Salt Water Buckeye Posted August 3, 2019 Report Posted August 3, 2019 Have sailed on RCL ships and have accumulated C&A points. Just booked a re-positioning cruise on Celebrity Reflection for April 2020. Celebrity has its own loyalty program, but has anyone else sailed on both lines and knows if sailing on a Celebrity ship can add to your already existing C&A points? Quote
Tanner Posted August 3, 2019 Report Posted August 3, 2019 It won't ADD to your C&A but you get reciprocal status. As an example if you are Diamond with Royal you will get the perks of whatever the equivalent Captain's Club level is. Quote
KathyC Posted August 3, 2019 Report Posted August 3, 2019 It would be nice, but you at least get status level. We're on Celebrity for the first time in October. We have Elite status with 0 points. Only 750 to go for Elite Plus! Celebrity has a different system in which you earn points, which does not correspond in any way to Royals. My lowly 97 points from RCCL is peanuts in the whole scheme of things, I'd be at their second lowest level, Classic, which is 2-149 points. When we do sail, we're in Aquaclass, which will earn us 6 nights x 5 points per night based on class, a whopping 30 points. A drop in the bucket...we'll make Diamond Plus long before we even get out of Classic, if it wasn't for reciprocal status! Quote
Salt Water Buckeye Posted August 3, 2019 Author Report Posted August 3, 2019 Thank you for your feedback! Quote
Rob&Ana Posted August 19, 2019 Report Posted August 19, 2019 I did read some comments somewhere that someone asked Michael Bayley about this same topic and he said they were looking into unifying the loyalty programs across all the Royal Caribbean International brands. Does anyone have info or comments on this? Quote
Louvanh Posted August 19, 2019 Report Posted August 19, 2019 That would be a great idea. Especially since on last cruise end of July the next cruise desk offered cruises on Royal and Celebrity. Quote
F1guynz Posted August 19, 2019 Report Posted August 19, 2019 I don't think I would be in favour of this. While on the surface it sounds like a good idea it would ultimately devalue the loyalty program as there would be many more people at higher levels in the scheme. The cruise line would then need to make it harder to obtain different levels as it would be to easy go get points. You saw the same thing with airline loyalty schemes where they made it easier to earn points from credit cards and other sources. As a consequence they had to increase the number of points you needed to get a free flight. YOLO and Rob&Ana 2 Quote
twangster Posted August 19, 2019 Report Posted August 19, 2019 It's easy for MB to comment on unification but keep in mind he only represents one brand. I haven't heard his counterparts speak to it who have their own loyal customer base who probably don't want MB's gang invading their turf. Quote
YOLO Posted August 19, 2019 Report Posted August 19, 2019 6 hours ago, F1guynz said: I don't think I would be in favour of this. While on the surface it sounds like a good idea it would ultimately devalue the loyalty program as there would be many more people at higher levels in the scheme. The cruise line would then need to make it harder to obtain different levels as it would be to easy go get points. Ditto. I am not sure this would be a good idea at all. I see more cons than pros. Quote
YOLO Posted August 19, 2019 Report Posted August 19, 2019 FYI, here is a June thread (I thought worth bookmarking) which discusses much the same topic... Quote
Flacruiser99 Posted August 20, 2019 Report Posted August 20, 2019 On 8/18/2019 at 9:28 PM, Rob&Ana said: I did read some comments somewhere that someone asked Michael Bayley about this same topic and he said they were looking into unifying the loyalty programs across all the Royal Caribbean International brands. Does anyone have info or comments on this? It's never going to happen. Quote
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