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I am always leery of websites that are not directly royalcaribbean.com. This one says royalcaribbean.cashstar.com, so I am going to be doing a little bit more research to find out whether this is a legitimate source for gift cards before considering a purchase.

EDIT - It appears to be a legitimate company that represents a number of big name retailers in selling gift cards. However, many many customers are not satisfied with their purchases through Cashstar for a variety of alarming reasons. Since there are quite a few other retailers out there that sell gift cards, I would probably go with a different retailer versus this one to have peace of mind that I'm actually getting what I want to get. 👍

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@Cactus527 The link is legit. You can get there quite easily directly through the Royal website and that also has the “cashstar” in the url. Cash Star is the vendor who does their electronic gift cards. The photo is the url I got to using only RC’s website for navigation for gift cards. Thanks @nate91! You just got me a free $400!

Update: Bought a $2000 card for $1600. And just applied the $2000 card to my outstanding balance. Worked flawlessly. 

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It's legit. If you're receiving the C&A emails you should be receiving a personalized link. There were no problems redeeming on a Celebrity booking just now.

 

Edit: It's worth knowing that these are low security gift cards. If someone knows your email address then they can access your cards. I wouldn't buy anymore than what I can turn and use today (or won't cry over if lost). 

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1 hour ago, Ryan79 said:

@Cactus527 The link is legit. You can get there quite easily directly through the Royal website and that also has the “cashstar” in the url. Cash Star is the vendor who does their electronic gift cards. The photo is the url I got to using only RC’s website for navigation for gift cards. Thanks @nate91! You just got me a free $400!

Update: Bought a $2000 card for $1600. And just applied the $2000 card to my outstanding balance. Worked flawlessly. 

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My experience was identical to @Ryan79

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Wouldn't you know I just paid off an upcoming March Cruise yesterday and I had a couple more days but I didn't want to forget. Could have saved a couple hundred dollars. But I do have another cruise coming up in September where I can save $400 so I guess I will get $2,000 worth. Got the email this morning.

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1 hour ago, smokeybandit said:

Has anyone used this on board before? I know it says it can be used as OBC, but wanted first hand experience with redeeming them.

Yes. Someone gave my wife a $50 e-gift card last year. We took the printout to guest services & it was placed in our onboard account. It took maybe 5 minutes.

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@bluer101 You should be OK. I even bought a second gift card from that link and both have already been applied on future crises and even got the receipt from Royal showing the payments being applied. Weird you have to wait 24 hours, but I wouldn’t worry about it. It’s legit.

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Those who have purchased, how is the purchase being coded on your credit card statement?  Does it show as a travel purchase or an online merchandise/retailer purchase?

Gotta make the most of my credit card points, so these details matter 😆  I mean 20% savings is more than a 5% travel kickback, but if i can double dip anyways, why the heck not?

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6 minutes ago, AshleyDillo said:

Those who have purchased, how is the purchase being coded on your credit card statement?  Does it show as a travel purchase or an online merchandise/retailer purchase?

Double dip away!!  From my purchase receipt email: "The charge will appear on your credit card as: CS *RCG-AEN Gift Card."

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22 minutes ago, Ryan79 said:

@bluer101 You should be OK. I even bought a second gift card from that link and both have already been applied on future crises and even got the receipt from Royal showing the payments being applied. Weird you have to wait 24 hours, but I wouldn’t worry about it. It’s legit.

Called gift card services number and they removed the decline issue on the card. This was because I accidentally put in the wrong month on the expiration and it kicked it as decline from there on. So don’t type in anything wrong when redeeming. I redeemed the card while online with their customer support. 

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Just now, Pattycruise said:

I’ve got no such offer

 what is the email heading please?

Just use the URL from the OP @nate91 - assuming you are Diamond or better.

https://royalcaribbean.cashstar.com/store/recipient?locale=en-us&promoCode=CASGIFTS24&ecid=em_13052634&rid=944525057&rcid=107916754&empc=LOYALTY_EXCLUSIVE&emsc=CS_US&empf=&emct=DIAMOND&lnkid=HERO_IMG&ect=TAC&ecv=CS

 

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1 hour ago, OCSC Mike said:

Yes. Someone gave my wife a $50 e-gift card last year. We took the printout to guest services & it was placed in our onboard account. It took maybe 5 minutes.

Did you go to GS right away or after you had $50 on your account?

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6 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

Did you go to GS right away or after you had $50 on your account?

Ummm.... honestly, I don't remember. I feel like we waited until day 2 when GS wasn't crowded and I probably had a balance by then but I don't think it matters. It just showed up as a cash payment of $50 or something in the line item when I checked the app as soon as GS processed it.

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According to the link, it says that it applies to purchases of $350 and more. My question is, if I wanted to give Christmas presents to my family for our February cruise, can i purchase say $100 gift cards for 5 people and still get the 20% or will they count it as 5 separate $100 transactions and therefore not eligible for the 20% discount?

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2 hours ago, Mturk said:

According to the link, it says that it applies to purchases of $350 and more. My question is, if I wanted to give Christmas presents to my family for our February cruise, can i purchase say $100 gift cards for 5 people and still get the 20% or will they count it as 5 separate $100 transactions and therefore not eligible for the 20% discount?

I read it as a single gift card value has to be 350 or more. But you can confirm just by adding five $100s to your cart and see what it says

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Looking at the "pay for my cruise" part on a UK bought cruise sailing rom the US there is no option to pay by gift card so lovely as it would be to buy these I think I would end up with money on something that I couldn't use 😞

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I wonder if they are refundable if you apply them to a cruise and have to cancel your cruise before Final Payment date.  The discount might be troublesome in this case.  No mention of it in FAQs.

Edit after fact.  I did go ahead and buy one and apply to future cruise.  Travel Agent told me to keep the gift card and if cancellation were to occur, the value would be placed back onto the same gift card.

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19 minutes ago, FOB said:

Looking at the "pay for my cruise" part on a UK bought cruise sailing rom the US there is no option to pay by gift card so lovely as it would be to buy these I think I would end up with money on something that I couldn't use 😞

When I read the details it says internationally it does not work. Sorry

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