Comped Cruise Line/Casino affiliations

[Mauretania]

They change but here's where I think it stands now.
CET - NCL (used to be Carnival)
Mlife - Royal Caribbean
Cosmopolitan - Holland America
Palazzo/Venetian - Princess Cruises (It used to be Carnival)

In the past few years, if you play enough on certain cruise lines, they will comp you from the cruise line, itself.

[Nhcris]

That all looks right to me, Mauretania.

I know some of the locals also offer cruises, although I am not sure if they change cruise lines frequently.

Foxwoods - NCL
Twin River - NCL

Anyone else have any to add?

[boots]

Last fall Cosmopolitan gave me a certificate for a free 7-night Holland America cruise (Caribbean or Mexico).

BUT:

a) It was an inside cabin, meh. (Guess this proves conclusively that I'm not a high-roller!)
b) It was only good for a handful of dates during a limited timespan, none of which I could possibly make.

Oh well! :)

[Evoni]

Last fall Cosmopolitan gave me a certificate for a free 7-night Holland America cruise (Caribbean or Mexico).

BUT:

a) It was an inside cabin, meh. (Guess this proves conclusively that I'm not a high-roller!)
b) It was only good for a handful of dates during a limited timespan, none of which I could possibly make.

Oh well! :)

It's the same deal more or less with Venetian/Palazzo's comp Princess cruise, inside cabin unless one upgrades and I need my balcony. LOL. However they did offer cruises up to 15 days, so for those who don't mind a inside cabin or paying the money to upgrade it's not a bad deal. Our deal was good for about 6 months but we're not using it.

I give credit for M-Life offering Platinum level the 5 day cruises for 2 with balcony and some other perks such as X amount of minutes of free internet, free drink coupons (good only in ship casino though you can leave with drink) free specialty restaurant for 2, priority boarding and a couple other minor things. If Platinum level wants to do a longer cruise they will give you a credit for it and it turns out that within Platinum level the cruise line see rankings and gives some M-Life members more credit then other Platinum M-Life levels. My discount when we went for the 7 day Caribbean was $750.00 which was nice because I already have a cruise booked at a bargain rate and they applied it to that, I didn't have to do a new booking for the discount. For NOIR level which we no longer are with M-Life we had the 7 day cruise with the perks above but included a free bottle of wine and more casino drink coupons.

[Mauretania]

It's the same deal more or less with Venetian/Palazzo's comp Princess cruise, inside cabin unless one upgrades and I need my balcony. LOL. However they did offer cruises up to 15 days, so for those who don't mind a inside cabin or paying the money to upgrade it's not a bad deal. Our deal was good for about 6 months but we're not using it.


My offer was for an ocean view cabin and good through 2015. I did book one for November but it's on one of their newer ships which I'm guessing doesn't have OV as they assigned me a balcony
stateroom. It's a long way off, so not sure I'll be able to go but I can cancel close in.

[Evoni]

My offer was for an ocean view cabin and good through 2015. I did book one for November but it's on one of their newer ships which I'm guessing doesn't have OV as they assigned me a balcony
stateroom. It's a long way off, so not sure I'll be able to go but I can cancel close in.

That's great that yours was a ocean view cabin. So far everyone I have talked to that is gold or platinum with Grazie just got the Princess cruise offer that was for a inside cabin, good to know that some at least got a ocean view and it makes sense that they would have different tiers of offers for the cruises. I just checked and my offer is good until November 30th, 2015 too but letter says two in an interior cabin darn it, if it had been at least ocean view I might have considered using it since Princess has some ships that leave out of San Francisco. At least I got a very nice Princess fabric tote bag with the offer. LOL!

[Nhcris]

Those are sweet offers! I've gotten the ones from Foxwoods for inside staterooms on NCL, but only booked one.

I find it much easier to book directly through NCL's Casino at Sea, and I have qualified for anything from inside to mini suite depending on ship/length/date, etc. They make it simple and affordable to upgrade, and their program is very generous in my opinion. I am a pretty low roller, and my cruising buddy Carol, is an even lower roller. We generally get adjoining balconies as we each qualify for our own room, and they don't charge a single supplement which is one of the very best perks in my opinion!

I'm thinking we might want to start separate threads for different cruiselines. What do you guys think?

