Grandma Gail Posted May 8, 2022 #101 Share Posted May 8, 2022 After being on hold for 55 minutes, I finally got to talk to someone. The code was to be used for SPA treatments only. I told her several of my friends got the discount. She said they weren't sure how Carnival was going to treat the discount people got! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tallnthensome Posted May 8, 2022 #102 Share Posted May 8, 2022 3 minutes ago, Grandma Gail said: After being on hold for 55 minutes, I finally got to talk to someone. The code was to be used for SPA treatments only. I told her several of my friends got the discount. She said they weren't sure how Carnival was going to treat the discount people got! I'm not sure what you expected them to do when it was an error. They were not going to give you a pricing error willingly especially if you called AFTER they fixed the mistake. I wouldn't have even made the phone call let alone waited 55 minutes to be told what would be expected. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowogo Posted May 8, 2022 #103 Share Posted May 8, 2022 3 minutes ago, tallnthensome said: I'm not sure what you expected them to do when it was an error. They were not going to give you a pricing error willingly especially if you called AFTER they fixed the mistake. I wouldn't have even made the phone call let alone waited 55 minutes to be told what would be expected. A common rule in the frequent traveler community is to NEVER CALL on a mistake. The terms clearly stated it was for selected Spa Treatments. Everything else was gravy, and likely it was somebody calling/emailing that alerted Carnival to the issue. When it happens it is nice, but we should never act entitled to honoring of a mistake after they correct it. It is that attitude which can drive them to cancel instead of eating the mistake because of people burning their goodwill. 16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tallnthensome Posted May 8, 2022 #104 Share Posted May 8, 2022 15 minutes ago, mowogo said: A common rule in the frequent traveler community is to NEVER CALL on a mistake. The terms clearly stated it was for selected Spa Treatments. Everything else was gravy, and likely it was somebody calling/emailing that alerted Carnival to the issue. When it happens it is nice, but we should never act entitled to honoring of a mistake after they correct it. It is that attitude which can drive them to cancel instead of eating the mistake because of people burning their goodwill. Exactly! Spot on .... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Wanna_Cruize Posted May 8, 2022 #105 Share Posted May 8, 2022 7 hours ago, SNJCruisers said: The code is MSPA22 That is actually the code I tried, i mistyped it my message. I just tried again using it, in all the 3 screens that have the "Promo Code" box, and each time I applied it I got the message This promo code is not valid. Oh well, glad I didn't cancel the Cheers I had for our July trip; I decided to try it first on another cabin that hadn't already purchased Cheers, and saw it didn't work. I tried it on various things for June, July, October and December cruises. Perhaps because they are all 3 day cruises? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racephoto Posted May 8, 2022 #106 Share Posted May 8, 2022 5 minutes ago, Wanna_Cruize said: That is actually the code I tried, i mistyped it my message. I just tried again using it, in all the 3 screens that have the "Promo Code" box, and each time I applied it I got the message This promo code is not valid. Oh well, glad I didn't cancel the Cheers I had for our July trip; I decided to try it first on another cabin that hadn't already purchased Cheers, and saw it didn't work. I tried it on various things for June, July, October and December cruises. Perhaps because they are all 3 day cruises? If you read up a few posts, the coding error was fixed and it now only works on some spa items. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racephoto Posted May 8, 2022 #107 Share Posted May 8, 2022 1 hour ago, mowogo said: A common rule in the frequent traveler community is to NEVER CALL on a mistake. The terms clearly stated it was for selected Spa Treatments. Everything else was gravy, and likely it was somebody calling/emailing that alerted Carnival to the issue. When it happens it is nice, but we should never act entitled to honoring of a mistake after they correct it. It is that attitude which can drive them to cancel instead of eating the mistake because of people burning their goodwill. Yeah, try posting in the Slickdeals community that you called and asked about an error like this. The response would be……..pretty negative. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SRQbeachgirl Posted May 8, 2022 #108 Share Posted May 8, 2022 3 hours ago, tallnthensome said: That's what the code was intended to give the 20% discount to originally. The rest of our purchases we got lucky on .....that unless of course they come back and somehow cancel everything we all purchased with the promo code before they fixed it. Nah - they don't want to suffer the wrath of social media. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruizergal70 Posted May 8, 2022 #109 Share Posted May 8, 2022 1 hour ago, SRQbeachgirl said: Nah - they don't want to suffer the wrath of social media. Forget social media. They just got a rapid influx of cash with all the purchasing. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tallnthensome Posted May 8, 2022 #110 Share Posted May 8, 2022 (edited) 15 minutes ago, cruizergal70 said: Forget social media. They just got a rapid influx of cash with all the purchasing. I could see them not caring about losing some bucks on things like WiFi which costs them anything but getting a 20% discount on cruise cash doesn't sound like something they would be thrilled about but who knows, maybe you could be right. Anytime they want to make some more pricing errors it would be fine with me. Edited May 8, 2022 by tallnthensome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
