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Princess cruise gift cards

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March 8, 2024
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I heard that AARP offered a Princess cruise line Gift card. I am new to the website and App and have not seen an offer. Can anyone confirm if this offer is still available?

KellytheBelly

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Hi @DaleF624860. Welcome!

Yes, there are Princess Gift Cards currently available in the AARP Rewards Catalog. [see image below]

You can find what cruises are available, here: https://www.aarp.org/rewards/redeem/#sort-by=default&type=filter_travel

Hope this helps! And, 'Happy Cruising!' 🛳 🙂

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P.S. To familiarize yourself with AARP Rewards and the AARP Rewards catalog... here's some other ways to do so.

If you just want to see what's available in all of the rewards catalog, you can go here: https://www.aarp.org/rewards/redeem/#sort-by=default. This takes a bit of scrolling.

If you just want to see what's available for points only rewards, you can go here: https://www.aarp.org/rewards/redeem/#currency=filter_points&sort-by=default

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ShelliM540884

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But you can buy them or any because of this stupid error that's been happening for weeks..

Sorry something went wrong with the transaction.

I have bought for years and this is the first time I can't

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AARPConsumerCare

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I'm sorry to hear you're not able to purchase the gift cards this time, @ShelliM540884. Please send me a private message with your name and email address or use the "CHAT" feature located at the bottom of the screen and I will be happy to take a look into this. Thank you! - Diana G.

RobinB483473

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So extremely disappointed to find out today that the Princess Gift Cards are no longer available. This is the ONLY reason I joined a few months ago. The rep I spoke with gave me the scripted answer, but I sure would like more of an explanation since Carnival and Holland America cards are still available and they are under the Carnival umbrella. So extremely disappointed!

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DoloresS374841

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I also tried to buy them a few days ago. When I called AARP the rep read me a notice she received that said Princess is no longer participating in the AARP discounted gift card program.

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AARPConsumerCare

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@DoloresS374841 So sorry about this! Princess Cruise Lines has decided to discontinue offering discounted gift cards through the AARP Rewards Program. However, we do still have a variety of other popular brands, including Carnival, Celebrity, and Royal Caribbean. - Janelle M.

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ronvogel

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Based on this thread, I reached out to Princess Cruise's President and Customer Relations people, and got a call back just this morning from the head office. The woman I spoke to was just as surprised by this as I was, had reached out to various high up folks, and told me that this was AARP's decision, NOT A PRINCESS DECISION. So someone is not telling the truth. Don't know for sure which side, but she really, really was adamant that it was not a Princess decision.

There are some other ways to get discounted Princess gift cards. Not sure if I can mention them here (don't want the entire post to get deleted). They are not offered all the time, but I've seen $100, $200, and $500 Princess gift cards offered periodically at an 8% discount via a major online computer retailer website (with a coupon code and with signing up to their website).

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FredH923215

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Thanks, Ron. I wish I knew what that other website was. Anyway, if you hear anything at all, please let us know on this thread so that we will get a notification of your post. I really hope you can straighten this out. I am in the middle of a princess cruise right now, have another one coming up in a few weeks, and I want to book a third.

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ronvogel

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NewEgg, TopCashBack, Swagbucks, Mypoints, InboxDollars, Upromise and even Amazon all have offered discounts of various amounts on newly issued Princess gift cards.

NewEgg had $500 Carnival earlier today, but had Princess just last week. They had $500, $200, and $100 Princess e-GCs recently.

A website topcashback offers 6.9% back on Princess gift cards every day. Click on GiftCards on the top line menu and the shopping button, then search for Princess. Never had a problem with them. They occasionally run bonuses of $3 extra or so, sometimes as much as $5 in addition to the 6.9%.

A series of websites all owned by the same folks (Swagbucks, MyPoints, InboxDollars, and Upromise) all offer gift cards for sale. But they only offer 5% back at the present time (I didn't check all, only one of them, but they generally offer the same)

Amazon offered a deal starting in the last day or two for $10 off if using your Discover card and rewards from your Discover card towards a $75 or more purchase. Plus the Discover card itself is offering 5% rebate on up to $1500 in purchases at Amazon this quarter if you register. The 5% bonus category spend as well as the $10 discount works on non-Amazon branded gift cards (in other words, any other gift card that Amazon sells directly).

Around Black Friday, I believe I've seen Princess themselves offer some sort of discount on gift cards.

So, there are actually many different ways of getting discounts on Princess gift cards, just not always as good or convenient as what AARP Rewards provided (at the height of the pandemic, AARP actually provided a 12% discount).

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BrianH860871

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Very disappointed with AARP at not offering Princess Gift Cards. We did renew our membership because of the Princess Gift Cards and are not planning on renewing. I am guessing they were extremely popular with Members as they would occasionally run out. I really do not think they listen to feedback on a message board, but I do think when I do not renew I will list the reason as no longer offering Princess Gift Cards. I would guess they had some fulfillment issue that resulted in decision to drop them. If more drop because of this reason, maybe they will bring them back.

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Doodad101700

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FYI... When I canceled my auto-Renew with AARP because of No Gift Cards. They asked me why. I clicked the link and the link was broken. Guess they don't care.

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AARPConsumerCare

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I'm sorry to hear you decided to cancel automatic renewal, @Doodad101700. May I know which link are you referring to?

While the Princess Cruise Line gift cards are no longer available through AARP Rewards, we still have the ones from Carnival, Celebrity, Royal Caribbean, and Holland America Line. - Diana G.

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ronvogel

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I just sent an email off to both the head of Princess and the head of AARP, hoping that they can kick start things and get something moving so Princess gift cards can again be offered via AARP Rewards. Both sides saying that it was a decision by the other side isn't all that helpful. Reps here saying that you can still buy other cruise gift cards isn't helpful. It took me a while to get the head of AARP's email (Ms. Jenkins), but eventually found it. The head of Princess is easier to find (Mr. Padgett). Just hoping that they can both give whatever employees below them a swift kick in the rear to get the organizations talking to each other and the gift cards available again.

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ronvogel

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Just wanted to add that original email to Princess and AARP heads was sent on 10/18. It is now 11/3 and no indication back from either side that anything is changing or being worked on.

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billd612468

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Celebrity gift cards clearly aren't like a real gift card. Seriously mislabeled, it should be called a Cruise Payment card because that is all it good for. Extremely misleading business practices.

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Doodad101700

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Totally agree with you! Celebrity gift cards from AARP are a SCAM! They do not respond to emails (email address on the "gift" card) and last time I called I was 5 minutes on hold until I get fed up and hung up! Non Refundable by AARP! Not sure how I will get my $450 out of this card. Not a gift card a payment to Celebrity (not your Travel Agent) card. You have to book through Celebrity. New cruise only!

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AARPConsumerCare

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Hello @Doodad101700, I can understand your frustration. Carnival Terms state that gift cards are redeemable at participating Carnival Cruise Line® ships for passenger travel to pay for ticket purchases and as deposit to an onboard account. Gift Cards can be redeemed for or on any cruise sold or operated by Carnival Cruise Line®, except onboard those sailings operating in a non-USD functional currency onboard. We recommend you contact them directly for information about your cruise selection and to find out if gift cards will be accepted for reservations or onboard before purchasing. Complete terms and conditions available at carnival.ourgiftcards.com. - Daniela R.

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SarahO634868

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FYI someone had responded with the newegg code and I was able to use it just fine but after my husband used it newegg canceled the order citing a lack of inventory.