Cash from Casino

[happyshelly]

Can you still get cash on your set sail card in the casino if needed? I believe i will have enough but you never know.

Leaving for San Juan in the morning and getting on the Jewel on Saturday.

 

Thanks

Michele

[ShipRiders]

Can you still get cash on your set sail card in the casino if needed? I believe i will have enough but you never know.

Leaving for San Juan in the morning and getting on the Jewel on Saturday.

 

Thanks

Michele

 

Yes you can, however it will cost you at least 3%, in fact I believe it was just raised to 5%. Someone else will clarify it for sure.

[Ourusualbeach]

Yes it has been raised to 5%.

[happyshelly]

Thanks. That really is not that bad considering you are on a cruise ship. Plus some ATM's charge just as much for your own money if you dont get it from your banks own network. Your bank and the ATM's bank charge you.

 

Michele

[setsail]

one personal check can be cashed at GS during your cruise, no charge. Also TC's can be cashed at GS , no charge.

[cb at sea]

Bring cash for the casino...no use being 5% down before you even start!

[Bosjoe]

Set your sea pass card as a cash account when you check in. Grab cash from the casino when you need it without being charged the service fee. Last day of the cruise go down pay off with a credit card, and have the credit card placed on the account for any additional charges you have that night.

[Traci1960]

Set your sea pass card as a cash account when you check in. Grab cash from the casino when you need it without being charged the service fee. Last day of the cruise go down pay off with a credit card, and have the credit card placed on the account for any additional charges you have that night.

 

I am new to RCCL - Can you explain how the casino works? On Carnival you inserted your SeaPass and all monies were charged to your seapass - and added to the card if you won. If you put Cash into a machine and leftover cash went to your seapass card.

 

Then at the end of the cruise, you collected any winnings on your card. Is RCCL Different?

[Clarea]

I am new to RCCL - Can you explain how the casino works? On Carnival you inserted your SeaPass and all monies were charged to your seapass - and added to the card if you won. If you put Cash into a machine and leftover cash went to your seapass card.

 

Then at the end of the cruise, you collected any winnings on your card. Is RCCL Different?

Answered this here:

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showpost.php?p=41235195&postcount=4

[LA_CA_GAL]

Yes it has been raised to 5%.

 

:eek: unbelievable :eek:

[JosieCat-MN]

If you are a member of Club Royale, you don't pay this fee.

[LovesCruising]

Here's a little heads up - yes its 5% at the cage - so for example if you are asking for $300 you would pay $15 - the man at the cage (employee) told me its a flat rate of $6 out of the ATM on the Explorer - I guess you would have to know how much your institution would charge as well for service charge but depending on the amount of withdrawal ATM might be cheaper

[seaofwonder]

5% is crazy! I am thankful we got into the casino club....although we donated way more than a 5% fee lol

[Tkriger]

5% is crazy! I am thankful we got into the casino club....although we donated way more than a 5% fee lol

 

 

Same here, although I won last cruise when I was invited. We sail on the Independence next week, and I'm only bringing a few hundred dollars in small bills, I'll get the rest from the casino as needed (no 5% charge, in fact I'll get 2% back as cash from my CC, that's not a bad deal).

[Ambiverol]

Ouch, 5%. That's the 1st time I'm hearing of the change. For moderate gamblers, not in the club, the fee is approaching land based casino cash advance rates. At least the credit cards do not recognize it that way...yet!

[Retired LEO]

Yes you can, however it will cost you at least 3%, in fact I believe it was just raised to 5%. Someone else will clarify it for sure.

 

Yes it has been raised to 5%.

 

Come on folks it's the casino. "I'll see your 3% and raise you 5%".

[Hypo]

Yes, they charge 5% for withdrawals at the casino, on your Seapass card.

 

However, if you leave the charge on your Seapass and it rolls over to your credit card---and your credit card happens to be the RCCL VISA, you will get 2% back in future credits. So your net loss is only 3%.

 

The reason they started charging a fee a few years ago, was some of us bright folks figured out that we could get 2% back on our Seapass withdrawals that rolled to our RCCL VISA credit cards. You could take out $2000.00 a day for 7 days ($14000.00) put it in your pocket and take it home and use it to pay your credit card bill when it arrived.

 

It was an easy $280.00 (2%) profit in future cruise credits. Unfortunately, those folks that were doing this got on CC and bragged about it. So, RCCL put a stop to it by charging the 3% fee. Then, they subsequently realized that people still wanted to withdraw money from the casino and another profit opportunity was born for RCCL.