MisterBill99 Posted November 20, 2019 #51 Share Posted November 20, 2019 (edited) 42 minutes ago, dszrew said: I booked a shore excursion and bus transfers to the airport for a total of over $500. However, there are two separate charges on my card. I got a text/email stating I made a charge on the offer and would get the offer IF it met all the terms of the offer. Now I'll wait to see if the two charges are treated together for a total over $500 or if maybe I won't be getting the credit because neither charge was over $500. If it doesn't work, I'll just cancel the shore excursion and try something else (or buy another shore excursion so the total goes over $500). If you got the email it means that you qualified for the offer based on the cumulative charges. You would not have received it otherwise. Also, the offer does not say "in a single transaction" which is would if that were a requirement. On the other hand, it also did not say "in one or more charges" as it has in the past. Edited November 20, 2019 by MisterBill99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake18 Posted November 20, 2019 #52 Share Posted November 20, 2019 17 hours ago, MisterBill99 said: Right. The WLCL offer is valid thru 3/31/20. I had the offer spend $500 get 10,000 points. I did the cash offer on my princess cruise for onboard credit and got them email and the cash credit right away for holland when i bought the Onboard credit online (5 $100 Onboard Credits) the charge appeared like this and i haven't got the confirmation email or the points yet. Is this how the charge appeared for everyone else? I know points offers normally take longer to post then the cash offer but it isn't even showing under the app as redeemed like the cash offer did right away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake18 Posted November 20, 2019 #53 Share Posted November 20, 2019 On 11/16/2019 at 2:46 PM, DaveOKC said: Just used the link and it worked as well. I bought $500 in OBC for my Dec cruise and got the following reply: "Thank you for using your American Express® Card ending in 31002 at HOLLAND AMERICA LINE. If your purchase meets the offer terms, you will have successfully redeemed the offer." I figured I would give this a try, as nothing to lose (I would get the unused OBC back like last time) and I will be spending most o the money anyway. If it works, I made $100! Thanks to the poster who provided the link. Did you buy online the 5 of them at $100? I bought that online and never got the email and charge just posted like this. Is this how your charge showed up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterBill99 Posted November 20, 2019 #54 Share Posted November 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Blake18 said: I had the offer spend $500 get 10,000 points. I did the cash offer on my princess cruise for onboard credit and got them email and the cash credit right away for holland when i bought the Onboard credit online (5 $100 Onboard Credits) the charge appeared like this and i haven't got the confirmation email or the points yet. Is this how the charge appeared for everyone else? I know points offers normally take longer to post then the cash offer but it isn't even showing under the app as redeemed like the cash offer did right away. The offers never show as redeemed right away, although you may get an email saying that you redeemed the offer. It generally takes 24-48 hours AFTER the charge has actually posted to your account, and the offer may disappear from the list for a while between the charge posting and the offer showing as redeemed. All you're seeing there is the pending charge, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awhcruiser Posted November 20, 2019 #55 Share Posted November 20, 2019 2 hours ago, Blake18 said: Did you buy online the 5 of them at $100? I bought that online and never got the email and charge just posted like this. Is this how your charge showed up? I received this email from Amex after I bought OBC Dear xxxxxxxx Thank you for using your American Express® Card ending in xxxx at HOLLAND AMERICA LINE. If your purchase meets the offer terms, you will have successfully redeemed the offer. New offers are always being added, so log in to your account on AmericanExpress.com or use the Amex® Mobile app to see what's new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake18 Posted November 20, 2019 #56 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Thanks for the reply. That is the acutally posted charge on my account which posted November 18th to my card and still isn't showing as redeemed under my offers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regnig Posted November 20, 2019 #57 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Added the offer to my card on Sunday 11/17. I then went into HAL's site and purchased 5 X $100 OBC for a total of $500. I just checked my American Express statement on-line and it shows Receipt File: Nov 17 2019 HOLLAND AMERICA WEB ORDER - SEATTLE, WA $500.00 and then Nov 19 2019 HOLLAND AMERICA WEB ORDER - SEATTLE, WA -$100.00 With an Offer Credit Details that reads You saved $100.00 with this offer So YEA, it worked! 😁 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Crew News Posted November 21, 2019 #58 Share Posted November 21, 2019 My AMEX card just posted the $100 credit to my account based on my $500 payment to HAL on my Alaska 2020 cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveOKC Posted November 21, 2019 #59 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Bought the $500 in OBC on Nov 16 and got the $100 credit posted to my Am Ex card on Nov. 19!!! Thanks to the poster! