Royal Intel Insight

Did free play drop in June 2026?

Free play in 2606D is stable at the tier level. Across the 9 shared tiers compared with last month, per-tier free play is unchanged. The month-over-month change in the weighted average is a mix shift, not a rate change: the average free play per sailing rises by $17.5 per sailing, weighted across tiers, because more sailings sit in higher-value tiers this month. That distinction matters. Readers should not read this as a broad increase in offers. The underlying tier amounts are the same as last month: - 4,000 points: $300 FreePlay - 6,500 points: $500 FreePlay - 9,000 points: $750 FreePlay - 15,000 points: $1,000 FreePlay - 25,000 points: $1,500 FreePlay - 40,000 points: $2,500 FreePlay Lower tiers remain unchanged as well, with 3,000 points at $150 FreePlay, 2,000 points at $100 FreePlay, and 1,500 points at $50 FreePlay. The 1,200 and 800 tiers still do not carry free play in the comparison set, so there is no free-play comparison to make there. The mix moved upward. That is the main reason the weighted average free-play figure improved this month. The release has fewer sailings overall than May 2026, but it also carries a slightly stronger concentration in the mid and upper tiers. That pushes the average up even though the tier values themselves did not move. The practical takeaway is that the month is not richer in the way many players would expect. There is no across-the-board bump. Instead, the book is simply heavier in tiers that already pay more free play. The best free-play step-ups remain the same. The jump from 3,000 to 4,000 points is still the first meaningful increase, moving from $150 to $300 FreePlay. From there, the next clean step is 6,500 points at $500 FreePlay, then 9,000 points at $750 FreePlay. The upper end is unchanged and still straightforward: 15,000 points gets $1,000 FreePlay, 25,000 points gets $1,500 FreePlay, and 40,000 points tops out at $2,500 FreePlay. If you are comparing tiers strictly on free play, the structure is the same as last month. This is a mix-shift month, not a free-play increase month. The weighted average moved up because the sailing mix tilted toward higher tiers, while the per-tier amounts stayed flat. For readers tracking value, the important question is not whether free play rose; it did not, tier by tier. The question is which tier you are actually targeting, because that is where the real comparison still lives.