Cruise Gopher Posted January 3, 2023 Author #26 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Just now, UnbridledEnthusiasm said: I'm on the $0 annual fee card but the offer I got was spend $500 get $175 back. I was looking for a cashback offer on NCL but saw the Celebrity one. NCL ones pop up every once in awhile. I just had a NCL one for Spend $1,000 get $300 back. I also just had a Royal Caribbean one for Spend $1,000 get 25,000 MR Points. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnbridledEnthusiasm Posted January 3, 2023 #27 Share Posted January 3, 2023 1 minute ago, Cruise Gopher said: NCL ones pop up every once in awhile. I just had a NCL one for Spend $1,000 get $300 back. I also just had a Royal Caribbean one for Spend $1,000 get 25,000 MR Points. So I've heard. Been told I just missed it 😞 Was hoping to go on a cheap cruise in February so I doubt I will see it by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ORV Posted January 3, 2023 #28 Share Posted January 3, 2023 How much is the daily grats? I've got a Blue Chip coming up in March that I'll need to pay the grats for. Thinking about just buying $500 OBC and letting grats come out of that. I got the spend $500 get 17,500 Member points. I've done these multiple times. Recently had a spend $1000 on RCL and get $250 back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise Gopher Posted January 3, 2023 Author #29 Share Posted January 3, 2023 1 minute ago, ORV said: How much is the daily grats? I've got a Blue Chip coming up in March that I'll need to pay the grats for. Thinking about just buying $500 OBC and letting grats come out of that. I got the spend $500 get 17,500 Member points. I've done these multiple times. Recently had a spend $1000 on RCL and get $250 back. Sounds like a good plan. https://www.celebritycruises.com/faqs/gratuity-program Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NutsAboutGolf Posted January 3, 2023 #30 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Another tip if you have AMEX and do not see the offer... AMEX offers only show 100 offers at a time...If you see you have 100ish offers waiting to be added and do not see Celebrity as one, add a bunch of offers even if you have no intention of using the offer and check tomorrow and the day after 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseygirl3 Posted January 3, 2023 #31 Share Posted January 3, 2023 3 hours ago, cadburysmom said: Celebrity offer on my Platinum Amex card is $175 off $500 😀👍 That's what wegot too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chamima Posted January 3, 2023 #32 Share Posted January 3, 2023 We got Spend $1000 get 35,000 points. I'd prefer the cash but I know everyone says miles are worth more. I REALLY hope the OBC we're going to buy on our already paid in full cruise will be refundable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
93srvman Posted January 3, 2023 #33 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Got excited when I saw this post, but alas no offer on my Cobalt or Green Amex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NutsAboutGolf Posted January 3, 2023 #34 Share Posted January 3, 2023 3 minutes ago, chamima said: We got Spend $1000 get 35,000 points. I'd prefer the cash but I know everyone says miles are worth more. I REALLY hope the OBC we're going to buy on our already paid in full cruise will be refundable! This is because you can get some favorable redemptions if they're flexible; many are able to redeem about $1000 worth of miles for a first/business class international flight that has a cash price of $10K 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Shiba_Lover Posted January 3, 2023 #35 Share Posted January 3, 2023 I guess I could pay part of my upcoming cruise that still has an outstanding balance. That should work 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-Airbalancer Posted January 3, 2023 #36 Share Posted January 3, 2023 1 hour ago, vji6697 said: Wow. US deals are so much better than the UK ones. At the moment we have £150 credit against £1000 spend on Celebrity. Seems to be an annual thing as took advantage of this for part payments last year for our Nov-22 cruise and so will use it again for our Jan-25 one. If things pan out, should be able to use this next year too 🙂 In Canada, we don’t even get a toaster 😢🤣 I don’t believe I have even seen Amex offer a cruise deal in Canada 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldweathergirl Posted January 3, 2023 #37 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Unfortunately we never seen to get these types of offers on Canadian Amex cards or at least I’ve never gotten them 😢 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drowelf Posted January 3, 2023 #38 Share Posted January 3, 2023 I got the 17500 points for the $500 offer. My upcoming cruise is fully paid for and there is not much I can do for other purchases, as we get wifi, drinks, gratuity, etc already paid for. So I suppose I could try the OBC Route. