Anyone else notice Royal’s double-points promo excludes casino offers?

Just saw a genuinely current one that caught my eye. Royal Caribbean Blog posted last week that Royal is running a Double Points promotion for new bookings made July 21 through July 31, 2026, on select sailings from September 1, 2026 to April 30, 2027. The part that jumped out at me: it says the promo does not combine with complimentary cruises or casino offers. That got my attention because a lot of us live in that overlap between casino mailers and loyalty status chasing. For anyone who books both ways depending on the trip, this feels like one of those little details that can matter more than the headline. My take: nice promo if you were already planning to pay cash, but probably not a game changer for casino players unless the math works for your style of cruising. Curious how you all look at this stuff: would you ever skip a casino offer to grab double loyalty points instead?

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Yep, that exclusion matters more than the headline. Royal’s promo terms usually hide the real answer in the combinability section, and “not combinable with complimentary cruises or casino offers” is pretty straightforward. I’d also check whether an instant savings rate, NextCruise booking, or group rate beats the value of the extra Crown & Anchor points on that particular sailing. For me, I wouldn

That tracks with what I’ve seen. Royal loves a big headline and then the fine print comes in like the check after a steakhouse dinner. Denise and I ran into something similar on a past booking where the public promo looked nice, but once the casino rate was in the mix it turned into an apples-to-okra comparison. For me it comes down to total trip cost, not just points. If I’m paying noticeably mo

I’d read that as Royal keeping the casino lane and the loyalty promo lane in separate buckets, which isn’t exactly new. Back in the day, the comp rules were simpler, but they were still their own animal. What I’d want to know is whether the double points attach only to a straight public fare, or if they’ll honor it on a booking that started one way and later gets repriced. Sometimes the interestin