JOB at decent pay tables (9/6) will generate one tier credit for each $25 of coin-in, so this will definitely be a long and costly route to 7* status. EV loss of $6,750 assuming perfect play if my math is correct.

Hopefully you can reap at least $10K in benefits in return to comp you for fading the volatility. That may well be doable.

In 2013, I made a run to Diamond over a weekend, and ended up getting approx. $1,200 in free play along with free rooms for a year. I could have gotten much more in FP if I had been able to get to CET properties more often. So $10K is not unreasonable.

I'm assuming you know that CET is declaring bankruptcy. I'm thinking you should still be safe in getting your 7* benefits out of them, but just know that they are having some major issues right now.