Originally Posted by
baccarat_king
If you use an 'offer' it will be spent (as opposed to just booking through Total Rewards without an offer). But, I 'think' you are asking if you will get another offer for the next quarter/period. That can be a bit of an unknown. Harrah's tends (in a general sense) to work on previous 6 months with regard to future offers. But, it's a bit YMMV; sometimes they continue, sometimes they don't.
Personally, since you did the play (and I'm guessing took a loss, due to the 'aborted' attempt at DIAD) you should grab what you can while it's out there.
There really isn't much firm data people can give you; and marketing criteria is always changing, which also complicates things a bit.
My 'usual' advice, is if you are looking for COMP rooms during a certain period is to do that play around 3-4 months prior to the period in which you desire to get the offers. It can often take as long as 2 months for the Total Rewards system to update your account with new offers (since previous play).
Thanks b_k ... you may or may not remember that you gave me significant guidance about making a DIAD run last year. In the end I went for it on my last day in Vegas in February, and knew I would bail if I hit much of a downswing - got near $1000 down and decided to pack it in. I may try again some time - more likely next year, since I'm getting some offers now I'll just see how long they last, and I may not be making my usual long pilgrimage to the World Series of Poker this year, so I might not have as much need for Rio room offers as in the past. Anyway, thanks for your help in the past and present - even though I lost money, it looks like I'll get some decent value out of it.
Yeah, I probably could have phrased my question better - I was wondering whether using an offer (without a lot or any play while you're in Vegas for the offer) makes it less likely that you'll get a similar offer in the next period, and it sounds like you're saying that that's just an unknown.
A more specific question is whether one can combine offers - I've got an offer that gives me 3-4 nights free (including weekends, ending 3/31), and another trio of offers (ending 1/31, 2/28 and 3/31) offering a few weeknights at a discounted rate. My question is whether I could combine those to get, say, 3 free nights Friday-Monday at Paris, followed by a couple of discounted weekday nights at Paris, to make up a 5 day visit. Or better yet, would they be likely to go for it if I called up and said "I've got 3 nights booked at Paris on your generous offer ... would it be possible for you to add on a little weekday night or two so I could stay longer at your glorious casino?". Obviously I'm about as far as you can get from a big whale they're going to drool over, and also obviously these are questions I could just call up TR and ask ... but I'm trying to get an idea of what I can expect in trying to maximize the value of my offer.
Looking at just the free nights offer I would probably choose a three-night weekend in a Premium Palace Tower room at Caesars ... is there anything else I should be looking at that might be better/more fun? I can get four nights at the cheaper properties, but I'd rather have three nights in a nicer room. I've never stayed at Paris or P.H. before - could get a Premier room at Paris or Hollywood Hip room at P.H. (can't even get Hip room with strip view).
For the sake of completeness, I could also get 4 free nights at Bally's in a North Tower Deluxe room, or at Flamingo in a (get this) PetStay GO Deluxe room (regular GO Deluxe not available!?), Rio in a Premium Studio suite, Harrahs in a PetStay Premium room (this time a non-PetStay Premium is not even mentioned in the list), and bringing up the rear, Imperial Palace won't even spring for a freaking "Luv Tub" for me - I'M INSULTED!
I'm guessing none of the 4-night options would be as nice as Caesar's, but if anyone has good experience with Paris or P.H. that might tempt me away, let me know...
thanks,
-Huge (but only a small minnow in the Vegas comped room ocean)