Pyiddy - Thanks for the quick reply. I saw your post shortly after you posted it but didn't get a chance to reply until now. Thanks again though for reassuring me that it was within the normal range. Again I am new to VP so I'm still getting used to what is normal or not.
All that being said I was finally able to get some "discretionary" comps during my visit. I guess I never realized what discretionary comps meant since I am used to playing backjack. Whenver i was playing blackjack I would simply ask for a food comp after a few hours of playing $25/hand and would get it. (Unless I was playing a vegas strip casino in which case they just say "check your card balance")
Anyway, so after I had racked up about 800 points and lost $500 i finally got a host to give me 1 free buffet (i had asked for 2). The next day i played again, scoring another 800 points and losing $400, but this time a (nicer) host gave me a $60 comp to the Jack Daniels restaurant. So overall I guess it just depends on the host. This casino is a bit unique in that they just have a host podium that anyone can approach without actually having been assigned a host.
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "pyiddy" <pyiddy@...> wrote:
Outside Nevada that rate of 0.075% for cashback on VP or 0.15% for comps is
sadly fairly normal. In the Chicago Area where I am from, cashback is
generally 0.1% on VP though the Ameristar is 0.0625% for VP but 0.125% on
comps. Casinos sometimes have multiplier days. Also sometimes have
"bounceback" offers (mailers) for free play. One of the biggest puzzles for
vp players is to figure out the actual value of these, especially as some
casinos vary the amounts of this on whether you previously won or lost. the
Majestic Star (Gary IN) is one of the properties I am a vpfree monitor at,
halves the value of cashback for its lowest card level. That is not uncommon
so you must be aware of it.
From: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vpF…@…com] On Behalf Of
casinogeek
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 10:34 AM
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [vpFREE] I am at L'auberge du lack in Lake Charles, LA
I have not been here in over a year and they have since switched to a new
player card structure. It's still called "MyChoice" but now there are more
tiers.
The points are still 1 point for every $10 of Vp play however so far the
comp rate seems very low and the first host i spoke with was not much help.
After about $2000 coin in i checked and he said i had about $3 built up for
use at restaurants and whatnot...if i wanted to play it on the machine it
would only be worth half of that. Do those numbers seem normal? I'm still
kinda new to Vp. I'm used to playing at the blackjack table for 2 hours at
$25/hand and then asking for 2 buffet comps...which is usually not a problem
at this casino.
I played some $1 JoB last night as there are still plenty of full pay
machines available. Let me know if you're looking for an update on a
particular game and i'll do some searching.
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