Holland America Shareholder Benefit Form: Filing via Stockperks

To claim the Holland America shareholder benefit, you fill out the request through the Stockperks app rather than a paper form. If you hold at least 100 shares of Carnival Corporation (NYSE: CCL) or Carnival plc, you can receive $50 to $250 in onboard credit per stateroom, and the claim has to be in at least three weeks before your ship sails.¹

Who Can Claim the Credit

You need 100 or more shares of Carnival Corporation or Carnival plc at the time you file the claim. Carnival’s published terms set no minimum holding period. You can submit a claim for every qualifying Holland America booking you make, not just one per year.¹

Only one credit is issued per shareholder-occupied stateroom. Two shareholders sharing a cabin still get the credit once. Carnival employees, travel agents on travel-agent or interline rates, tour conductors, and anyone sailing on a reduced-rate or complimentary basis are excluded.¹

How Much You Get

The credit is tiered by voyage length, per stateroom, on sailings through December 31, 2026:¹

6 days or fewer: $50
7 to 13 days: $100
14 days or longer: $250

There is no higher tier above 14 days, so a Grand World Voyage receives the same $250 as a two-week Caribbean run.

What to Have Ready Before You Open the App

Pull these together first so the claim goes through on the first try:

A brokerage statement or proxy card showing your name and at least 100 shares. A prior version of Carnival’s paper form asked for a statement dated no earlier than six months before departure; use that as your rule of thumb and pull a recent one.
Your Holland America booking confirmation number.
The ship name and departure date.

Redact account numbers and any Social Security number on the statement before you upload it. Leave your name, the statement date, and the share count visible. The name and share count you type into the app have to match the statement exactly, so verify both before you submit.

Holding shares directly through Computershare, Carnival’s transfer agent, works the same way. Your Computershare statement is your proof of ownership.²

Submitting the Claim in Stockperks

Stockperks is the only platform Carnival uses for these claims. The steps:¹

Download Stockperks from the Apple App Store or Google Play.
Create a profile with your name and email.
Search for “Carnival” and choose Holland America Line.
Tap “Validate your portfolio” and upload your redacted brokerage or Computershare statement.
Once your shares are confirmed, file a claim for the specific booking by entering the confirmation number, ship, and sailing date.

File at least three weeks before departure. If you book inside that window, the sailing does not qualify. Onboard credits cannot be added once you are aboard, so guest services is not a fallback.¹

Stockperks sends a confirmation once the claim goes through. The credit usually posts to your shipboard account by embarkation day, and you can verify it at guest services or in the Holland America app.

What the Credit Pays For

The credit acts as a prepaid balance on your shipboard account and can be spent on shore excursions, spa treatments, specialty dining, drinks, and most onboard purchases. It cannot be used for casino credits or gambling charges, cannot pay automatic daily gratuities, and cannot be exchanged for cash.¹

It is non-refundable and non-transferable. Any balance you don’t spend by the end of the cruise is forfeited, so use it early rather than saving it for the last night.

If the Claim Is Denied or the Credit Never Appears

Rejections usually come down to a name that doesn’t match the booking, fewer than 100 shares, a claim filed too late, or a stale statement. Fix the mismatch and resubmit.

If Stockperks confirmed the claim but the credit isn’t on your account at embarkation, bring the confirmation to guest services. The onboard team can’t start a claim from scratch, but they can push through one that was already approved. A screenshot on your phone is enough.

Carnival can change, modify, or terminate the benefit at any time without notice. The current terms run through December 31, 2026.¹

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Carnival Corporation & plc. Shareholder Benefit
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Carnival Corporation & plc. Investor Contacts