Notlad Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 I thought I was sitting at 30 points Crown & Anchor points but when I looked discovered I was actually at 36. Our next Cruise in September will be our first as Platinum. Finally out of the basement! After this September 2019 9 night Greek Island cruise on Jewel we will be at 45 points. I have booked a 15 night Caribbean / Transatlantic crossing junior suite on Independence of the Seas for May 2020 which with the doube points will be 30 added to my 45 for a total of 75. That means by the end of May 2020 I will be only 5 points away from Diamond status! After a four year break from cruising starting last November with a cruise on HAL I am back in the game! mom2mybugs and Traveler 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew72681 Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 Ha. Was doing the same math last week. Hadn’t been on a Royal Caribbean cruise before December and trying to figure out how long it would take to get to diamond. Harmony(14) and navigator(6) in May will get me to 20. Oasis for late 2020 will get me to 34. So after that would be platinum and “only” 56 points from Diamond, which would be 4 7 day cruises in a suite. So easily by 2022 could be diamond. Made Lifetime platinum with Marriott in 6 years so this should be a simple one. Notlad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveler Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 3 hours ago, Notlad said: I thought I was sitting at 30 points Crown & Anchor points but when I looked discovered I was actually at 36. Our next Cruise in September will be our first as Platinum. Finally out of the basement! After this September 2019 9 night Greek Island cruise on Jewel we will be at 45 points. I have booked a 15 night Caribbean / Transatlantic crossing junior suite on Independence of the Seas for May 2020 which with the doube points will be 30 added to my 45 for a total of 75. That means by the end of May 2020 I will be only 5 points away from Diamond status! After a four year break from cruising starting last November with a cruise on HAL I am back in the game! Good plan , I will suggest , just to be on the safe side to book also a 5+ days cruise , if Royal will change the number of points require for Diamond you can always call them , show you already booked enough for 80 points and ask them to owner it once you will be at 80 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 5 hours ago, Traveler said: show you already booked enough for 80 points and ask them to owner it once you will be at 80 . I did this waaay back, years ago when they re-structured the C&A program to count nights vs cruises. I had already booked all of the cruises necessary to take me to Diamond and I called them....sure enough, they honored my request EVEN when I had to cancel one of the cruises and push the date back a bit. Baked Alaska, Traveler and tiny260 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveler Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 8 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said: I did this waaay back, years ago when they re-structured the C&A program to count nights vs cruises. I had already booked all of the cruises necessary to take me to Diamond and I called them....sure enough, they honored my request EVEN when I had to cancel one of the cruises and push the date back a bit. Actually my recommendations were based on your experienced which you shared long time ago WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 Nicely done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monctonguy Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 I am getting to that point where I would like to do something like that and get to that point and then I am there. I'll be at 58 points after my next cruise...22 away from Diamond....so a 11 plus day in a junior suite would do it.... its taken me like 12 cruises to get to 58 nights though.... WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlovely Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 Goals. I'll go take my soon to be 16 points and cry in the corner, ha! One day I'll get there! Cub and Baked Alaska 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 15 minutes ago, jlovely said: Goals. I'll go take my soon to be 16 points and cry in the corner, ha! One day I'll get there! Start booking suites ! It goes quickly when you do that ! KristiZ and Lovetocruise2002 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiny260 Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 1 hour ago, WAAAYTOOO said: Start booking suites ! It goes quickly when you do that ! I'm going on the Anthem GC for multiple reasons but one of the reasons was it gave me the correct amount of points to go from Diamond to Diamond+. So my next cruise I get to reap the additional benefits. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose City Cruiser Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 1 hour ago, WAAAYTOOO said: Start booking suites ! It goes quickly when you do that Or a re-positioning cruise. Best bang for the buck! Sort of like a mileage run to gain airline status/points. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DunkelBierJay Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 I'm sitting at 40 points, and I am always considering an inside cabin on two Grandeur 8 night cruises to get me within striking distance... WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Notlad Posted March 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 It's fun reading everybody's status and strategy for moving up. Also I appreciate the good advice on trying to go ahead and book the one additional cruise tht will be me to the 80 in case they change the program and I need to ask them to grandfather me in. My only issue is that we took our first HAL cruise after Thanksgiving last year and HAL thinks I am a big enough gambler that they gave me a free cruise next month on their new ship Nieuw Amsterdam. I would like to book an Alaska cruise for 2021 but don't want to jump the gun just in case HAL decides to keep on giving me free cruises. Who knows though if this September I impress RCCL enough in the Casino maybe I will get some good casino offers from them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason12 Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 Quickest way to diamond x2 14 night cruises in a junior suite sailing alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 Tell your spouse you are going to take one for the team and go on a cruise solo. That also nets you double points. Once you make Diamond your significant other in a relationship as defined by C&A will also be Diamond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 We’ll be Diamond after our southern Caribbean cruise end of this month. We were old timers that got grandfathered in when they redid C&A back in the 90’s. Technically we have 52 nights but 4 of our cruises were prior to 1997 when you got credit for cruises versus nights. So 7, 7 night cruises and one 3 night got us to Diamond. Easy peasy! Now I need to book our first Diamond cruise but I have a feeling there’s an engagement on the horizon and we may need that money to pay for a wedding! Dying to get on Symphony! Our daughter ( the one likely getting engaged) is doing Symphony in the fall. Have a feeling that’s where the question will be popped. I may have to sneak on that cruise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted March 10, 2019 Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 Congratulations on reaching Diamond ! That’s a great milestone ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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