Wow, I didn't know that you could save points by booking on board. We are talking about taking a 7-day cruise next year if we like the 3-day that we are on this May. I wonder how much of a discount you would get in a catagory 6 Western Caribbean cruise. Do you still have to be in the 11 month window? We were thinking about booking one room in cash for our daughters and another room for us on points. But we will be 12 months out at the end of the cruise.