Rare Musky Ike Posted April 18 #26 Share Posted April 18 11 hours ago, tha sista said: Are there kiosks so one can load their gift cards on their account? Just take a printed copy to Guest Services they will add it to your account. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare CruzerDeb Posted April 26 Author #27 Share Posted April 26 Thanks for all the contributors to this thread! I just bought my first 5 $500 gift cards and have applied them to my upcoming cruise. Hoping my husband can also buy 5; we have the same AARP membership number, but different login/PW credentials. We shall see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzsnooze Posted April 26 #28 Share Posted April 26 On 4/14/2024 at 3:37 PM, smwg said: I just want to make sure you know that if you use a gift card and later cancel your cruise, the money will be refunded to the gift card you used. So don't throw away those "used" gift cards until well after the cruise is over and you know you will not be getting any refunds. Learned that the hard way. 😉 They will issue you a new cruise card. I use this method so I get one gift card back that is a larger amount rather then 5-10 individual gift cards. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smwg Posted April 27 #29 Share Posted April 27 (edited) 20 hours ago, cruzsnooze said: They will issue you a new cruise card. I use this method so I get one gift card back that is a larger amount rather then 5-10 individual gift cards. That is probably true if you are using official cruise line gift cards, but if they are gift cards like the Visa ones from grocery stores or Walmart, that's not the case. (I had several of the Visa kind given to me at work.) Edited April 27 by smwg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TAW1963 Posted April 27 #30 Share Posted April 27 22 hours ago, cruzsnooze said: They will issue you a new cruise card. I use this method so I get one gift card back that is a larger amount rather then 5-10 individual gift cards. Whenever I have used AARP gift cards and have had to cancel a cruise, they have always refunded it back to the original cards. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRUISEWITHH Posted April 29 #31 Share Posted April 29 On 4/16/2024 at 10:45 PM, AZjohn said: Yes but purchase when boarding (same price). Then deposit you gift card(s) at customer service onboard and they will deduct price of the Plus/Premier that was purchased onboard (along with any additional purchases onboard). If I understand what you are saying, I purchase the Plus when I board, not pre-cruise? Then I go to CS and pay with my GC. Does this interfere with on-board credit used for other things? How do they keep it separate and use it only for Plus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZjohn Posted April 29 #32 Share Posted April 29 (edited) 6 hours ago, CRUISEWITHH said: If I understand what you are saying, I purchase the Plus when I board, not pre-cruise? Then I go to CS and pay with my GC. Does this interfere with on-board credit used for other things? How do they keep it separate and use it only for Plus? Yes, you understood correctly. Onboard purchases will first get deducted from any OBC first until depleted then will start deducting from gift card. Cheers Edit to add: Most (but not all) OBC is use it or loose it. If that is the case you would want the OBC to be used up first. If there is still credit left over on your gift card at the end of the cruise you get that amount put back on gift card. So don’t throw the copy of GC and pass code away. Edited April 29 by AZjohn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totz808 Posted April 30 #33 Share Posted April 30 I'm new to Princess, planning our first Princess cruise for summer 2025. On Carnival, I can apply the gift cards to my account, and at the end of the cruise, cash that money back from the casino (after a few plays). Is there a similar action available for Princess customers? If so, I'd love to prebuy a bunch of GC to bring on board and spend what I want, and just get cash back at the end of whatever I don't use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yolotraveler Posted May 1 #34 Share Posted May 1 Would someone please tell me how to purchase the Princess AARP gift cards. I have tried searching AARP with no luck. Thank you in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare CruzerDeb Posted May 1 Author #35 Share Posted May 1 11 hours ago, yolotraveler said: Would someone please tell me how to purchase the Princess AARP gift cards. I have tried searching AARP with no luck. Thank you in advance From a desktop, there is a red bar at the top- choose AARP Rewards; you will need to log in (with or without a password); from the drop down box “Browse Rewards” choose Redeem all rewards; scroll down to find search box and type in Princess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yolotraveler Posted May 2 #36 Share Posted May 2 Thank you your response was so helpful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nasa1974 Posted May 5 #37 Share Posted May 5 I just got off the Caribbean Princess and added a Princess gift card to my account 4 days before I sailed by calling Princess. It showed up as gift credit on my folio. My daughter and her family were on the cruise with me, and she added a Princess gift card and a VISA gift card to her account the second day at Guest Services. It's been mentioned a few times on this thread. DO NOT THROW AWAY YOUR GIFT CARD until after your cruise and you verify that nothing was returned to said gift card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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