We took Anthony's advice from a couple weeks back,,, I signed my wife up for a monthly membership (for April) and printed off her and my RIO coupons for New RIO Rewards club free play, RIO calls it,, Frioplay,, After enrolling, I received my $25 bonus (Platinum-annual member), she received $25 (inadvertently I presume) not $15, as we expected,
An unexpected bonus,,, after we earned 100 points we each received an additional $25 of free play.
And, had we earned 1000 points,, within 48 hours of joining,, we would have received an additional club bonus.
The free play matched your bet until the $25 was expended. It seemed to encourage a quick visit to the High Limit room to place a single $25 or multiple $5 first bets.
The VP pay tables were 9/6 for DDB. Better than most or all of the BYD VP paytables next door at the Gold Coast. The entire bill for a single night's stay with the LVA room discount was about $112 (which includes $56 resort fee/tax). The room was nice, it was in the unrenovated Masquerade tower (Iponema tower IS renovated), the room was huge, certainly the size of a suite) and very clean.
Thanks Anthony, a good call for a "hack" at the RIO. Enjoyed the stay and will return.