Originally Posted by
Troopers
Speaking of HGS, any one understand how points are earned? Per MGM...
After they’ve nerfed the program, it’s sort of a mystery to me. In the past, it was pretty straight forward where you’d earn equal points for free-play, express comps and that shopping points. One of the benefits of Noir was the ability to earn express comps up to 10K, whereas lower tiers were capped at 5K. This becomes important for those few things where not even a casino host can comp, like spa treatments, facials and massages. I never understood this but stuff like that ain’t exactly my cup of tea.
Now, I’ve noticed the new MGM rewards has greatly reduced the pace of express comps and even free-play where it’s much less intuitive on how it’s all calculated—they’ve sort of gone the black-box route.
Originally Posted by
platbrownguy
Hah, you're dating yourself! I am 36, was thinking you might be in your 50s. I was going to suggest we connect in Vegas at some point, but if I'm running with 20-somethings, you may not be able to keep up! [img]file:///C:/Users/Paradigm/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif[/img]
LOL…Not quite 50 yet, but will be there soon enough, in about two years. Wow, I remember being in my 20s and thought I’d be young forever, never grow old and time would just stand still for me—not the case! I can’t recall “hanging out” with too many in their 20s these days, but I’d imagine there’s a considerable generational gap there. During my clubbing days, we were drinking and dancing the night away to Enigma’s Sadness, not sure if you or your friends would even know what that is these days!
As to keeping up, I’ll put it this way. If I had to, I could still steal 2nd base, but unlike in my younger days where I could do it every game, it’s only once a week and I’d have to pick my spots. LOL
Originally Posted by
GundamWing01
yes. in general, MGM is not bound by any rules. it does whatever it wants to grow its brand and network. ive seen noir given out many times. IMHO, the worst is when "influencers" are given noir as some type of marketing strategy, but nothing seems to come out of it vs those putting in "real money".
These days, as with the 20-somethings, my experiences with “influencers” have been limited—it’s basically nil. I don’t use any form of social media—except FT & Twitter (no longer necessary)—and probably wouldn’t even know an “influencer” if I saw one. Are these the folks who when they don’t get there way, start b*tching & whining on social media until they do? Anyway, from what I know of them, not from experience but from repute, I’d probably use them as contrarian indicators.
Amex does the same thing and there are cardmembers whom they issue the Centurion to free of charge and without the customary "requirements." So, I guess, why not MGM? It’s the times, I guess. Let’s see if this phenomenon sticks.
Originally Posted by
platbrownguy
Haha, well --
Visconti, whaddaya say? Vegas trip December 2-4?
Sure, I’ll make plans to be there and pencil it in!