Carnival Sea Miles Credit Card came in the mail the other day, and I activated it. Yesterday, I started the process of tranferring my balance from my AAdvantage credit card to my Carnival Sea Miles Credit Card. It said it might take a few days. I haven’t checked back yet. I will get Carnival Sea Miles for my transferred balanace. My balance is a little higher than I would like. I will get it paid off quickly. At least I will get the Carnival Sea Miles! I have to start figureing out the automated stuff that points to my old credit credit, and get it transferred over. I know our ADT alarm service automatically bills my old credit card. So I can transfer that over and get Carnival Sea Miles for those payments. I’ll just stop using the other card, and see what charges continue showing up, and then transfer those too.
I really like the look of my new Carnival Sea Miles card as well. My AAdvantage card was a boring gold. My Carnival Sea Miles credit card has a Carnival cruise ship on the front! Way cool! Not sure if is a photgraph, or a detailed painting. There is no name of the front of the cruise ship though, so I am not sure which one it is. I could probably study photos of various Carnival cruise ships and maybe narrow it down. It is not really important though. The Carnival Sea Miles will be or more use than the American Airlines miles though!
How do I check the number of sea miles I have accumulated? Where do I find a list of number of sea miles needed to purchase cruises etc.? Can I use sea miles as part of payment for a cruise?
Thanks
Comment by Linda Ryall — July 21, 2006 @ 10:56 am
Great questions! I really didn’t know myself. But I looked into it, and got the answers.
You can call 1-877-732-6453 (the Sea Miles people), and they can tell you…
OR
You can go to http://www.SeaMiles.com, and sign up for an account there. In either case, they will need the Member ID from your Sea Miles card (it should start with a J).
The website seems kind of slow. I was also warned that there is a bug that sometimes when you try to logon on the first screen, it tells you invalid ID. But if you try again on the second screen it usually works.
As far as how many points you need, it varies for different cruises (popular cruises probably cost more points). This is from the web site:
3 & 4 Day Bahamas from 24,001 SeaMiles
4 & 5 Day Western Caribbean from 25,177 SeaMiles
7-Day Eastern Caribbean from 51,060 SeaMiles
7-Day Mexico from 55,766 SeaMiles
8-Day Southern Caribbean from 56,943 SeaMiles
SeaMiles can also be redeemed for a cruise discount.
Comment by RJ — July 21, 2006 @ 1:43 pm
I’ve waisted over two hours and can’t find a way to see a summary of my miles. You ought to make more accessible and simple.
Comment by Jaime Castrejon — October 10, 2006 @ 9:47 am
i have 14000 miles can i get $off of a cuz?
Comment by anthony davis — December 30, 2006 @ 4:28 pm
Why was it that after we paid the bill in full, the sea miles were all gone?
Comment by Lourdes Alvarenga — January 31, 2007 @ 1:43 pm
I have a Carnival Sea Miles Card but need instructions on setting an on line account. Also how to transfer $$ from that account to my personal checking account (if possible).mgm
Comment by Marline G McClane — May 10, 2007 @ 6:05 pm
There is a new SeaMiles Visa card with Chase bank that can be used on any cruise line at any time (https://www.seamiles.com/public_2_1.csp)
Does anybody know if I can transfer my Carnival SeaMiles to the new card?
Comment by Janet Woods — June 12, 2007 @ 4:44 pm
I checked with Carnival Seamiles and transferring any points from any other card is not available at this time.Oh please don’t close your Seamiles card without useing all the point’s first.
Comment by J. Wayne — June 18, 2007 @ 11:00 pm
SeaMiles is a rip-off!! I had over 54,000 points and they took them away. I was told I had 60 months to use them. Well the customer service rep. I spoke with told me wrong. I have tried to get satisfaction, but to no avail. I am very disappointed in Carnival also. I have sailed 3′xs with them and have my 4th scheduled. It will be my last with them. Don’t get this card, you are better off with your credit union, where you can get money or certificates with points. VERY DISGUSTED with both seamiles and CARNIVAL.
Comment by Sandy Webber — November 23, 2007 @ 11:01 pm
It needs to be easy to check your seamile balance. All I fnd is how to get acard and adds. What about a simple site check your seamile balance. It would be very helpful.
Thank you,
Mary
Comment by Mary Marr — November 29, 2007 @ 12:12 pm
Can’t wait to leave on my Carnival Cruise nexxt weekend. I will tell everyone I can on the ship what a rip-off SEA-MILES is.
Comment by Sandy Webber — January 26, 2008 @ 9:46 pm
I just got stiffed by seamiles. They saved me $200 on my June cruise but charged me $520 non-refundable fee to do it! Next time I’m on Carnival I’ll hang out at the Seamiles counter and keep people from being suckers like me.
Comment by skyybox — February 13, 2008 @ 4:06 pm
I HAVE ABOUT 30,000 SEA MILES & WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF I CAN USE THEM ON OUR CRUISE IN APRIL FOR ROOM-CREDITS????
THIS WOULD HEOP OUT IF WE COULD USE THE CREDITS FOR ON/BOARD CREDIT.????
Comment by BETTY L. REILEY — March 1, 2008 @ 3:53 pm
Carnival Sea Miles Credit Card is a scam. They up the points required for a free cruise every year so you will have a very hard time earning enough points to ever get one for free. Then they double your interest rate after a few years. Mine went from 14% to 24%. They said I was late one month but they can’t prove it and I looked up my statements for the last 2 years and no sign of being late ever. Instead of them helping me, they referred me to a credit counseling company. My credit score is 750 or above. They are a total scam and would NOT recommend using the card unless u can pay it off every month.
