Bob Dancer's LVA Column - 5 JAN 2016
Airline Fare Redemption
http://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/bob_dancer/2016/0105.cfm
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Well for what it's worth here's my opinion.
A very interesting article if I do say so.
I don't see a problem with the scenario of asking multiple casinos to pay you off.
I believe that the ethics would mainly come down to the fine print. As long as you aren't doing something that is
excluded in the fine print I can't see an ethical or legal problem.
Presenting a ticket that wasn't used is fraud.
Presenting a ticket for a companion who isn't is fraud.
Regards
A.P.
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Bob Dancer's LVA Column - 5 JAN 2016
Airline Fare Redemption
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I get a little twitchy when Bob posts an article like this. Bottom line, I think it primarily serves to make any casino manager who follows his column (and I suspect that's more than a couple) just a tad more nervous that they're being taking advantage of on yet another front.
A little paranoia can go a long way ...
Setting aside that consideration, I differ markedly from Bob's perspective on airfare: He considers it just another component of a play's EV, and as such is inclined to maximize reimbursement, subject to certain moral bounds that he goes on to highlight (letting the reader "draw the line" themselves).
In my case (and from what he writes, it appears that airfare reimbursement is a greater factor in my play, "stuck" in the middle of a non-gaming state - GA), I consider the perk a side benefit (much as I might consider the quality of dining or pool facilities at a hotel where I'm staying).
I don't want to "cross the line" over which someone might eventually decide I'm abusing a handsome privilege. If I'm receiving reimbursement from two properties, I'm inclined to structure that reimbursement so as not to exceed my out-of-pocket cost, at times revealing that I have multiple reimbursements.
One exception to this "honesty" is that more than occasionally I find that a casino will pop for limo transportation, but won't pick up an alternative car rental (even up to some reasonable set limit). I've gathered that they don't want to subsidize any expense that might take you away from the casino during a stay, particularly if that alternate destination might be another casino.
Where this is the case and a car rental is a considerable time or expense saving option, I may pad the reimbursement structure to make me whole for the car.
The truth is there's nothing other than my own judgment prompting this restraint on reimbursement. I've no doubt that the greater body of "all you can eat" players would go for every penny you can grab. I'm simply a great believer in "what goes around, comes around".
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Bob Dancer's LVA Column - 5 JAN 2016
Airline Fare Redemption
http://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/bob_dancer/2016/0105.cfm
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I think this angle is past its heyday based on the reaction when someone says they still get airfare. I am sure people still get it but not the ones that are selective about their play.
Is the limo perk a way to make sure you came and left on a flight?
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I'll respond to cdgnpc by saying that's certainly the impression I strive to leave with each casino (re play non-discretion) ...
But, seriously, qualification for airfare is strictly a matter of established theo at most any casino that strives to bring in "out of towners". In other words, even playing the best games in the house it's theoretically possible to qualify with enough coin-in.
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I think this angle is past its heyday based on the reaction when someone says they still get airfare. I am sure people still get it but not the ones that are selective about their play.
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