How are those of you getting approved for shareholder OBC applying?

[pe4all]

3 hours ago, CruisinChandler said:

I was originally denied when I sent mine in for a cruise this November. After seeing this thread and all the advice to resubmit, I resent the request by email on April 18th and was approved this morning. So about 3.5 weeks. 

I also resubmitted for one of my denied cruises.  Did it last week, so definitely will have a bit of a wait, I am sure.

[crazy4themouse]

59 minutes ago, pe4all said:

I also resubmitted for one of my denied cruises.  Did it last week, so definitely will have a bit of a wait, I am sure.

 

Same here. I resubmitted mine on 4/29, so we'll see what happens. 

 

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

Email sent on 5/1 for our 5/27 sailing. Received confirmation/approval at 6:30 this morning (5/13).

[shof515]

i sent my email on 5/8. i guess in the next week or two i should get a approval? one is for a sailing june and other is in august 

[pe4all]

17 minutes ago, shof515 said:

i sent my email on 5/8. i guess in the next week or two i should get a approval? one is for a sailing june and other is in august 

Hopefully!  I sent in for a previously denied obc on 5/2.  No word yet.  

[hockeyluver]

Does it show up anywhere on your statement that it has been aprroved ?  I put mine in about 3 weeks ago for my next 4 cruises,   should I have done one at a time ?  I am new at this.  Thanks 

[SwordBlazer Cruising]

21 hours ago, MalteseFred said:

 

I hear you Blazer.....like I said, I go and do my own thing.....

Cheap cruises? That is an understatement of the biggest magnitude....lol.... :-)

On the Majestic Princess, 3 weeks ago I did a 7-day cruise in a balcony for a

total of $94 (after various refundable obc's). 

The cruise industry is in total chaos and disarray like I have never seen in the

51 years I have been cruising. I am surprised that we are not seeing more 

casualties (lines going belly up) than we have seen so far.

 

Thanks,

Fred

I agree, but the caviat here is its not just the Carnival line, where is years past it was. In fact Royal is just as bad if not worse as I have seen this week! 

[jerseygirlinAZ]

Stil waiting to hear for my May 28 cruise.  Emailed on April 28.  

[PittsburghGirlee]

🙄DENIED🙄.....for my first time ever.  I was gonna try to resend, but I am 3 weeks out.  I waited a month to hear back from them this time. 

 

Bummer, but I did get a great rate for my cruise.😃

[ninjacat123]

2 hours ago, hockeyluver said:

Does it show up anywhere on your statement that it has been aprroved ?  I put mine in about 3 weeks ago for my next 4 cruises,   should I have done one at a time ?  I am new at this.  Thanks 

You should be notified by email from Carnival indicating you either received stockholder credit or not.  You can also check your cruises in your Cruise Manager. Go to Booking & Order Details and scroll down to View Invoice Details and click on that. Scroll down and it should be under On Board Credits if you received your stockholder credit. 

I usually send in my shareholder request one cruise at a time but I have heard of others sending in multiple cruises. Hope that helps!

Edited May 13, 2022 by ninjacat123

[DUCHESSRN]

Do not give up I sent 4 E Mail with acknowledged receipt … eventually faxed and now have OBC … 5 week process.

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

This is one place where Royal Caribbean/Celebrity have it down. I used this online form for the shareholder credit there for our 12/03/21 Independence of the Seas booking, and it went smoothly (can't recall when I heard back). For either Royal or Celebrity, you use the same form. I just submitted today for our August Independence sailing as well as our B2B sailing on the Reflection this November. I'll make note of the response time this go-around.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tom

 

 

 

 

[pkster]

On 5/9/2022 at 5:06 PM, ninjacat123 said:

Last 4 cruises, 2 of them deeply discounted, I received shareholders credit for each of them.  I sent an email to shareholders@carnival.com stating the following:

 

Hi!

 

Please find attached my current brokerage statement.  Please issue shareholder credit to the following:

 

Legal name: MY NAME

Booking number: MY BOOKING NUMBER

Ship: MY SHIP

Sailing date: THE EMBARKATION DATE

 

Thank you!

 

I attached two screenshots, one indicating my Carnival stock and the other my name, both with the account number redacted.  I would get an immediate automated response saying they received my email.  Then 2-3 weeks later I would get an email saying the shareholders credit had been issued.

 

 

Is the request process the same whether you've booked through a travel agent or directly with Carnival?  Thanks in advance.

[ninjacat123]

52 minutes ago, pkster said:

 

Is the request process the same whether you've booked through a travel agent or directly with Carnival?  Thanks in advance.

I haven't booked a Carnival cruise through a travel agent, so I don't know.  Maybe someone will chime in that knows about this.

[ontheweb]

9 hours ago, pkster said:

 

Is the request process the same whether you've booked through a travel agent or directly with Carnival?  Thanks in advance.

Yes. You can do it through Carnival. Or have your TA do it with the paperwork you send to him or her.

[jerseygirlinAZ]

Got approved today for our sailing on May 28!

 

[Mr305]

I submitted mine like 2 weeks ago and got the approval on Thursday, already applied to my cruise.

[hockeyluver]

Got approval for 3 of my 4 cruises.  The only one I didnt get yet is for my 14day Journeys cruise in 2024

[racephoto]

I booked one 12 day sailing and submitted the shareholder request right away back on May 2nd. A bit later, probably 5 days, I booked the next voyage, a 9 day sailing (in a different cabin) and submitted a request for that one. Much to my pleased surprise, I got an email today referencing both bookings and giving me $250 for my 21 day B2B! I mean, it’s only an extra $50, but it’s a really nice gesture. 

[shof515]

Submitted by request on 5/18. My approve email came just now on 5/19. Not bad, only taken about 11 days.

 

i dont know if it is a timezone setting with their email server or my email but the email has a timestamp of 5am. not sure if they are working this early in the morning but i found that strange

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

1 hour ago, shof515 said:

Submitted by request on 5/18. My approve email came just now on 5/19. Not bad, only taken about 11 days.

 

i dont know if it is a timezone setting with their email server or my email but the email has a timestamp of 5am. not sure if they are working this early in the morning but i found that strange

 

Mine was received at ~ 6 am...

 

Tom

[Woody14]

Did the email thing and it took 2 1/2 weeks but got approved.

I agree with a previous poster about the RCL way of doing it is way easier (and faster), I did that for an upcoming Celebrity Cruise and got approval back in 3 days.

[crazy4themouse]

Just had my October one denied for the second time.. Oh well. It wasn't really that much of a discounted rate but was, I believe, a casino rate with a big chunk of OBC so I think I'll live without the additional $50. It's just the "spirit" of it that rubs me the wrong way as a longtime stockholder, you know?

 

 

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

7 minutes ago, crazy4themouse said:

Just had my October one denied for the second time.. Oh well. It wasn't really that much of a discounted rate but was, I believe, a casino rate with a big chunk of OBC so I think I'll live without the additional $50. It's just the "spirit" of it that rubs me the wrong way as a longtime stockholder, you know?

 

 

 

I'd love to see them give additional OBC for those holding more than the minimum number of shares. Say a bonus at 1,000, and another at 2,500... 🙂 

 

Since one can essentially snag an easy $50/100 for most sailings, the current "investment" of $1,500 returns a VERY generous payout !

 

Tom

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

1 hour ago, MalteseFred said:

 

I will second that, Tom, for my 2305 shares! Which incidentally I got in at $1.05 ~ 30 odd years ago when Carnival went public.

 

I'll bet you wish you had bought 10,000 !!!

 

Darn crystal ball (of mine). Yours did VERY well !

 

Tom