Does it take a lot to get comped cruises on HAL?

[Analog187]

It seems like Carnival doesn't require too much to comped with them as I already got a comped cruise without even playing anything.  I have a HAL cruise coming up and I was thinking about making a casino donation in the hopes of getting on HALs radar.  Wondering if I should bother if I'm not prepared to sink a ton of money into the slots or if a few hundred would do the trick?

[memoak]

I sail Princess on comped casino rates but we also play an av we she of 2+ hours a day. I tell friends who are looking for deals to think about playing a minimum of $500 and see what happens. Since HAL and Princess are both owned by Carnival they may have similar rate structures 

[Analog187]

Thanks, I'll give it a shot.  We don't have a lot of free time with all the ports but I'll do the best I can and see what happens.   

[roxievegas]

On 5/18/2023 at 6:20 PM, Analog187 said:

Thanks, I'll give it a shot.  We don't have a lot of free time with all the ports but I'll do the best I can and see what happens.   

have you taken your cruise with Holland yet.  Did you get any offers 

[Analog187]

On 8/23/2023 at 10:20 AM, roxievegas said:

have you taken your cruise with Holland yet.  Did you get any offers 

Took my cruise, did a decent amount of gambling, for me anyway.  More than the casual person but I didn't live in the casino for hours each night.  No idea how much coin in I actually put in.  Didn't get one email at all.  

[sgvcruiser]

On 8/24/2023 at 11:45 AM, Analog187 said:

Took my cruise, did a decent amount of gambling, for me anyway.  More than the casual person but I didn't live in the casino for hours each night.  No idea how much coin in I actually put in.  Didn't get one email at all.  

 

It's not about how much money you put in. It's about how much point in comparison to the length of the sailing. My first sail with HAL, I walked away with winning, only put $300 to start. My CBS offer was ocean view + $500 which I used for 14 days Norway cruise this summer. I get about 4500 points ($600 lost) and received $700 free play CBS, no free room - which I expected since it was a 14-days sailing. 

From what I see, the baseline is about 5,000 points per 7-days sailing to receive a CBS offer with a free room. 

 

You will see email offer starts showing up later assuming you set your preference for email contact. Try logging in to your account every few days and do a mock search. Simply click "Plan A cruise", then "Find A cruise". Don't put any filters, instead simply sort based on Price. Click through a few pages, any cruise that came up as $100 is a casino-comp cruise. 

Edited September 8, 2023 by sgvcruiser