AARP Carnival Gift Cards

[mitsugirly]

11 hours ago, mfs2k said:

To avoid this issue, attach a credit card to your room for pre-arrival, for any outstanding balances, then have Guest Services post your gift cards to your folio so you have a credit balance.  You can then buy chips and charge them to your room. The credit balance will offset your charges.  Any remaining balance will be charged to your credit card at the end of the cruise.  Not sure what happens if you have a remaining credit balance. 

 

Yea, I know but it was toward the end of the cruise and we could have just went up to the kiosk and put a card on there but ehhh, decided not to. I guess it wasn't meant to be. The slots filled our time and we were ok with that. 

[Esmerelda]

I apologize, I know know if this answer is within this thread but I did try a search first. I added a AARP gift card in about noon today.  My balance has not changed.  It took the card number/pin, screen said it was applied.  I went back into my account, the balance is the same prior to me adding the gift card?  Is this normal? Thanks for any insight. 

[mfs2k]

9 minutes ago, Esmerelda said:

I apologize, I know know if this answer is within this thread but I did try a search first. I added a AARP gift card in about noon today.  My balance has not changed.  It took the card number/pin, screen said it was applied.  I went back into my account, the balance is the same prior to me adding the gift card?  Is this normal? Thanks for any insight. 

if you still have a gift card balance, it wasn't saved in the Carnival app and you should do it again.

[ninjacat123]

29 minutes ago, Esmerelda said:

I apologize, I know know if this answer is within this thread but I did try a search first. I added a AARP gift card in about noon today.  My balance has not changed.  It took the card number/pin, screen said it was applied.  I went back into my account, the balance is the same prior to me adding the gift card?  Is this normal? Thanks for any insight. 

Same thing happened to me. I inputted the amount I wanted to pay in Other Amount (the amount on the gift card) then inputted the gift card number and pin and click Apply. I click on Select in the Other Amount and a box appears indicating the amount of the gift card I am applying and how much is left to pay. I click on the box that shows I agree to the Terms and Conditions then click on Submit Payment. Try this and I bet you'll be good to go!

[Kanyon71]

1 hour ago, ninjacat123 said:

Same thing happened to me. I inputted the amount I wanted to pay in Other Amount (the amount on the gift card) then inputted the gift card number and pin and click Apply. I click on Select in the Other Amount and a box appears indicating the amount of the gift card I am applying and how much is left to pay. I click on the box that shows I agree to the Terms and Conditions then click on Submit Payment. Try this and I bet you'll be good to go!

I did the same thing today when I was trying to pay off my cruise. Once I went back in and added them all again and then entered that amount into other and submitted that then it applied them. I also panicked at first because it said only 9 cards. I had 11 to apply. I just ended up having to do two payments lol. 

[Esmerelda]

Ok, I’ve put the card and the pin in about 5 more times. I hit apply, it says it’s been applied. I go out, back tot the main page, the amount has not been applied. I guess I will have to call them tomorrow. I’ve tried 3 different browsers, turned off my VPN, cleared my cache, and nothing makes a difference.  Thanks for the tips everyone. 

[JoseyP]

On 4/11/2024 at 9:01 PM, Doribeans said:

Peter - does Carnival have a service charge for charging your slot account to your room? I was recently on an NCL cruise and they had a 3% service charge for charging your slot play to your room account 

Doribeans,

just noticed in looking thru cruise critic that your are from Volusia Cty.....so am I - some of the time.  and love singing too.(but i am classical)  I guess you have boarded for the transatlantic now.....bon Voyage. You can contact JoseyP if you want. I like Carnival. have a great trip.

[Esmerelda]

I just hung up with a very nice gentleman from Carnival.  He entered my GC number/PIN and it went right through. He stated that sometimes, they can be stubborn. I guess I was lucky and got one of those. Thanks again all for your help yesterday.

 

Happy Friday!

[ULCajunCruiser]

29 minutes ago, Esmerelda said:

I just hung up with a very nice gentleman from Carnival.  He entered my GC number/PIN and it went right through. He stated that sometimes, they can be stubborn. I guess I was lucky and got one of those. Thanks again all for your help yesterday.

 

Happy Friday!

Great news!!

[cruisemiluv28]

Don't know if this was asked before but here it goes. I purchased carnival gift cards to pay off my cruise. I added the cards. It shows it was added. Logged out and went back a couple hours later and it's showing my old balance.  What did I do wrong?

