Just some miscellaneous information from last weekend.
I stayed at NYNY last weekend (Saturday through Monday nites) and ran $29000+ through on $ pickem and multi-play NSUD. Room was comped upfront, and on check out they would not pick up my only room charges of $31.96 at the coffee shop. VIP said my comp account was overdrawn with just the room comp even though it was just a regular room. It looks like they think their rooms are now worth over $10K coin-in per nite. My host was not there when I checked out, and I have sent her an e-mail asking about this. I have never paid for anything before at NYNY over a number of trips, and although my play was a little lighter than usual, I was still surprised when they wouldn't comp the $31.
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From: "Gene Frohbieter" <ugwf@hal-pc.org>
Subject: NYNY; LVH; Stardust; Terrible's
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We also found this to be the case in the MGM Mirage casinos on a recent visit. They claim they are comping the rooms in advance and we must "pay for the rooms" before any other comps can be considered. It didn't make any difference which casino we were in, same song second verse. I tried to get a buffet comp in the Bellagio and, even though we had plenty of points for the meals, were refused because we were staying in a sister property, the MGM. Just charge it to your room, we were told, and MGM will pick it up when you check out. Wrong!
"Burned once, twice shy." When we moved to Treasure Island I checked with a slot host. Same story, got to play at least $8000 per day then they will consider more comps. Evidently this is a corporate policy and no longer left up to the individual casinos (they all use the same slot card and database). Also doesn't look like past play is worth anything toward future comps, other than getting on their mailing list. So with this knowledge in hand we gave TI very little play and spent most of our time at Sam's Town -- they just happen to be having a 6X points weekend. TI in the past have treated us very well, providing rooms and all our meals. No longer. Now for some sour grapes; it's just a well, they only have 4 full pay VP machines anyway.
A side note: after we moved out of MGM Mirage hotels (to the Venetian), we were able to get the comped buffet at the Bellagio. The V had pretty much the same policy, pay for the rooms before getting any more comps. But with them, it was understandable for we had never stayed or played there before (just a little to get a slot card and into their database).
Rick
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