Bonnie and I sometimes travel to Harrah\u2019s Cherokee, which is in the Smoky Mountains in western North Carolina. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although there are many reasons we go there, one is that we have casino friends, \u201cJack\u201d and \u201cJill,\u201d who also play there. I email Jack when Bonnie and I are going to be traveling east, and sometimes they make a trip there at the same time. And when that happens, we share at least one meal at Brio, the Italian restaurant at the casino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rather than split the cost of the meal, we each pick up the entire check every other time we do this. All four of us play at the Seven Stars level, so, among other things, each gets five $100 food vouchers a year. Often one of those vouchers is redeemed during our meals together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This time it was Jack\u2019s turn to pick up the check. I asked him how much of the meal his host was picking up, and Jack said he never asked a host to buy his food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019re leaving money on the table,\u201d I told him. \u201cYou and Jill each play $50,000 coin-in per day you\u2019re there and annually you each earn Seven Stars status primarily from your play at this casino. Hosts will consider you valuable to the casino and will be willing to give you something.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He told me between them they earn $100 worth of Reward Credits a day, sometimes more if there\u2019s a multiplier, and that\u2019s enough to cover much of what they spend on food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOkay,\u201d I continued. \u201cI don\u2019t know what kind of benefits your play entitles you to, but let\u2019s say the host is willing to pick up $250 in food for your four-day trip that usually you pay for with Reward Credits. That many Reward Credits can be turned into $125 free play — which essentially means cash. Are you so rich you can\u2019t find a use for another $125?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The answer was obvious. I had given Jack the name of our host previously. He had spoken to the host over the phone, but never met her and she didn\u2019t know they were at the casino now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019re going to be here tomorrow, and she\u2019ll get in at noon. Why don\u2019t you give her a call and see if she has five minutes to chat. Once she puts faces to names, she can look up your play and figure out what she can do — if anything. It\u2019s possible, I suppose, that she can\u2019t do anything, but I very much doubt that. Even if that turns out to be the case, it will only cost you five minutes to find out. The odds are very good that she\u2019ll be able to do something.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jill commented she would rather get free facials and manicures than free food. Jack thought a bottle of Scotch Whisky would satisfy him more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLet your host know that. Your host\u2019s job is to take care of valuable customers. She has guidelines she must follow, but also, she has a lot of flexibility. It doesn\u2019t hurt to ask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd sometimes you play at Harrah\u2019s New Orleans too. If you don\u2019t have a host there, get one. Let them know when you\u2019re coming and see if they can offer you anything.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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