He/she may not be able to check in under your name, but they can help to maintain your rating pretty easily if they are a slot player. They just need one of your players cards.

Bad idea....which becomes even worse idea if the person hits a jackpot on the slot machine with the other players card in machine....

Hate to tell you this, but if you are checking into multiple hotels simultaneously to collect freeplay, you're an AP. Welcome to the dark side :)

Maybe I was a bit too opaque. I never claimed that I wasn't an AP. I meant that you need to be careful about having your name linked in the casino's knowledge base to someone else who is an AP :).

It depends on the casino. Some casino's explicitly allow multiple people to play on the same card, at some places, it is technically against the rules but rarely enforced unless they have other reasons to not like you. At a few, it is considered a really, really, bad offense, which at the absolute worst will result in the players club account being cancelled along with any comps. No risk that a casino in the US could legally deny the payment of a jackpot simply because someone else's players card was in the machine at the time.

Most likely you will get a warning even from places that really do have a problem with this. That is on the off chance that the other player hits a taxable jackpot. If that's a major concern, play .25 VP or anything else where the max payoff is less than $1,200.

I am taking my first "free" cruise through mLife/Royal Caribbean in June. I am Platinum and was offered the 3 night cruise (I decided to take the one out of Port Canaveral). @gooselee, what was your experience like? Did you use the benefits of the extra special dinner, VIP lounge, free drinks, etc? I'd love to know! Thanks!
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It was a fine weekend trip, but again not one that I would have chosen if paying with my own money.

Not sure what VIP lounge were supposed to get. Some RC ports will have a small area at check in for RC Gold members (which is basically what your experience will be), but at Canaveral it's literally a table with some coffee and pastries on it. Far better to just board and go to the buffet on the ship.

The best way to understand the partnership is that MGM is essentially giving you a hosted player status and comped trip via RCCLs own "Casino Royale" program for their onboard gamblers. Everything is handled via the RCCL casino program (you may have even notice this when you called to book the trip).

On your first night there will be a Casino Host Meet & Greet or something like that in the daily schedule. Usually around 4:30 before the casino is actually open. You may or may not get a separate note about it in your cabin. Go to it and find the host...it's not really an event so much as a particular time the host will be hanging out there if anyone asks. Both (three? Can't remember) times we went on the Enchantment, Shirley was out host and she was great. Seemed to recognize everyone throughout the trip.

The host will tell you what night/time/restaurant you are booked for the specialty dinner. You can ask for another time if you want, but realize they are going to prioritize the non-comped guest reservations. Still, worth asking. Note that the casino covers the dinner fee only. Wine and drinks are still on your tab. Host will also give you a pile of drink chits that you can redeem at the Casino Bar throughout the trip, and put a Casino Royale sticker on your cruise card which allows you to buy chips at the table, charged to your cabin, without paying the 2% fee.

That's pretty much it. Expect a very standard short cruise. Relaxing, but not lifechanging or anything. If you stop in Nassau and want an excursion, I'd recommend the sea lion encounter. If stopping in CocoCay, pre-book a clamshell on the quiet side of the island to get away from the crowds and bar lines.

So, has this benefit been officially extended, then? Everything that I've seen says that the cruise has to be booked and taken by the end of March 2015.

What's the current benefit (if any) for Wet Republic for a person with Mlife Gold?

You might be able to skip the line? Are they Light Group? For Light Group venues, the policy says:

As an M life Gold member and above you may now experience exclusive VIP Line Pass Access and complimentary entry to The Light Group's Nightclubs, Pools, and Lounges.

If you have a host, you are much better off asking if they can hook you up with some line passes. They are free for them so they don't care, and you don't need to worry about whether the person working at wet republic knows the policy. My friend does this when he wants to go to Hakkasan and I'm not there (he is low-end platinum) the host is happy to do it.

I believe Wet Republic is under Hakkasan. Not sure about Golds/Plats, but I know that NOIRS can get in by just flashing their card.

I'm not sure what you mean by "under" Hakkasan. WR has been around a lot longer than Hakkasan. I'm not sure who owns Hakkasan either.

I meant to say Hakkasan Group owns Wet Republic. They recently bought out Light Group too. Basically, Hakkasan Group owns a large majority of the nightclubs in Vegas, except those at Wynn/Encore, Venetian/Palazzo, Cosmo, and Cromwell (a few others too)..

Oh, I didn't realize that they owned light group too.

I've generally had very good experiences with light-group-owned establishments. They are reasonably priced (by LV Strip standards) and I've always had a great time. Hakkasan and WR, on the other hand, are extremely overpriced IMO. Maybe it's supposed to be a better product, but I just don't see it.

Wet Republic traditionally has let Gold and Platinum skip the outside part of the line but not the inside part (sorry this only makes sense if you have been there but you are skipping half of the wait) and has given free access to card holder +1 (not sure for noir - maybe they can skip the whole line but obviously wouldn't be treated worse). One time I recall that a text to a host was necessary because of a special event, but no troubles any other time.