Bawbags do Vegas

[GreekStein]

Can someone give me an insight into getting comped?

Heard pleny of stories about if you gamble a lot in the hotel your staying, when you come to check out your bill is greatly reduced.

Is this true? How much are we talking?

Reason I ask is there appears to be some good deals on booking.com, do I miss out on this compping if I dont book with the hotel direct? Is it worth worrying about?

We seem to be down to Mirage or Planet Hollywood.

You and Blatch whack like 30k each on roulette the first night and they'll comp us np.

[StuartHopkin]

Can someone give me an insight into getting comped?

Heard pleny of stories about if you gamble a lot in the hotel your staying, when you come to check out your bill is greatly reduced.

Is this true? How much are we talking?

Reason I ask is there appears to be some good deals on booking.com, do I miss out on this compping if I dont book with the hotel direct? Is it worth worrying about?

We seem to be down to Mirage or Planet Hollywood.

You and Blatch whack like 30k each on roulette the first night and they'll comp us np.

Lol! Not that much but I might go on a sick mad one when drunk, would be nice to know how wasting $10k would effect the room bill.

[kinboshi]

Can someone give me an insight into getting comped?

Heard pleny of stories about if you gamble a lot in the hotel your staying, when you come to check out your bill is greatly reduced.

Is this true? How much are we talking?

Reason I ask is there appears to be some good deals on booking.com, do I miss out on this compping if I dont book with the hotel direct? Is it worth worrying about?

We seem to be down to Mirage or Planet Hollywood.

You and Blatch whack like 30k each on roulette the first night and they'll comp us np.

Lol! Not that much but I might go on a sick mad one when drunk, would be nice to know how wasting $10k would effect the room bill.

It'll be like Leeds again.

Man in suit: "Hello sir, can I help you at all?"
Stu: "Who are you?"
Man in suit "I'm the manager sir, if there's anything you need at all whilst you're here please just ask me."

[rex008]

Le me google that for you .

Sign up for a players club card for wherever you stay. MGM is good for all Harrahs I think. I got one for Venetian as well. Tip there - the queue for getting a card can be huge, but if you're playing poker there is a little players club desk near the poker floor that had no queue at all, if you ask for it.

In the MGM you couldn't get rated (points) at blackjack unless you were playing $25 minimum, presume same most places. For cash poker you give them your card when you sit down and it gives you points based on time at the table and the stakes.

You'll probably find you need to spend more than you think to get anything useful. I ended up with over $20000 wagering value of points on my MGM card (and a stupid amount of that was slots and video poker), and I might have been able to get a buffet for that, if I'd bothered, which I didn't.

[Woodsey]

On the basis of 2 hours drunk blackjack at $100 per hand I got my following stay at the Flamingo 6 months later at a minimal rate, probably about 75% off normal rate. Not 100% sure how you arrange this in advance, I think speak you need to speak to the casino host and they will agree a minimum stake and numbers of hours play per day, and they will comp your room etc.

Just make sure all your play gets tracked with the loyalty cards.

[StuartHopkin]

Le me google that for you .

Sign up for a players club card for wherever you stay. MGM is good for all Harrahs I think. I got one for Venetian as well. Tip there - the queue for getting a card can be huge, but if you're playing poker there is a little players club desk near the poker floor that had no queue at all, if you ask for it.

In the MGM you couldn't get rated (points) at blackjack unless you were playing $25 minimum, presume same most places. For cash poker you give them your card when you sit down and it gives you points based on time at the table and the stakes.

You'll probably find you need to spend more than you think to get anything useful. I ended up with over $20000 wagering value of points on my MGM card (and a stupid amount of that was slots and video poker), and I might have been able to get a buffet for that, if I'd bothered, which I didn't.

Very useful reading.

Looks like best plan is to book at the best price wherever, get a players card and then charge all meals and drinks to our rooms then see what we can get comped off when leaving.

[Paullie_D]

Can someone give me an insight into getting comped?

Heard pleny of stories about if you gamble a lot in the hotel your staying, when you come to check out your bill is greatly reduced.

Is this true? How much are we talking?

Reason I ask is there appears to be some good deals on booking.com, do I miss out on this compping if I dont book with the hotel direct? Is it worth worrying about?

We seem to be down to Mirage or Planet Hollywood.

If you don't book through the casino's website (i.e. through a 3rd party such as Expedia, Hotels, Booking) then you've already laid out the cash and there's nothing any casino host can do to reduce your room costs.

Plus, you'll nearly always get a better (or equal) rate via the casino website, you just have to know the marketing code. With that much time to go, it's worth finding a back-up rate you are happy with at the casino site and booking it. As someone said, make sure it's cancellable.