[cruisemiluv28]

I figured it out 

[KGab]

On 4/27/2024 at 10:36 PM, cruisemiluv28 said:

I figured it out 

What did you do to get it to apply? It said it applied it, but it still says my original balance, but if I try to enter it again, it says the gift card doesn't exist.  

[Esmerelda]

On 4/30/2024 at 5:55 PM, KGab said:

What did you do to get it to apply? It said it applied it, but it still says my original balance, but if I try to enter it again, it says the gift card doesn't exist.  

I ended up having to call.  I entered mine like 5 times but the balance never changed. I’m not sure what the deal is with these gift cards. I was just happy the CC rep could enter it for me. Best of luck! 

Edited May 4 by Esmerelda

[canes20]

2 hours ago, Esmerelda said:

I ended up having to call.  I entered mine like 5 times but the balance never changed. I’m not sure what the deal is with these gift cards. I was just happy the CC rep could enter it for me. Best of luck! 

After you enter the gift card number and pin and hit apply you still have to enter the amount you are wanting to pay at the bottom of the screen.

[Haljo1935]

16 hours ago, Esmerelda said:

I ended up having to call.  I entered mine like 5 times but the balance never changed. I’m not sure what the deal is with these gift cards. I was just happy the CC rep could enter it for me. Best of luck! 

I always have to call to have them do it.

[KGab]

I finally got it!  Canes20 is correct…there are a few steps to do it and I was missing a step!  Added several and my balance went down.  I hate having to call my PVP to do this so it’s nice I know how now.  Thanks!

[sasandy]

I am trying to check the balance I have on a gift card. I received a small refund on an excursion. When I am on Carnival's check gift card balance, it will not go through to check the balance. Says it doesn't recognize the captcha or something. Anyone know how to check gift card balance?

[ninjacat123]

5 minutes ago, sasandy said:

I am trying to check the balance I have on a gift card. I received a small refund on an excursion. When I am on Carnival's check gift card balance, it will not go through to check the balance. Says it doesn't recognize the captcha or something. Anyone know how to check gift card balance?

this is what I use:

https://carnival.ourgiftcards.com/checkbalance

Sometimes I have to do the captcha a couple times then it finally realizes I'm not a robot.🤷‍♀️

PS I just checked a gift card and I had to do the captcha 3 times.  Argh!🤖

Edited May 10 by ninjacat123

[mfs2k]

1 hour ago, sasandy said:

I am trying to check the balance I have on a gift card. I received a small refund on an excursion. When I am on Carnival's check gift card balance, it will not go through to check the balance. Says it doesn't recognize the captcha or something. Anyone know how to check gift card balance?

I got the same email a few days ago re: excursion refund due to price drop, and I used my credit card.  The credit hasn't posted yet.  I just checked. 

[pamesacruisin]

3 hours ago, mfs2k said:

I got the same email a few days ago re: excursion refund due to price drop, and I used my credit card.  The credit hasn't posted yet.  I just checked. 

I have a balance of 1 cent on a gift card!  Trying to decide what to spend it on🤣

[wardwhitty]

This is probably a silly question but If we buy the cards from AARP do they show up on a credit card as a charge from AARP? I have a cash back offer on a card for AARP but it says must be from AARP.

[ab19902]

On my debit card it shows up as AARP Rewards. But my membership showed up as AARP Membership. Not sure that helps, though.

[ski_mom]

25 minutes ago, wardwhitty said:

This is probably a silly question but If we buy the cards from AARP do they show up on a credit card as a charge from AARP? I have a cash back offer on a card for AARP but it says must be from AARP.

 

15 minutes ago, ab19902 said:

On my debit card it shows up as AARP Rewards. But my membership showed up as AARP Membership. Not sure that helps, though.

 

That's how mine shows up too.  I have had offers for $8 back when you spend $12 on AARP - it didn't work on buying the gift cards.  Not sure if that's the same offer you have, but that's my experience with it.

[ngrund]

5 hours ago, wardwhitty said:

This is probably a silly question but If we buy the cards from AARP do they show up on a credit card as a charge from AARP? I have a cash back offer on a card for AARP but it says must be from AARP.

is it from Chase: if so it is just for the membership cost

 

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[pamesacruisin]

6 hours ago, wardwhitty said:

This is probably a silly question but If we buy the cards from AARP do they show up on a credit card as a charge from AARP? I have a cash back offer on a card for AARP but it says must be from AARP.

On my credit card statement it is a charge from AARP Rewards.