Schoifmom Posted January 15, 2016 #901 Share Posted January 15, 2016 (edited) Hmmm....I'm wondering if these are a thing of the past. Carnival isn't listed at all anymore. Before, the cards were there, just listed as 'Sold Out'. I sure hope they come back! I got a $500 card about 10 days ago. Edited January 15, 2016 by Schoifmom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heath7767 Posted January 15, 2016 #902 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Thanks, everyone! It's good to know that they have disappeared from the site before and come back. I'll keep checking and post if I ever see any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock_Dr Posted January 16, 2016 #903 Share Posted January 16, 2016 They come and go. Just got one from AARP and two from Verizon. They seem to come up at the same time on the different sites from my experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruizinisthebest Posted January 18, 2016 #904 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Just got 3 $100 cards from AARP. They're up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schoifmom Posted January 18, 2016 #905 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Just got 3 $100 cards from AARP. They're up! Thank you. I had checked twice already today and wasn't planning to check again :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heath7767 Posted January 18, 2016 #906 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Just got 3 $100 cards from AARP. They're up! Thanks so much! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patcruise1 Posted January 18, 2016 #907 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Just got 3 $100 cards from AARP. They're up! When someone see the $500 available instead of sold out, please post. Thank you so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellen4257 Posted January 18, 2016 #908 Share Posted January 18, 2016 was able to get the $100 ones, unfortunately missed the 500's. FYI, $100's also available on Verizon as of now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruizinisthebest Posted January 18, 2016 #909 Share Posted January 18, 2016 When someone see the $500 available instead of sold out, please post. Thank you so much. When I posted this, the $500 cards were available, because someone else in our group got one. They obviously sold out super fast. I only mentioned the ones I brought. It's always best to check for yourself if you are interested in getting them. These updates are courteous, but never rely on them solely. I checked twice this morning. Third time was a charm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patcruise1 Posted January 18, 2016 #910 Share Posted January 18, 2016 When I posted this, the $500 cards were available, because someone else in our group got one. They obviously sold out super fast. I only mentioned the ones I brought. It's always best to check for yourself if you are interested in getting them. These updates are courteous, but never rely on them solely. I checked twice this morning. Third time was a charm. I do check 3 to 4 times a day. As soon I saw your post (since I had already check 3 times this morning) I went to check again. I will keep checking. Thank you for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pirate4me2 Posted January 18, 2016 #911 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Thanks! I got 2 $100 ones thanks to the post. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffdal Posted January 18, 2016 #912 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Thanks! I got 2 $100 ones thanks to the post. :) Already sold out. Sad. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wemjam Posted January 19, 2016 #913 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Dang! Missed them again lol! Seems like I keep getting dropped of the email thread on this, even though I go in and read it every time someone posts. Oh, well, just keep trying I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roscoe13 Posted January 19, 2016 #914 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Dang! Missed them again lol! Seems like I keep getting dropped of the email thread on this, even though I go in and read it every time someone posts. Oh, well, just keep trying I guess. Have you subscribed to this thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schoifmom Posted January 20, 2016 #915 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Both $100 and $500 are showing on AARP now, but both are showing "sold out." Keep an eye out :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nychad10 Posted January 20, 2016 #916 Share Posted January 20, 2016 watching... Thanks for the heads up!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wemjam Posted January 20, 2016 #917 Share Posted January 20, 2016 So, here is the 50 million dollar question. Are they there and saying they are sold out because a couple days ago they were available and then sold out and the icon hasn't come down yet... as often happens Or are they there because they are getting ready to load them again... as often happens. In the words of the immortal Gene Wilder's Willy Wonka... "the suspense is killing me." :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schoifmom Posted January 20, 2016 #918 Share Posted January 20, 2016 So, here is the 50 million dollar question. Are they there and saying they are sold out because a couple days ago they were available and then sold out and the icon hasn't come down yet... as often happens Or are they there because they are getting ready to load them again... as often happens. In the words of the immortal Gene Wilder's Willy Wonka... "the suspense is killing me." :D Good question. I do know that they weren't there yesterday. Did they load them early this morning and they already sold out? Don't know. They do sometimes put the icons up with a "sold out" and then release them later in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaiderFaninNM Posted January 27, 2016 #919 Share Posted January 27, 2016 No pattern as to when they get out up, it is random. I can say that we just got back from out Journey cruise on the Dream out of San Juan and the cards were so damn easy to use and saved us some serious money! These cards are the best thing they have out, had ZERO issues using them! Only problem was loading them using the damn kiosk, kept saying invalid card. Guest services took care of that for me, love these cards!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffdal Posted January 27, 2016 #920 Share Posted January 27, 2016 They were showing sold out for a couple days and now are gone. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela12345 Posted January 27, 2016 #921 Share Posted January 27, 2016 So, here is the 50 million dollar question. Are they there and saying they are sold out because a couple days ago they were available and then sold out and the icon hasn't come down yet... as often happens Or are they there because they are getting ready to load them again... as often happens. Good question. I do know that they weren't there yesterday. Did they load them early this morning and they already sold out? Don't know. They do sometimes put the icons up with a "sold out" and then release them later in the day. Unless they have changed it, I don't think that is how it works. If the red button on the gift card page says "add to cart", but when you get to the cart it gives the sold out message, this means they are loading them into the system. You have to keep checking back for when that message goes away and they go live to complete the purchase. Sometimes that's a few minutes, a couple hours, or several hours, sometimes even overnight (when the add to cart button shows up late the night before). Rarely, they load them in batches, so you may see them available in the AM, sold out, and then become available again. When they are actually sold out, there will be one of three things . . . Either the red button on the listing will say sold out (if you already have some in your cart you also will get the sold out message in the cart), OR you can add them to the cart but when you get to the cart it will say there are 0 quantity left available, OR there will be no listing for the cards at all. What I describe is the way I have seen it work every single time. I have VERY rarely seen them add them in batches where you will see add to cart, then sold out, then add to cart in the same day. I have never seen them put the icon up with the sold out message up because they are adding them. If you see the sold out message it's almost always because the icon hasn't come down yet from a previous sale and they are truly sold out for that shipment. Please read the following post for more details ... http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showpost.php?p=46303233&postcount=528 If you haven't done so yet, subscribe to that thread with instant notification turned on for that thread. Most of the time, when they become available someone will post it to that thread and you will get notified right then. In addition to stalking the website yourself, that's the best way to catch the gift cards. Of course, there are always some people who don't know any better and start a new thread saying they are available. That really sucks because only the people who happen to be looking at the cruise critic board right when they post will see the thread, but none of the people who are subscribed to the other thread will be notified. But usually someone will still be good and post a notification on the other thread too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruizinisthebest Posted January 27, 2016 #922 Share Posted January 27, 2016 They were available last week for a few hours. Then two weeks prior to that just the $500 cards were available. Just keep checking. That's it. I know people get antsy when they don't see them. But they will be there. You just have keep checking. Obviously sometimes they are more available than others. Sent from my SCH-I435 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LADYFAYE Posted January 30, 2016 #923 Share Posted January 30, 2016 $500 and $100 gift cards available at AARP!:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmwmarmstrong Posted January 30, 2016 #924 Share Posted January 30, 2016 $500 and $100 gift cards available at AARP!:) YAY! Bought another $500. Thank you Lady Faye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohiowilly Posted January 30, 2016 #925 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Thanks for the update! I was able to snag a few more cards for our upcoming sailing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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