Offer match/transfer?

[Genfoe000]

This is a long shot, but I figured I would ask anyway.  We’ve cruised several times on carnival  (and get great casino offers from them)… and I know they are the parent company of HAL.  We are planning on taking a European cruise this July with Holland for the first time.  My questions are:

(1) has anyone ever tried to get a carnival offer matched/honored on another one of their brands?  Were you successful in getting any kind of discount based off this?  

(2) The more likely scenario - Has anyone been successful in getting casino offers from HAL based on carnival casino play?  How do I go about this, if so?  
We want to try holland but I have never gotten a HAL offer (since we’ve never cruised with them) and I’m having a hard time justifying the price to myself being that I’ve gotten used to getting the free rooms with carnival.

 

Any advice is welcome!

[Inveterate Cruiser]

I am looking forward to seeing the answers to your question!

[Genfoe000]

8 minutes ago, Inveterate Cruiser said:

I am looking forward to seeing the answers to your question!

Fingers crossed 🤞🏼😬

[pootsien2]

I am not familiar with Carnival and Holland America transfer offers BUT, I was looking at the clubroyaleoffers.com/tieroffercruisematchrequest.asp for the first time last night. I am going to try using a Princess offer for a free inside cabin casino offer IF my last Royal Caribbean cruise was before 2018...I think it may have been 2019, and then I guess my only offer they are giving me is $100 off (which isn't something I'd book). Maybe Holland America has a similar match offer?

[poffles]

On 9/19/2022 at 2:25 PM, pootsien2 said:

I am not familiar with Carnival and Holland America transfer offers BUT, I was looking at the clubroyaleoffers.com/tieroffercruisematchrequest.asp for the first time last night. I am going to try using a Princess offer for a free inside cabin casino offer IF my last Royal Caribbean cruise was before 2018...I think it may have been 2019, and then I guess my only offer they are giving me is $100 off (which isn't something I'd book). Maybe Holland America has a similar match offer?

 

Interestingly, the ships that are listed are all cruise lines external to the Royal Caribbean Group umbrella, Celebrity is not listed as a choice for which you have an offer. 

 

I've had offers from Celebrity as it has been my cruise of choice for a while but have never sailed on a Royal Caribbean ship and wondered the same thing the OP is asking here. They do loyalty club matching so this would seem to be of a similar nature.  This match page not listing Celebrity as a choice I guess speaks to the true objective of the matching; to switch cruisers from other cruise lines (groups) to spending money within their entity, me sailing Celebrity already makes them money. 

 

Might be similar situation HAL to Carnival cruise line though they should also look at is as keeping you sailing with 'them' and likely hit and miss what they might pursue.  I would love to try Princess or HAL myself if I had a Celebrity offer that they would match.

Edited September 21, 2022 by poffles

[Inveterate Cruiser]

On 9/19/2022 at 12:25 PM, pootsien2 said:

I am not familiar with Carnival and Holland America transfer offers BUT, I was looking at the clubroyaleoffers.com/tieroffercruisematchrequest.asp for the first time last night. I am going to try using a Princess offer for a free inside cabin casino offer IF my last Royal Caribbean cruise was before 2018...I think it may have been 2019, and then I guess my only offer they are giving me is $100 off (which isn't something I'd book). Maybe Holland America has a similar match offer?

 

If you don’t get an offer from RCL, u may want to try URComped. They work with RCL and you could parlay your free Princess cruise into a discounted / free RCL cruise. And you only need to have not sailed with RCL for 12 months…….

[nycny]

I recently - within the last two weeks- attempted to get status match from RCL based on my Carnival status.  I am Echo on Carnival and the response I got was come aboard on your dime and we will access your worthiness after the cruise.  This was NOT the response I expected.  

 

As for the other comments and questions, I do get offers from Princess but they are not at the same level as Carnival. We have done two European cruises with Princess casino offers (and cancelled a third to the Baltic region this summer).

[Inveterate Cruiser]

7 hours ago, nycny said:

I recently - within the last two weeks- attempted to get status match from RCL based on my Carnival status.  I am Echo on Carnival and the response I got was come aboard on your dime and we will access your worthiness after the cruise.  This was NOT the response I expected.  

 

As for the other comments and questions, I do get offers from Princess but they are not at the same level as Carnival. We have done two European cruises with Princess casino offers (and cancelled a third to the Baltic region this summer).

 

Was this a response direct from RCL's Club Royale or from URComped? If you go to URComped, since you are Carnival ECHO,  you should be able to get a RCL Balcony / Suite offer. Try them. 

[nycny]

17 hours ago, Inveterate Cruiser said:

 

Was this a response direct from RCL's Club Royale or from URComped? If you go to URComped, since you are Carnival ECHO,  you should be able to get a RCL Balcony / Suite offer. Try them. 

It was from RCCL directly with a copy of the offer.  Maybe on URComped but I always prefer to go to the source rather than a commissioned entity.

[Inveterate Cruiser]

7 hours ago, nycny said:

It was from RCCL directly with a copy of the offer.  Maybe on URComped but I always prefer to go to the source rather than a commissioned entity.

 

Do try URComped. The value that URComped brings is that because they are a long-time partner with URComped, RCL has agreements with URComped of what they should comp a referred customer with certain free offers and bankroll vs someone who just walks off the street making claims.  

[dgene84]

On 9/30/2022 at 1:59 PM, nycny said:

It was from RCCL directly with a copy of the offer.  Maybe on URComped but I always prefer to go to the source rather than a commissioned entity.

Outside of the obvious answer which is to play, how did you achieve echo? Is it like the top 10% on a particular cruise or duration over time or what? Only asking in hopes that you know.

[Dobby36]

Yes, HAL does this - i believe the site is here: https://oceanplayersclub.com/hollandamericamatch/ or just google "Holland America Casino Status Match".  Looks like it is outsourced to a third party.  I tried to submit my status from a land-based casino chain to see what would happen and they told me "thanks but you already cruise with us, so no addt'l offers" (in many more polite words)   SO- it may be perf for the OP or others with casino history on non-HAL lines hoping to give HAL a try! Cheers. 

[lodinayr]

I had a Princess casino offer for a free 12 day cruise inside cabin with Princess Plus (tips, drinks, and grats) included.  I submitted it to HAL, and they offered me... wait for it... a $200 casino credit.  To add insult to injury, it wasn't even valid on the cruise I wanted to take (a TA).  When I asked what they could do for the TA, they said nothing...