[Cyndyga]

Sounds like I need to check out NCL! I was offered the cruise certificate from Cherokee and New Orleans and it was oceanview but I never picked it up because I work and it was during the week...

[Nhcris]

Sounds like I need to check out NCL! I was offered the cruise certificate from Cherokee and New Orleans and it was oceanview but I never picked it up because I work and it was during the week...

DO it DO it! I am looking at a cruise on the Breakaway out of NY to Bermuda in October......

[mcgovernsandra]

Pechanga offers are for NCL also. My husband and I both received one, and NCL allows you to combine then to upgrade from the interior cabins. It also includes free drinks in casino and I think we received some kind of onboard credit also. We are booked on the Getaway in August.

[Evoni]

Pechanga offers are for NCL also. My husband and I both received one, and NCL allows you to combine then to upgrade from the interior cabins. It also includes free drinks in casino and I think we received some kind of onboard credit also. We are booked on the Getaway in August.

Welcome Sandra, good to see you here. See you in April!

[zeus]

Welcome Sandra, good to see you here. See you in April!
I agree. So happy to see you here, Sandra!

[fiatmama]

Hollywood does Carnival now....they used to do NCL.

[Nhcris]

Thanks fiat mama!

[BorgataBabe]

DO it DO it! I am looking at a cruise on the Breakaway out of NY to Bermuda in October......
Loved the Breakaway, sailed on it last November to FL and the Bahamas. Not comped through the casino but loved the ship!


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[SoCalRob]

One of my NA locals (Barona) is also NCL. Great offers however I wasnt able to utilize mine because the dates didn't work out in my favor to the destination I wanted. Plus, while the room is free, the offer didn't include drinks or port taxes etc...So it wasn't entirely a "free" cruise.

[Mauretania]

As far as I know, one must pay the port taxes whether it's a free or comped cruise.

[ReelEmIn]

As far as I know, one must pay the port taxes whether it's a free or comped cruise.

Correct, you can't get away from having to pay port charges and taxes, comped or not.

[Nhcris]

Just saw an offer for a free cruise from Mohegan Sun. I have no idea what cruise line they are affiliated with, but I think it used to be Royal Caribbean/Celebrity.

I grabbed the offer and a comped room for the night, but unfortunately it's for the day after I return from a Vegas trip :faint: I certainly hope it turns out to be worth the effort!

[Hawkeye]

Hope you have a grea time. I don't do cruise. With my luck the ship would sink :tinfoil3:

[declansgigi]

Cherokee recently chaned their card stucture. My platinum card gets me 1 cruise a year...and I plan to take it when it comes.

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[Nhcris]

Cherokee recently chaned their card stucture. My platinum card gets me 1 cruise a year...and I plan to take it when it comes.

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That is interesting! Is that just a Cherokee thing? That's a great deal for Platinum!

[declansgigi]

That is interesting! Is that just a Cherokee thing? That's a great deal for Platinum!
Don't know if its all cherokee or not, but West Siloam and Tulsa have the new structure. Went from 3 level to 4.

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[Nhcris]

Don't know if its all cherokee or not, but West Siloam and Tulsa have the new structure. Went from 3 level to 4.

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Duh, all this time I thought the only Cherokee was the one in North Carolina. You learn something every day! I swear I am going to hit up OK for some casino play somehow!

[SoCalRob]

Last fall Cosmopolitan gave me a certificate for a free 7-night Holland America cruise (Caribbean or Mexico).

BUT:

a) It was an inside cabin, meh. (Guess this proves conclusively that I'm not a high-roller!)
b) It was only good for a handful of dates during a limited timespan, none of which I could possibly make.

Oh well! :)
I just wanted to update this. It looks like Cosmo's affiliation is Norwegian now. I just got a cruise invite from them in the mail yesterday. I wasn't sure if anyone had updated this.

[UTtoyfan]

Just booked a free cruise for January on Carnival! I got the offer from Delta Downs. My first cruise!!!!!

[zeus]

Just booked a free cruise for January on Carnival! I got the offer from Delta Downs. My first cruise!!!!!
That is exciting, buddy! A great way to get rid of the winter blues.

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[Evoni]

Just booked a free cruise for January on Carnival! I got the offer from Delta Downs. My first cruise!!!!!

