Minnichilli Posted October 3, 2023 #51 Share Posted October 3, 2023 2 hours ago, Petersonfcu said: I assume you purchased the shore excursions separately from your original booking and did not pay for any part of your cruise fare at the same time you purchased the excursions? If the shore excursions were truly stand alone, that is pretty sweet. Yes, it was separate from my original booking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare bundtkate Posted October 4, 2023 #52 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Just got my email that I used my offer so if you have an existing booking and want to use the offer, throwing $1000 at your remaining balance works. I also did go through my TA so the fact that the spend wasn't on the website doesn't seem to matter either. I will say, though, that the offer mentions that third-party payment processors may be a problem so if you booked anywhere that doesn't directly pay the cruise line on your behalf, YMMV. My TA is independent and just calls HAL and gives them my CC#, but the fine print implies that may not always be how that works. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I like vacation Posted October 4, 2023 #53 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Thanks for posting this. I check my Amex offers periodically for this discount and have used it in the past. Will apply to the balance for Japan cruise in April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victory2020 Posted October 4, 2023 #54 Share Posted October 4, 2023 On 10/7/2022 at 6:47 AM, SetAnOpenCourse said: Do you know if the $1000 must be a single charge? I don’t (yet) have Amex, and my upcoming booking will be under that amount. At the end of the cruise, adding gratuities etc., total of all HAL charges will be over 1000. I think you can do it in several charges, at least you can on other cruise lines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petersonfcu Posted October 4, 2023 #55 Share Posted October 4, 2023 16 minutes ago, victory2020 said: I think you can do it in several charges, at least you can on other cruise lines My offer begins with "Get a one-time $300 statement credit by using your enrolled eligible Card to spend a minimum of $1,000 in one or more purchases of cruise reservations . . . ." So clearly you can use more than one charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare habenicd Posted October 5, 2023 #56 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Made a final payment on Monday and the statement credit was applied this morning. Every little bit helps! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singleflyer Posted October 28, 2023 #57 Share Posted October 28, 2023 I have a casino booking that is only going to charge me about $300. Thinking of buying $600 in pre-paid onboard credit plus pre-pay gratuities to get to the $1,000 level. I'll let you all know if it works. I did something similar with an Amex Offer on NCL earlier this year and it worked fine. I just don't know if I'll be able to cash out the pre-paid onboard credit if I don't use it. Anyone know about this? Maybe I could use the pre-paid onboard credit at the casino? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawnvip Posted October 29, 2023 #58 Share Posted October 29, 2023 Hmm, my Amex doesn't have any offer for HAL but a new offer for Oceania cruises, and the details say that I have to book directly with Oceania, not through a TA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ontheweb Posted October 29, 2023 #59 Share Posted October 29, 2023 I usually have at least one cruise line offer on my AMEX, but at the moment have none. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ready2go11 Posted October 29, 2023 #60 Share Posted October 29, 2023 I played all the games to see every available offer on my platinum card and although 3-4 other cruise lines had offers I never received the HAL one this time around 🤔🤨 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterBill99 Posted May 17 #61 Share Posted May 17 It's back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterBill99 Posted May 17 #62 Share Posted May 17 (edited) Duplicate. Edited May 17 by MisterBill99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelbug2225 Posted May 29 #63 Share Posted May 29 On 10/27/2023 at 9:40 PM, singleflyer said: I have a casino booking that is only going to charge me about $300. Thinking of buying $600 in pre-paid onboard credit plus pre-pay gratuities to get to the $1,000 level. I'll let you all know if it works. I did something similar with an Amex Offer on NCL earlier this year and it worked fine. I just don't know if I'll be able to cash out the pre-paid onboard credit if I don't use it. Anyone know about this? Maybe I could use the pre-paid onboard credit at the casino? I am wondering if your strategy works? I have Amex offer spend $750 and get $300 back. My casino offer is only $650. I want to buy OBC or do the prepaid gratuity at the time of booking. But Holland America customer service told me that I have to buy OBC later after I made the booking. Just want to make sure it will trigger the credit. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdanza22 Posted May 30 #64 Share Posted May 30 Just wanted to say thank you to everyone on this thread, we paid $1000, towards our deposit for an existing reservation for a December 29, 2024 sailing. We made the reservation in November 2023. We received $250 back from American Express on our most recent statement. If not for CC, we would have missed this one. It worked for our cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flcraigs5 Posted May 31 #65 Share Posted May 31 On 5/17/2024 at 11:47 AM, MisterBill99 said: It's back... So this wont work to pay off a cruise booked in April right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterBill99 Posted June 1 #66 Share Posted June 1 On 5/31/2024 at 8:57 AM, flcraigs5 said: So this wont work to pay off a cruise booked in April right? Sure it will! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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