Princess Expands MedallionPay to Land-Based Merchants, Rewards Users With 7% Cashback
byDori Saltzman/
Princess Cruises has expanded the capabilities of its MedallionPay experience to more than 65 retailers, restaurants and shore excursion providers across the Caribbean, Mexican Riviera and Alaska. Cruisers who use their Medallions at participating merchants will receive an immediate seven percent cashback in the form of onboard credit to spend on their current cruise or convert into a future cruise credit.
“客人可以购物,可以玩,可以吃,可以喝酒,他们几乎可以在我们的通话港口购买任何东西,并在购买时获得7%的信用即时,”公主Cruises总裁John Padgett说,在在线新闻发布会上。“它打破了船和岸边历史性的机构鸿沟。从客人体验的角度来看,它现在是无缝的。如果客人选择和购物,可以将他们的信用卡实际上放在保险箱中。”
公主在2020年巡航关闭之前不久就开始在圣托马斯进行试验,但此后一直在努力将商人加入。
“Being able to shop using my Medallion made purchasing easier and having a discount associated with it is fantastic,” said Lori Woodbury, a guest on Crown Princess who tried out MedallionPay during the St. Thomas trial. “You don’t have to remember your room key, and you never have to have cash or a credit card with you.”
For the first year of the land-based MedallionPay service, passengers will earn seven percent back on all their MedallionPay purchases in the form of onboard credit to be used on their current cruise. Cruisers may also choose to convert their cashback into a future cruise credit.
The cashback provided by Princess is on top of any rewards (including cashback) provided by your client’s credit card. If your client has a three percent cashback Discover card on file with Princess and makes a purchase using their Medallion at Diamonds International in Cozumel, they essentially get a total of 10% cashback.
Limited But Growing
目前,Medallionpay已经在礼品店里已经在船上使用的每一次购买,都可以与65名参与的商人一起在圣托马斯,Cabo San Lucas,Cozumel,Puerta Vallarta和今年夏天与65个参与的商人一起使用。。
To pay, users simply tap or hold up their Medallion to a reader and the purchase is processed on the guest’s credit card already stored in the Princess system.
Participants include shops cruisers are familiar with, like Diamonds International, Del Sol and Cariloha, as well as shore excursion providers such as Ocean Surfari and Cabo Dolphins. Clients can even use it to pay for entry to the Pirate Museum in St. Thomas.
“This is the wave of the future,” said Wendy Tarapani, founding partner of Diamonds International, which was one of the first merchants to sign on for MedallionPay. “Contactless payment, who doesn’t love that today? Passengers have peace of mind. They don’t have to worry about carrying credit cards. They just leave the ship and all they have to do is wear their Medallion bracelet or necklace.”
Medallionpay可供所有公主访问的任何通话港口的零售商都可以使用,没有设置或每月向寄存器作为商人收取费用。没有长期合同,该软件可以免费使用。商人支付包括所有信用卡处理费的交易费用,并可以随时取消服务。公主克鲁斯乘客绝对没有额外的费用。
与使用公主奖章的使用一样,奖章上没有存储信用卡或个人信息,因此,如果您的客户在土地上失去了它,那么任何人都无能为力。
“The Medallion is created to be waterproof, sun proof, childproof, heat proof, and your wallet’s not,” Padgett told Travel Market Report. “It takes the stress out of ‘swimming with dolphins but losing my wallet’.”
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同时,公主已经在其机队上推出了陆基纪念品,克鲁斯线还揭开了新的体育博彩博彩。巡洋舰通常被禁止在海上使用通常的应用程序进行体育赌注,现在可以在比赛时赌比赛。他们甚至可以进行比赛,帕吉特说这是以前从未在海上做过的事情。而且,很快,这条线将增加未来的博彩,以便居住在不允许体育博彩的地方的巡洋舰可以在巡游结束后将发生的游戏投注。