I'm sure you will love your cruise. I've never been on one yet I haven't had a great time on. Be sure to use Cruise Critic, it's a great source of information and will have a roll call for your cruise if you want to sign up for it.

[Mauretania]

Just booked a free cruise for January on Carnival! I got the offer from Delta Downs. My first cruise!!!!!


Nice UTtoyfan! Are you sailing out of Galveston?

[UTtoyfan]

Nice UTtoyfan! Are you sailing out of Galveston?
Yep!! Very convenient for us Houstonians. :)

[ReelEmIn]

Just booked a free cruise for January on Carnival! I got the offer from Delta Downs. My first cruise!!!!!

Awesome bud! If you have any questions.... Let us know! Most times people create facebook groups to get to know one another before the cruise. I met a few good friends this way on my last cruise.

[Mauretania]

Yep!! Very convenient for us Houstonians. :)

It is! Which Carnival ship are you sailing? What type of stateroom did you book?

BTW, if you're driving/parking down there, there are coupons for EZCruise Parking lot available.

[UTtoyfan]

It is! Which Carnival ship are you sailing? What type of stateroom did you book?

BTW, if you're driving/parking down there, there are coupons for EZCruise Parking lot available.

Carnival Magic. We just did the free interior cabin. Going to make this trip cheap cause I need my monies for da slots!! LMAO!!!!!!!

Cool, thanks for the parking tips! :)

[Mauretania]

Carnival Magic. We just did the free interior cabin. Going to make this trip cheap cause I need my monies for da slots!! LMAO!!!!!!!

Cool, thanks for the parking tips! :)

The inside cabins are a good size. The Magic should be fun as it's one of their newer ships!

[alaska]

I just booked my first cruise in February. I was a free cruise with an ocean view for up to 8 nights from Golden Nugget in Lake Charles. I am only doing the 4 night cruise to test the waters. I am excited!

[Nhcris]

I just booked my first cruise in February. I was a free cruise with an ocean view for up to 8 nights from Golden Nugget in Lake Charles. I am only doing the 4 night cruise to test the waters. I am excited!

That's a great way to try it out. Hope you're going somewhere warm!

If you want to share details or have any questions, we are here :)

[alaska]

That's a great way to try it out. Hope you're going somewhere warm!

If you want to share details or have any questions, we are here :)

Carnival Triumph from Galveston to Cozumel. I have been reading quite a few reviews. It looks fun.

[fiatmama]

I just saw in July that it looks like Hollywood switched back to NCL from Carnival. Haven't gotten a cruise offer from them this year so not sure if that was part of it.

[Georgiagambler]

I just found out that Palazzo is switching from Princess to Carnival. I don't know if that's good or bad but I guess we will see. I'm using my Princess cruise to the Caribbean this weekend so I will definitely enjoy it while I can.


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[zeus]

I just found out that Palazzo is switching from Princess to Carnival. I don't know if that's good or bad but I guess we will see. I'm using my Princess cruise to the Caribbean this weekend so I will definitely enjoy it while I can.


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Have a wonderful time! Take some pics for me please. Maybe around the pool? You know what I like. [emoji8]

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[Georgiagambler]

Have a wonderful time! Take some pics for me please. Maybe around the pool? You know what I like. [emoji8]

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Thanks zeus I am so looking forward to this trip, I can't believe it's coming really fast. Definitely no pictures until I return, my phone will be in Airplane mode the whole trip. Omg I have to start packing - only 3 days away! I still need a mani-pedi and bikini wax (TMI I know) haha but I'm super excited and can't wait. Flying out early Saturday...



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[Elf70]

I just found out that Palazzo is switching from Princess to Carnival. I don't know if that's good or bad but I guess we will see. I'm using my Princess cruise to the Caribbean this weekend so I will definitely enjoy it while I can.


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Have a great trip GG! Looking forward to your pictures.

[Luckylinda123]

Enjoy your cruise

[Curlyd]

Have fun! Will wait patiently for pics when you return.

[Georgiagambler]

Have a great trip GG! Looking forward to your pictures.


Enjoy your cruise


Have fun! Will wait patiently for pics when you return.

Thank you! Almost time...


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[Slot Frenzy]

Have a great time GG--you deserve it!!

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