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Looking at Celebrity's program, our first thoughts are that this program is a bit strange and, considering Royal Caribbean owns Celebrity, their programs couldn't be any different. Let's break it down.
The Captain's Club is based on a point system. You get 2 points for every night spent in an Inside or Ocean View cabin, and 3 points for each night in a Veranda cabin. You get 5 points for Concierge or Aqua class cabins and for the Sky or Magic Carpet suites you get 8 points per night.
Moving on up, from there you get 12 points per night spent in any of the Celebrity, Sunset, or Horizon suites and 18 points per night in the Penthouse. Per night in the Iconic Suite, you receive 24 points.
As you can see, there are many different ways to earn points just depending on the cabin you stay in on your cruise. As you accumulate points, you'll be in the different levels of their rewards system. The first level is the Classic Level, which is between 2 and 149 points.
At the Classic level you get:
- Access to the newsletter.
- Access to the loyalty desk between cruises.
- Captain's Club Benefits.
- Pre-sailing specialty dining reservations.
- One category upgrade to the Aqua class.
- Access to exclusive events on specialty sailings.
- Captain's Club welcome party.
- One complimentary specialty coffee at a specialty restaurant.
- A free scoop of gelato. :)
- 10% Off a bottle of wine.
- 10% Off the drink package, the Wi-Fi package (pre-cruise).
- 25% Off digital or print photography packages.
- 10% Off the studio photography package and laundry services.
- One match play for roulette or black jack.
- One bonus card with a four pack purchase on Deal or No Deal.
- And a handful of other small perks.
THAT is the fist level... The next level up is the Select Level which is for all cruisers with 150 to 299 points and this is the first level you get loyalty match with the Crown and Anchor with Royal Caribbean.
At the Select Level you get everything at the Classic Level as well as:
- Captain's Club wine tasting.
- Captain's Club backstage tour.
- 15% Off a bottle of wine.
- 25% Off the WiFi package (pre-cruise).
- 30% Off photo packages.
- 2 Complimentary pressed items.
- 1 Discounted bag of laundry on cruises 12 nights or more.
- 2 Match plays if you play Blackjack.
The next level is the Elite Level, which is for cruisers with 300 to 749 points. This is the extent of the match with Royal Caribbean, so from this level on up you'll need to accrue points specifically on Celebrity Cruises.
This level includes everything in the Classic and Select Levels as well as:
- Priority tender.
- Priority departure lounge.
- Captain's Club daily elite cocktail hour.
- Senior Officer Party.
- Daily coffeehouse style breakfast.
- A create and pour event and a mixology event.
- 20% Off a bottle of wine.
- 15% Off your drink package (pre-cruise).
- 30% Off your WiFi package or 90-minutes FREE.
- 40% Off photo packages.
- 20% Off studio photography.
- 1 Dry cleaning item and 1 bag of laundry.
- Access to the Persian Garden while you are at Port.
- 3 Match plays at the Casino.
The next level up is the Elite + Level, which applies to cruisers with 750 to 2999 points.
Like all the other levels, this includes all of the perks in all the previous levels as well as:
- 15% Off specialty dining.
- 20% Off the drink package.
- 30% Off the WiFi package or 240 minutes FREE.
- 2 Bags of laundry.
- 1 Free fitness class.
The final and highest level of the Captain's Club is the Zenith Level, which applies to any cruisers with 3000+ points.
This includes ALL the perks, as well as:
- Priority boarding.
- Priority seating in the theater.
- Access to the Concierge lunch.
- Access to the Retreat Lounge.
- 25% Off of specialty dining.
- Your drink package is FREE.
- FREE Wi-Fi Premium.
- 50% Off photo packages.
- 25% Off studio photography.
- FREE laundry.
- 1 Free 7 night cruise to the Caribbean or Bermuda in a Veranda class.
If you get to 6000+ points, you also get:
- 1 Free 7 night cruise to the Caribbean or Bermuda in an Aqua class.
With each additional 3000 points, the class of your free cruise goes up.
Those are the details of the Captain's Club Loyalty Program! It is a unique program and a bit strange as to how you accrue points because even if you go on a bunch of cruises, if you're only staying in an inside or ocean view cabin, it will take you a long time to go up the levels. Compared to other programs, the Captain's Club is very limited in ways to earn points unless you're going to drop a lot of cash on suites on a cruise.
Are you a part of the Captain's Club? How do you feel about the points system? We would love to hear from you! Comment below.