Carnival Cut Platinum Perks Today — What Your Status Is Worth Now

Carnival removed Platinum priority benefits from an entire sailing today — three weeks before the loyalty program changes. Diamond members kept theirs. If you have been grinding toward status, tonight is the show where we work out what it is actually still buying you. We are also getting into the tip increase that quietly left existing bookings a way out, the one thing you have to do before September 1, and what "included" really covers on a cruise fare in 2026. Terry is building a proper Daiquiri. Three ingredients, nowhere to hide.