Cheers Package Questions...

[tjatczak]

It has been a long time since our last Carnival cruise. 

Is $59 per day the best price we will see for Cheers? Just wondering if there is ever a sale or a promo code in past experiences.

Thanks!.

[ProgRockCruiser]

You should assume there are no sales.  There was only one in the last 5 or 6 years that I can recall, associated with one of the attempted post-COVID restarts.  

 

No Promo codes either.

 

The "sale" is buying before you get onboard.

[PekingeseLady]

Yes. The price you pay before boarding is the cheapest price. 

[ngrund]

Yep, the only thing you can do to reduce effective cost is use of discounted gift cards, or a cash back credit card

[ibarrio]

3 hours ago, tjatczak said:

It has been a long time since our last Carnival cruise. 

Is $59 per day the best price we will see for Cheers? Just wondering if there is ever a sale or a promo code in past experiences.

Thanks!.

You can buy discounted gift cards on AARP and use the gift cards to purchase Cheers online, $450 for a $500 gift card. 

[kelkel2]

I think so. Right when cruising started back up there were discounts and free cheers offers. But that seemed more geared to getting people to cruise again. I doubt you’ll see those again. 

[xitappers2bx]

On 3/30/2023 at 3:03 PM, tjatczak said:

It has been a long time since our last Carnival cruise. 

Is $59 per day the best price we will see for Cheers? Just wondering if there is ever a sale or a promo code in past experiences.

Thanks!.

I think the closest you get to a "deal" on Cheers is when you get an offer through the VIPF... I was surprised it was only ~200 to 'upgrade' to a cheers inclusive rate for a cruise next year.  

[gatorchinsky]

On 3/30/2023 at 5:31 PM, ibarrio said:

You can buy discounted gift cards on AARP and use the gift cards to purchase Cheers online, $450 for a $500 gift card. 

I just signed up for AARP and I can’t seem to find where you can buy the Carnival gift cards. Also, are they digital or mailed to you?

[gatorchinsky]

10 hours ago, xitappers2bx said:

I think the closest you get to a "deal" on Cheers is when you get an offer through the VIPF... I was surprised it was only ~200 to 'upgrade' to a cheers inclusive rate for a cruise next year.  

I had one of those offers attached to my VIPF so we booked on the Celebration. It was only around $180 more to get Cheers so we thought it was a great deal!

[MayorDrafty]

52 minutes ago, gatorchinsky said:

I just signed up for AARP and I can’t seem to find where you can buy the Carnival gift cards. Also, are they digital or mailed to you?

Google AARP Rewards and you'll find a link to the Rewards.  The gift cards are digital; I had mine in less than 5 minutes.

[tonit964]

Back in January, I had a VIFP offer for Cheers, it was the RU2 code and it was only $280 more than the other rate without cheers so I jumped on it and this was for a 7 day cruise.

Keep checking your offers!

[pinklucky61]

I get a lot of casino deals offering "drinks on us" while playing in casino.  Some people get drinks everywhere casino deals which is same as Cheers.  I'm a low betting player.

[ibarrio]

On 4/1/2023 at 5:43 AM, gatorchinsky said:

I just signed up for AARP and I can’t seem to find where you can buy the Carnival gift cards. Also, are they digital or mailed to you?

They are hard to find at first, that website is poorly designed. Log in and then follow this link 

 

https://www.aarp.org/rewards/redeem/#all_rewards=undefined&sort-by=default&type=filter_travel 

[babygrljaz]

On 4/1/2023 at 7:43 AM, gatorchinsky said:

I just signed up for AARP and I can’t seem to find where you can buy the Carnival gift cards. Also, are they digital or mailed to you?

In rewards look for members only gift cards. Carnival always the 1st one that pops up on mine

[carrieluvsgreg]

We board the Panorama in 12 days and were offered "free" CHEERs when booking under that rate code.  We have a spa balcony cabin and it was $200 more than the cheapest available rate.  I knew we'd spend at least $100 at the coffee shop on a 7 day sailing and most likely would have a $100 bar tab.  So for us it was a "no  brainer".  There was a constant reminder that if we changed our reservation in any way (rate jumping) we would lose the CHEERs.  I really did not even check the rates after booking because of this.  I did check rates a few weeks back just to see how many spa rooms were left and to book our same cruise then without CHEERs was $1000 more than what we paid, so I am very pleased with our choice.

 

[d-train]

On 4/1/2023 at 9:36 AM, MayorDrafty said:

Google AARP Rewards and you'll find a link to the Rewards.  The gift cards are digital; I had mine in less than 5 minutes.

 

This is the only way I can find the gift cards on AARP too.

Google it, and you get the direct link...

 

I have searched the AARP site several times to no avail...

 

Right now they have $100 gift cards available,

sometimes they are $500 cards. All electronic gift cards...

 

 

[buellblaster]

On 4/1/2023 at 8:43 AM, gatorchinsky said:

I just signed up for AARP and I can’t seem to find where you can buy the Carnival gift cards. Also, are they digital or mailed to you?

They are under the Rewards Tab. 

[buellblaster]

Just now, buellblaster said:

They are under the Rewards Tab. 

And they are digital. You usually get them in a few minutes.

[ibarrio]

Right now they have $100 and $500 available. They don't run out now that they switched to members only. In the past it was nearly impossible to get a $500 one