Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2013

littlemissbossy

pebblesmax wrote: »

You buy a bottle of spirits for a set amount. This includes a table, seats, glasses, mixers and a server. $500 is not unusual so I've heard. You have to tip your server as well.

We had a pitcher of sangria and it was $75 + tax and tip.

Might be rethinking the nightclub visit, but thanks for the info.

luci

sarahlasvegas wrote: »

https://apps.facebook.com/playmyvegas/Coupon/ems/VZ8RZT

5k Myvegas points if you're quick

Many thanks for this. Like duchy, I have just started playing and have twice run out of chips so had to stop playing.

Will need to read back here for some strategy.

sarahlasvegas

luci wrote: »

Many thanks for this. Like duchy, I have just started playing and have twice run out of chips so had to stop playing.

Will need to read back here for some strategy.

Yeah Im sure i could be playing better, need to read up on it too. I set up seperate fb account just for myvegas and have added loads of people from the myvegas groups to start with. I've got until Aug 2014 to get loads of points though :rotfl:

luci

Re the earlier discussion about trips being regimented.

Tonight the planner went out the window. The original "plan" was to go to the Harley-Davidson Cafe, as we normally nip back from there to check in online for our flight home. No need this year as we already have our seats with having status with BA.

Went to see Donny and Marie, after rescheduling with last week's show being cancelled. They were brilliant BTW and the show was about 80% different from their previous shows that we have seen.

We ended up at Mon Ami Gabi for dinner after saying it would have to wait for another trip. There was a 2 hour wait for the patio at 9.30pm so we opted for inside. We were shown to a table just off the patio, in the middle and facing the Bellagio fountains. Result.

Then they played "Time to Say Goodbye", on our last night.

nvh

luci wrote: »

We were shown to a table just off the patio, in the middle and facing the Bellagio fountains. Result.

Then they played "Time to Say Goodbye", on our last night.

excellent

out of interest btw, is there any special way in how you have attained status with BA... always interested on how people get status, and i've always felt BA status to be quite awkward for me to achieve (though obviously you and Stoneman both have it )

stoneman

nvh wrote: »

excellent

out of interest btw, is there any special way in how you have attained status with BA... always interested on how people get status, and i've always felt BA status to be quite awkward for me to achieve (though obviously you and Stoneman both have it )

The only real status worth have is silver and gold. You need 600 tier points and fly 4 sectors on BA metal to get silver. Avios don't count towards status, it comes with flying.
A return club world flight to Vegas will get you 280 tier points (TP). So 2 CW flights a year will get you 560 TP leaving you needing 40 to get to silver (which lasts a year from your BAEC joining date) the trick now is to do a TP run while in Vegas to get those points.
And that trick comes with flying AA and using their instant upgrade fares to First class to fly somewhere to get them., and this can be done quite cheaply. AA award more TP per sector than BA but if you put your BAEC number in when booking on AA your points will go to your BAEC account.
Last year I needed 120 TP to retain sliver so I flew LAS/LAX/LAS with AA on an instant updrade fare in First to get them. Cost me £100. This year I need considerably more and my year runs out in June so I need them quick. So today it's off to San Juan via LAX.
BTW you can get Bronze statue with 200 TP but the only perks with that are being able to choose your seat 7 days from departure and some bonus avios when you fly.

stoneman

luci wrote: »

We ended up at Mon Ami Gabi for dinner after saying it would have to wait for another trip. There was a 2 hour wait for the patio at 9.30pm so we opted for inside. We were shown to a table just off the patio, in the middle and facing the Bellagio fountains. Result.

Then they played "Time to Say Goodbye", on our last night.

We were sat on the patio about that time too, almost right in front of you probably.
I had on a suit and Tracy had on a pale pink cocktail dress, did you see us?

nvh

stoneman wrote: »

The only real status worth have is silver and gold. You need 600 tier points and fly 4 sectors on BA metal to get silver. Avios don't count towards status, it comes with flying.
A return club world flight to Vegas will get you 280 tier points (TP). So 2 CW flights a year will get you 560 TP leaving you needing 40 to get to silver (which lasts a year from your BAEC joining date) the trick now is to do a TP run while in Vegas to get those points.
And that trick comes with flying AA and using their instant upgrade fares to First class to fly somewhere to get them., and this can be done quite cheaply. AA award more TP per sector than BA but if you put your BAEC number in when booking on AA your points will go to your BAEC account.
Last year I needed 120 TP to retain sliver so I flew LAS/LAX/LAS with AA on an instant updrade fare in First to get them. Cost me £100. This year I need considerably more and my year runs out in June so I need them quick. So today it's off to San Juan via LAX.
BTW you can get Bronze statue with 200 TP but the only perks with that are being able to choose your seat 7 days from departure and some bonus avios when you fly.

That's great information - cheers Stoneman I have Bronze as such already (AA Gold), and have a good 90k AA miles so easily enough for a free flight (bonus is no fuel surcharge on AA metal), but i'm finding i'm doing more and more 'hopper' BA flights which I think would be more valuable to us longer term than AA (as i'm also accumulating a tasty collection of Avios!)

Have a nice flight

(I'll have to look into the instant upgrade... any pointers?)

photome

Scoot city Strip tour half price on groupon at moment

martmonk

Might be useful to some to know that Hilton Honours are currently offering either 4 x Hhonours points, or 20% off your bill at Tropicana until Aug 31st.

I've never stayed at Trop and we won't be back to Vegas for at least a year but HHonours can be decent points to accumulate - we stayed this weekend at a doubletree using points I'd accumulated on work trips over the last few months.