back-at-it Posted May 8, 2022 #111 Share Posted May 8, 2022 I just tried again for Drink Package, Cruise Cash and SPA and all it says is invalid. 5/14/22 sailing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SRQbeachgirl Posted May 8, 2022 #112 Share Posted May 8, 2022 26 minutes ago, cruizergal70 said: Forget social media. They just got a rapid influx of cash with all the purchasing. LOL - well, yes, there is that. 🤑 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewCruiser09/09 Posted May 8, 2022 #113 Share Posted May 8, 2022 17 minutes ago, back-at-it said: I just tried again for Drink Package, Cruise Cash and SPA and all it says is invalid. 5/14/22 sailing It was a glitch that has been fixed. It will only work on spa treatments for cruises 5/18-11/08/22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mz-s Posted May 8, 2022 #114 Share Posted May 8, 2022 28 minutes ago, tallnthensome said: I could see them not caring about losing some bucks on things like WiFi which costs them anything but getting a 20% discount on cruise cash doesn't sound like something they would be thrilled about but who knows, maybe you could be right. Anytime they want to make some more pricing errors it would be fine with me. Pretty much everything you can use cruise cash for has more than a 20% margin I'm sure so they're still money ahead, they'd just prefer to not let it happen again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNJCruisers Posted May 8, 2022 #115 Share Posted May 8, 2022 6 hours ago, Virga said: I wish desperately that I could convince myself to add $1000 to the other two cruises we have that this is valid for, but my budget says another $1600 would be a bad idea. Do it. Add the 500 on each of the cruises. It will cost you 400 and you can tell yourself to go to Cherry on Top and buy a 500 gift card each cruise. You then come out 200 ahead and you have 1000 to spend on a future cruise. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNJCruisers Posted May 8, 2022 #116 Share Posted May 8, 2022 7 hours ago, back-at-it said: I have a 5/14/22 and 3/12/23 cruise and it would not work for me. It was never good on cruises in 2023. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNJCruisers Posted May 8, 2022 #117 Share Posted May 8, 2022 5 hours ago, Wanna_Cruize said: That is actually the code I tried, i mistyped it my message. I just tried again using it, in all the 3 screens that have the "Promo Code" box, and each time I applied it I got the message This promo code is not valid. Oh well, glad I didn't cancel the Cheers I had for our July trip; I decided to try it first on another cabin that hadn't already purchased Cheers, and saw it didn't work. I tried it on various things for June, July, October and December cruises. Perhaps because they are all 3 day cruises? It never would have worked for your December cruise because it was only good through mid November. Perhaps the 3 day length came into play. It worked on my 7 day cruises on the Mardi Gras in August and September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNJCruisers Posted May 8, 2022 #118 Share Posted May 8, 2022 3 hours ago, mz-s said: Pretty much everything you can use cruise cash for has more than a 20% margin I'm sure so they're still money ahead, they'd just prefer to not let it happen again. A more damaging glitch happened a few years ago on RCI when they were selling the UBP for 18.00 per day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruisesfun65 Posted May 8, 2022 #119 Share Posted May 8, 2022 7 minutes ago, SNJCruisers said: A more damaging glitch happened a few years ago on RCI when they were selling the UBP for 18.00 per day. Yes, and they honored it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladysail2 Posted May 8, 2022 #120 Share Posted May 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Cruisesfun65 said: Yes, and they honored it. But they originally said that they wouldn’t….then the rebellion started and they backed down. Rebellions work!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AQW Posted May 9, 2022 #121 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Man, the ONE DAY that I don't go on Cruise Critic because I'm trying to focus and get work done... and I miss this. Moral of the story: Work bad. Cruise good. 6 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virga Posted May 9, 2022 #122 Share Posted May 9, 2022 (edited) 18 hours ago, SNJCruisers said: Do it. Add the 500 on each of the cruises. It will cost you 400 and you can tell yourself to go to Cherry on Top and buy a 500 gift card each cruise. You then come out 200 ahead and you have 1000 to spend on a future cruise. Fortunately for my May budget, the code had been fixed by the time I tried again yesterday. Still saved me over $500 total, which covers the remaining balance owed on our two non-Carnival excursions - the Alaska trip is officially fully paid for outside souvenirs and food in ports! Edited May 9, 2022 by Virga 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNJCruisers Posted May 9, 2022 #123 Share Posted May 9, 2022 2 hours ago, Virga said: Fortunately for my May budget, the code had been fixed by the time I tried again yesterday. Still saved me over $500 total, which covers the remaining balance owed on our two non-Carnival excursions - the Alaska trip is officially fully paid for outside souvenirs and food in ports! It was nice while it lasted. Saved just under 350. Saw a cruise YouTuber mention it on one of his vlogs on Sunday. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisingguy007 Posted May 9, 2022 #124 Share Posted May 9, 2022 12 hours ago, AQW said: Man, the ONE DAY that I don't go on Cruise Critic because I'm trying to focus and get work done... and I miss this. Moral of the story: Work bad. Cruise good. Felt the exact same way, kinda bitter about it lol. Of all the days to miss, the one that would actually save money. 🤬 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruizinisthebest Posted May 9, 2022 #125 Share Posted May 9, 2022 (edited) Worked out great for me. We had decided not to get Cheers - even before the price increase. Well we have it now thanks to the promo. Also wifi, an excursion, bubbles, and cruise cash. I don't know how much I saved, but it was a good amount. One of my cruising buddies text me the code. I got her stuff first. Then myself. I hadn't been on social media all day Saturday (out shopping for mom's day) and assumed it was something John Heald posted. It wasn't until yesterday when all hell broke lose that I realized it was supposed to be a spa only code. Maybe around the same time Carnival's IT department realized. 🤣 Edited May 9, 2022 by cruizinisthebest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now