Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2015

gamboller

Just the 10million LPs and Shaq will follow you on twitter for ONE year

Winter_Jasmine

Just wanted to report, after purchasing $9, $9, $19, $19 chip packages over the last month or so ($56 in total) I now have four rewards From what I understand, once you hit 4 you seem to stay there so I'm hoping it'll still stand if we get to go back again next year too.

gamboller wrote: »

Just the 10million LPs and Shaq will follow you on twitter for ONE year

BARGAIN! :rotfl:

Winter_Jasmine

stoneman wrote: »

The archives don't show up on a tablet, only a pc or Mac.
Shame about the colds, we had the same thing last time and it damn near ruined the holiday. Alcohol is a good dampner. :beer:

Do the archives go back further than a day? I'd love to give you a wave but can't find a way of going back that far!

vegasvisitor

Winter_Jasmine wrote: »

Just wanted to report, after purchasing $9, $9, $19, $19 chip packages over the last month or so ($56 in total) I now have four rewards From what I understand, once you hit 4 you seem to stay there so I'm hoping it'll still stand if we get to go back again next year too.


BARGAIN! :rotfl:

Do you think it is worth $56? Did you earn a lot of points too from the chips you purchased? Or did you enjoy playing too? My husband is also playing, and our next trip we are only in Vegas 7 days, the weekend we are off strip and probably won't use rewards. We have redeemed for 3 nights at Luxor, Aria dinner buffet x 2, and he still has 2 rewards to redeem (probably Bellagio lunch x 2 and another buffet. We also have Social Rewards points and the LVA book so I suppose I can't see us really needing a 4th reward. I have enough points for a couple of off strip buffets as well, plus keep some towards our September trip. Although I suppose if I had the loyalty points to burn I'd consider a show, so the 4th reward could maybe be handy. And if you get to keep the 4th reward long term it could be worth it as you could get more then one shot at the 4th reward.

Winter_Jasmine

If it had been a one use only thing I wouldn't have bothered as the rewards we're going for are probably only worth around $50-$60 each anyway but I asked and people said that you seem to stay at 4 (I'm well aware that MyVegas like to change things though!)

I've redeemed a night at Monte Carlo and I'm looking at the $50 MC credit, 2 x lunch buffet at Aria and probably 2 x lunch buffet at Bellagio (we're not quite within our 90 days yet). We're there for 11 nights, staying on Strip so for us it's worth it. Although I only bought the last lot of chips this morning I can't remember how many lps I got sorry - I know it was a fair bit, maybe 1,000+?

Hubs has redeemed a night at Excalibur so he's got two more to use.

It's probably cost me $56 to get a $56 reward (including tax) so this trip we'll break even. We'd probably be eating at the places I'm redeeming for anyway, so I haven't spent money that we wouldn't otherwise have spent (it's just like paying in advance really!)

I must admit that part of it was just a childish desire to get the extra reward though, I felt hard done to with three after having four when we last went (from a $5 chip purchase in the early days of the game)

vegasvisitor

Ah, I see. Sounds like it's break even for now but you'll be hoping you'll keep the 4 rewards for a bit. With an 11 night trip you can do more anyway.

I'm also looking at the Bellagio lunch x2, which is 100,000 points. We got Aria dinner for 156,000 for 2. I like how both of those have a drink bump available ($15 at Bellagio, $12.99 at Aria) if we want it. We wanted Mandalay Bay dinner x 2 at 92,000 points but it disappeared!

We may also do Red Rock b/fast or lunch 30,000 and GVR b/fast or lunch 27,000. Good how they don't count towards the total. We've got 2/1 LVA coupons for both of those though, but with another trip before year end we'll still be able to use those. We are only at an MGM property for 3 nights so need to do Bellagio and Aria buffet while there. Then we have 2 nights at Lake Las Vegas, so will only be using whatever rewards while out and about in the car. Then 2 nights at Tuscany, I hope to use the $10 Planet Hollywood buffet plus use Social Rewards points for the balance, and could also do 2/1 Rio if we have time.

It's exciting getting all these freebies! Our flights were rewards flights too so it's working out rather nicely. :beer:

stoneman

Winter_Jasmine wrote: »

Do the archives go back further than a day? I'd love to give you a wave but can't find a way of going back that far!

I don't think they go back further than a day. We did another this morning but got too far over and we're almost completely out of shot. We'll get this right by the time we leave. It will be clear, and right in front of the sign. I might even make a banner up and unfurl it:rotfl:

photome

well done ferf on the win.....nice to know my money is coming back to the UK

secretmachines

hi everyone, bit off topic, but we have a knowledgeable bunch here

I'm going to order to some currency (AED) to reserve & collect at Heathrow with Moneycorp... I also have some Euros I need to change.

Would I be able to order pay towards it with my Euros and pay the rest on my card?

photome

secretmachines wrote: »

hi everyone, bit off topic, but we have a knowledgeable bunch here

I'm going to order to some currency (AED) to reserve & collect at Heathrow with Moneycorp... I also have some Euros I need to change.

Would I be able to order pay towards it with my Euros and pay the rest on my card?

does it give the option to change euros to dollars (if thats what you mean). on their website order system

IMO it will be 2 transactions
one changing euros to sterling and the other changing sterling to dollars

just realised you are not ordering dollars at all (it is off topic lol), same applies though, I would think