I played at Eldorado this week for the first time (I've been playing at the Horseshoe). Does anyone know how their comps work? When I asked at the booth, the lady told me how much cashback I had earned, but she said she wasn't allowed to tell me exactly how much I had in comps but I had enough for a couple of buffets if I wanted them. Has anyone else been told this? Do you have to have a casino host to find out anything?
Any info would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Bob
My experience has been that they will not tell you (including hosts) your comp balance except to say "yes" or "no" to a request.
To: vpFREE_Louisiana@yahoogroups.com
From: fourqueens1954@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:55:52 +0000
Subject: [vpFREE_Louisiana] Eldorado CompsI played at Eldorado this week for the first time (I've been playing at the Horseshoe). Does anyone know how their comps work? When I asked at the booth, the lady told me how much cashback I had earned, but she said she wasn't allowed to tell me exactly how much I had in comps but I had enough for a couple of buffets if I wanted them. Has anyone else been told this? Do you have to have a casino host to find out anything?
Any info would be appreciated.Thanks,
Bob
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I have no experience at all with this particular casino, so I can't comment one way or the other concerning their policies, but in general I cannot STAND when casinos adhere to this stupid, outdated "don't ask, won't tell" comp policy. I have run across these types of comp systems before, but thankfully not much lately. Trying to get a comp from these places becomes a silly, time wasting game of 20 questions.
"Can I get a buffet for four?" "Let me check...NO."
"How about a buffet for one then?" "Let me check...YES."
"OK, do I have enough for two buffets?" "Let me check...YES."
"Hmm, how about for three?" "Let me check...NO."
Give me a break...
EE
--- In vpFREE_Louisiana@yahoogroups.com, kelso 1600 <kelso1600@...> wrote:
My experience has been that they will not tell you (including hosts) your comp balance except to say "yes" or "no" to a request.
Bob: I cannot give you specifics for this property,but can give you some general experience. We switched over to the Eldorado a couple of years ago due to issues with the Horseshoe (the damned ADT). As background, I have been Diamond for several years. Since we started at the Eldorado, we have had received excellent treatment. The mailers have always been good - essentially free room, bounceback cash and a dollar figure comp (depending on play) for their steakhouse (Vintage). It started for us at $75 and now is usually $150. I have had guests with me and had no trouble getting more comped. In addition, we get offers all the time for giveaways, tournaments etc. I am at their high level (called Presidents) and also get invites to outstanding parties etc. With that level, you can go into the buffet at any time and present your card and get free buffets for you and a guest. Also, at that level (Presidents) the cash back is at .3% for video poker, significantly better than the Horseshoe's .125%. We have also been to their Reno property and, while that location does not give cash back, comps are earned at the .3% rate since they indicated to us how many dollars of comps we had coming to us for the trip. A quite calculation gave us that .3% comp rate. Personally, I would not go to the Shoe were it not in the Harrah's system and we use the rooms in other locations (New Orleans, Vegas, Reno etc.). As a point of reference, we started outdoing about $400K per year coin in to gain that level of comps. Good luck.
--- In vpFREE_Louisiana@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Montgomery" <fourqueens1954@...> wrote:
I played at Eldorado this week for the first time (I've been playing at the Horseshoe). Does anyone know how their comps work? When I asked at the booth, the lady told me how much cashback I had earned, but she said she wasn't allowed to tell me exactly how much I had in comps but I had enough for a couple of buffets if I wanted them. Has anyone else been told this? Do you have to have a casino host to find out anything?
Any info would be appreciated.Thanks,
Bob
Hey David!
I was wondering 'bout that? I thought that it had been mentioned that it was no longer at the 1/3 of 1% level for the the" President Level"??
Thanks for confirming this! I guess we might try to get back into that level in the latter part of the year.... maybe!
James
--- In vpFREE_Louisiana@yahoogroups.com, "sarahmukasa10" <sarahmukasa10@...> wrote:
Also, at that level (Presidents) the cash back is at .3% for video poker, significantly better than the Horseshoe's .125%. >
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James: Somehow I thought I had emailed you about it. I only discovered it 2-3 months ago. I was always under the impression that it was .25%. Since it is somewhat difficult to find out your total points for any given trip, I didn't verify it. However, now I write down the daily points at the end of the day (the machines accumulate the points for the day and display it) and then add them up for the total trip.
--- In vpFREE_Louisiana@yahoogroups.com, "annajam935" <annajam@...> wrote:
Hey David!
I was wondering 'bout that? I thought that it had been mentioned that it was no longer at the 1/3 of 1% level for the the" President Level"??Thanks for confirming this! I guess we might try to get back into that level in the latter part of the year.... maybe!
James
--- In vpFREE_Louisiana@yahoogroups.com, "sarahmukasa10" <sarahmukasa10@> wrote:
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> Also, at that level (Presidents) the cash back is at .3% for video poker, significantly better than the Horseshoe's .125%. >> >
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