🚢 Princess Cruises Booked on Points & Miles
Real cruises. Real numbers. Real strategies you can copy.
Princess is the cruise line we’ve booked the most using points, miles, casino offers, and smart stacking — which makes it the perfect place to start.
Every cruise on this page is a real trip we actually booked, not a hypothetical redemption. Each one includes what we paid, the points we used, and the strategy behind it, with links to full breakdowns where available.
Affiliate Disclosure: Some of the links on this page are affiliate links for travel tools and services I personally use — like Point.Me, Rove Miles, and Rakuten. If you choose to book or purchase through these links, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.
I never use affiliate links for credit cards. Any card links you see are my personal referral links for cards I actually hold and use.
As always, I only recommend tools and strategies we use in our real travel hacking life.
✨ Enchanted Princess — 7 Nights
Booked with: Princess casino offer + Hyatt points + Southwest Rapid Rewards
What we paid: Casino fare + taxes Strategy: Casino offer for the cruise, Hyatt points for pre‑cruise hotel, Southwest points for flights
→Enchanted Princess Cruise Review
✨ Sun Princess — Greek Isles (2025)
Booked with: Princess casino offer + Chase UR transfer + Hyatt points
What we paid: Discounted casino fare + taxes
Strategy: Stacked a casino offer with Chase transfer partners and Hyatt for pre‑cruise
→ How I Booked a Princess Greek Isles Trip on Points
✨ Royal Princess — Alaska
Booked with: Princess casino offer + Southwest points + Capital One points
What we paid: Casino fare + taxes
Strategy: Casino offer for the cruise + Southwest for outbound flights + Capital One for return
→ How We Saved Big on Our Alaska Cruise
✨ Sky Princess — Norway Fjords
Booked with: Princess casino offer + Flying Blue + Virgin Atlantic + Hyatt points
What we paid: Points + taxes
Strategy: Multi‑program stacking for flights + Hyatt for pre‑cruise
→ How to Book a Norway Fjords Cruise on a Budget
✨ Sky Princess — Caribbean
Booked with: Princess casino offer + Southwest Rapid Rewards
What we paid: Casino fare + taxes
Strategy: Casino offer + Southwest points for flights
→Unlock Casino Cruise Deals in the Caribbean
✨ Majestic Princess — Caribbean
Booked with: Princess casino offer + Southwest Rapid Rewards
What we paid: Casino fare + taxes
Strategy: Casino offer + Southwest points for flights
→ Majestic Princess Casino Cruise Deal
✨ Island Princess — Thanksgiving Cruise (2026)
Booked with: Princess casino offer + AA miles + Hilton FNC
What we paid: Casino fare + taxes
Strategy: Casino offer + AA miles for flights + Hilton free night for pre‑cruise
→ How I Booked Our Thanksgiving Cruise
✨ Star Princess — December 2026
Mini‑Suite on the Cabana Deck — under $1,000 total
Booked with: Princess casino offer + points stacking
What we paid: Under $1,000 total for two
Strategy: Casino offer + strategic timing + points for flights → Star Princess Mini‑Suite Deal
✨ Solar Eclipse Cruise (Princess)
Booked with: Casino offer + airline points + hotel points
What we paid: Points + minimal cash
Strategy: Casino offer + points for flights + hotel on points
→ Solar Eclipse Cruise Breakdown
🏝️ Shore Excursions We Love for Princess Cruises
(Real tours we’ve booked or would book again — with cruise‑friendly guarantees and flexible cancellation.)
Planning your ports is one of the most fun parts of a Princess cruise, and we almost always book through trusted third‑party partners. The prices are better, the groups are smaller, and the experiences feel more personal than the big cruise‑line tours.
These are the platforms we use on our own trips:
Shore Excursions Group— our go‑to for cruise‑specific tours. You can search by ship + sailing date, and every tour comes with a Guaranteed Return to Ship, which gives you cruise‑line peace of mind without cruise‑line prices.
Viator Tours — great for small‑group adventures, glacier tours, boat days, and unique local experiences.
GetYourGuide Excursions — perfect for easy, beginner‑friendly options with generous cancellation policies.
🌎 Our Favorite Excursion Types by Destination
Alaska — glacier boat tours, whale watching, scenic rail
Greek Isles — catamaran days, beach clubs, historic walking tours
Caribbean — all‑inclusive beach clubs, snorkeling, cultural tours
Norway Fjords — scenic fjord cruises, mountain viewpoints, local food tours
Browse excursions for your itinerary:
✨ Why We Book Excursions This Way
Better pricing than cruise‑line tours
Smaller groups = better photos + more time at each stop
Free cancellation on most tours
Guaranteed Return to Ship with Shore Excursions Group
More unique experiences than the standard cruise offerings
📘 Want My Full Strategy?
If you want the exact method I use to choose between cruise‑line, third‑party, and DIY tours — including how I stack savings — read my full guide: How I Book Shore Excursions & Save
🧰 Tools We Use for Princess Redemptions
Point.me — find award flights
Rove Miles— everyday earning
Hyatt— pre‑cruise hotels
Rakuten Membership Rewards — lazy‑girl stacking
CardPointers — track bonus categories
👋 About the Author
I’m Julie — the travel‑hacking mom behind No Point Left Behind, where I share the real cruises we book using points, miles, casino offers, and smart stacking. I don’t cherry‑pick redemptions — every cruise on this page is something we actually booked and sailed.
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