Originally Posted by
Eujeanie
I'm trying to decide whether to stay here for a one-night stay. My problem is we always stay at Caesars because we get comped rooms, and free is my favorite price.
However, we really want a change. I could either use a certificate (but a waste since the points are only 35K for our night, and a cert is good up to 95K). But I'd still be depleting either points or the certificate. On the other hand, no resort fee (we do have to pay at Caesars because our status is low), free parking and free breakfast HH Diamond benefit (wonder what it will be?).
Vegas is the only place we can get comped rooms, so I hate to give that up. Also, since we didn't travel at all last year wondering if a 2 year gap will make our CET offers completely disappear.
On the other hand...really would like a change of scenery.
I know I'm rambling and everyone will say "do what you want" but have you ever been in a position where you used HH points and didn't have to? We don't have tons right now, but we'll replenish over time. And 35K is not a bad redemption.
Two things:
- there's a fairly easy hack to get Caesars Diamond going if/when Wyndham is doing status matches (they aren't right now though):
https://www.dansdeals.com/points-tra...wards-wyndham/
(H/T
ctownflyer who writes this blog)
You *might* be able to get around this by Hilton Diamond matching to Hyatt Explorist, which matches to MLife Gold, which matches to Caesars Diamond:
https://dealswelike.com/hyatt-status...and-challenge/
https://www.caesars.com/myrewards/pr...d-tier-upgrade
I mention this because
Caesars Diamond members don't pay resort fees and you can do a back and forth match between Wyndham and Caesars in a loop as mentioned in my first link. Your Vegas rooms should become
actually free. (Right now I'm seeing $10 rooms during the week in March at Bally's, Linq, Harrah's and Rio as a "Diamond" and I'm a complete flea- I would imagine if I gave them some action they would become actually free.)
- There have been times I've used points somewhat inefficiently, yes- in theory you're spending 35k Hilton instead of cash for a $45 resort fee. That being said it's your money and points and if you want to make a change... 35k Hilton a night is pretty good for a Vegas property. I've seen the Trop above that at times, and it's a complete dump, and the W=A is barely if ever under 70k a night, though it's really nice. I don't think I've often seen Elara under 35k a night, and I'd pick Virgin Vegas over Elara in a heartbeat.