Comment by Daniele — October 19, 2009 @ 7:13 pm
You do have 5 years to use your seamiles, the curise lines dictate what your points are worth so they are the ones who increase the number of points needed to take the cruise, the sea miles agency has a wonderful staff who will do all they can to get you the best value for your points.
Comment by Mary — November 18, 2009 @ 9:11 pm
Thank you for sharing you’re experience. I am planning to apply for a Carnival Sea Miles Credit Card as well. This really helped me a lot.
Comment by Estate Taxes — November 19, 2009 @ 10:47 pm
DO NOT GET A CARNIVAL SEAMILES CARD. Not only are the points hard to accumulate, but their customer service reps are horrible. I was charged a late fee on a payment that never went through and they wouldn’t refund me the amount. They all just read off of scripts and hung up on me. Worst Credit Card EVER!
Comment by Brittany — December 3, 2009 @ 5:19 pm
Was told to click on seamiles.com to view my mastercard account but need to know how I find it. Will just have to call as can’t get anywhere on this site.
Comment by george f middlebrook — December 16, 2009 @ 10:33 pm
I have the Carnival Sea Miles Master Card. It is a ripoff. You cannot book with Carnival or any travel agent other than calling Sea Miles. I was on hold last night for 65 minutes, just to be told they no longer handle the Carnival Card. I was referred to Barclay Bank to redeem points. I could not redeem for my next cruise, however, they supposedly will let me apply the points to my previous cruise for statement credit. That remains to be seen. Sea Miles is now pushing their new Visa card which I would never apply for. Sea Miles is awful. Better off using my Discover card. I get a larger rebate with them.
Comment by Ev — December 29, 2009 @ 9:39 am
Like Daniele said…
This card is a rip off. We were told we could transfer a balance and it would be 0% interest. They charged us $50 to do it. One month later they upped the interest to 14% saying we were late. Two months after than they upped the interest to 24%. I also have a credit score in the 700’s and here I am paying 24% interest!! When I called, the lady was a smart aleck and told me they could lower it by .25%. She also couldn’t tell me when I was late. When I asked to speak to a supervisor she told me that she didn’t know of any and asked me,”Why do I want to talk to them?”
I had transferred $4,000 onto that card and paid it off in 6 months. The following month they upped my credit limit to $6,000 but kept the interest rate at 24%. Makes no sense!!
They also wiped out all my miles.
DO NOT GET THIS CARD!!
Comment by Gary — January 1, 2010 @ 4:48 pm
The move from seamiles to funpoints is a ripoff! All my seamiles from 2009 do not reflect onlines as fun points. ANY attempts to fix the situation over the phone or by email generates a computer generated responce of wait 2 or 3 billing cycles. I have a cruise comming in Feb 2010, what incentive would I have to use this fun points card when I can get no answers as to what happened to my points! FUNPOINTS, not so fun!
Comment by seamiles to funpoints — January 12, 2010 @ 9:12 am
I opened the account & transferred a balance, made a purchase to get the points for my cruise coming up. Even though I have enough points, their website won’t allow me to redeem for anything. Customer service reps & supervisor useless, they say their website has a glitch that won’t allow even them to help me redeem my points. Don’t get this card, it is a scam. I have filed a complaint with the attorney generals office. If they wanted to solve the problem, they could. They still advertise the perks and have no incentive to follow through once they have your business.
Comment by Jackie — February 21, 2010 @ 8:40 am
Get a card in your name – not with your spouse. My spouse just died – the company cancelled my card and took all my points! I am REALLY unhappy!
Comment by Cheryl Roach — March 12, 2010 @ 9:18 am
Had 65000 seamiles that were supposed to transfer in Jan.however I now have 22000 and 14000 of those came from 2009…8 carnival cruises for 2 over 4 years…hmmmmsomehow doesn’t add up that I only spent 2000 per year…especially when you get double and triple! Going to Norwegian and Discover! Screw em
Comment by sue Elliott — April 14, 2010 @ 10:48 am
Don’t use or get the Carnival Seamiles credit card, they are horrible. When they transferred my points from seamiles to funpoints they cut my points from 24,600 to 12500. They said there was an error that would be corrected in a week and it is now 4 months later. I cannot redeem my cruise points because they never gave me back my missing points. I was afraid to redeem what I had because the $ amount of the points was not calculating correctly on the website, in which they said would be corrected and never was. Now my account went into default because they never corrected the problem with my point calcuation on the website nor did they give me back my missing points. My cruise purchase was left unpaid on my credit card due to their insufficiences and lack of follow up – now I have to pay interest and fniance fees on a purchase I otherwise shouldn’t have had to pay for in the first place. The point redemption on the website is a scam, it is a way for them to control everything from the backend so you will have to end up paying extra fees while they take their time “fixing things”. This card is freaking disaster and I can’t wait to close this account.
Comment by Disastisfied Customer — May 29, 2010 @ 1:52 am
hi,it would be 0% interest. They charged us $50 to do it. One month later they upped the interest to 14% saying we were late.they never gave me back my missing points. I was afraid to redeem what I had because the $ amount of the points was not calculating correctly on the website, in which they said would be corrected and never was.
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Comment by Credit Cards — June 17, 2010 @ 10:53 am
I really question this card. They advertise low interest rate. However, if you use the Carnival Point system, they will increase the interest rate. They jumped ours up to 30 percent. Yes I said 30%. There is no, repeat no support from their representatives. Suggest Carnival find a new card company or provide honest information to their travelers. We are platinum and have carnival stock.
Comment by JohnS — June 29, 2010 @ 8:44 pm