Is there a fee to put casino charges on your room?

[KKB]

NCL charges 3%. 

Was curious if Carnival does.

[jamscckmc]

As of October I could charge to my room on the slot machines without a charge.

[dallasdan]

Tables they charge a fee.  Slots are free.  

[sparks1093]

You can get cash from the cashier's cage for a fee, as well as I understand it.

[Rg5220]

At the slot machines, you can "Charge to room" for no charge.  This then goes to your "Player Bank".

 

At the tables, if you "Charge to your room", there is a 3% charge.

At the tables, if you get funds from Player Bank, there is no charge.

[ciabelle]

If I'm reading the terms on the website correctly (pertinent areas in bold) All your winnings get downloaded onto your cruise card, which you must cash out by the last night, but there is a 3% fee to do so? So if I end up with $1000 in slot credits on the machine at the end of the cruise, I'll lose $30?

Am I missing something? The slots are tight enough without an added rake!
 

Money

• Cash is accepted at all tables and slot machines on cruises departing from North America and Europe. On Australia cruises, all cash transactions are in AUD dollars only. 
• Players will set up a Player Bank account in order to upload and download credits. Winnings must be cashed out from your Player Bank account at the Casino Cashier’s Desk by the last night of your cruise. You may also access these funds for continued gaming action at another slot machine.
• Table players can exchange cash for chips directly at the table or at the Casino Cashier’s Desk.
• There is no charge at the slot machines to access funds, but any transactions done at a table game or the Casino Cashier’s Desk will incur a nominal service fee of 3% each transaction. You can charge up to $5,000 USD per day on your Sail & Sign card to play iin the casino, or $7,500 USD per day for Invite-only cruises (Premier / Ultra / Premier Plus / Getaway / Tournaments) or $10,000 USD per day for Elite cruises. Please consult the casino staff once on board for further details.
   

 

[rolloman]

There is no charge to cash in your winnings/balance off of your sign and sail card when you take it to the casino cage. 

[DallasGuy75219]

5 hours ago, ciabelle said:

If I'm reading the terms on the website correctly (pertinent areas in bold) All your winnings get downloaded onto your cruise card, which you must cash out by the last night, but there is a 3% fee to do so? So if I end up with $1000 in slot credits on the machine at the end of the cruise, I'll lose $30?

Am I missing something? The slots are tight enough without an added rake!
 

Money

• Cash is accepted at all tables and slot machines on cruises departing from North America and Europe. On Australia cruises, all cash transactions are in AUD dollars only. 
• Players will set up a Player Bank account in order to upload and download credits. Winnings must be cashed out from your Player Bank account at the Casino Cashier’s Desk by the last night of your cruise. You may also access these funds for continued gaming action at another slot machine.
• Table players can exchange cash for chips directly at the table or at the Casino Cashier’s Desk.
• There is no charge at the slot machines to access funds, but any transactions done at a table game or the Casino Cashier’s Desk will incur a nominal service fee of 3% each transaction. You can charge up to $5,000 USD per day on your Sail & Sign card to play iin the casino, or $7,500 USD per day for Invite-only cruises (Premier / Ultra / Premier Plus / Getaway / Tournaments) or $10,000 USD per day for Elite cruises. Please consult the casino staff once on board for further details.
   

 

The last bullet point could be worded better: There is no charge at the slot machines to access funds, but buying chips at a table game, or buying chips or getting a cash advance at the Casino Cashier’s Desk will incur a nominal service fee of 3% each transaction.

[ngrund]

5 hours ago, ciabelle said:

If I'm reading the terms on the website correctly (pertinent areas in bold) All your winnings get downloaded onto your cruise card, which you must cash out by the last night, but there is a 3% fee to do so? So if I end up with $1000 in slot credits on the machine at the end of the cruise, I'll lose $30?

Am I missing something? The slots are tight enough without an added rake!
 

Money

• Cash is accepted at all tables and slot machines on cruises departing from North America and Europe. On Australia cruises, all cash transactions are in AUD dollars only. 
• Players will set up a Player Bank account in order to upload and download credits. Winnings must be cashed out from your Player Bank account at the Casino Cashier’s Desk by the last night of your cruise. You may also access these funds for continued gaming action at another slot machine.
• Table players can exchange cash for chips directly at the table or at the Casino Cashier’s Desk.
• There is no charge at the slot machines to access funds, but any transactions done at a table game or the Casino Cashier’s Desk will incur a nominal service fee of 3% each transaction. You can charge up to $5,000 USD per day on your Sail & Sign card to play iin the casino, or $7,500 USD per day for Invite-only cruises (Premier / Ultra / Premier Plus / Getaway / Tournaments) or $10,000 USD per day for Elite cruises. Please consult the casino staff once on board for further details.
   

 

The only fee to be paid when obtaining your remaining balance on the last night would be 100% voluntary (they may ask if you want to donate the change to St Jude).

 

[dbrucern]

6 hours ago, ciabelle said:

If I'm reading the terms on the website correctly (pertinent areas in bold) All your winnings get downloaded onto your cruise card, which you must cash out by the last night, but there is a 3% fee to do so? So if I end up with $1000 in slot credits on the machine at the end of the cruise, I'll lose $30?