Then search other places for cheaper deals...

Official Discounts can be found at:
FATWALLET/Vegas Deals Thread. It's over 125 pages most of which are expired. Go to the end and work back.
SMARTERVEGAS. Useful for finding deals covering your specific time. Make sure you put the LAST day in when checking.
TRAVELZOO.
LAS VEGAS PROMOTIONS.

General Comps. Make sure you have the relevant Players Card and ensure that they track your play. $25 a hand at BJ is the usual minimum but for other table games the rates might be lower. Regardless, just give them your card to track whatever.

A general rule of thumb is they calculate your comps based on 40% of your average bet per hour. So...bet $100 a hand for an hour and they'll knock of $40. That's what I was told but the % might vary from place to place.

Poker comps. You'll get between $1 and $2 an hour and Harrahs (Total Rewards) will also give you 'Tier Points' which can be used for future comps calculations.

Pre-Comps. Unless you GUARANTEE to play a certain amount you won't get comped in advance. Comps have been withdrawn before from players who didn't meet their guarantee. Even then, you'd probably have to be a known quantity beforehand.

Once they have tracked your play, BEFORE YOU CHECK OUT, go to the Casino Host desk and ask them to review your play and see 'if there is anything they can do for you'. If you wait until they have checked you out they'll have charged your card and it'll be too late.

Even if you can't get a night or two (or more) comped they can often knock of other items. For this reason, it's always a good idea when eating in your chosen casino to charge as much as possible to the room. Obviously, this won't work where you aren't staying.

[StuartHopkin]

We seem to have secured a ridiculous rate at Planet Hollywood.

Its been well recommended on here and is in the right location.

We seem to have a pretty definate 8 at the mo, so once people confirm 100% with addresses and dates of birth, we will probably get them reserved.

Mmmmmm only 200 days to go!!!!!!!!!

[Paullie_D]

We seem to have secured a ridiculous rate at Planet Hollywood.

Do tell...details & linky please?

[StuartHopkin]

We seem to have secured a ridiculous rate at Planet Hollywood.

Do tell...details & linky please?

Not 100% sure to be honest as I havent done it!

No details or links, but a great rate with no gaming requirement.

[GreekStein]

Wii Planet Hollywood rate is so sick.

Oh hi der pleasure pit!

[kinboshi]

I'm not celebrating until it's all booked and confirmed and in black and white.

But it looks amazing.

[AndrewT]

Le me google that for you .

Sign up for a players club card for wherever you stay. MGM is good for all Harrahs I think. I got one for Venetian as well. Tip there - the queue for getting a card can be huge, but if you're playing poker there is a little players club desk near the poker floor that had no queue at all, if you ask for it.

In the MGM you couldn't get rated (points) at blackjack unless you were playing $25 minimum, presume same most places. For cash poker you give them your card when you sit down and it gives you points based on time at the table and the stakes.

You'll probably find you need to spend more than you think to get anything useful. I ended up with over $20000 wagering value of points on my MGM card (and a stupid amount of that was slots and video poker), and I might have been able to get a buffet for that, if I'd bothered, which I didn't.

Also, at MGM if you play cash poker you get $1/hour food comps and if you average either 4 or 5 hours per day throughout your stay (can't remember which) you get $40 per day knocked off the room rate (so, at 30 hands per hour on a full $1/$2 table you effectively get refunded your blinds)

[Paullie_D]

We seem to have secured a ridiculous rate at Planet Hollywood.

Do tell...details & linky please?

Not 100% sure to be honest as I havent done it!

No details or links, but a great rate with no gaming requirement.

I'd be interested if and when you get details.

But. bad news in the Poker Comps front at PHo from a blogger I follow (PokerGrump)

PH has never tracked player hours for purposes of comp dollars, the way most poker rooms do.
(snip)
The floor guy told me that they required 10 hours of play for a comp. I asked whether it had to be all in one day. He said no, that much time over two or three days would work, too. This puzzled me, because I couldn't see how they would track such hours; on previous occasions, I have been told that they will not use players' club cards to track hours. So I asked whether I should check in with my club card. He said no, just tell him that I'm there playing and trying to accumulate the appropriate hours, and he'll informally keep an eye on it.

[Chompy]

Re. Bally's Stu, it's not what it appears to be in the brochures altough the location is excellent.

Red and I moved out after a day or so; the decor is tiring, the air-con didn't work and the beds were lumpy.

Anyone stayed in the Luxor?

Rooms in the Luxor's west tower are the best I've stayed in with the exception of Encore.