tw67 Posted June 30, 2020 #3201 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Thank you for the heads up! I am lucky that I haven't had any Carnival cruises canceled, just a NCL girl BFF cruise, and we have that rescheduled for November (I am hopeful, but not convinced that it will happen). I do have a family cruise on Carnival for January, and I am trying to buy gift cards every few weeks. Since the oldest will be 22 on that cruise, the drink package for 3 will be quite a hit. I am also hopeful for January, but realize if that doesn't happen, we will just rebook for another time. I am not going to pay anything more on the cruise until I have to, just in case. Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MeganGC1983 Posted June 30, 2020 #3202 Share Posted June 30, 2020 I have a final payment due end of October. I’m hoping they start sailing Oct. 1, and then I’ll purchase the GC. Or even have some kind of sailing plan released and I’ll buy GC. The struggle is real over. I just want someone, anyone to cruise and tell me about it. I need a fix! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organized Chaos Posted June 30, 2020 #3203 Share Posted June 30, 2020 (edited) We usually don't keep a stock of gift cards on hand anyway, even before all this. If we ever had to cancel for some reason, we don't want our money tied up in gift cards because we know we could probably use that money somewhere else. So we wait until final payment gets closer before we start buying them. It's pretty easy to do when they're in stock, but takes a little more planning when they're not. In those instances, we'll buy them earlier when available. With that said, we do have a couple of them on hand ready to pay off our Jan. cruise. The only reason that happened was because I thought they're 12% off offer was going to be short, so we bought some for Jan. and our 2022 cruise. Gotta say, it's pretty nice when a $500 and a $100 card can pay an entire balance (minus the $150 deposit). We caught one of those good sales in April. But we do still need more for miscellaneous things. Like MeganGC, our final payment isn't until late Oct., so we'll get to see what happens come Oct. 1. I am in no way worried that Carnival may have to declare bankruptcy. They financially prepared themselves for the rest of the year and I truly believe cruising will return before the year's up. Edited June 30, 2020 by Organized Chaos 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bury me at sea Posted July 1, 2020 #3204 Share Posted July 1, 2020 GEAR4SUMMER 1K 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobster1313 Posted July 1, 2020 #3205 Share Posted July 1, 2020 44 minutes ago, bury me at sea said: GEAR4SUMMER 1K Thank you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nvr2old2cruise Posted July 1, 2020 #3206 Share Posted July 1, 2020 GEAR4SUMMER 1KThank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe817 Posted July 1, 2020 #3207 Share Posted July 1, 2020 2 hours ago, bury me at sea said: GEAR4SUMMER 1K Thanks bmas! 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdoc2007 Posted July 1, 2020 #3208 Share Posted July 1, 2020 I posted this on another thread and wanted to share here. If you used a GC to purchase your cruise fare and the cruise is cancelled by carnival and you decide to rebook - the FCC is moved to the new booking regardless how you paid for it (GC or not). If you used a gift card to pay for anything from the funshops (Cheers, Bubbles, Pixels... etc) you can call (1-800-522-7648) and have the items purchased moved over to your new booking, instead of waiting for a gift card refund. Its best to do it the same day you move your FCC+OBC over to the new booking. I just moved my Cheers - which I purchased during the 10% off cheers promo AND I used a 12% discounted Gift Card to pay for from a Sept 2020 cruise to a Feb 2021 cruise. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MeganGC1983 Posted July 1, 2020 #3209 Share Posted July 1, 2020 REDWHITEBLUE2020 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bury me at sea Posted July 1, 2020 #3210 Share Posted July 1, 2020 14 minutes ago, MeganGC1983 said: REDWHITEBLUE2020 Thanks! That one is 2K. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bury me at sea Posted July 1, 2020 #3211 Share Posted July 1, 2020 1 hour ago, jdoc2007 said: I posted this on another thread and wanted to share here. If you used a GC to purchase your cruise fare and the cruise is cancelled by carnival and you decide to rebook - the FCC is moved to the new booking regardless how you paid for it (GC or not). If you used a gift card to pay for anything from the funshops (Cheers, Bubbles, Pixels... etc) you can call (1-800-522-7648) and have the items purchased moved over to your new booking, instead of waiting for a gift card refund. Its best to do it the same day you move your FCC+OBC over to the new booking. I just moved my Cheers - which I purchased during the 10% off cheers promo AND I used a 12% discounted Gift Card to pay for from a Sept 2020 cruise to a Feb 2021 cruise. Good info. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe817 Posted July 1, 2020 #3212 Share Posted July 1, 2020 16 minutes ago, MeganGC1983 said: REDWHITEBLUE2020 Sweet Megan! Thanks! 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tw67 Posted July 1, 2020 #3213 Share Posted July 1, 2020 20 minutes ago, MeganGC1983 said: REDWHITEBLUE2020 Thank you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nvr2old2cruise Posted July 1, 2020 #3214 Share Posted July 1, 2020 REDWHITEBLUE2020Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tw67 Posted July 1, 2020 #3215 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Redwhiteblue4u 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobster1313 Posted July 1, 2020 #3216 Share Posted July 1, 2020 9 minutes ago, tw67 said: Redwhiteblue4u Thank you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe817 Posted July 1, 2020 #3217 Share Posted July 1, 2020 1 hour ago, tw67 said: Redwhiteblue4u Thanks tw67! 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nvr2old2cruise Posted July 1, 2020 #3218 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Redwhiteblue4uThank you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E@syPe@zy Posted July 2, 2020 #3219 Share Posted July 2, 2020 22 hours ago, tw67 said: Redwhiteblue4u 😄 Thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bury me at sea Posted July 2, 2020 #3220 Share Posted July 2, 2020 22 hours ago, tw67 said: Redwhiteblue4u Thanks for an easy 1K. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikimom Posted July 2, 2020 #3221 Share Posted July 2, 2020 23 hours ago, tw67 said: Redwhiteblue4u Thanks! This one put me over 300,000 points! Now, just need a "for sure" cruise to get those gift cards for! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tw67 Posted July 3, 2020 #3222 Share Posted July 3, 2020 19 hours ago, kikimom said: Thanks! This one put me over 300,000 points! Now, just need a "for sure" cruise to get those gift cards for! I just got myself sucked in today. Fall 2022 on Horizon. Celebrating our 32nd anniversary! Or just two years late on our 30th!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted July 8, 2020 #3223 Share Posted July 8, 2020 2K4WINSAFETIPS 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tw67 Posted July 8, 2020 #3225 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Thank you Saint Greg!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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