Princess Cruise
My boys are getting older and I am at a crossroads of that don’t need me as much as they used to and I still want to spend as much time with them as possible. Luckily, both of my boys are trip-motivated. I did a casino status match with Princess Cruises earlier in the year based on my Caesars diamond. I was able to get Ceasars Diamond thanks to my Wynhdam Business Earner card. Princess offered me an interior room for free all I had to pay was taxes and fees. They also wanted a $200 person down payment that we got back through onboard credit.
As you will notice with my a lot of my deals we flew Southwest. My chase sapphire card which I LOVE has ultimate reward points. You can use those points to transfer to a list of travel partners and Southwest is on that list. We could both fly on points so we were out $22.40 for our flights to Ft Lauderdale.
You can transfer ultimate rewards to Hyatt but I didn’t have to do that this trip. I have the Chase Hyatt card. This card costs me $95 a year and each you I get a free night certificate. I haven’t seen a hotel room for $95 in years so I keep this card in my wallet. We ended up staying at the Hyatt Place Dania Beach. I like Hyatt Place when I travel with my teens. The rooms are big and you can usually get 2 queens a pull out couch (perfect when I have both of my kids with me).
My youngest agreed to spend 7 days with me at sea. I started getting nervous about the interior room so when it came to bid on upgrades I took a chance and we got lucky with an unobstructed balcony for an additional $230 total. When we got on the ship we agreed this was money well spent. I am sure an interior would have been fine but it was nice sitting on the balcony even though it was partially obstructed we didn’t mind at all.
We both agreed we had a great time and I recently asked if he would go with me again and he said “Yes” immediately. Lucky for him. I decided to spend a little time in the casino. I love blackjack and I spent enough time this trip they have already started me more offers from the Casino to come back and sail. Trying to find one that fits in our schedule.
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