The Definitive Shareholder Benefit Thread - Read This First!

[J&B in GA]

See above in red

 

Thanks caribill ! Don't plan to buy and not HOLD, but just wanted to know the rules. Buying CCL in my ROTH IRA acct. doesn't involve trade fees that I'm aware of, so as long as the price doesn't drop more than $2.50/share, we should be ahead of the game as we would be getting the $250 OBC on our next Princess Cruise (16 Days).

[DMRick]

Yes, they could. However, I thought the question was, do they have to hold onto the stock. In which case the answer is no. Someone may end up holding onto to it if it never goes up from what they paid, but if they don't want to lose the inititial output, then they could choose to wait until it did..and for many it is equal or higher than what they paid.

 

There is no way to guarentee the stock will ever trade again for more than you pay. You could wind up holding for a long time.

[DMRick]

Thanks caribill ! Don't plan to buy and not HOLD, but just wanted to know the rules. Buying CCL in my ROTH IRA acct. doesn't involve trade fees that I'm aware of, so as long as the price doesn't drop more than $2.50/share, we should be ahead of the game as we would be getting the $250 OBC on our next Princess Cruise (16 Days).

Exactly.

[Vulcan300]

you also get dividends at 10 cents per share per quarter (hopefully it stays). so thats an extra $40 per year if you buy 100.

Edited July 15, 2010 by Vulcan300

[caribill]

you also get dividends at 10 cents per share per quarter (hopefully it stays). so thats an extra $40 per year if you buy 100.

 

Next 10 cent dividend is payable September 10 to shareholders of record on August 10.

Edited July 15, 2010 by caribill

[Pia1913]

Next 10 cent dividend is payable September 10 to shareholders of record on August 10.

 

WOW! So not only do I get $500 for upcoming Sept/Oct cruises, I also get another $100 in dividends. I'm rich! :D

[paul929207]

WOW! So not only do I get $500 for upcoming Sept/Oct cruises, I also get another $100 in dividends. I'm rich! :D

The money just keeps rolling in. With all the OBC, we can't afford to stay home.

[Pia1913]

The money just keeps rolling in. With all the OBC, we can't afford to stay home.

 

I was so busy counting my dividends, I just couldn't sleep. :p

[caribill]

WOW! So not only do I get $500 for upcoming Sept/Oct cruises, I also get another $100 in dividends. I'm rich! :D

 

1000 shares=$100 quarterly dividend. You must think CCL is a great investment.

[Pia1913]

1000 shares=$100 quarterly dividend. You must think CCL is a great investment.

 

Bill..........at 10 cents per share, 100 shares gives you $10 quarterly. I have 250 shares which multiplied the same way gives me $25 quarterly. Ergo.........$100.

[JeanRoll]

Thanks to everyone for all the information. I made the purchase several days ago and now gathering up all the documents to send on to Princess for our upcoming cruise next month in the Baltic. The additional OBC will come in handy!

Jean

[Grego]

Our thinking is that the dividend we get is nice, the tax free dividend is better and we are supporting what we use by choice and that is always a good thing.

[r&rlovescruising]

Thanks for all the great info... I would have never known about this if not for CC!:) Bought 100 shares today and am looking forward to the benefits of ownership on my next cruises.... :D

[paul929207]

Thanks for all the great info... I would have never known about this if not for CC!:) Bought 100 shares today and am looking forward to the benefits of ownership on my next cruises.... :D

It is a great benefit for those of us that sail either often or for long cruises or both

[Putterdude]

Is the Sharholder benefit available for each a husband and wife sharing a cabin who each have 100 shares of CCL or is it one per cabin?

[hansi]

One per cabin

[r&rlovescruising]

Wow! CC is great! :DJust bought my shares and I already have the OBC posted to my next cruise in Sept. not only that but my shares have gone up! :)Of course tomorrow they'll probably be down:eek: but it's fun to watch! ;)All the information here made it very easy to know what to do. Thanks!

[Pia1913]

Wow! CC is great! :DJust bought my shares and I already have the OBC posted to my next cruise in Sept. not only that but my shares have gone up! :)Of course tomorrow they'll probably be down:eek: but it's fun to watch! ;)All the information here made it very easy to know what to do. Thanks!

 

And you'll be getting another $250 for your Golden cruise next year.

[cruisin36]

UP 7% today!!

[paul929207]

Wow! CC is great! :DJust bought my shares and I already have the OBC posted to my next cruise in Sept. not only that but my shares have gone up! :)Of course tomorrow they'll probably be down:eek: but it's fun to watch! ;)All the information here made it very easy to know what to do. Thanks!

But you will not lose money on the weekend

[knittinggirl]

Just go to the casino cage and ask for however much you want in cash. Let's say you want to take $200. You will sign for that amount and also a 3% service charge. They will give you the $200 and charge your shipboard account for $206.00.

 

Shareholder benefits page says that the credit is nontransferable, and cannot be used for casino charges or gratuities charged to the account.

Edited July 23, 2010 by knittinggirl

[paul929207]

Shareholder benefits page says that the credit is nontransferable, and cannot be used for casino charges or gratuities charged to the account.

We have never had a problem spending our OBC.

[ggglo]

On our recent cruise, we had a lot of shipboard credit including $100 for shareholders. We asked the passenger service desk if it made a difference how we spent it and we were told anything charged to our account goes against the shipboard credit. It did not matter where you spent it -- spa, casino, tips, etc.

 

So don't worry about how to spend it!

[vickie_bernie]

On our recent cruise, we had a lot of shipboard credit including $100 for shareholders. We asked the passenger service desk if it made a difference how we spent it and we were told anything charged to our account goes against the shipboard credit. It did not matter where you spent it -- spa, casino, tips, etc.

 

So don't worry about how to spend it!

 

I've had the exact same experience..

[caribill]

Shareholder benefits page says that the credit is nontransferable, and cannot be used for casino charges or gratuities charged to the account.

 

The onboard accounting system is not that sophisticated. Any charges are just subtracted from your OBC balance until you start to owe Princess money.