Originally Posted by
kokonutz
I find it interesting that you pretty much consistently oppose opening new forums and support closing forums. Except the Travel News forum.
What's the Travel News forum? (no, seriously... I do not think I have ever visited it... ok, I'll go look for it now...)
Originally Posted by
cblaisd
Concur. As the moderator of the Las Vegas forum (although I had a co-moderator when this was broached last time around), I recall that part of the issue in starting the new forum was that general comments/questions/threads about gaming/casino programs was simply not Las Vegas-specific.
I believe that is true. Since the "comp discussions" were considered "off topic." But, this is quite a while ago, and from memory.
Is there any chance that a gaming program will offer something that we can, er..., game? I think not. These people are much more numerate than the managers of other loyalty programs.
Actually that is not true at all. It's just a different market, and the incentives to share are not there.
With regard to gaming programs, people are happy to share information on status matching, completing a "Diamond Challenge," gaming day and theoretical.
Most people will not share mistakes or advantageous plays; because there is much more at "risk" than just giving away a mileage run and someone booking a bunch of trips to earn miles/status.
Casino mistakes/good plays, can be worth $200-$4000 per HOUR. That's real money. Not miles+points. If you notice something like this, you could be talking about shutting down an additional opportunity for major income for yourself or your "team," if shared too openly. There is little to no incentive to share such things, unless you are getting similar information in return.
This is part of the reason a forum like Gaming Loyalty is more of a general database and benchmark for these programs. It will never be like Mileage Run. Casino "deals" (and "mistakes") are held much more closely. But, there is still a lot to be learned in a general sense for the new or recreational gambler.