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comcox Posted November 22, 2019 #60 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Wow, so this will work for purchasing OBC. That's great as I know our gratuities will be more than $500 on our January cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ontheweb Posted November 22, 2019 #61 Share Posted November 22, 2019 5 hours ago, comcox said: Wow, so this will work for purchasing OBC. That's great as I know our gratuities will be more than $500 on our January cruise. We had already used it on our last Holland America cruise when the offer came up again. I bought $500 in OBC, and did get the $100 credit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterBill99 Posted November 25, 2019 #62 Share Posted November 25, 2019 For anyone looking to book with this offer, HAL's Cyber Sale is starting on Wednesday with free gratuities on verandas and suites and supposedly $25 deposits (not that it matters since you will want to pay $500 to use this offer). Some travel agents (who cannot be mentioned here) are already offering the free gratuities already but not the reduced deposit. I put a cruise on hold until Wednesday, just in case the deal gets better than what my TA currently has. The price already dropped by $100pp on Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dszrew Posted November 26, 2019 #63 Share Posted November 26, 2019 On 11/19/2019 at 7:32 PM, MisterBill99 said: Also, the offer does not say "in a single transaction" which is would if that were a requirement. On the other hand, it also did not say "in one or more charges" as it has in the past. Update on my offer. Booked 2 shore excursions and 2 bus transfers at the same time. Two different charges posted to my account based on the purchase category I guess. One cleared 2 days before the other, neither was over $500 by themselves, but both together were over $500. Eventually got the $100 credit once the second charge cleared. I have a second offer for 10,000 points I'll likely just pay $500 on the cruise as I haven't hit final payment yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awhcruiser Posted November 26, 2019 #64 Share Posted November 26, 2019 I used the spend $500 get 10,000 points so I bought $500 OBC. Two days later I had 10000 points in my account! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaltimoreCruise Posted November 26, 2019 #65 Share Posted November 26, 2019 Thank you to Wesport for the alert on the AMEX promotion and to NMTraveller for posting the link. My AMEX offers did not include this offer but I was able to add from the posted link. I purchased OBC on the HAL website and two days later the $100 credit appeared on my AMEX account. BaltimoreCruise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterBill99 Posted November 26, 2019 #66 Share Posted November 26, 2019 2 hours ago, BaltimoreCruise said: Thank you to Wesport for the alert on the AMEX promotion and to NMTraveller for posting the link. My AMEX offers did not include this offer but I was able to add from the posted link. I purchased OBC on the HAL website and two days later the $100 credit appeared on my AMEX account. BaltimoreCruise You might have had it but AMEX only shows 100 available offers at once. Since this one seems to show up at the bottom of the available offers, it might not have been showing unless you had added other offers. In any event, glad you got it. Be sure to add it to your authorized user(s) card (if you have one or more), on their own login. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterBill99 Posted November 27, 2019 #67 Share Posted November 27, 2019 (edited) Just used my offer on 4 cards (me + 3 AU's) to book a cruise that was past the final payment date. Got 3 of the emails immediately but oddly the 4th was delayed for a half hour but it finally arrived. I liked it better when they did not restrict you to having the offer on one card per person, but I can't complain about $400 back. Edited November 27, 2019 by MisterBill99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake18 Posted November 27, 2019 #68 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Anyone who had the points offer gets the 10,000 points yet? Got the $100 cash right away but didn't get the points yet and it has been 10 days and got them email that it qualified and shows redeemed in the app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awhcruiser Posted November 28, 2019 #69 Share Posted November 28, 2019 8 hours ago, MisterBill99 said: Just used my offer on 4 cards (me + 3 AU's) to book a cruise that was past the final payment date. Got 3 of the emails immediately but oddly the 4th was delayed for a half hour but it finally arrived. I liked it better when they did not restrict you to having the offer on one card per person, but I can't complain about $400 back. I have 2 different offers on two different AMEX cards. Can I only use one of those offers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterBill99 Posted November 28, 2019 #70 Share Posted November 28, 2019 1 hour ago, awhcruiser said: I have 2 different offers on two different AMEX cards. Can I only use one of those offers? That's fine, the dollars and points offers both being able to clip is the one remaining loophole. Sadly, while I do have free AMEX cards that earn MR points, I did not have this offer for points on them. If you have the offers added to your cards, you're good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NMTraveller Posted November 28, 2019 #71 Share Posted November 28, 2019 I booked $700 worth of excursions. It split up into two charges of about $350. I have not seen the $100 yet. I would expect that I won't see it. Normally the credits post in about 3 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Andi Land Posted November 28, 2019 #72 Share Posted November 28, 2019 6 minutes ago, NMTraveller said: I booked $700 worth of excursions. It split up into two charges of about $350. I have not seen the $100 yet. I would expect that I won't see it. Normally the credits post in about 3 days. Did you get an email confirming use of the offer? It took Amex 6 days to credit me the $100 and that was only after I called. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NMTraveller Posted November 28, 2019 #73 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Just now, Andi Land said: Did you get an email confirming use of the offer? It took Amex 6 days to credit me the $100 and that was only after I called. I did not receive an e-mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Crew News Posted November 28, 2019 #74 Share Posted November 28, 2019 I did not receive an email announcing the offer from AMEX but the OP's link to the offer on the AMEX website. It took about five days to credit my account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterBill99 Posted November 28, 2019 #75 Share Posted November 28, 2019 29 minutes ago, Andi Land said: Did you get an email confirming use of the offer? It took Amex 6 days to credit me the $100 and that was only after I called. What did you charge? It's unusual not to get the credit if you have the offer loaded and make the correct purchase (or a purchase that posts as what the offer is looking for). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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