jeffbrig Posted May 27, 2016 #1 Share Posted May 27, 2016 (edited) As many of you in the US are probably aware, Costco branded Amex credit card is going away, to be replaced by a rewards Visa from Citibank. The switchover (old card becomes inactive, new card becomes active) occurs about two days into my upcoming Alaska cruise. Since the new card will give 3% cashback on travel, I'd love to have my shipboard account bill to that card. But the card number isn't going to be valid to put in my cruise personalizer pre-cruise. Is it possible to have the credit card on file updated at the purser's desk while onboard? If not, I'll use a backup card, I just prefer to maximize rewards if possible. Edited May 27, 2016 by jeffbrig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltcal94 Posted May 27, 2016 #2 Share Posted May 27, 2016 The short answer is yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idahospud Posted May 27, 2016 #3 Share Posted May 27, 2016 And the long answer is yes, it happens all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrak Posted May 27, 2016 #4 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Changing the credit card is really not much different from folks who put the shipboard account on their credit card for the purpose of booking but then give a wad of cash to the purser onboard and have their expenses deducted from that instead. Princess is used to changes and the purser knows how to handle it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi13 Posted May 27, 2016 #5 Share Posted May 27, 2016 We have changed credit cards from Canadian to US on a couple of cruise. Takes a couple of minutes at the Pursers Desk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shogun Posted May 27, 2016 #6 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Hi You can do this while checking in, yours Shogun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF - retired RRT Posted May 27, 2016 #7 Share Posted May 27, 2016 What you're describing may not count as "travel". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritzG Posted May 27, 2016 #8 Share Posted May 27, 2016 And the longer answer is yes, but check your folio within a day or two to be sure that the change was made. DH and I each have mileage credit cards so set up our Cruise Personalizers to each use different credit cards. Twice they put everything on his card. We caught it early on one cruise, and they promised to adjust the charges and use two cards, but they never did. I would have insisted that they make adjustments, but the size of the line at Passenger Services convinced me to let it go. That was a couple of years ago, and we haven't had a problem recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riclop Posted May 28, 2016 #9 Share Posted May 28, 2016 As many of you in the US are probably aware, Costco branded Amex credit card is going away, to be replaced by a rewards Visa from Citibank. The switchover (old card becomes inactive, new card becomes active) occurs about two days into my upcoming Alaska cruise. Since the new card will give 3% cashback on travel, I'd love to have my shipboard account bill to that card. But the card number isn't going to be valid to put in my cruise personalizer pre-cruise. Is it possible to have the credit card on file updated at the purser's desk while onboard? If not, I'll use a backup card, I just prefer to maximize rewards if possible. Yes you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTGirl Posted May 28, 2016 #10 Share Posted May 28, 2016 I always do it at check-in time. It's very easy. Once on board I check my account to make sure it happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky TGO Posted May 28, 2016 #11 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Yes you can. I did it as I was getting on the ship. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted May 28, 2016 #12 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Easily done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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