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The Offer
No direct link, targeted offer.
- Barclaycard has sent out an offer for a $150 statement credit or 15,000 points (various different currencies based on the card you hold) when you book a Carnival cruise between 2/16/18 and 3/15/18.
The Fine Print
- Bonus will post within 6 to 8 weeks after the promotion end
Our Verdict
Nice thing about this deal is that you can either book direct or through a travel agent. If booking through a travel agent it should be possible to stack this with any other offers they have. You can probably do a three night cruise fairly cheap (close to free). My guess is that they won’t allow you to split the purchase over multiple cards with the offer, but it never hurts to try. If anybody knows of any good ways to stack this deal, please share them in the comments below.
Hat tip to readers Bill A, shashi & Kevin
Received $150 credit on 4/25! Charged $200
I reserved a cruise on carnival via Carnival’s website on 3/15, charged the minimum deposit of $150. Received $150 statement credit on 4/25. Thanks, DOC!
Had anyone receive the credit yet?
So can I split payment on carnival and pay $1, since i have this on two barclay cards? Then use an AMEX card with the cruise offer for the spend $500 get $100 back?? You can split 3 payments on carnival…
Not sure if that will work, try it and let us know.
I called Barclays today for more clarification. If the agent was correct, you only need to book the cruise and charge the deposit, no need to “pay in full” to receive the offer. Again, this is only information from the call center agent, no confirmation the information is actually correct.
any folks knows how long Barclay offers a full AF refund after it’s posted? is it 30 days or longer? my arrival+ recd the offer but thought about downgrade the acct to no AF cash rewards around 3/1 (AF posted on 2/1)
If using the card to book a cruise now then downgrade later with the same acct #, will the acct still receive the $150 cr? Thx
https://www.doctorofcredit.com/annual-fee-refund-rules-for-each-card-issuer/
This offer is also available on choice privileges card from Barclay,I received it for $150 and it is pretty good offer.
Also the $100 back on $500+ is back on Amex and valid till 05/30
A reminder that cruise lines offer great MS opportunity. Load up in the casino using CC and anything you don’t use is given back in cash or check when you disembark. Lots of DPs on Reddit of success and my own to speak off
True that,As a first time cruiser I tried that in my recent cruise and did MS for $1000 at Carnival Casino
does it work on carnival? saw few posts on reddit that carnival does charge cash advance?
Swipe your card to load your cruise account at slot machines – codes as a purchase under travel expenses because to the ship you are just putting money in your account for any kind of purchase onboard – I believe carnivals max is 5k per day
Beware tho- if you have more than 10k in cash after a cruise you will be questioned heavily and forced to do a lot of paper work by customs
I test booked yesterday and you can split up to 3 credit cards on Carnival.
I have booked Carnival cruises when AMEX offers has the spend $500 get $100 World Leading Cruise Line offers. Carnival lets you split cards. I have done the splits myself online as well as through my travel agent.
I realize that they allow splits, I’m just not sure if split transactions would work for this promotion.