Am I missing something? The slots are tight enough without an added rake!
 

Money

• Cash is accepted at all tables and slot machines on cruises departing from North America and Europe. On Australia cruises, all cash transactions are in AUD dollars only. 
• Players will set up a Player Bank account in order to upload and download credits. Winnings must be cashed out from your Player Bank account at the Casino Cashier’s Desk by the last night of your cruise. You may also access these funds for continued gaming action at another slot machine.
• Table players can exchange cash for chips directly at the table or at the Casino Cashier’s Desk.
• There is no charge at the slot machines to access funds, but any transactions done at a table game or the Casino Cashier’s Desk will incur a nominal service fee of 3% each transaction. You can charge up to $5,000 USD per day on your Sail & Sign card to play iin the casino, or $7,500 USD per day for Invite-only cruises (Premier / Ultra / Premier Plus / Getaway / Tournaments) or $10,000 USD per day for Elite cruises. Please consult the casino staff once on board for further details.
   

 

No there is no charge you will get all monies back, the only charge is if sit at a table and rather than give them cash to play or say take the money from my Casino account (monies won on a slot machine) but just want to charge to your S&S account then there is a charge

[simplelife]

On 1/21/2024 at 8:32 PM, KKB said:

NCL charges 3%. 

Was curious if Carnival does.

For slots. at the machines you are given the option to "transfer to player bank" from your S & S account (multiples of $10).  Once you do this you can then 'transfer from player bank" to the machine in multiples of $10 up to the amount in your player bank. You can do this as many times as you wish, without charge,

I do not play tables so I cannot speak to that process,

[KKB]

11 minutes ago, simplelife said:

For slots. at the machines you are given the option to "transfer to player bank" from your S & S account (multiples of $10).  Once you do this you can then 'transfer from player bank" to the machine in multiples of $10 up to the amount in your player bank. You can do this as many times as you wish, without charge,

I do not play tables so I cannot speak to that process,

Yes, we did this on the Miracle in January & nothing was charged.

[DallasGuy75219]

7 minutes ago, simplelife said:

For slots. at the machines you are given the option to "transfer to player bank" from your S & S account (multiples of $10).  Once you do this you can then 'transfer from player bank" to the machine in multiples of $10 up to the amount in your player bank. You can do this as many times as you wish, without charge,

I do not play tables so I cannot speak to that process,

It's actually the reverse... you charge your S&S to get credit on the machine, then when you're done playing you transfer the credit to your player bank.

 

You can do it as many times as you wish, as long as you actually gamble with what you charged to your S&S and put on the machine.  Cash out too often or for too much without playing with what you just charged and you'll get systematically blocked from charging your S&S in the casino. 

[dallasdan]

3 minutes ago, DallasGuy75219 said:

It's actually the reverse... you charge your S&S to get credit on the machine, then when you're done playing you transfer the credit to your player bank.

 

You can do it as many times as you wish, as long as you actually gamble with what you charged to your S&S and put on the machine.  Cash out too often or for too much without playing with what you just charged and you'll get systematically blocked from charging your S&S in the casino. 

I was blocked after the second time.  I added money at the slot machine didn't spin the machine and added to my player bank and then got chips at the tables.  After the second time my card was blocked and casino host scolded me.  

[weezal]

2 minutes ago, dallasdan said:

I was blocked after the second time.  I added money at the slot machine didn't spin the machine and added to my player bank and then got chips at the tables.  After the second time my card was blocked and casino host scolded me.  

casino is paying for those credit card transaction fees, counting on you to lose that $ in the slots.

[StephPS79]

I got blocked once too, after I loaded some funds and then decide I didn't want to play the stupid Dancing Drums anymore, and left before spinning.  Which seems silly, because I was just trying to go to a different machine.  But yes, the host told me just to spin a few times, and it would prevent it from happening, I think as long as you spin once you're fine.

 

 

Edited January 31 by StephPS79

[ZoeyVictoria]

I was blocked once because I walked into an almost-empty casino, transferred money, and played for about two minutes before everything in the casino shut down. I had apparently just missed an announcement about the casino closing because we had reached the port. It was 11 a.m. and I was blocked until midnight the following day, approximately 37 hours. 

[DallasGuy75219]

1 hour ago, ZoeyVictoria said:

I was blocked once because I walked into an almost-empty casino, transferred money, and played for about two minutes before everything in the casino shut down. I had apparently just missed an announcement about the casino closing because we had reached the port. It was 11 a.m. and I was blocked until midnight the following day, approximately 37 hours. 

If you have a legitimate reason for cashing out immediately and/or have enough points to show you weren't charging your S&S for a fee-free cash advance, a casino host or manager (or probably even supervisor) can unblock your account.

[ZoeyVictoria]

28 minutes ago, DallasGuy75219 said:

If you have a legitimate reason for cashing out immediately and/or have enough points to show you weren't charging your S&S for a fee-free cash advance, a casino host or manager (or probably even supervisor) can unblock your account.

The casino host was apologetic, understanding, and unable to unblock my account. 

[mz-s]

If you are sailing on a Casino cruise (Getaways, Premier, etc) as a casino guest there is typically no fee charged, and the limits of how much money you can bill to your room is increased as well.