Hello to all regular posters and thanks for your efforts:
Some of you might have wondered where I have been as far as
Laughlin (Terry, Chris, Drew, etc.) I finally made a commitment
to revisit the Belle. I booked the $40,000 Invitational Slot
Tournament with 3 Free nights. First Place is $10,000 and
includes an awards dinner and departure brunch.
I still have not traded in my old "One Club" card, but the
offers seem to keep coming. This trip could easily become the
start of the end of offers. With the VP selection so minimal,
I will not be maintaining my former "white card" status, or
its new equivalent. Yes there are a few $.25 full pay machines,
but not enough hours in a day to reach those levels. My former
play was a mixture of $1 and $5. Mostly $1, but some were 3, 5
and 10 Play $1 machines.
The last time in Laughlin I questioned a host about the food
cards. She said they were still giving dining cards, but that
feature was to be quickly phased out. The logic being that the
higher level of comps are now are so much greater. Former cards
were being issued only long enough for the former recipients to
gather enough of the new Access Card points to be in a similar
position. There is no way this is possible. I mean that "white
card" was a really valuable benefit! However, with no Orleans
Room or reasonable video poker, it is a mute point. I could
never obtain enough new Access points to match what I had!
The main reason I even booked was because I also booked a VIP
Golf Tournament at Harrah's on the same trip. This gives me a
spare room, some meals and something for my wife to do while I
play golf. I am assuming she can substitute for me on Sunday
in the slot tournament.
I have continued to get offers from the Belle/Edgewater. The
biggest difference is they are usually for either casino. In
the past all of my play and offers was at the Belle. These are
the current offers in hand:
1. Oct 1st-Nov 1st
$20,000 Dead People Giveaway 3 free nights and an Entry
into the drawing every Tuesday and Saturday
2. Oct 1st-Nov 30th
3 Free nights at either Edgewater or Belle 2 Buffets and
$100 in Free Play ($25 per day for up to 4 days)
3. Oct 18th-Oct 22nd
4 Free nights either Belle or Edgewater and $100,000
slot tournament with $10 free play
4. Oct 21st-Oct 23rd
3 Nights and a Belle 36 hole Golf tournament with various
meals, drinks, prizes and a gift
5. Oct 27th-Oct 28th
3 Free nights Edgewater, $10 in free play or a buffet and
an entry into the $50,000 Slot Tournament
6. Nov 2nd-Nov 30th
3 Free nights either Edgewater or Belle and an entry
into "Turkey Shoot" and a Drawing into the daily $40,000
giveaway
7. Nov5th-Nov 9th
4 Free nights at Edgewater and 45 hole golf tournament
with meals, prizes and a gift
8. Nov 9th-Nov 11th
3 Free nights at Belle Entry into $40,000 slot tournament
with award dinner and departure brunch
9. Nov 29th-Dec 1st
Belle 36 hole Golf Tournament with 3 free nights and
various meals, prizes and a gift
10. Dec 1st-Dec 29th
3 Free nights at either Edgewater or Belle and an entry
into $40,000 Reindeer Games drawing
So you can see there is no shortage of offers and free nights.
They include a lot of flexibility between both casinos. However,
I think my real identity will be exposed after this November trip.
I wrote this in Microsoft Works. I am not too confident the
formatting will be acceptable when copying it to my email and
posting to this group. Well, I can only try so here goes!
Bob