could you give me a list

hi all,i keep seeing that you should charge everything to your room.apart from food bills is there anything else you can charge?

Show tickets, room service, retail store purchases, anything arranged by the concierge within that property connected with where you are staying, e.g. CET, MGM. Depends on where you are staying.

thank you.i didnt think about show tickets

I do want to point out that there are times it is advantageous to charge to your room and other times it is in your best interest to pay with a comp directly at the point of service.

yes i did once ask a pit boss if i could have some free buffet tickets and he gave them to me.ive never been that cheeky before.well not since i was a teenager.it didnt seem to affect anything on my card either so that was great

If you have enough points on your players card to pay for a meal then do it at the restaurant. You will then avoid paying taxes on the meal. If you charge the meal to your room the taxes go on the charge (even if you close your hotel bill in points at checkout).

The only way to get free dining from table play is to ask for comps. It used to be more at the discretion of the pit boss, but lately my experience has been that they have an exact point ratio and they have told me I am there or not. Some are still just loose and at the discretion, some are tight.

I have even went back months later and asked because I played and didn't eat the last time and they just write the comp.

We don't tend to put things on our room. Mostly we have booked under promo codes and have dinner comps or accumulated points to pay for dining. Shows are usually offered in package as well. For us, we usually have things set like that rather than host. Although my mom uses her host a bit more than me. I've only used host infrequently, but have had a good one a time or two at smaller properties.

Let me provide some clarifications from Caesars Property experiences.

Say what you will about the gambling, but the comp system is the most transparent of any of the casinos.

When at Caesars restaurants, I pay with comps at the point of sale. This eliminates the 8.15% sales tax. ... If I have limited amount of comps, which I generally do, I don't pay with Total Rewards for a massage because services are not taxed, so I don't experience the extra 8.15% value that I do with restaurants or retail purchases. If I have $250 in comps coming to me for a trip and have a $250 restaurant charge and a $250 massage, I will comp the food to stretch my mileage another 8.15%. ...

I don't use the burn comps unless I can cover the whole charge. You are taxed on the full amount of the bill, if your comps don't cover the max. I learned this the hard way a few years ago when I paid with comps and came up $1.25 short at Old Homestead. The $1.25 final bill came with a $28 tax. Ouch! ... I always choose to carry forward Total Rewards points if I can't pay the full bill.

Here is another tip: As a Diamond Level player, they take off 15% on spa services. But if you pay with a voucher, they won't reduce it by 15% because you are burning comps. So, say, a $550 couples massage would be discounted by $82.50 when you pay with card or cash. Or you can charge it to your room at the reduced price of $467.50 ($82.50 discount) and pay that with comps and get the best of both worlds.

That's why I say sometimes it's in one's best interest to pay with comps up front. Other times disadvantageous.

Good points. My mom is a diamond a harrahs.

Some more points for me, being former road warriors and comp people, people do not understand points are money and I use them as such as the poster above mentioned.

Another Vegas norm is that many buffets offer tiered percent off while restaurants do not. Each one is completely different and as mentioned some not as transparent as others. We like to eat buffet style anyway, I am from a large family, but I don't cash in my points for bad exchange rates. Cashing in for free play or movie tickets, etc is never as good as food more than not. It is your best ratio.

Points were a large part of my life for many years, so Vegas is a natural match. I call it Monopoly money.

Another odd thing is. Some places erase taxes when using a comp and some don't. I try to clarify but it is often not even understood by the staff. Can be frustrating of dealing with large sums.