fedexretiree Posted July 18 #1 Share Posted July 18 Can someone please explain how to apply for the OBC when you have 100 shares of stock. I read somewhere that you can use an app... but I would prefer to email someone directly instead of using the app. (I'm just not crazy about using apps if I can avoid it) Thanks in advance for the help here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LACruiser88 Posted July 19 #2 Share Posted July 19 There are a bunch of threads on this topic if you do a search. Below is a recent one... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellbeachjim Posted July 19 #3 Share Posted July 19 Just an FYI... Depending when your cruise is, you may not be able to accomplish this right away. We have a Cunard cruise in May of next year, and will not be able to request our shareholder OBC until November. Princess and Cunard didn't really enforce this in the past, but the new vendor seems to be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teechur Posted July 19 #4 Share Posted July 19 3 hours ago, fedexretiree said: Can someone please explain how to apply for the OBC when you have 100 shares of stock. I read somewhere that you can use an app... but I would prefer to email someone directly instead of using the app. (I'm just not crazy about using apps if I can avoid it) Thanks in advance for the help here Email: Hello@Stockperks.com Include: The ship; your booking number; name; & date of travel. (I include my phone number.) Attach: The document showing ownership of 100 (or more) share of CCL stock. You will get an immediate reply acknowledging the email, then a follow-up indicating the submission to Princess, or a request for more info. Enjoy your cruise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racj846 Posted July 19 #5 Share Posted July 19 1 hour ago, Teechur said: Email: Hello@Stockperks.com Include: The ship; your booking number; name; & date of travel. (I include my phone number.) Attach: The document showing ownership of 100 (or more) share of CCL stock. You will get an immediate reply acknowledging the email, then a follow-up indicating the submission to Princess, or a request for more info. Enjoy your cruise! ^^^^ Make sure you delete/black out your account number Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Honolulu Blue Posted July 19 #6 Share Posted July 19 10 hours ago, fedexretiree said: Can someone please explain how to apply for the OBC when you have 100 shares of stock. I read somewhere that you can use an app... but I would prefer to email someone directly instead of using the app. (I'm just not crazy about using apps if I can avoid it) Thanks in advance for the help here I recently applied for my shareholder credit for my upcoming Princess cruise. I posted a few paragraphs about the experience to my roll call. I'll include a portion of it below. TL,DR: very easy but needs some tech savviness and trust in our electronic overlords. I downloaded the app and signed up for an account. I also signed up for a separate app that's only used to grab my CCL shareholder information from my chosen brokerage (most are available; some of the big ones are explicitly not available). That part of the app worked seamlessly, and it grabbed what information it needed in seconds. Then I went back to Stockperks to apply for my shareholder credit for this cruise. Actually, I tried to apply it for another cruise in 2025, but they weren't having it. ☹️ Only cruises through 2024 can use this app. I hit the Princess link, filled in some data about me and this cruise, and clicked the apply button. That part was also very smooth and despite warnings about applying for the credit 2 or 3 weeks before the cruise, I got an e-mail saying my credit was applied about 10 minutes after I applied. Shortly after that I went into the Princess Web site, logged in and tried to fake buy an excursion. And indeed, the $100 credit was already there. 🙂 From initial download to my account being credited took about 30 minutes. This was much smoother and faster than the old way of doing it - by mailing and faxing my info separately for each cruise. I know some people have had problems with Stockperks, but my official review is thumbs up - way up! 👍 I recommend it for those who have CCL shares and some tech savvy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranchi Posted July 19 #7 Share Posted July 19 It took a couple of days for Stockperks to verify my (UK) holding. Once that’s done it’s very quick to get obc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisepest Posted July 19 #8 Share Posted July 19 (edited) Fedexretirre, I tried e-mailing directly to Princess the first week of this month and got an e-mail back saying to use Stock Perks. Several e-mails and chats later still were told we had to use Stock Perks. I took a blacked out printout of my Fidelity month end statement showing the 100 shares of CCl, uploaded the photo and with in 2 hours the OBC showed up. It worked great and did not feel like the fight that trying to go directly with Princess was. Edited July 19 by cruisepest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzsnooze Posted July 19 #9 Share Posted July 19 I use email only. I emailed to SBPCL@Princesscruises.com it worked fine this way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwimum Posted July 19 #10 Share Posted July 19 1 hour ago, cruzsnooze said: I use email only. I emailed to SBPCL@Princesscruises.com it worked fine this way Not in the last couple of months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrak Posted July 20 #11 Share Posted July 20 28 minutes ago, kiwimum said: Not in the last couple of months. I have zero expectation that it will work but I just sent in requests via email for our cruises next fall. It wasn't difficult so there's no big loss if it doesn't work but, when dealing with Princess, one never knows what might happen. 🤪 If I get a "Use Stockperks" reply I can give it a try then but many have reported that they won't apply it this far in advance when using Stockperks. It's not exactly an earth shaking problem and nothing to get my knickers in a twist about. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzsnooze Posted July 20 #12 Share Posted July 20 14 hours ago, kiwimum said: Not in the last couple of months. I sailed just last month and it worked when I emailed in April. I just did it again today so I'll see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fedexretiree Posted July 20 Author #13 Share Posted July 20 18 minutes ago, cruzsnooze said: I sailed just last month and it worked when I emailed in April. I just did it again today so I'll see what happens. What email address did you use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisepest Posted July 20 #14 Share Posted July 20 Fedexretiree. SBPCL@Princesscruises.com That is the e-mail I sent it to a well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fedexretiree Posted July 20 Author #15 Share Posted July 20 6 minutes ago, cruisepest said: Fedexretiree. SBPCL@Princesscruises.com That is the e-mail I sent it to a well. So you ended up having to use stock perks too correct? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie83 Posted July 21 #16 Share Posted July 21 On 7/18/2024 at 9:57 PM, shellbeachjim said: Just an FYI... Depending when your cruise is, you may not be able to accomplish this right away. We have a Cunard cruise in May of next year, and will not be able to request our shareholder OBC until November. Princess and Cunard didn't really enforce this in the past, but the new vendor seems to be. Currently, per Carnival Corp website, Carnival Corporation has only approved the shareholders benefit for sailings through December 31, 2024. Hopefully, they will choose to renew the benefit for 2025 sailings. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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