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Posted: Sat Jun 17th, 2006 10:55 pm | 1st Post |
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From RCI's website.
Crown & Anchor Benefits;
Gold, after 1st completed cruise.
Platinum, after 5th completed cruise credits.
Diamond, after 10th completed cruise credits.
Diamond Plus, after 24 completed cruise credits.
All member levels/Gold;
Onboard Benefits
Ultimate Value Booklet
*Welcome Back Party**
Complimentary Wine Tasting
**Commemorative gift
Crown & Anchor Society Membership Number (if applicable)
Cruise Planning Benefits
Special savings certificates in every issue of the Crown & Anchor magazine
Additional Benefits
Receive an extra cruise credit when you purchase and sail in a suite (categories RS, OS, FS, GS, JS) for sailings beginning on or after January 1, 2004
Receive two cruise credits for a 12-night or longer cruise/cruisetour on or after January 1, 2003 ****
Award-winning Crown & Anchor magazine
Member contests
Member Cruises
Crown & Anchor Society Desk for membership inquiries
Member section on our website
Member Benefits, Platinum, Diamond & Diamond Plus;
Onboard Benefits
Private departure lounge
Exclusive onboard event
Robes for use onboard
Priority check-in (where available)
Cruise Planning Benefits
NEW for 2005! Receive matching Captain’s Club member recognition when you sail our sister line, Celebrity Cruises
A special number to call for pre-cruise benefits, (888) 437-1953 ***
Complimentary custom air fee ***
Special rates on balcony and suite staterooms ***
Premium savings certificates in every issue of the Crown & Anchor magazine
Diamond & Diamond Plus;
Onboard Benefits
Priority wait list for sold-out shore excursions/spa services
Concierge service on select ships +++
Priority departure from ship
Cruise Planning Benefits
Priority wait list for dining room seating ***
Diamond Plus(in addition to above);
Onboard Benefits
Personalized amenity delivered to your stateroom or dining room
Behind-the-scenes tours *****
Cruise Planning Benefits
Exclusive access to Loyalty Specialist for you or your travel agent
Preferred seating in main dining room
And more Cruise Planning Benefits
Additional Benefits
Diamond Plus membership card
Diamond Plus baggage tags
Diamond Plus lapel pin
Extra Diamond Plus benefits available after 49 and then 75 completed cruise credits
Special benefit available to those valued members who reach their 100th cruise credit
Terms & Conditions
* Savings certificates to use in our spas, casinos, bars, and more – delivered first day of the cruise to your stateroom.
** Offered only on cruise vacations of 7 nights or longer.
*** In order to take advantage of these pre-cruise benefits, complimentary custom air fee, special rates on balcony and suite staterooms, and priority wait list for dining room seating, you must call (888) 437-1953 prior to your cruise. Complimentary custom air fee will only be waived once. For any additional changes made after the initial request, the normal custom air fee will be applied.
**** Earn one cruise credit for each completed sailing and an extra cruise credit when you purchase and sail in a suite (for sailings beginning on or after January 1, 2004) or when you sail on a 12-night or longer cruise/cruisetour (for sailings beginning on or after January 1, 2003).
***** Available only on cruise vacations of 5 nights or longer.
+++ After 5:00 PM, access to Concierge Clus is limited to guests 18 and older. During other times, guests under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
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Posted: Sat Jul 1st, 2006 02:11 am | 2nd Post |
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I gave my C&A number to the TA when we booked last cruise, then forgot all about it.Our friends travelling with us, had a # but did nothing with it.
We started getting all sorts of little perks, (discount coupons, private cocktail party, casino dollars, bags, postcards, etc etc) left on our bed each night. We were embarassed to tell our friends so kept quiet..... on our way one night to the C&A cocktail party they ran into us. OMG, they were ticked, and ranted that they had the same number of cruises and got nothing. They marched into the party anyways!!
So if you have a number, make sure your TA and online check in gets it. Some of the perks were good.. like Starbuck discounts.
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rharvey999
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Posted: Tue Sep 12th, 2006 10:51 pm | 3rd Post |
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The perks are ok thats for sure. This next cruise will bring us to Diamond. Is it worth it? Depends on how often you cruise. We do it because we love it. The Crown and Anchor Society probably has created some loyalty with us, but it isn't the reason we go floating.
Regarding your friends? I am a nice guy, but seriously, was it your responsibility to make sure they knew about the C&A perks?
Glad they did join in though. I'm sure RCCL didn't mind since they probably have another customer in the future.
