Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2018

This is a great thread. Thank you vegasvistor. I am looking to go with 2 of my friends. It's proving to be a pain as I can only go for 5 days (Sun to Fri), and one of them wants to go Fri to Fri. I'm trying to convince him that going for his birthday for 5 days will be enough to do Vegas. None of us have been before but I'm thinking 4 full days of fun will be enough. Certainly cheaper also as the flights have just gone up this evening, and the hotels (Bellagio) where he wants to stay is expensive.

pebblesmax wrote: »

First visit, you won’t be in the room much. Unless you’re old like us. Is it a milestone birthday?

:rotfl: Yes a 40th (for a drama queen :rotfl:)

So our San Diego to San Jose trip, where the original plan was to take the train up, stopping off at Disney, LA, Santa Barbara and maybe 1 other place, has ended up quite different!!

I'd deliberately only booked the first 6 nights in SD and nothing else, we wanted to take our time on the route and do it as we felt like, without having predetermined dates/times.

I love my hockey, ice that is, and the Vegas Golden Knights are in round 2 of the playoffs, so, when I looked last Friday for tickets just out of curiosity.........

Cue chat with OH, booking of hire car (Nissan Sentra - sorry Stu!) And a plan was hatched!

I type this sitting in MGM sports book watching another game as OH suns herself by the pool. That after 2 nights at Disney.

Some hasty my Vegas redemptions have been made, along with mlife offers for a comp room tonight, reduced rate tomorrow, and a reduced rate on OH account for Sat ($0, $39, $49) mean that hotels and hire car are cheaper than the trains and hotels along the way would have been.

Heading back to San Diego for 2 nights on Sunday before taking a cheap Southwest flight to San Jose to get home.

The game tickets aren't very MSE but I consider it a bucket list item getting to a Stanley cup playoff game. The flights are BA Amex 241 so that's where the majority of the mse comes in !! Out in first, back in business for total of £1200 (NCL-SAN, SJC-NCL).

StuieUK34 wrote: »

golddust
is that £630 for the room (your estimated total to include Resort fee), or £630 inc flights ? (just curious)
And where did u see an offer of suite upgrade ? that sounds well good!


@Mart:
No attempt of a $20 handshake to the guy in the garage ?!!

No not flights - we're driving round California and stopping there for 5 nights.

I got it off SmarterVegas and it seems to stack with their current 20% off flash sale (it was cheaper than any other promo codes or sites I could find).

Seems Mandalay has the best as it increases the amount of credit per day (although some of the other MGM hotels I guess you could book in blocks of 2 to get a similar deal).

http://www.smartervegas.com/hotels/mandalay_bay/promotionalcodes.aspx

StuieUK34 wrote: »

That free suite upgrade is a good thing, especially in the M Bay !
Good spot!

Excellent! The only worry is it says subject to availability but I guess I can persuade them to give me something else if not.

Is it still worth trying the $20 trick if I'm already getting an upgrade as part of my deal?