maintaining historical level of play (?)

We received a 2 night comp from TI which we are thinking of accepting. In the small print it says "Offer is expressly conditioned upon recipient maintaining historical level of play". Does that mean that if you didn't meet some unknown level of play they would charge you for those nights? Has that ever happened to anyone that they thought they were comped some free nights and ended up paying for them for lack of play?

Yes, that's exactly what it means. It's a racket. Comps should be to thank a guest for previous play. They shouldn't be conditional.

Good burn Sue, I agree. Rewards should not have strings attached.

Ditto!!!

just check in with your credit card and if they charge the room just dispute the charges???????

what would happen then??

Talk to your host and see what play is expected. If it is not to your satisfaction there are a lot of low cost rooms in Las Vegas at this time!!!

Wow, rediculous. That's not even a comp. I would tell them to take that and shove it. There are plenty of hotels right now in Vegas that have low cost rooms and are very nice. I have never been impressed with TI. The casino looks smokey and old. I have never stayed in the rooms, but a friend of mine tells me they aren't that great. But from the looks of the location, the view from the rooms must be amazing, if not the best.

This "maintaining historical level of play" has always raised a red flag with me ......

I get nice offers from either Wynn or Palazzo (wherever we saw the Jersey Boys).
We were early for the show, so I'm playing Dollar Triple Play Video Poker.
I had some good hits early and so I continued and played for about 45 minutes.
The problem is that I don't always play like that (especially there), and to them that is my "historical level of play".
If I did stay there, I wouldn't be playing at that level.
So even though I get pretty good offers, I end up tossing them because they scare me with this fine print.

Rick

That fine print has been on many offers for a long time. Generally, you received that offer based on your "historical" level of play anyway. If during that specific visit you don't maintain your regular level of play, or stiff the comping casino completely, you will likely find your next offers less generous or they will disappear all together. I've yet to ever hear of someone being charged at the end of a visit because of lower play - but it may come back to haunt you in the future by way of fewer or no offers from that property.
I'm sure someone will chime in with the example of the Venetian/Palazzo incidents where for a period of a few weeks a while back they were rescinding free room offers that people had booked, at the very last minute. That was a very short lived situation, and no longer occurs. It was simply a dumb knee jerk reaction by LV Sands Corp to poorer than expected earnings reports. They have since totally revamped their Comps program and they send out far fewer offers than they used to. From what I have personally seen, they now rely more much more heavily on the historical levels of play to make any comp offers in the first place and they no longer revoke any booked comps.

I usually get room & food comped while in Vegas each year. However, two years ago I arrived but was having a great deal of trouble with my sciatic nerve and told my host of the problem. He told me not to worry about it. I certainly was not able to play at my regular level of play because just to walk or sit was so very difficult. I have been back since then & still get my same comps. I'm sure he took into account my health problem that year.


Diane