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Posted: Sat Sep 16th, 2006 12:51 pm | 4th Post |
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This is just my humble opinion, but I think that RCCL should have another level between the Diamond (10th cruise) and Diamond Plus (24th cruise).......I think that's way too far in between.
Something like 16 or over would be another level..........
There's a LOT of Diamond members, but I bet there's not a whole lot of Diamond Plus.
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Posted: Fri Sep 22nd, 2006 07:20 pm | 5th Post |
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| Have never gotten one C&A magazine. been almost 2 years.
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Nurse Daybreak
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Posted: Sat Sep 23rd, 2006 06:08 am | 6th Post |
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TheWog wrote: Have never gotten one C&A magazine. been almost 2 years.
Have you signed up online for C&A? If you have you won't get the mailed coupons but the online ones. To get both you must make sure , if there are two in your household as members, that you call C&A and have one of the members set up to recieve regular mailings. This gives you the best of both. Never seem to be any coupons for the cruise I want though. Oh well.:D
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Posted: Mon Sep 25th, 2006 01:34 pm | 7th Post |
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Nurse Daybreak wrote: TheWog wrote: Have never gotten one C&A magazine. been almost 2 years.
Have you signed up online for C&A? If you have you won't get the mailed coupons but the online ones. To get both you must make sure , if there are two in your household as members, that you call C&A and have one of the members set up to recieve regular mailings. This gives you the best of both. Never seem to be any coupons for the cruise I want though. Oh well.:D
Initially I had signed up online. I then called when I booked the Freedom to make sure they had my number and everything and was told I should sign up there as well and they "took care of it" for me. Oh well.
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Ice cream should be a food group.
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Posted: Tue Sep 26th, 2006 03:06 am | 8th Post |
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If you have signed up online you can go to the C&A section on RCL websirte and see the specila values that are for C&A members. If there is another person in your household who is also a C&A member you can call and have that preson signed up for regular paper mailings. I've been told the coupons are different than those online.
Check at the C&A online site and see if you're signed up there. If you're signed up online you will not get regular mail mailings but the online coupons. I did get a small booklet last june 4X6 inches and about 8 pages long but no coupons. I think if you want the reguilar paper mailings if you call the C&A desk they can change that for you.
TheWog where are you at in the soggy northeast?
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Posted: Tue Sep 26th, 2006 02:00 pm | 9th Post |
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Nurse Daybreak wrote: If you have signed up online you can go to the C&A section on RCL websirte and see the specila values that are for C&A members. If there is another person in your household who is also a C&A member you can call and have that preson signed up for regular paper mailings. I've been told the coupons are different than those online.
Check at the C&A online site and see if you're signed up there. If you're signed up online you will not get regular mail mailings but the online coupons. I did get a small booklet last june 4X6 inches and about 8 pages long but no coupons. I think if you want the reguilar paper mailings if you call the C&A desk they can change that for you.
TheWog where are you at in the soggy northeast?
I'll give that a try. Thanks.
I'm in Nashua, NH. Just a bit north of you. I put my location in back in June with ALLLLL the rain we were having.
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Ice cream should be a food group.
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Posted: Tue Sep 26th, 2006 08:04 pm | 10th Post |
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That's right, I almost forgot how rainy it was back then. Other than the rain in June and the excessive heat in July it was a lovely summer. Actually this was the best August I can remember in my 24 years in New England.
Let me know how it works out for you getting your mailings.
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Posted: Wed Sep 27th, 2006 02:25 am | 11th Post |
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| Wow! Our last 9 day cruise was the best yet! Once again did not step off the ship in Cozumel...but Costa Maya...WOW, what a cool port! Actually wound up spending money there!!! Locals loved us... LOL :D
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Posted: Wed Sep 27th, 2006 02:45 am | 12th Post |
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| I loved Costa Maya too, though I'm sure it is more bult up now. It was a beautiful, raw port when we were there 4 years ago. What's it like now? I agree about Cozumel. The only reason we got off is that the friends we were traveling with, the wife loves to shop. Well, I shopped for about an hour and then made my way with DH to the pier side bar where we had a blast, Senor Frogs.:D
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Posted: Wed Sep 27th, 2006 11:43 pm | 13th Post |
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| It's been a while since I've been to Costa Maya too. Can't wait to see it next month!
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Posted: Thu Sep 28th, 2006 01:11 pm | 14th Post |
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| Deb your cruise is getting closer. Mine is still two months away and I am so ready. :D
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Posted: Thu Sep 28th, 2006 02:07 pm | 15th Post |
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Me too Gordon! It's been much too long since I set foot on a ship. Maybe I'll start packing this weekend! 
