WAAAYTOOO Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 Something very unexpectedly happened a few minutes ago. I got an email from the Celebrity Blue Chip Club, which is Celebrity's casino rewards program. I have never sailed on Celebrity yet I am showing as an "Elite" member. Now, I have no idea what level that is...probably the lowest...but as I have never set food in a Celebrity casino before, I was quite surprised to see this. The email is an offer to receive 20% off rooms and up to $125 in food/beverage credit at an MGM property. Not particularly interested in the offer but I am interested in how I managed to become enrolled in the Celebrity program. There has been chatter on CC about Royal and Celebrity combining their casino rewards programs and this is the first indication I have seen that maybe that has happened. We have hesitated to cruise on Celebrity b/c our casino status with Royal offers some perks that we don't want to sail without...but if they are reciprocating now (which was NOT the case in the past) then that could open up some options that we had not entertained (pun intended) before. I will ask Michelle to look into this when she returns from her cruise on Edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLMoran Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 "Elite" may refer to your Captain's Club level in Celebrity, which you get automatically when you hit Diamond in C&A. Here's the page describing Captains Club: https://www.celebritycruises.com/captains-club/tiers-and-benefits. That page also makes note of discounts at MGM Resorts, so I have a feeling this is what the email was about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLMoran Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 That page also had a link to the Blue Chip casino loyalty program. Tiers for that are listed here, note the use of gem names: https://www.celebritycruises.com/content/dam/celebrity/pdf/Blue-Chip-Club-Benefit-Chart.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted November 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 Hmmm. Yeah, that doesn't jive at all with "elite" status which is definitely what they are showing as my tier level. Maybe the Celebrity website will be updated. I dunno. Weird and confusing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted November 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 Ok. Part of the mystery solved. The number they have for me is definitely my Celebrity equivalent of C&A so this seems to have been generated through the cruise line loyalty program (Captain's Club) and not the casino loyalty program. I think the part that threw me off is that the email came from Blue Chip Club. I knew that I had a Captain's Club number (even though we haven't sailed with Celebrity before) but since the casino programs were always very autonomous, I had never received anything from Blue Chip. I still think they are eventually supposed to make these 2 casino loyalty programs reciprocal. Maybe this is a first step. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALAsquaredancer Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 if you are a member of MGM--MLIFE CLUB your status can carry over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted December 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 Yes, we are both Platinum members of MLife. Still surprised to see an email from Blue Chip since I have never "joined" that program. Perhaps that's the connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Jamm Posted August 29, 2019 Report Share Posted August 29, 2019 Any info on casino update on Equinox since refit? Anything new or different? Same benefits? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyC Posted August 31, 2019 Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 I get those same emails. It's all marketing. We have out first Celebrity sailing in October, with matching status to Elite. I am Choice in Royal's casino program - they never get more than $20 from me a sailing, LOL. I have never been to Vegas and am not part of any casino loyalty program. Yet I still get the emails. All marketing. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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