Many major casino changes continue in February, most of them painful cuts for casino customers. It’s shaping up to be a Dog Year for many of us even if we don’t follow the Chinese calendar.
Caesars Properties
Benefits have been slaughtered for Diamond and Seven Star tier players. No longer can their Reward Credits be converted to free play at a more favorable rate than when they were at lower levels. No guaranteed comp rooms. The two intermediate Aspiration Levels are completely eliminated. Go here and get the details to determine whether you think the benefits remaining make it a good deal for you personally to put in the major play to reach those higher tiers.
Palms
An unwelcome surprise in the February mailers of many heavy players: the number of multiple-point days have been majorly reduced while lower-level players have the usual more frequent ones. The Palms is usually not included in the “Station Casinos” newspaper ads touting frequent multiplier dates. You will look in vain for that Palms logo.
The Palms still does not have a senior program like the other Station casinos. They finally do now offer the same Stations check-cashing promotion but the benefits are extremely weak.
BOYD PROPERTIES (The Orleans, Gold Coast, Suncoast, and Sam’s Town)
The long-running Young at Heart (YAH) senior promotion on Wednesdays at these properties have a new set of features. Some former benefits have been cut, and there are new ones. It’s a mixed bag, depending on what benefits you like or won’t want to take advantage of. Here are the nitty-gritty details, a very long complex explanation that takes very close reading to be sure you don’t misunderstand or overlook anything.
(I have not been able to find details about YAH promotions at downtown Boyd properties online. You will need to visit the players club in person to see if there are changes there.)
I got an e-mail from Boyd Gaming talking about a check-cashing promotion at The Orleans, Gold Coast, Suncoast, and Sam’s Town. I’m not sure if this is a new one but here are the details.
Okay, now not everything is negative this month. Here is more positive news.
Skyline Casino
This small but expanding Henderson casino will be starting up a players club on March 5.
Golden Nugget Casinos
Golden Nugget Casinos have announced that 24K Select Club members across its five casinos can now earn comp dollars and tier credits in one account and redeem comp dollars in any of its casinos. Tier credits accumulate in a centralized account.
Members of the 24K Select Club can now download the Golden Nugget Mobile App to have 24/7 access to view their comp dollars, tier credits and tier level status, slot point balance and special offers across all Golden Nugget casinos, and receive mobile-only bonuses.
The five casinos are Golden Nugget Atlantic City; Golden Nugget Biloxi in Biloxi, Mississippi; Golden Nugget Lake Charles in Lake Charles, Louisiana; the Golden Nugget Las Vegas; and Golden Nugget Laughlin in Laughlin, Nevada.
In addition to the casinos, comp dollars can be redeemed in more than 600 restaurants, including any brand that falls under the Landry’s umbrella throughout the country. Landry’s owns and operates more than 40 brands, including Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., Chart House, Morton’s The Steakhouse and Vic & Anthony’s Steakhouse.
Caesars Hotel Discounts
Details about hotel discounts for students, teachers, active military and veterans, government employees, and first responders. Extra 10% off lowest available rate. The discount will be in addition to any other promotions applied to your order.
Stations Senior Program
Check their website every month because benefits do change.
PALMS
The good buffet promotion I talked about in January continues in February. Go to a detailed review written after the boss here at the LVA did the promotion personally. I want to add just a couple of notes. First, you don’t have to actually “redeem” the points, just “earn” them. You can redeem them later for free play, comps, or cash – so that actually is another dip on your promotion ice cream cone, in addition to any other benefits I discussed in my blog, i.e., the free movie tickets and free car washes.
Another important feature of this promotion is the flexibility of the time when you can use this food voucher you have earned. As you see on the photo of the receipt, it is valid for 48 hours – which seems to be correct even though it says 24 hours on our monthly mailers.
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I love to end on an upbeat note!
Used to get 3 nights from Boyd, now nothing.
Also got hit from El Cortez, lost free play and nights.
Looks like they are all doing it together.
YAH Mainstreet
BOGO breakfast/ lunch only, earn after 20 points
Mystery gift
Free drawing ticket
We took the buffet
W are no longer going to play at Mainstreet. That is two sapphire players they just lost
We would go to Mainstreet 3 times a week. Liked playing there but the downgrades are stopping us Che only got $5 free play once a week and had to play 150 points to get $10. Cheap, cheap.
Will miss the great employees.
Caesars should be ashamed of itself, of course they want loyalty.
It’s not just the reduction of benefits on a systemwide basis–it’s also how they are treating players individually. 2017 was one of the heaviest play years for me in the last decade. Despite that, I’m getting lousy room BOGO offers from Boyd when I used to get 3-6 free nights a quarter; I’m getting feeble 20% room discounts from Stations when I used to get 60% discounts and resort fee waivers; I now get “casino rate” from the El Cortez when for SIXTEEN years, I got three free nights + 40 free play + 50 food credit, every quarter, like clockwork. Other results are similar, and several casinos have stopped sending me anything at all. While I’m not a local, I’ve heard tales of Boyd, Stations, and the rest of the gang similarly squeezing local mailer offers into nothingness.
I’ve never given CET even a chance to sniff my wallet, but I’m given to understand that they’re beating up their best players, slashing their benefits in particular (and everyone’s in general). Given that their games are lousy, they should be doing everything they can to keep those players–but maybe things are booming anyway and they just don’t care any more. It’s all going downhill, folks.
Tropicana has 200 million in renovations
And there taking it out in the players
Hard to get a room near casino
Promoted comp concerts then took them awAy