RCI Instant Rewards Cruise Certificate

[DawnontheRiviera]

My daughter's BF is on an RC cruise with his buddies and just received one of these. It says he is awarded with a cruise for two. The QR code linked to a massive list of cruises all Balcony or Junior Suite. Nice!! 

It needs him to accept it by tonight and give a $200 deposit, which he's doing, but he has 30 days to choose a cruise. (or more I think but giving up some other bonus perk)... 

Can someone please fill us in on the details of this? It gives options of where to book the cruise: through the casino reservation center, or through RCI App, or to "contact your travel advisor"  Advice? And is this a rare thing? None of his other 6 friends got one so he's pretty psyched.

 

[birdofsong]

We have, so far, gotten 14 cruise fares for free through Casino Royale.  It's amazing.  The Casino awards points based on play, so he must have cycled a bunch through the slot machines in order to get an offer for a junior suite.  He will probably have to pay taxes and port charges, but that's it, unless he adds drink/restaurant packages.  

 

Tell him I said congratulations!  

[micruiser2002]

3 hours ago, DawnontheRiviera said:

My daughter's BF is on an RC cruise with his buddies and just received one of these. It says he is awarded with a cruise for two. The QR code linked to a massive list of cruises all Balcony or Junior Suite. Nice!! 

It needs him to accept it by tonight and give a $200 deposit, which he's doing, but he has 30 days to choose a cruise. (or more I think but giving up some other bonus perk)... 

Can someone please fill us in on the details of this? It gives options of where to book the cruise: through the casino reservation center, or through RCI App, or to "contact your travel advisor"  Advice? And is this a rare thing? None of his other 6 friends got one so he's pretty psyched.

 

He needs to book the next cruise option and I think that can just be done on the app.  Otherwise he needs to visit the Next Cruise desk.  This is not rare this happens based on amount of points earned during the cruise while gambling.  

[nelblu]

11 hours ago, micruiser2002 said:

Otherwise he needs to visit the Next Cruise desk.

In my experience the next cruise desk or land based Royal agents will not get involved with Casino promos.

 

I usually call the Casino Desk at 888.561.2234 to apply any promos.

[DawnontheRiviera]

18 hours ago, birdofsong said:

We have, so far, gotten 14 cruise fares for free through Casino Royale.  It's amazing.  The Casino awards points based on play, so he must have cycled a bunch through the slot machines in order to get an offer for a junior suite.  He will probably have to pay taxes and port charges, but that's it, unless he adds drink/restaurant packages.  

 

Tell him I said congratulations!  

Oddly enough he's a college senior and says he put $20 on the card to do some slots. He's a pretty careful kid when it comes to his hard earned money!! A few of his friends spent about $100 but nothing big. This must have been just a real random giveaway. Neat that RC does this!!!

[sandebeach]

Something is off. Here is the list of QR codes and the points needed for each level. I got a certificate for 2,000 points. It is only good for an interior and I played about $1,000 of my own money. So he should definitely booked through either the NextCruise deal or NextCruise on the app, because a balcony or junior suite is one heck of a deal for $20!

[DawnontheRiviera]

Thanks Sande for explaining the normal system, it's so crazy that he was this lucky! You would think if Royal Caribbean just does this random giveaway to one or two people per cruise they'd advertise it! We were all on Celebrity Reflection last month and he was on the water volleyball team when the passengers managed to beat the ship's officers in a best of 3 matchup. The officers were undefeated since early 2021!  The team's prize, while cute, was they all got a Celebrity hat!!!  

 

[bigmoose7563]

There is definitely something off tilt here! To my knowledge they just don't give away a 6500 point certificate. Has anyone heard of a giveaway like this?

 

I say all this because one would have to cycle $32,500 through a slot machine or cards to earn this reward. Someone who bet $20 just doesn't add up

[RFerrington]

Sorry, but I don't believe this story, either (as it related....only playing $20).