CelebrationFlCruiser Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 We own quite a bit of Royal Caribbean Ltd stock and have never utilized the shareholders credit while cruising on Royal Caribbean, so this next, upcoming, cruise we decided to use it. You have to jump through a number of hoops but we thought let's do it see if it works. If you own 100 or more shares of stock they give you $100 of on board credit. We copied our stock, filled out the forms, and submitted them expecting to have some on-board credit. What we got was a letter stating that we already have used advertized available discounts, and that the stock $100 credit was not combine-able with anything else. Why have the credit out there if you can't ever use it? Has anyone else had this experience or been able to use the stock option $100 credit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelebrationFlCruiser Posted July 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Here's the link to the shareholders benefit program. http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=103045&p=irol-shareholderbenefit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monctonguy Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Sounds like a lot of their deals and sales and not being combinable with other deals and incentives. That being said, this is prob one discount I will never have to worry about seeing as I have 0 shares...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelebrationFlCruiser Posted July 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 If you buy enough shares, the dividends will pay for a cruise or more a year. Then when you are done cruising, cash in your stock and then you are cruising free, Ha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocLC Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 I think the shareholder benefit should be offered, regardless of any other discounts one has booked with especially since I don't believe their competition is nearly as restrictive with their shareholder benefit. Galveston Steve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jticarruthers Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Personally I think if you are going to offer benefits such as a stockholder benefit and loyalty benefits they should always be combinable with any other offers. Buy our stock, we give you this perk ... which oh yeah you can never use ... that builds goodwill. Cruise with us often, build up status in our loyalty program, we give you this perk .... which oh yeah you cant always use .... that builds loyalty. If you are offering perks, honor them. DocLC and Galveston Steve 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 A lot of promos are not combinable with the shareholder discount. I ran into a similar issue with a Weekend WOW sale, where my Emerald balcony discount was a better deal than the Weekend WOW but I could not combine the two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelebrationFlCruiser Posted August 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 Any promo is not combinable with the shareholders on board credit. This is not a promo or discount. It is a on-board credit, like the casino credit, like any credit. Except you can never use it. All the other on-board credits are combinable with everything :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelebrationFlCruiser Posted August 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 Royal Caribbean stock (NYSE: RCL) is somewhere around $90 a share (today’s high was $91.26 per share). Going back a year in history the low was ~$50 and the high is what it is now. So if you put in an order to buy in the fifties and sell when it reaches, say, one hundred. You can make money and be a shareholder (stakeholder) of Royal Caribbean Ltd., Ha http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/rcl Average cruise is ~$1000 more or less a person. Buy $1,000 shares, and if the market keeps doing what it has done in the past, you will have ~$2,000 in a years time. Or, just hold on to it and let it ride. August 2nd 2015, “Royal Caribbean chairman Richard Fain sold 151,032 shares of his cruise line's stock for $13,650,151 at an average price of $90.40 a share. President and Chief Operating Officer Adam Goldstein sold 4,184 shares at at $91.08 per share for a total value of $381,094.19. Royal Caribbean's General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer Bradley Stein sold 2,402 shares of the company stock for for a total value of $218,748.70. In sum, these insider traders sold $14,249,993 of company stockâ€. Web Jim Walker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelebrationFlCruiser Posted August 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 I totally agree with jticarruthers, "if your going to offer a perk, honor it". And oh yes, this is not a perk, it is an on-board credit (that you indirectly purchased) they never give you. They offer it, then as it turns out, you can never use it. Worthless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelebrationFlCruiser Posted August 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2015 Here's the official offering, but you can never use it. Q&A http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=103045&p=irol-shareholderbenefit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKarl Posted August 12, 2015 Report Share Posted August 12, 2015 If you own RCCL stock shouldn't you be screaming if they "Give Away" any profits they could be making for their shareholders? Just a thought. :P EmersonNZ and Matt 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 If you own RCCL stock shouldn't you be screaming if they "Give Away" any profits they could be making for their shareholders? Just a thought. :P Moreover, you shouldn't buy stock for the cruise discounts. It's never really been a great source of saving money. EmersonNZ and Galveston Steve 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooper Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 I've never been able to use this either... same as everyone else, I guess. With the number of discounts that are being offered nowadays, I don't imagine anyone books a cruise without at least some kind of offer or deal, so I guess I'll never use this. Besides, if the big wigs are selling their stock right now, maybe I should do likewise... :wacko: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelebrationFlCruiser Posted August 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 So, to stay on topic, I guess the answer in no. No one has been able to use the shareholders credit on a cruise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 So, to stay on topic, I guess the answer in no. No one has been able to use the shareholders credit on a cruise. I've never tried to use it but I suspect the better answer is no one has been able to combine the shareholder credit with other discounts. I have no doubt one could apply the discount to a cruise but in many cases, it's not the best deal out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 I did get the shareholder's benefit once. We had booked a 3-night cruise during a WOW sale and got $25 in onboard credit. We had that onboard credit removed and replaced with the shareholder's benefit which was $50 in onboard credit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amartincampbell Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 Yes, but only if you are not a Rccl stockholder as shareholder benefits are being used as incentives for most other passengers. Carnival Cruises Ltd don't have such a silly catch 22. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davelliott Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 I have 100 shares of the stock and have gotten the OBC many times. I can't remember exactly how many, but it is around 6 or 7 times. It varies on the length of the cruise. I have been denied the credit when I had the balcony discount. Usually the credit was received when I booked inside cabins. WHStoneman and IRMO12HD 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Posted May 8, 2016 Report Share Posted May 8, 2016 It is a benefit that costs nothing. I always put the request in, and many times the credit is given, sometimes they claim not available. But if that happens I also notice to the Manager of Shareholder Relations, and express displeasure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisercamper Posted May 13, 2016 Report Share Posted May 13, 2016 I had no problem getting the $100 OBC for our cruise in March 2016. In fact I was surprised how fast it was approved and applied to the account. It is combinable with the BOGO sales but not combinable with anything else such as the current $100-200 instant savings or the free gratuity promo. IRMO12HD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHStoneman Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 I have 100 shares of the stock and have gotten the OBC many times. I can't remember exactly how many, but it is around 6 or 7 times. It varies on the length of the cruise. I have been denied the credit when I had the balcony discount. Usually the credit was received when I booked inside cabins. I have received my CCL OBC every time I have requested. I am considering a purchase of RCL in the coming months. Moral of the story, you will never know if you don't ask. Always fax in my documentation with little effort...it's not a big deal. Todd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Moral of the story, you will never know if you don't ask. Bingo. Worst they will ever tell you is a simple "no". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcarney Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 ...and frankly if you are buying the stock just for the cruise discount, you probably shouldn't be buying stock at all (...said from personal experience...). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHStoneman Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 ...and frankly if you are buying the stock just for the cruise discount, you probably shouldn't be buying stock at all (...said from personal experience...). YMMV......my stock investments in the "cruise" industry show a 37.875% increase. I couldn't be happier. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izthewizz Posted July 20, 2016 Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 I am delighted to say I have just been advised that my shareholder benefit I had applied for has been duly granted for my next 3 cruises on Azamara - what are these people complaining about? Thank you :P Juan XX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocLC Posted July 20, 2016 Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 I am delighted to say I have just been advised that my shareholder benefit I had applied for has been duly granted for my next 3 cruises on Azamara - what are these people complaining about? Thank you :P Juan XX My guess is that Azamara doesn't have the same stipulations on their pricing that Royal has with regards to combining offers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deatonte Posted July 21, 2016 Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 Many years ago the shareholder credit use to be combinable with other on board credits, however as things go in business that benefit was changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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