Total Rewards 5X multiplier days?

It might be only sort of worth it, but I might want to play enough VP on a 5X multiplier day to get to Diamond level. Given CET's evil little recent habit of drastically dialing back the number of TCs (and RCs) you earn from playing the best VP they offer (which ain't very good), I might have to pick my spots.

The thing is, I don't see any indication on their (awful) website that they're going to have a few 5X days sometime around Christmas. It seems that some casinos will have it, and some won't. Does anyone have any info?

(I'm not necessarily interested in Vegas to do this; other CET locations might be better.)

My CET online account depicts 5X TC promotions on two separate December 2022 date windows; 12th - 15th and 19th - 22nd for all Las Vegas properties. If you have a CET online account, that may be the route to get your answers about Vegas specifically and outlying regional properties as well ( as it pertains to this 5X promo). CET is and has been great at raising marginal tax rates for players during the past 2+ years, in effect. I've just spent very limited gambling money with CET during recent Vegas trips to maintain some activity on my account in order to curb their taking away the free rooms part of the perks ( my mother-in-law and/or other assorted enemies might need a room someday, ya know). It gripes me how they've gone to the dogs..that's the way it is. Yet, the 5X promo is likely worth it overall if it doesn't force one to remortgage the house in order to get somewhere to redeem it. Then all you'd have to concern yourself with is the inability to find a VP machine at CET with a marginally tolerable pay table schedule..that's a task.

That ain't encouraging. Diamond Bozo or whatever they call it takes 15,000 Retard Credits, which is $150K coin-in at VP. Even a 99% game would cost $1500 in -EV, and I doubt that a game that good exists. So figure 98%, and an expected loss of $3000--now divide that loss by 5 for a 5X credits period. So, $600 to get to the no resort fee level.

Given the $30-40 resort fees normally imposed, it might be kinda sorta worth it. Is there anything else worthwhile you get for attaining Diamond Bozo, besides the Attaboy Dinner?

(Parenthetically, there were/are exactly two casinos where there were over 99% VP machines: Harrah Cherokee and Harrahs Tahoe. Jean Scott and others made pilgrimages there. Then, of course, they upped it to four billion $$ coin-in for one Retard Credit.)

If you frequent CET properties with enough regularity to justify it ( to obtain waived RF's and parking fees, and the Diamond Celebration Dinner which might get you a couple of cheeseburgers with fries at their high-priced joints), then there's other ways to attain the Diamond level; both involve CC tier matches. There's negative tradeoffs with either ( like obtaining another credit card at all). Two of those TC tier match options are the Founders Card and the Business Earner's CC from Barclays ( the latter of which is tied in with another group of nefarious administrators - Wyndham). The positive tradeoff for gamblers is that obtaining either of these  are ultimately much less expensive in order to eventually bite into the Diamond cupcake as compared to normal gambling spend. That latter statement has veracity IF monthly balances are paid off as quickly as possible; that compound CC interest on balances will eat one alive and devalue up-front perks otherwise. There are minimum spends and an annual fee with the Barclay's card ( I just have that one, not the Founders option ) which includes 8X multiplier for gas purchases. It's not a panacea but is damned sure less expensive vs spending one's way to the coveted Diamond cupcake.

I swore off credit cards about twenty years ago, for a variety of reasons, including the godawful fees they charge and the horrific interest rates on balances. And I would NEVER mix credit cards with gambling, even tangentially. So while ultimately a cheaper way to go (perhaps), that isn't an option for me. (I'd love to earn reward credits for my gasoline purchases, which have exceeded $70,000,000.00 this year.)

Similarly, I understand that just plain old buying rooms, meals, etc. from CET properties earns you RCs/TCs, and bonuses such as the multipliers apply to that as well. But given that EVERYTHING at CET is overpriced, I can't see that as being a frugal option. There might be exceptions to that...?

Diamond in a Day, I assume, is still a thing and acts as effectively a 3X multiplier. Trouble is, that would still require $50,000 in a single 24-hour period. A $1 denom VP game is only $4,000/hr at 800 hands/hr. My eyeballs would fall out. That's probably why that multi-line 9/6 JOB game at Harrahs Tahoe was so popular (and of course, they jacked that up to $50 per RC/TC.)

I wonder if there's any website that keeps track of that sort of shit--where the best remaining VP games are that would enable you to earn the requisite number of TCs without bleeding to death? ALSO--and this is a biggie--which machines have lower TC earning rates? I've done myriad internet searches but haven't come up with anything current or relevant. The only thing I can tell is that CET is reducing benefits--big surprise there!

I'm unaware of any website that would go to the daily update effort required to maintain info regarding CET VP options with regard to potential earnings from play. CET sure isn't going to maintain such a site because they want customers to play the crappiest machines. I could only speculate that there might (I don't know) be a Facebook group that might peripherally provide some pertinent info. Then  you have to be concerned about  currency and accuracy of said info.

I'd further speculate that there are professional VP advantage player group members that communicate with each other via assorted "insider" routes. I'd be more apt to expect some more current and accurate info from those people than from any internet or Facebook source. The other side of that is..how many of those insider AP people are practicing their trade at CET casinos? Probably not many ( outside of any  short-term promo opportunities) due to the generally poor paytable schedules.

I remember Diamond in a Day but haven't seen a promo/announcement for it in a long time.  I seem to recall there was a special multiplier or something that could enable one to earn D/D without taking out a second mortgage or blowing junior's college fund.  But...memory ain't that good anymore and I'm probably making that up.  LOL.  

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There have been several such promos in the recent past, and in fact, CET lists expired promos on its website (for some reason). What it doesn't do is tell you about upcoming promos. And DIAD is very hard to track down on their site.

In fact, casino websites used to be the primary source of promo info overall, but these days, their info is usually woefully outdated and inaccurate. Just another "fuck you" to their loyal customers.

CET's 'year' used to run through January 31.  Points earned in January counted for the previous year to achieve the next tier, whatever that might be.  But, don't trust my memory on that either.

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I remember seeing that too, but not in their recent website content. I found it kind of funny that their page on how you earn tier credits had fourteen (count 'em, fourteen) explanatory footnotes. It currently says that the earning year ends on December 31.

I'm not that familiar with the ins and outs and various vicissitudes of CET's Total Rewards over the years, but from what I've been reading on the interblab, they obviously have a small army of trolls who work underground 24/7 and never see the sun, whose sole job is to finker and tiddle with the rules and benefits. A primary criterion is: will this change annoy/confuse our customers? If so, that's a go!