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As The These When When staying in a top suite, you can earn as many as 18 to 24 points per day.
Staying in balcony cabins, which the line calls Veranda cabins, will get you 3 points a day.
Here is a breakdown of the point structure:
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As you can see, you’ll earn far more points by staying in a suite than by staying in a less pricey regular cabin. The In 2020, Celebrity launched a new program called Power Up Points that allows Captain’s Club members to earn bonus points by filling out online surveys, participating on social media or booking specific promotions.
Related: The ultimate guide to Celebrity Cruises
Taking part in such activities will get you Power Up Points, which then can be converted into Captain’s Club points at a ratio of 10 to 1. You Visit Click If you’re not yet a member, click the “Enroll Now” button.
Celebrity Captain’s Club levels and benefits
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There are six tiers to the Captain’s Club program:
Preview
(at 0 points)
Classic
(2 to 149 points)
Select
(150 to 299 points)
Elite
(300 to 749 points)
Elite Plus
(750 to 2,999 points)
- Zenith (3,000 points or more)
- The good news here is that you can be recognized at the program’s first tier (Preview) before you even take a single cruise. Sign You You also can book Captain’s Club promotions once you’re on board your first cruise.The next level up, Classic, brings:
- Pre-sailing specialty restaurant reservations through the loyalty deskExclusive Captain’s Club offers
- One pre-cruise category upgrade to AquaClass (based on availability)Access to exclusive events on specialty sailings (like the President’s Sailing)
- An invitation to a Captain’s Club welcome partyOne complimentary specialty coffee when you dine at a specialty restaurant
- One free scoop of gelato10% discount on any bottle of wine
10% discount on a Premium Drink Package upgrade when purchased pre-cruise only
10% discount on a Drink Package when purchased pre-cruise
- 10% discount on Wi-Fi packages and upgrades, and complimentary premium minutes
- 25% discount on any digital or print photo package
- 10% discount on The Studio photo package
- 10% off one-time use laundry service
- 10% discount at the spa
- various casino perks
- 5% discount on small group discovery shore excursions
- 5% discount on Hollywood Hot Glass
- The Select tier adds bigger discounts on internet and photo packages (25% and 30% off, respectively). You’ll also get an invitation to a wine tasting and a backstage tour on the ship; a discounted price for one standard bag of laundry (wash, dry and fold) if your cruise is 12 nights or longer; and two complimentary pressed items.
- Related: A beginner’s guide to cruise ship loyalty programs
- Reaching the Classic level takes just one cruise, no matter what type of cabin you book. If However, if you’re a more typical cruiser sailing a seven-night trip in a standard balcony cabin (worth 3 points a night), you would need to take eight cruises to reach the Select level.
- The Elite level that makes a difference
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- Being loyal to Celebrity really starts paying off when you reach the Elite and Elite Plus levels.
- One of the great perks of Elite status is gaining access to the Captain’s Club Coffee Lounge, where you can enjoy a coffeehouse-style breakfast each morning. This is a particularly big deal on shore excursion days, as it means you have a relatively quiet and uncrowded place to grab a quick breakfast before heading out for a tour.
- Related: The 4 types of Celebrity Cruises ships, explained
- Elites also get unlimited free drinks from the Captain’s Club menu each day, excluding embarkation day, between 5 and 7 p.m. at most bars and lounges on the ship. You As noted above, this isn’t quite the perk it used to be since a basic drinks package is included with many bookings now as part of the line’s relatively new Always Included fare tier.
- If you’re sailing on a Solstice Class or Millennium Class vessel, reaching the Elite tier will get you free access to the Persian Garden spa zones — home to steam rooms, saunas and heated loungers — on one port day of your choice.
Elite level also brings:
Priority tender service, where available
Access to a private lounge on departure day serving continental breakfast
An invitation to a senior officer party
An invitation to a Create & Pour event on Edge-class ships
An invitation to a Music & Mixology event
A higher 20% discount on a bottle of wine
A higher 30% discount on Wi-Fi packages and upgrades, plus 90 complimentary stream minutes
A higher 15% discount on drinks packages
A higher 40% discount on a digital or print photo package
A higher 20% discount on The Studio photo packages
- One complimentary dry clean item
- One bag of complimentary laundry
- A higher 15% discount at the ship’s spa
- Elite Plus kicks things up by offering a lot of these same benefits plus another free bag of laundry; additional discounts for onboard services (including a 15% discount on specialty dining cover charges); and free cappuccinos, lattes, espresso and tea throughout your sailing.
- You can reach the Elite and Elite Plus levels in just a few cruises if you’re partial to the longer sailings Celebrity offers and you stay in top suites. A A You Of It Put another way, you’d have to spend 1,000 days at sea with Celebrity to hit the Zenith mark.
- Related: Everything to know about Celebrity cabins and suites
- Still, for those who always stay in top suites, getting to Zenith after just a few years of heavy cruising is not out of the question. Pen You You For example, you’ll get priority seating in ship theaters and a 25% discount on specialty dining.
- Related: The 5 best destinations you can visit on a Celebrity cruise
- Zenith members also enjoy a bevy of freebies, such as laundry, automatic premium beverage upgrades and automatic premium internet upgrades. You Captain This means that someone who hits Zenith status will remain at that top tier level forever (or until Celebrity makes a change to the program).
- Such “forever status” is one of the great allures of cruise line frequent cruiser programs. Many airline frequent flyer programs, by contrast, require loyalty members to requalify for status each year.
- Matching status with sister cruise brands
- One other notable perk of Celebrity’s Captain’s Club loyalty program is that members who reach the Select tier of status will get matching status in the loyalty program at Royal Caribbean, a sister brand. This The The Among them: priority waitlist for shore excursions and spa services, access to an exclusive Diamond Club on select ships, access to an exclusive nightly Diamond event and a complimentary entertainment tour.
- Related: The ultimate guide to Royal Caribbean’s Crown & Anchor Society program
Note that, as of Feb. 1, 2023, Celebrity elites no longer can get matching status when sailing with Azamara, a former sister brand. Nor will Celebrity elites get points in the Captain’s Club program when sailing on Azamara ships.
Celebrity Elites also do not get matching status when sailing with sister line Silversea Cruises. The latter line’s Venetian Society loyalty program is a relatively simple program without loyalty tiers.
Bottom line
Celebrity may have one of the better cruise line loyalty programs. It As you rise through the six levels, though, you’ll quickly reach a point where your status gets you a lot of interesting perks, discounts and freebies.
We’re especially fond of the access to a private breakfast lounge that comes with Elite status. It And, of course, nothing competes with the free cruise benefit that comes with top-tier Zenith status.
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