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Carnival gift cards
The best way to save money on a cruise is to use gift cards to pay for your cruise fare and all of your onboard spending. You can get discounted gift cards through several methods, or buy them at cost and get other perks such as gas discounts.
One thing to keep in mind is that if you pay with something with a gift card and then cancel your order, your money is refunded to you via another gift card that will be shipped to you from Carnival via FedEx. Gift cards are non-refundable.
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If you’re a RedCard member at Target, you can use your RedCard to save 5% on gift cards every day. At the time of this post, you could not purchase Carnival gift cards online. They could only be purchased in store.
While this isn’t a gift card, AmEx will give you $100 off of $500+ spent on Carnival cruises.
Now I personally have no experience with this but have read about it on numerous cruise websites. I don’t have an AmEx card but if you do, you may want to check into this.
If you download the Allstate Drivewise app and sign up for an account, you can get 10% off of gift cards.
By having the app you can accumulate points quickly. You purchase a $100 gift card for $90 or a $500 gift card for $450. You can apply these gift cards toward your cruise fare, on board spending, beverage packages, fun shops purchases, Pixels packages, spa, excursions, gratuities, anything Carnival offers.
You do not need to be an Allstate customer to get these.
IMPORTANT DELIVERY INFORMATION
If your order is $499 and below, it will be shipped to you via the United States Postal Service.
If you order $500 or more, they will be shipped to you via UPS and will require a signature so keep this in mind.
You do not have to be old enough for AARP nor do you have to be an AARP member. Anyone can sign up for an account.
You can earn points by signing up for their emails, doing surveys/quizzes, etc. The easiest way I’ve found is to do the quizzes. You do not need to read them or get the questions correct. Just click on different things until you’ve gone through the quiz. You can do this in seriously under about 15 seconds. Just click through.
Once you complete a quiz, you earn points. You need to have 1,000 points to buy the $100 gift cards and 5,000 points to buy the $500 gift cards. You purchase a $100 gift card for $90 or a $500 gift card for $450. You can apply these gift cards toward your cruise fare, on board spending, beverage packages, fun shops purchases, Pixels packages, spa, excursions, gratuities, anything Carnival offers.
IMPORTANT DELIVERY INFORMATION
If your order is $499 and below, it will be shipped to you via the United States Postal Service.
If you order $500 or more, they will be shipped to you via UPS and will require a signature so keep this in mind.
If you pay for something with a gift card and then cancel your order, your money is refunded to you via another gift card that will be shipped to you from Carnival via FedEx regardless of the denomination.
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