Crown & Anchor Society

Crown & Anchor Society is the loyalty program of Royal Caribbean International, run by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. It is free, and guests from the U.S. and Canada are enrolled after their first cruise. The unit is the Cruise Point. A member earns 1 point for each night at sea and 1 more per night in a suite. A solo guest who pays the single fare on a double cabin also gets the extra point. Points follow the fare paid, so a RoyalUp bid or a free upgrade adds nothing. Travel agent, staff, interline and charter fares earn no points. Points post within 30 business days of the cruise, and they never expire. Before 2011 the club gave one Cruise Credit per sailing, and each old credit now counts as 7 points.

The ladder has six tiers. Gold comes with the first cruise at 3 points, then Platinum at 30, Emerald at 55, Diamond at 80, Diamond Plus at 175 and Pinnacle Club at 700. Tiers rest on the running total, so a tier once reached is not earned again each year. Diamond is where the perks grow. It brings 4 drink vouchers a day worth up to $14 each, Crown Lounge access and a free day of ship Wi-Fi. Diamond Plus adds a fifth voucher, a second free Wi-Fi day and 30% off the Deluxe Beverage Package. Pinnacle Club gives 6 vouchers, free Wi-Fi on one device for the whole sailing and 40% off that package. Its members can also eat in Coastal Kitchen and use the suite lounge when there is room. This grid applies to sailings that depart on or after September 1, 2026.

Points are never spent. They set the tier and mark milestones. At 700 and 1,050 points a Pinnacle Club member gets a free cruise. It covers up to a balcony cabin on a Caribbean trip of up to 7 nights, or $2,400 toward a cruise. At 1,400 points, and at each 350 points after that, the gift rises to a junior suite or $3,200. Taxes and fees are extra. Crystal blocks mark 140, 210, 280 and 350 points, then every 70 points. A member with 340 points or more pays a solo surcharge of 150% of the fare in place of 200%. A spouse, partner or child under 18 at the same address can link accounts and share the higher tier. A travel mate also counts after 10 shared sailings, but Pinnacle Club links only a spouse or partner.

Since May 30, 2024, Loyalty Status Match has given equal tiers across the group's three lines. Gold matches Celebrity's Classic, Diamond matches Elite and Pinnacle Club matches Zenith, and Silversea's Venetian Society sits on the same chart. A matched member does not get perks tied to earned points, such as the free milestone cruises. Points Choice was announced on October 28, 2025 and opened for sailings from January 30, 2026. A member can move one sailing's points to Captain's Club or Venetian Society at a set rate, before the cruise or within 14 days after it. A balcony night on Royal Caribbean turns into 3 Captain's Club points, and a Royal Loft night into 18. Bonus and solo points cannot move. Members also get an MGM Rewards tier match and Hertz rental deals.

On March 31, 2026, the group and Bank of America announced the Royal ONE and Royal ONE Plus Visa cards. The first has no annual fee and the second costs $99. They earn 3 or 4 points per dollar with the three cruise lines, and 30,000 points equal $300 in cruise discounts or onboard credit. Existing Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Visa cards convert to Royal ONE automatically. The club also ran Double Points promotions in July and September 2026, and eligible members could earn them on up to two qualifying bookings. The group's 2025 annual report counts over 28 million members across its three cruise clubs.

The design counts nights and cabin type and ignores what a guest spends on board. A suite guest climbs twice as fast, so status tracks the priciest cabins as well as time at sea. Points never expire. When too many Pinnacle Club members sail at once, Coastal Kitchen and suite lounge seats go to those with the most points. Points Choice then lets a guest pick which brand's ladder to climb. The transfer rate mirrors what Celebrity pays for the same cabin, 2 points for an inside night and 3 for a balcony. Yet the match chart pairs Diamond, which takes 80 balcony nights, with Elite, which takes 100 on Celebrity. A guest who wants both badges gets them sooner on Royal Caribbean.