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When we booked our Alaska cruise earlier this year we got the RC credit card and got the $100 OBC as a result. My wife always had store credit cards (Macy's, etc.) but she wanted "her own" Visa/MC. I download transactions from my cards on a regular basis so always saw what was being spent and where which was a real pain for her when she wanted to buy me a gift ? So when we got the RC card that became hers.

Well she racked up some points between the 2 cruises, a bunch of dental work that she put on the card and then got reimbursed and her regular purchases. After we pay off the upcoming cruise next week we'll have about 30K points. 

Since getting a Casino Royal discount for our Bahama cruise next March I started playing myVegas from time to time and racked up about 60K points on there.

Is it possible to use the myVegas and the credit card points on the same cruise? E.g, book the cruise using the credit card points for a partial discount and then using myVegas points for OBC? Or do you have to use one or the other? For the two cruises coming up we've already paid for our excursions and MEI is covering gratuities so I don't anticipate having much of a bill on the ships since we don't  drink much in the way of alcohol.    So we'll just have to go on another RC cruise......

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On 9/14/2018 at 6:06 PM, KJ1231 said:

Is it possible to use the myVegas and the credit card points on the same cruise? E.g, book the cruise using the credit card points for a partial discount and then using myVegas points for OBC? Or do you have to use one or the other?

Tagging @Wilson since he is Mr. MyVegas

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On ‎9‎/‎14‎/‎2018 at 5:06 PM, KJ1231 said:

Is it possible to use the myVegas and the credit card points on the same cruise? E.g, book the cruise using the credit card points for a partial discount and then using myVegas points for OBC? Or do you have to use one or the other? For the two cruises coming up we've already paid for our excursions and MEI is covering gratuities so I don't anticipate having much of a bill on the ships since we don't  drink much in the way of alcohol.    So we'll just have to go on another RC cruise......

You can combine both but only for onboard credit. You have to redeem your MyVegas points first and book the cruise within 14 days. They will give you an email address to send your redemption code and someone will call you to book. Another option is to redeem MyVegas points and call Casino Royal with your redemption code at 1-888-561-2234. Transfer your booking to your favorite MEI agent for their perks and then redeem your Royal credit card points for more onboard credit. You can’t use Royal Card points for cruise booking discount and then cash in MyVegas rewards. 

We redeemed all our Royal Visa points and cancelled the card. There are many other cash back cards that pay significantly more than Royal Visa and you use the cash to pay off cruise. 

Our Sam’s Mastercard pays the following back in cash:

5% on fuel

3% on travel and dining 

1% on everything else 

I know this doesn’t help with your current scenario, but something to consider for the future. We are getting significantly more cruise cash using a different credit card.  

 

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