Fontainebleau Las Vegas Gets Its Tier Matching Act Together

From Vital Vegas

https://www.casino.org/vitalvegas/fontainebleau-gets-its-tier-matching-act-together/?fbclid=IwAR3SJIUgR13S8AnXnf-Fb6bMyyYO84busmerlJCGEWzhWeHn4rGNb0aY5vM_aem_AfQQ5BqCmpfvEI5lx3MWwhHP5-egH4h15chGGGdiyjiHY4-zlaIeMfFQQOX3gdzUnIw

I was there yesterday and matched our two Hard Rock Icons for two Fontainebleu Golds, which scored us two $150 food comps and two $150 spa comps. I still won't be dining at Ito, where the standard dinner meal is $400.

Holy crap! I can barely imagine a meal that would be worth $400--especially when there are so many places in Vegas (even now) where you can get a terrific meal for $50--or less.

This illustrates a sad truth about most casino comps. They are applied to everything--food, rooms, gift shop stuff, etc.--at full rack rate. And since the "retail" price of all that stuff is inflated--sometimes grossly so--you're really not getting the actual face value of your comps. More like half. Or less.

For that $300, I could eat in Vegas for a week. And eat well. Fontaineblah.