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Posted: Thu Sep 28th, 2006 02:57 pm | 16th Post |
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Costa Maya was a pleasant surprise. The pier is quite long and there was a little shuttle train to take you back and forth. The area is very clean and well maintained. There is a large semi circle of shops, lots of jewelry stores, also bars and restaurants. In the center is a large round pool with a swim up bar. Lots of local merchandise for sale in various venues. Throughout the park are entertainment plazas with mariachi bands and dancers in colorful native costume. You'll love it!
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Posted: Sun Oct 8th, 2006 01:49 am | 17th Post |
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i know it's not much of a reward with RCI.....i have sailed about 8 cruises with RCI and celebrity....and i'm still at the gold status.....i sent an e-mail out to an amie griffin and her response was that she would update after faxing all the requested info.....i just picked up my tickets and STILL a gold member....man....so should i e-mail again or just drop it and bitch about it to myself while having a martini:out of it:.......what does everyone think?.......jeff
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Posted: Sun Oct 8th, 2006 02:39 am | 18th Post |
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I'd e-mail her back and remind her about what she told you! You know the old saying "the squeaking wheel gets the oil..........
Let us know how it turns out! :dude:
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Posted: Sun Oct 8th, 2006 10:33 am | 19th Post |
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I've never had a problem getting cruises credited. I'd call again, and if they don't have the information, instead of faxing, I'd mail copies (with a nice, polite letter) of the information to:
Crown & Anchor Society,
P.O. Box 026053
Miami, FL 33102-6053
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Posted: Sun Oct 8th, 2006 11:14 pm | 20th Post |
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jeffrossatsea wrote: i know it's not much of a reward with RCI.....i have sailed about 8 cruises with RCI and celebrity....and i'm still at the gold status.....i sent an e-mail out to an amie griffin and her response was that she would update after faxing all the requested info.....i just picked up my tickets and STILL a gold member....man....so should i e-mail again or just drop it and bitch about it to myself while having a martini:out of it:.......what does everyone think?.......jeff
Jeff, Were 5 or more on RCI. I have been told that Celebrity cruises don't count to your C&A membership level. Once you get to Platinum you have recriprocating privledges with the captains' club but their cruises won't increase your C&A level. Therefore if you have 4 RCI and 4 Celebrity you would still be a gold.
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong but that was what I was told.
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Posted: Sun Oct 8th, 2006 11:39 pm | 21st Post |
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| Nurse Daybreak is correct. I missed the part about some of them being on Celebrity. You must have 5 on Royal Caribbean to become Platinum.
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Posted: Mon Oct 9th, 2006 05:06 am | 22nd Post |
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| yea i kinda knew about the celebrity and RCI rewards being added together, but my friend that has done just as many cruises with RCI and celebrity as me is now a platinum member....i sure don't want her to lose that....i guess i should just grin and bear it huh......gold is better than a kick in the pants i guess......jeff
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Posted: Mon Oct 9th, 2006 05:47 am | 23rd Post |
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jeffrossatsea wrote: yea i kinda knew about the celebrity and RCI rewards being added together, but my friend that has done just as many cruises with RCI and celebrity as me is now a platinum member....i sure don't want her to lose that....i guess i should just grin and bear it huh......gold is better than a kick in the pants i guess......jeff
Did your friend cruise in a JS or above. That gets you two cruise credits instead of one. Friends of ours had cruised RCI before us and then we went on our first RCI with them they booked inside cabins both times. We booked a JS. Our next cruise was in an E1 and theirs was a JS and now they are back in an inside and we will be in another JS. We will all become Platinum after this next cruise but they will have actually cruised RCI more than we will have. I bet we hit diamond before they do though as DH says JS or better or he won't go at all.
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Posted: Mon Oct 9th, 2006 03:39 pm | 24th Post |
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| no we always cruised together other than the time she did a 4 day to the bahamas on the nordic empress with a girlfriend on hers.....but i did a 7 day to the eastern caribbean with a friend of mine.......we have always cruised with an inside cabin.......jeff
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Posted: Mon Oct 9th, 2006 03:49 pm | 25th Post |
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| here's a pic of the last RCI ship i was on.....though she was a big girl.....i did enjoy the cruise and a mini-storm that i still talk about.......jeff Attachment: explorerotseasRCCL-5.JPG (Downloaded 10 times)
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