots at $150/$200/$250/$300, my average bet was around $145/hour.

Although I understand your reasoning, and appreciate your thoughts, it does not explain how my roughly 2500  points that the casino host shared with me after night 2, went down after night 3 (when my days’ average bet increased by approximately $50).

22 hours ago, CruisingfromDE said:

If you accumulated 2,500 points on your current sailing, then yes, you should receive a certificate for a free interior. Speak to host, he/she should exchange it on the last evening of your cruise. 

 

Amazing!!! That's all I can say. I remain astounded that the casino host advised me at the end of the second night that I had earned slightly over 2500 points by that pint in this three night cruise.

Then during the afternoon of the third day of the cruise, I received the $100 certificate.

Before dinner (casino did not open until 5:30 pm, but tables not ready until 6:00 pm), I went and talked with the casino host, and he agreed to look into why I got the $100 certificate, as he remembered our conversation the night before.

Well, needless to say, after dinner, I went ballistic at the blackjack tables. Lost $1,700 of my profits from the first two nights, but was betting $100 min, up to $500 per hand, and only ended up with roughly 2,000 points in total for this cruise.

*****!!!!!!!! Got a $500 certificate, not even an interior room cabin cruise???????

Rewards poster:

400/800/1200/1600/2000 Points - $100/$200/$300/$400/$500 certificates

2400 Points - Interior Stateroom

3600 Points - Oceanview Stateroom

4800 Points - Balcony Stateroom

8000 Points - Junior Suite

25000 Points - Grand Suite

I cannot for the life of me understand how I went from just over 2500 points after the second night, to only approximately 2000 points at the end, knowing that I gambled straight (maybe 10-15 minute aggregate breaks between bathroom visits and switching tables) from 7:00 pm to 2:30 am, $100 min, up to $500 max bet per round, not including splits and doubles, and alternating periodically from one to two hands.

Onboard cruise right now. Last night host told me my point total, which was approximately slightly more than 2500 points more than I had pre-cruise.

This afternoon I received an envelope at my cabin with a certificate for only $100 off a future cruise booked within 30 days.

Rewards chart shows free interior cabin cruise at 2400 points.

Huh????????

5 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

I still haven't gotten the email. The earlier picture was Laura's. 

 

Did you check the website?

Checked website (only H19BALL offers remain) and called and spoke with Casino Royale Rep Chris out of Springfield, OR. Nada, and Chris could not explain it either.

Oh yeah, and Chris advised that he had to have Marketing activate my e-mail account for offers. This is the third time in the past 3+ weeks I have had a Casino Royale rep tell me this.

1 hour ago, OHCruisinDad said:

 

With the end if the Cuba cruises for Empress and Majesty there have been a good number of cancellations so its not surprising to see CR and RCCL sending out offers to fill all of the newly cancelled cabins.  Those with Cuba itineraries were offered a full refund if they wanted to cancel even if past final payment.  Those that stayed on the altered itineraries got a 50% fare refund.  Your offer appears to be an offer for FL residents.

South Florida Prime, no ex-Cuba cruise ship offer.

45 minutes ago, maryred said:

We just made Prime this Mach and have been receiving snail mail offers (starting in mid April) every 2 weeks or so, even though we have already booked 2 of them booked using the free offers in the flyers. Additionally we have a 3rd cruise that we booked while on board (prior to qualifying) that we were given a $700 discount on.

In each mailed flyer there is a list of free cruises by cabin class (interior-balcony) that range in duration from a 3 day to an 11 day at various different home ports. There is also a caveat that if none of these dates or itineraries work for us that there is anywhere from $350-500 off any other sailings not listed. For one of the offers we booked we upgraded from the free interior to an OV for $300 more. Just remember these cruises are free cabin fares, taxes and port fees still need to be paid and  are charged at time of confirmation

Also, prepaid gratuities can be elected, as well as dining & drink packages, excursions, wifi, etc., etc., etc. Only getting a break on the cruise fare. BUT ONLY AIN'T BAD!!!

So, thus far we have the following information from cruisecritic subscribers regarding this Ball Blitz Promotion:

H19BALL01 -

H19BALL02 -

H19BALL03 - Balcony Cabin or $750 Trade in Value

H19BALL04 - Oceanview Cabin or $750 Trade in Value

H19BALL05 - Interior Stateroom or $500 Trade In Value

H19BALL06 - $750 Trade in Value

H19BALL07 - $500 Trade in Value

H19BALL08 - $250 Trade in Value

H19BALL09 - $100 Trade in Value

H19BALL10 - Casino Rate

If the progression is linear, then 01 and 02 likely provide some Suite Category (01) and Jr. Suite (02), with $1,000 (???) Trade in Value.

19 minutes ago, gwatson7 said:

Hi, 

 

I recently got back from a Cruise and recieved a free cruise certificate from the Casino for an Oceanview Stateroom.  I looked at the dates and nothing really catches my eye (I know, here I am complaining about a "free" cruise).

 

I would like to go on one of the bigger ships and I assume the best options for those would be offers for Balcony or Inside.  Is there any chance I could change the options I have?  If not, any chance Royal will send me other offers by mail this year if I don't pick one of these cruises?

 

Thanks for the help!

If it provides for a trade in value, book a cruise you want to take, within 30 days of exiting/disembarking that prior cruise, and that sails within 365 days of that cruise. Apply the trade in value of the certificate.

You will have to book that cruise through Casino Royale ( 888/561-2234 ) and NOT through Royal Caribbean’s main number.

If you have reached Prime status, you should start receiving offers sometime about 1 to 1.5 months after your prior cruise (they are slow in processing paperwork for activating new members). If Prime, you will also receive a free annual cruise on or after April 1 next year, but you have to choose and book a cruise of 8 nights or less in duration.

I hope the foregoing information helps.

Anyone receive H19BALL01, H19BALL02, H19BALL06, H19BALL07, etc.?

If so, please state offer code, comped room and any trade in value.