Cruise Memberships
Cruise memberships are a wonderful way for many travelers to earn discounted or free cruises. Several cruise lines today offer different ways for you to join their “elite” club or apply for their special card where you can earn special credits that can be applied for future cruises. Some of these cruise memberships are pretty much similar to the “frequent flyer miles” that you find with many airlines.
Some of these cruise memberships are for only people that use the cruise line often or for more than one cruise a year.
As examples let's look at what Carnival Cruise Lines offers. They have a credit card where you can earn Sea Miles for a free cruise on their cruise line or any other cruise line of your choosing and also save on resorts, air travel and other great options. You can apply for a Carnival Sea Miles Platinum MasterCard online and begin receiving sea miles practically immediately. At this time, they are also applying 5,000 bonus points to your sea miles at the close of your first billing statement as long as you have made a purchase with your credit card. For every dollar you spend you will receive one sea mile. They also have no annual fee, 100 percent fraud protection, extended warranty, master road assist, purchase assurance and travel assistance service included along with their credit card.
Royal Caribbean has a unique club that you can join if you are a past guest of the cruise line. This cruise membership is called Royal Caribbean International's Crown & Anchor Society and offers many wonderful options for its members. All of these benefits are based on your membership level. Some of the wonderful benefits of cruise memberships with Royal Caribbean include a subscription to their quarterly magazine “Crown & Anchor”, special saving on exclusive Member cruises, a dedicated Loyalty Ambassador aboard all ships, parties and events for members only, learn new itineraries, ships, and ports of call before non-members, and saving on the most popular getaways.
As you can see, cruise memberships can give you all kinds of royal treatment and maybe even a free cruise along the way. |
