cole'snana Posted February 9, 2019 #1 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Can anyone share the benefits of being a shareholder in RC? Was told you get an onboard credit of $100.00 every time you cruise with RC or Celebrity. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted February 9, 2019 #2 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Only works if you are not getting any other promo, or discount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveFamliyVacations Posted February 9, 2019 #3 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Go to https://www.rclinvestor.com/faqs/shareholder-benefit/ for details. It’s $ 100 for a 7 day cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare taxatty Posted February 9, 2019 #4 Share Posted February 9, 2019 (edited) The RCI policy on this changed years ago. It's a phantom "benefit." We always ask for it but never get it for the reason mentioned above. Princess still grants OBC if you have 100 shares of Carnival stock. Edited February 9, 2019 by taxatty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cole'snana Posted February 9, 2019 Author #5 Share Posted February 9, 2019 I often get a senior or military discount. Would that mean I couldn't get the $100. benefit also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashirak Posted February 9, 2019 #6 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Probably not. There can be no other discount or source of on board credit. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wine-O Posted February 9, 2019 #7 Share Posted February 9, 2019 50 minutes ago, cole'snana said: I often get a senior or military discount. Would that mean I couldn't get the $100. benefit also? I always check the senior/mil blocks but rarely ever see any of those discounts. With the Diamond C&A discount on balconies, you'll never see the shareholder OBC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecartakesacruise Posted March 17, 2019 #8 Share Posted March 17, 2019 I got denied due to booking with another discount offer. I made this investment with the understanding that the OBC would help cushion any short comings in the share price and that would add up over future cruises to come. I was pretty jazzed about owning some RCL. My mistake I guess. Silly me for believing the offer page without digging into the fine print. It they don't intend to honor it, why do they bother to offer it at all? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDC1 Posted March 17, 2019 #9 Share Posted March 17, 2019 I sold my stock in Royal Caribbean due to their practices which made the OBC almost impossible to get. On the other had I have received more OBC on Princess and Holland than I paid in total for my CCL stock. Especially nice since Princess allows multiple OMB sources to be combined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecartakesacruise Posted March 17, 2019 #10 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Thanks RDC1. We've enjoyed CCL and and have our first Princess sailing booked for May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra36 Posted March 17, 2019 #11 Share Posted March 17, 2019 This has become a phantom benefit(?) Over the past 15+ years I had been able to take advantage to the offer, however , for my last 2 cruises I was denied because of OBC on my account that was less than the supposed shareholder OBC allowed for the sailings. It was a good run but now seems to be pretty much a worthless benefit(?). Probably time to sell and use proceeds for a couple of cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rimmit Posted March 17, 2019 #12 Share Posted March 17, 2019 It is near impossible to use. I have used it once in the last ten cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cementhands Posted March 17, 2019 #13 Share Posted March 17, 2019 On 2/8/2019 at 7:04 PM, cole'snana said: Can anyone share the benefits of being a shareholder in RC? Was told you get an onboard credit of $100.00 every time you cruise with RC or Celebrity. Thank you. We have enjoyed the benefits of obc for RCL stock ownership many times. I email a copy of my ira account with block out of important info but leaving name amount of stock and date. Fill out separate form found on line RCL or celebrity with cruise information. I requested they get back to me for confirmation. Voila I received what I’m entitled to. Recently on Grandeur I got a RCL $50 obc booking cruise the stock ownership got me $150 for a total of $200 which is what I should get for a 12 night cruise. Last year transatlantic on Visions $200 for 13 nights. Eclipse $250 for 14 nights. A few years ago Equionox no cigar. Frustrating. Did all the work but didn’t get it something wrong. Could not be rectified. I bought stock years ago. Up like 170%. Bought my wife some during a stock market dip. Hers is up too! If ya got your own ira buy it during a dip. Pays a dividend. Ncl has similar. Note: we always book cheapest inside cabin. Bjs or similar online sites. Rarely through RCL or celebrity. Cheap. Rather keep my money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wine-O Posted March 17, 2019 #14 Share Posted March 17, 2019 48 minutes ago, cementhands said: Note: we always book cheapest inside cabin. Bjs or similar online sites. Rarely through RCL or celebrity. Cheap. Rather keep my money. Yes, you have to book an inside nowadays to get the Shareholder benefits. Balcony staterooms get the C&A discount that is higher than the shareholder benefits, so never able to use it. Not sure about OV staterooms. On Celebrity TA's, when there are no perks, you can use it every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanBlue123 Posted March 17, 2019 #15 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Others already mentioned CCL, and I will add that in my experience NCL is also very good about giving out OBC for shareholders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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