Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2015

gamboller

As regards 4 versus 3 MGM rewards on MyVegas. Is there a way of checking whether I have 3 or 4?

I did buy some chips about 13mths ago as was close to a trip

gamboller

On socialrewards. twitter shares doesn't seem to be working anymore. Getting expired or invalid token message or this request seems to be automated ??

Anyone else experiencing this?

pebblesmax

If you go to the second page of any MGM reward you should see how many you have.

shown73

Went in mid May, early June, and left things a bit late because I was trying to blag some show tickets, but no luck, so went for two buffet dinners tickets at Mandalay Bay and Luxor, ie 2 times 2. Pretty gobsmacked by the whole Mandalay Bay hotel, and the dinner was, to me, absolutely great, alcohol included. Luxor was, by a whisker, not quite so amazing, but that said, really excellent, except booze was extra. So, leaving it late didn't seem to matter too much, but hopefully next time we might get some show tickets. Once I had found out about the supposed changeover time, I tried very hard over many days, but no luck, so concluded that it was a waste of time. Next time I'll start at the three month limit....

vegasvisitor

Brats64 wrote: »

How have people found it,trying to redeem the "popular" buffet x 2 people
Rewards lately ?

We are inside of 90 days from our trip,and have been trying to get the usual Mirage buffet for 2 reward.I have been ready waiting,and constantly refreshing,at 2.55pm the last few days.After about 40 minutes I have seen nothing but sold out constantly on all popular rewards,and give up.
Never had that much of a problem getting the buffet x 2 people before.Although some of them have now been withdrawn.
Got 2 nights hotel stay...one each...a while ago,and in desperation recently got the $50 drink credit at nyny,as it was "available"... But really want a couple of buffets,like we have had on all other reward redemptions.
But this time they never change from sold out.:(

Some of them are hard to get. I noticed my Mirage 2 b/fasts is a guest reward so I've cancelled it and will try to get something else instead.

To get the MGM ones we had to stalk the rewards ever half hour. They are refreshed one the hour or half hour, but can never tell which hour or half hour - just once a day!

The other thing you can do is follow the 'reward refresh' thread in the Myvegas Friends Rock group - folk post 'refreshed' on there when they see it. So if you have followed it you will get an alert on facebook. You'll then have about 2 minutes to get in there and pounce! Start early, it could take you a while to get them. We tried for days, although we weren't available to check for hours on end on those days but we got them after about 4 or 5 days of serious watching.

Kernow666

Brats64 wrote: »

If you are within 90 days of using the rewards,I would recommend getting ones you fancy as soon as you can.
You never know when they will pull a reward,and if you fancy something particularly,and you have the points,then I would get it.
Think someone recently wrote...don't know who...that they believed MGM rewards may disappear all together.

think i will do just that when i get home from work later , its within 30 days when i will be there so might as well cash in some points :T

vegasvisitor

As far as I know they have stopped doing the free booze at Mandalay Bay, but still do it at Mirage.

Lol at the Main Street Station b/fast idea....even a Scottish lass like me doesn't drink in the morning.

Buffet preferences seem to vary. I much prefer MGM over Mirage or even Caesar's. I'm sure it's down to the vegetarian options available though, as others who are veggie have agreed to this over on one of the facebook groups. With Caesar's seeming so similar to Wicked Spoon I've completely ruled that out as well. Little dishes of god knows what all ready made up. I'd be quizzing the staff no end!

bobbyhibs

lesley74 wrote: »

As far as I know they have stopped doing the free booze at Mandalay Bay, but still do it at Mirage.

Lol at the Main Street Station b/fast idea....even a Scottish lass like me doesn't drink in the morning.

Buffet preferences seem to vary. I much prefer MGM over Mirage or even Caesar's. I'm sure it's down to the vegetarian options available though, as others who are veggie have agreed to this over on one of the facebook groups. With Caesar's seeming so similar to Wicked Spoon I've completely ruled that out as well. Little dishes of god knows what all ready made up. I'd be quizzing the staff no end!

As far as your first part of your post, it must have been really recently for the mandalay bay free booze cos when we went(7th-17th june,i think we got the reward the tail end our trip maybe the 14th?) my brother did have a few beers(cough 6 cough) for no extra charge,

And as for a scottish lass, well my brother being a scottish lad has said to me, if he is gonna get offered a good deal on booze or free beer, he ll start early!!

i agree with you in regards the mgm, it was my favourite buffet from the 5-6 different ones we tried, My brother liked the mgm but i think the all inclusive beer at the mirage and mandlay bay may sway his mind.
though from staying at the mgm i think with the mgm buffet, being lazy its the closet buffet to get to !:A

and thanks for the info above in regards the rewards and when they refresh,
kind regards !
(also great to see a fellow scot on the board:D)

bobbyhibs

hi

Has anyone ever booked a vegas hotel direct?
I ve been looking at the mgm grand hotel and well there seems to be a few deals there(and on the offical facebook site) but i guess my issue is its all in dollars.

Does anyone know how it would work , i mean like us usuing pund sterling ,I suppose they use whatever the dollar to the pund rate at the time over there to calculate what it costs?

so can anyone explain it to me please?and share your experinces as well, though it does NOT have to be the mgm grand hotel direct, just if you have used the hotel directly in vegas

Thanks for reading and hopefully for your reply,:beer:

duchy

I think most of us have booked direct with Vegas hotels at one time or another.

The exchange rate is usually OK but not brilliant but your bank will charge a currency service charge of up to 3% unless it's one of the few that has no currency card- the best known is the Halifax Clarity card.

There;s lots of info about this on the site as Martin often talks about it.