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drowelf Posted January 3, 2023 #39 Share Posted January 3, 2023 28 minutes ago, NutsAboutGolf said: Another tip if you have AMEX and do not see the offer... AMEX offers only show 100 offers at a time...If you see you have 100ish offers waiting to be added and do not see Celebrity as one, add a bunch of offers even if you have no intention of using the offer and check tomorrow and the day after Thats what I do all the time. I get emails when new offers are available and then I just add them all, after which some more turn up in a day or so. I got up to over 400 offers added to the card last month and for several weeks nothing new came in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare dlh015 Posted January 3, 2023 #40 Share Posted January 3, 2023 36 minutes ago, 93srvman said: Got excited when I saw this post, but alas no offer on my Cobalt or Green Amex. Are you sure? My Green card had this offer: "Spend $500 or more, get $175 back " This would be given as a statement credit...good until 3/31/2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise Gopher Posted January 3, 2023 Author #41 Share Posted January 3, 2023 12 minutes ago, dlh015 said: Are you sure? My Green card had this offer: "Spend $500 or more, get $175 back " This would be given as a statement credit...good until 3/31/2023 Not everyone gets these offers. They are targeted to specific card holders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare dlh015 Posted January 3, 2023 #42 Share Posted January 3, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Cruise Gopher said: Not everyone gets these offers. They are targeted to specific card holders. Yes, I saw that you had 'targeted' in the title....but with Nutsaboutgolf posting about having more than 100 offers and having to add offers to get to the Celebrity one, I thought I would ask... However, I should have echoed the part about more than 100 offers...oops... ETA: I was surprised that I had the offer...I don't use the card very much...but I have had the card since 1984...perhaps that's why I got the offer?? Edited January 3, 2023 by dlh015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise Gopher Posted January 3, 2023 Author #43 Share Posted January 3, 2023 (edited) Question for those who have purchased OBC before. It looks like you can only purchase $225 max in one order online in the cruise planner. So can I just do four separate orders? Also, is there a way to make sure this is refundable OBC? Maybe this is something I should call and purchase over the phone? Edited January 3, 2023 by Cruise Gopher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chamima Posted January 3, 2023 #44 Share Posted January 3, 2023 2 minutes ago, Cruise Gopher said: Question for those who have purchased OBC before. It looks like you can only purchase $225 max I one order online in the cruise planner. So can I just do four separate orders? Also, is there a way to make sure this is refundable OBC? Maybe this is something I should call and purchase over the phone? Good question. I was hoping someone could answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drowelf Posted January 3, 2023 #45 Share Posted January 3, 2023 14 minutes ago, Cruise Gopher said: Also, is there a way to make sure this is refundable OBC? Any OBC that you purchase is refundable, its the Stock Holders, FCD, Booking Bonus, TA Provided, etc. that is non-refundable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chamima Posted January 3, 2023 #46 Share Posted January 3, 2023 3 minutes ago, drowelf said: Any OBC that you purchase is refundable, its the Stock Holders, FCD, Booking Bonus, TA Provided, etc. that is non-refundable. Just checking that "refundable" means you can get cash back on the ship. If they refund it back to your credit card at the end of the cruise the Amex benefit goes away. I know there's a 5% charge for getting it in the Casino so wondered what would stop someone from getting cash at Guest Services and taking that cash to the casino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drowelf Posted January 3, 2023 #47 Share Posted January 3, 2023 1 minute ago, chamima said: Just checking that "refundable" means you can get cash back on the ship. If they refund it back to your credit card at the end of the cruise the Amex benefit goes away. I know there's a 5% charge for getting it in the Casino so wondered what would stop someone from getting cash at Guest Services and taking that cash to the casino. True, I did not think about that as I've never had a positive balance on my ship account in over 20+ years of cruising, so its not something I would normally think about, but your right, the credit would go back on to a CC. To get around that, I would use one of my non-Amex cards as the card of record for paying the folio at the end of the cruise. Or I could just use that money as the DW Slot Budget. She adds money to her bank from the room charges. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare KKB Posted January 3, 2023 #48 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Different one but still great--spend $500 get $175 back! I WILL be using that to make a payment on our Dec. Beyond cruise! YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwokpot Posted January 3, 2023 #49 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Does anyone know if this particular offer REQUIRES you to click through the provided Celebrity link? I prepaid gratuities and will have to but some Casino Slot credits but I forgot to click through the link for the gratuity payment. Technically it say s you do, but wondering if in practice it is necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NutsAboutGolf Posted January 3, 2023 #50 Share Posted January 3, 2023 (edited) 18 minutes ago, kwokpot said: Does anyone know if this particular offer REQUIRES you to click through the provided Celebrity link? I prepaid gratuities and will have to but some Casino Slot credits but I forgot to click through the link for the gratuity payment. Technically it say s you do, but wondering if in practice it is necessary. It does not because once you go to cruise planner, the AMEX part disappears from the URL...The URL will simply be: https://www.celebritycruises.com/account/ Edited January 3, 2023 by NutsAboutGolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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