sandyoftheseas Posted December 20, 2018 #1 Share Posted December 20, 2018 My DB and SIL will be on their first cruise to Alaska next year. What is the minimum amount they need to gamble to get the casino offers. I know they won't gamble enough to get a free cruise but they may gamble enough to get the casino % off offer. My husband and I gamble about $100 each most nights and receive the % off offer. Can they gamble a lesser amount and receive the discounted rate? I have searched the board can't find this answer. If they enjoy this cruise (which I believe they will) they are planning on going on a Caribbean cruise in the winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF - retired RRT Posted December 20, 2018 #2 Share Posted December 20, 2018 15 minutes ago, sandyoftheseas said: My DB and SIL will be on their first cruise to Alaska next year. What is the minimum amount they need to gamble to get the casino offers. I know they won't gamble enough to get a free cruise but they may gamble enough to get the casino % off offer. My husband and I gamble about $100 each most nights and receive the % off offer. Can they gamble a lesser amount and receive the discounted rate? My experience...YMMV We gamble when we have non-refundable OBC. Had about $30 to blow. Used the one-armed bandit and played a little. Actually got up to the point where we had about $35 or so. Cashed out. A couple of months later while looking for a cruise, when I clicked the price almost at the end of booking...the price dropped about 30%!! I called Princess and was told we had a "casino offer" that was good for a limited amount of time. We booked 5 cruises. The answer to your question is...no one really knows. We've used the casino about 15 times and gotten the offer once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbinMich Posted December 20, 2018 #3 Share Posted December 20, 2018 (edited) I wonder if one has to play table games as opposed to the slots (except you didn't have to do that to get the casino rate). We've been on 30 cruises and I usually pay the slots with $50 to start. Usually I win often enough to keep me "occupied" over the course of the cruise + bingo every time it's offered (but I don't think the latter counts). Never have gotten a "deal" on a cabin. Edited December 20, 2018 by BarbinMich 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memoak Posted December 20, 2018 #4 Share Posted December 20, 2018 $50 played is not going to get many offers - you will accumulate more points on on slots than table games. We play 2-3 hours a night on most of our longer cruise and always get a casino rate (unless we are traveling on a sip and sail deal which cannot be combined with the casino rate). We also qualify for "free play" after long cruises. Combined we will have $1,450 in free play for a 4 day cruise in February (going to be playing slots on Princess this year) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Yoda Posted December 20, 2018 #5 Share Posted December 20, 2018 (edited) The Casino rate is an offer code, and we were told once you got it, you will always have it available but it is space controlled, only so many cabins per cruise. The Code is CASINO and you have to call in or have a TA request it to get it. It used to be automatically applied but that changed a couple years ago. As noted by memoak it is stackable except with Sip-n-sail (Sip-n-Sail isn't stackable with anything) or industry rates. The rate table: To get free future cruises or casino cash credit, gambling about $100 per day will get something. We got a free cruise offer at about $5000 in play (even when she won back $4500). On Princess it can only be used on a new booking made within 30 days of the end of the cruise on which it was offered - you get a letter on the last day. If you call the Carnival "Global Casino" line - they may give you some casino cash on an existing booking. The 2: CASINO and future offers are not related or tied together. No idea how they pick CASINO recipients. It can be applied to new or existing bookings - subject to the limits. Edited December 20, 2018 by Ferd Berfle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrivesLikeMario Posted December 20, 2018 #6 Share Posted December 20, 2018 My husband & I are not big gamblers. He spends $75 on the tables per week, not per day, and he was offered the casino rate but I wasn't. Go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Yoda Posted December 21, 2018 #7 Share Posted December 21, 2018 1 hour ago, DrivesLikeMario said: My husband & I are not big gamblers. He spends $75 on the tables per week, not per day, and he was offered the casino rate but I wasn't. Go figure. I heard that Casino ratings are based on the "drop", how much was wagered, not how much was lost or won. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candy4040 Posted December 21, 2018 #8 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Whenever I book a cruise, I just ask for the casino rate and I have never been refused. We are currently booked for a SA cruise in February and received casino rate along with special offers - no grats, OBC and 300 off airfare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn247 Posted December 21, 2018 #9 Share Posted December 21, 2018 14 hours ago, BarbinMich said: I wonder if one has to play table games as opposed to the slots (except you didn't have to do that to get the casino rate). We've been on 30 cruises and I usually pay the slots with $50 to start. Usually I win often enough to keep me "occupied" over the course of the cruise + bingo every time it's offered (but I don't think the latter counts). Never have gotten a "deal" on a cabin. We have never used our cabin key while in the casino, so they have no idea how much we play, or not, yet we received a casino offer on our March 2018 7 night Regal cruise. $300 pp for the balcony deluxe. Go figure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbinMich Posted December 21, 2018 #10 Share Posted December 21, 2018 (edited) That's great! The casino works in mysterious ways Edited December 21, 2018 by BarbinMich 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memoak Posted December 21, 2018 #11 Share Posted December 21, 2018 7 hours ago, lynn247 said: We have never used our cabin key while in the casino, so they have no idea how much we play, or not, yet we received a casino offer on our March 2018 7 night Regal cruise. $300 pp for the balcony deluxe. Go figure In my experience whenever I sit down at a black jack table I am asked for my cruise card. On slots you can play with cash but the only way to cash out winnings on a slot is on you cruise card. