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What credit card is best for a cruise?

Probably the Barclay Arrival card....

The Travelocity AMEX would probably work too, but Arrival has a greater sign-up bonus.

Thanks surprised nobody has a 2X bonus on cruises

im sure that cruises count as 'travel' so any card with a travel bonus (i.e. CSP) would work.

Cruise lines (at least some of them) also issue their own cards. Awhile ago NCL was offering $150 (or maybe $200?) of onboard credit for opening their card. Not sure if they still are but Im sure there are other similar offers out there.

Get a good cash back card and pay cash...that's what I would do. That way you can wait for a good sale and save even more money.

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I have looked for a card that would help reduce cruise costs as well recently and every one I've seen hasn't been all that great. The last one I looked at was Carnival and I think they gave you $50 onboard credit. Like others have said, get a cash back card that you can maximize or a card like the Barclay Arrival or Capital One Venture that allows you to use their "points" towards travel expenses.

none are real good options, but you can book a cruise with UR and MR points through their travel section. Dedicated cruise line cards suck with a paltry cabin credit for a signup bonus. As was mentioned cap1 venture and Barclay arrival could help but you would have to put some serious spending on them to get close to enough points to book a cruise and pay the whole thing with points. With all these cards I think you would have to get enough points to cover one ticket as they don't allow partial reimbursement, or points and cash.

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If your goal is to pay for cruises with your spend, then the Arrival card is the best by far. The cruise line cards are all junk.

Thanks for the advice

I picked up the Barclays Arrival for an upcoming cruise. It's worked out great, cruise fare just over 6k and already over 2k off my cruise price with rewards earned!!