mcat12 Posted September 16, 2012 #1 Share Posted September 16, 2012 We have a discover card that will allow us to use $40 of our cash back points to get an $80 e certificate for Carnival. Has anyone ever done this? If our cruise is already paid in full, can these certificates be used as an OBC? If not, no biggie, I can easily book another cruise! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly333 Posted September 16, 2012 #2 Share Posted September 16, 2012 I would call and find out if you have to have booked a certain rate or if its good for all rates.. or if you have to book thru their TA. Some of these have strings. Call your card holder and ask if no one here knows. If you find out any answers, post them. I dont have a answer for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movingimages Posted September 16, 2012 #3 Share Posted September 16, 2012 We got a $100 certificate before with credit card rewards on a Mastercard. It had to be used for a new booking (we already had a booking and had hoped it would be able to be applied toward balance or OBC). Used it for next cruise. The certificate had to be mailed in to Carnival (certified mail) within a certain date of the final payment. I found it a bit cumbersome to redeem. I'd definitely read the fine print or call Carnival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfadj Posted September 16, 2012 #4 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Best to call credit card company and find out the rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcat12 Posted September 16, 2012 Author #5 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Blah! So the rules are 1)certificate per room and 2)it has to be booked through a specific 800 number/website Oh well :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise-Crazy Posted September 16, 2012 #6 Share Posted September 16, 2012 The Carnival MasterCard works well for booking cruises... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise-Crazy Posted September 16, 2012 #7 Share Posted September 16, 2012 It doesn't matter where you book the cruise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbohbbneedacruise Posted September 16, 2012 #8 Share Posted September 16, 2012 We have a discover card that will allow us to use $40 of our cash back points to get an $80 e certificate for Carnival. Has anyone ever done this? If our cruise is already paid in full, can these certificates be used as an OBC? If not, no biggie, I can easily book another cruise! ;) You could always go dollar for dollar and get the discover gift cards and use them on your S&S acct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwilk1129 Posted September 17, 2012 #9 Share Posted September 17, 2012 I have used Discover cash back twice. You must book thru their agency listed and use your Discover card for payment.We even used a future cruise certificate and a casino rate with them in addition to the points certificate. It went real smoothly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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