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyoftheseas Posted December 21, 2018 Author #12 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Thanks for all the replies. I will tell them to gamble as frequently and as much as they feel comfortable and hope for the best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pompeii Posted December 23, 2018 #13 Share Posted December 23, 2018 On 12/20/2018 at 4:35 PM, Ferd Berfle said: The Casino rate is an offer code, and we were told once you got it, you will always have it available but it is space controlled, only so many cabins per cruise. The Code is CASINO and you have to call in or have a TA request it to get it. It used to be automatically applied but that changed a couple years ago. As noted by memoak it is stackable except with Sip-n-sail (Sip-n-Sail isn't stackable with anything) or industry rates. The rate table: I wonder if there are different casino rates for different passengers? Or maybe a revised table? DH doesn't gamble a lot of money but he does visit the casino on each cruise. We've gotten 30% in the past but on our current bookings, his discount isn't as high as the table above. For example, we have a Greenland/Canada booked for this summer and our discount for an obstructed OV is 20%, not 30% (or even 35% if they consider it under the Interior category like they do on the website.) And we have a S. America balcony that is at 20%, not 25%. The Princess reps say that they don't know what the percentages of the discount should be, they can just see the cruise fare after they apply it. Don't get me wrong....we are happy with discounts but it would be nice to know what they should be. Is there a number you can call that handles casino information? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyoftheseas Posted January 3, 2019 Author #14 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Pompeii- The phone number for casino rates is 888-772-6697. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
actnwrks Posted January 4, 2019 #15 Share Posted January 4, 2019 what is a casino rate? is this something that effects the price of cruise, OBC we were given when we reserved the cruise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzyed Posted March 7, 2019 #16 Share Posted March 7, 2019 On 12/20/2018 at 5:46 PM, DrivesLikeMario said: My husband & I are not big gamblers. He spends $75 on the tables per week, not per day, and he was offered the casino rate but I wasn't. Go figure. That's strange....I feel like I gamble (slots) about as much or more than others on the boards and have never been offered anything. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jwattle Posted March 8, 2019 #17 Share Posted March 8, 2019 When you make your reservation call and ask if you can get a casino rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mytravellove Posted March 8, 2019 #18 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Can I ask for the casino rate after final payment is made? Just wondering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jwattle Posted March 8, 2019 #19 Share Posted March 8, 2019 You can try, but probably not. They usually won't reduce rates after final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty2264 Posted March 8, 2019 #20 Share Posted March 8, 2019 On 12/20/2018 at 8:40 PM, candy4040 said: Whenever I book a cruise, I just ask for the casino rate and I have never been refused. We are currently booked for a SA cruise in February and received casino rate along with special offers - no grats, OBC and 300 off airfare. Same experience for us. There was one cruise date when we were told that the special rate could not be used, but the following sailing was acceptable so that's the one we booked. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyro1952 Posted March 8, 2019 #21 Share Posted March 8, 2019 17 hours ago, suzyed said: That's strange....I feel like I gamble (slots) about as much or more than others on the boards and have never been offered anything. You may think you are spending as much as some one else because you frequent the casino and see many of the same players. But those players who get great offers are probably playing $5 a pull as opposed to 60 cents a pull. I only play dollar machines and bet the max so between $3 and $5 a pull depending on the machine. I have a week on the Regal on 3/31 with a 40% discount on MB mini and $800 in casino cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voljeep Posted March 8, 2019 #22 Share Posted March 8, 2019 do you need to join a Players Club or such to get these rates ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meslwd Posted March 8, 2019 #23 Share Posted March 8, 2019 My husband passed away 4 years ago, and he still gets casino rate specials!!! Mary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dstables Posted March 8, 2019 #24 Share Posted March 8, 2019 14 hours ago, jwattle said: When you make your reservation call and ask if you can get a casino rate. I can’t image one just needs to ask if they can get the casino rate? You have to qualify for these rates some how? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare c-boy Posted March 8, 2019 #25 Share Posted March 8, 2019 24 minutes ago, meslwd said: My husband passed away 4 years ago, and he still gets casino rate specials!!! Mary what the ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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