Originally Posted by
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I think the only benefits of Diamond are the resort fee waiver and the $100 celebration dinner.
Line-cutting perks in Vegas are nice, assuming you actually go there (vs your local CET property).
Diamond Lounges are now 1k RCs for <25k Diamonds (includes me), and they are generally poor when it comes to food options (with few noted exceptions).
Don't forget free parking, as well as parking when the valet is "full" (which seems to happen a lot in Vegas.) Also, two free show tickets per month in Vegas, as well as some other unwritten perks in other areas (I think they still have a free boat tour for Diamonds at Lake Tahoe.)
That being said, I'm not sure I'll bother renewing Diamond this year. Not that I'll miss the Diamond lounges much, and I'll carry a high enough RC balance to visit the lounges that are worth it (e.g. Horseshoe Hammond), but unless you visit often enough for these perks to add up, I don't see the draw any more. I also don't like how they sprung the Diamond lounge change on us with only a couple months' notice, and that they eliminated the Diamond Aspirations levels (I hit Level 1 the last couple years) I'm focusing my play more at Mlife for the time being.