Royal Caribbean is about to make it even easier to earn loyalty points while cruising on any of its brands of cruise ships.
Beginning January 30, the new Points Choice program will allow cruisers to earn loyalty points when cruising on any cruise line within the Royal Caribbean Group family.
This means you can take a Celebrity Cruise, but earn points in Crown and Anchor Society.
It's a major upgrade for cruisers because it makes it easier to expand your choices in where and how you cruise while still attaining status and climbing the loyalty ladder.
For the cruise company, the goal is to create a more flexible loyalty ecosystem across Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, and Silversea.
Here’s a full breakdown of what Points Choice is, how it works, and when it starts.
Points Choice provides more choice and more value
Beginning January 30, Points Choice will allow cruisers to sail on Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, or Silversea and earn points back to the preferred loyalty program of their choice.
It will be available on sailings departing on or after January 30, 2026.
The program was initially announced in October 2025 when Royal Caribbean Group CEO Jason Liberty revealed plans for the program.
"Points Choice is designed with our guests at the center," Mr. Liberty said in a statement today.
"Points Choice gives every guest the power to direct their loyalty points within our family of brands where they will have the biggest impact for them"
With Points Choice, you can now earn points from the Royal Caribbean Group cruise brand of your choice, with the amount of points you earn from a cruise depending on:
- Cruise line
- Number of nights sailed
- Stateroom category
After your sailing completes, you have up to 2 weeks to complete an online form to request the points be transferred.
Up until now, you could only earn loyalty points under the program of the cruise line you sailed on. Going forward, you'll have the option to transfer those points to another loyalty program, including:
- Crown & Anchor Society (Royal Caribbean International)
- Captain’s Club (Celebrity Cruises)
- Venetian Society (Silversea)
If a guest is happy keeping their points with the brand they sailed, no action is required.
Points exchange rates
Points will be converted using brand-specific exchange rates.
Exchange rates will be reviewed and published annually on our branded websites.
Royal Caribbean International
Celebrity Cruises
Silversea
How you earn points if you're a solo cruiser
When you cruise solo, how many bonus points you earn depends on which cruise line’s loyalty program you apply those points to.
- Celebrity Cruises awards double points to solo travelers.
- Royal Caribbean gives solo guests one additional point per night.
- Silversea does not offer bonus credit for solo cruising.
For example, a solo guest sailing with Royal Caribbean in a balcony stateroom on a 7-night cruise would earn 14 points total—one base point per night, plus one additional point per night for traveling alone.
If that guest chose to transfer those points to Celebrity Cruises, they would receive 42 Captain’s Club points. That total reflects three base points per night under the exchange rate, plus three bonus points per night for sailing solo.
If the same points were transferred to Silversea, the guest would earn 2 VS days, based on the exchange rate, with no added solo bonus.
The same principle works in reverse. A solo traveler sailing with Celebrity Cruises in a veranda stateroom on a 7-night cruise would earn 42 points—three base points per night, plus three bonus points per night for traveling alone.
If those points were transferred to Royal Caribbean, they would convert to 14 points total, based on one base point per night under the exchange rate, plus one extra point per night for sailing solo.
If transferred to Silversea, the guest would again receive 2 VS days, with no solo travel bonus applied.
How to convert points
Points Choice will apply to sailings that depart on or after January 30, 2026.
After each eligible sailing ends, guests will have 14 days to submit a Points Choice request if they want to move their earned points to a different program:
- Through the Royal Caribbean app
- Royal Caribbean website
If no request is submitted within that window, the points will automatically remain with the brand sailed, just as loyalty points do today.
There is one important requirement: you must already be enrolled in the loyalty program you want to apply points to.
For example:
- If you sail Royal Caribbean but want the points applied to Celebrity’s Captain’s Club, you must already be a Captain’s Club member.
- If you sail Celebrity and want points applied to Crown & Anchor, you must already be enrolled in Crown & Anchor.
To enroll, log in to your app and navigate to the Loyalty Match section to complete your enrollment.
A separate request form must be submitted for every sailing when you wish to apply points to another program.
Allow up to 30 days after your cruise is completed and you submit your request. Once submitted, requests cannot be changed, and points can only be transferred once between brands.
The cruise line plans to introduce a preference center later this year that will enable you to make your selection once for all future sailings.
Lastly, you cannot apply loyalty points to another member.
No change to how you earn Crown and Anchor points
The big difference with Points Choice is you can now earn Crown and Anchor Society points by taking other cruises within the Royal Caribbean brands.
Nothing is changing as it relates to how many points are earned by cruising on Royal Caribbean.
Guests will continue earning points based on:
- Stateroom category
- Length of the cruise
Points Choice is about enabling fans of one line to be able to sail on another line while still moving up the loyalty ladder.
In addition, there's no change to any of the loyalty rewards and benefits.
Making it easier to cruise more
Points Choice is part of the evolution of taken to offer more to cruisers that began with status matching, which allowed members of Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, and Silversea's programs to enjoy reciprocal status regardless of which brand they sail with.
This meant you could get a one-for-one status match across all three brands once you've accrued status with just one line.
If, for instance, you're a Diamond Crown & Anchor member, you'll automatically become an Elite Captain's Club member and Venetian Society member with 250 VS Days once all of the accounts have been connected.
That change alone has afforded plenty of new perks when trying a new Royal Caribbean Group line.
