Mommawo Posted February 23, 2019 #1 Share Posted February 23, 2019 (edited) Received some carnival gift cardsas a gift and want to add them to my account. Can I add them to my account now or do I have to wait until I am in the ship? Didn’t see a place to add them. Edited February 23, 2019 by Mommawo Spelling error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvaughn11 Posted February 23, 2019 #2 Share Posted February 23, 2019 You can buy cruise cash and pay using gift card on the Carnival website. Like when you pay with credit card, there is a tab to pay with git card. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommawo Posted February 24, 2019 Author #3 Share Posted February 24, 2019 14 minutes ago, mvaughn11 said: You can buy cruise cash and pay using gift card on the Carnival website. Like when you pay with credit card, there is a tab to pay with git card. I have everything all paid for already kinda wanted to just add the cards to my account. Should I buy cruise cash to do that ? Would just waiting til we are on ship be better ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purvis1231 Posted February 24, 2019 #4 Share Posted February 24, 2019 You can buy cruise cash with the gift cards. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N7786W Flyer Posted February 24, 2019 #5 Share Posted February 24, 2019 1 minute ago, Purvis1231 said: You can buy cruise cash with the gift cards. You can, but as I understand it, with cruise cash, you have to use it all or you forfeit whatever you didn't use at the end of the cruise. For me, I would wait until I was aboard and have the gift cards applied to my account at that point. At least then, whatever you don't use you can take home with you and save for the next cruise. Just my opinion....YMMV. Garnett 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvaughn11 Posted February 24, 2019 #6 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Cruise cash is kind of like OBC but you buy it and then use it to pay for things while onboard like drinks or t-shirts etc. You can buy before cruise on website or onboard ship at customer service or I understand there are kiosks on some ships. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purvis1231 Posted February 24, 2019 #7 Share Posted February 24, 2019 You can only buy $500 in Cruise Cash- certainly you would spend that! If not you can cash it out at the casino or guest services. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mzloolue Posted February 24, 2019 #8 Share Posted February 24, 2019 23 minutes ago, Mommawo said: I have everything all paid for already kinda wanted to just add the cards to my account. Should I buy cruise cash to do that ? Would just waiting til we are on ship be better ? We wait until we are on the ship and then put the cards on our account. And we keep the old cards. Plus, make sure you know exactly how much is on the card and that it matches the credit to your account. :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommawo Posted February 24, 2019 Author #9 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Thanks everyone. It’s just 200 so I am sure we will use all of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purvis1231 Posted February 24, 2019 #10 Share Posted February 24, 2019 On our last cruise, we bought $200 cruise cash with a discounted AARP gift card so we would not have to add it to our account onboard. Enjoy your cruise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA_Cruzing Posted February 24, 2019 #11 Share Posted February 24, 2019 DON’T buy cruise cash. Load it onto your Sign and Sail account when you’re on board. You can can then buy drinks or whatever you want with you S&S card. And you can load some onto your casino account too. Depending how you spend, $200 goes quickly if you don’t have Cheers. Either way, any unused funds will be refunded via a new gift card post cruise. With Cruise Cash, it’s use it or lose it so for our spending habits we don’t use Cruise Cash. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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