Caesars (Total Rewards) Diamond Status from FoundersCard
Mar 26, 2016, 4:38 pm
#286
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Charlotte, NC, USA | CLT, formerly LHR & AMS (with just a bit of PSP)
Programs: BAEC Gold, Hilton Diamond, BonVoy Titanium, (soon former) Caesars7*, (former) Wynn Black, HR "Icon"
Posts: 8,172
Remember, from the perspective of FoundersCard you are buying a membership with a number of benefits that you deem valuable. So, the upgrade to Caesars Diamond is just one individual benefit.
Mar 27, 2016, 8:39 am
#287
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 47
PM Sent. I got CET Diamond within a week after signing up, but I am sure it could vary. I sent e-mail asking for expedited CET Diamond and checked CET status a few days later, and had the Diamond.
Mar 29, 2016, 2:57 am
#288
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Charlotte, NC, USA | CLT, formerly LHR & AMS (with just a bit of PSP)
Programs: BAEC Gold, Hilton Diamond, BonVoy Titanium, (soon former) Caesars7*, (former) Wynn Black, HR "Icon"
Posts: 8,172
Please allow up to six weeks for upgrade.
Must be 21+ to redeem this benefit.
Must be 21+ to redeem this benefit.
But, who doesn't like a "good gamble."
Mar 31, 2016, 10:57 am
#289
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: SJC
Programs: Spire Amb IHG, HH Gold, TR Diamond, Mlife Plat, National Exec, Avis Pref Plus
Posts: 144
Apr 6, 2016, 8:21 pm
#291
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 1,060
I don't gamble, so is there any benefit for TR Diamond or anyway to game it and not lose money?
Looks like Diamond comes with free $100 dinner. Is that renewed every year? Also, what's in the lounge? Is there good food and drinks like a Centurion lounge?
Looks like Diamond comes with free $100 dinner. Is that renewed every year? Also, what's in the lounge? Is there good food and drinks like a Centurion lounge?
Apr 7, 2016, 5:22 pm
#292
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: SJC
Programs: Spire Amb IHG, HH Gold, TR Diamond, Mlife Plat, National Exec, Avis Pref Plus
Posts: 144
100 dinner is every year. The lounge has drinks but the food is more snackish (chips + dip, veggie plate) type of things and nowhere comparable to a Centurion Lounge.
Apr 9, 2016, 5:30 am
#293
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Charlotte, NC, USA | CLT, formerly LHR & AMS (with just a bit of PSP)
Programs: BAEC Gold, Hilton Diamond, BonVoy Titanium, (soon former) Caesars7*, (former) Wynn Black, HR "Icon"
Posts: 8,172
Drinks in Vegas lounges are OK. You still have some non-well brands such as Ketel One and Goose. They put out hot (appetiser like) food in Vegas around 16:00, IIRC. Never very impressive.
Other things that are significant cost savings :
- Resort Fee Waiver (and use of all Resort Fee Features)
- Parking (Atlantic City, but Vegas will probably have parking charges soon)
- $100 annual dinner (as mentioned above)
The "skip the cab line" feature is also a rather good benefit.
Matching benefits :
- Borgata in Atlantic City has a continuous "status match" program (to Borgata Black Card) for Caesars Diamond
- Other matching programs are non-consistent; so not really as much of a benefit
Last edited by baccarat_king; Apr 9, 2016 at 5:31 am Reason: added Borgata AC Matching
Apr 9, 2016, 2:43 pm
#294
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 47
Apr 9, 2016, 5:40 pm
#295
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 5
It was fun to use, I didn't use the diamond lounge mainly because there was no "bar" however you can go in there and have a wait staff like a restaurant , you get 4 free drink tickets per day which was cool since they don't do free drinks (like Vegas). You get them from total rewards desk. Overall nothing too amazing because lines were not long enough to bypass using diamond
Apr 11, 2016, 6:56 am
#296
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Michigan
Programs: DL PM
Posts: 855
Lounges in other markets (not-Vegas) have "better" food. Especially Atlantic City, but you need to be Diamond and use points for entrance in AC.
Drinks in Vegas lounges are OK. You still have some non-well brands such as Ketel One and Goose. They put out hot (appetiser like) food in Vegas around 16:00, IIRC. Never very impressive.
Other things that are significant cost savings :
- Resort Fee Waiver (and use of all Resort Fee Features)
- Parking (Atlantic City, but Vegas will probably have parking charges soon)
- $100 annual dinner (as mentioned above)
The "skip the cab line" feature is also a rather good benefit.
Matching benefits :
- Borgata in Atlantic City has a continuous "status match" program (to Borgata Black Card) for Caesars Diamond
- Other matching programs are non-consistent; so not really as much of a benefit
Drinks in Vegas lounges are OK. You still have some non-well brands such as Ketel One and Goose. They put out hot (appetiser like) food in Vegas around 16:00, IIRC. Never very impressive.
Other things that are significant cost savings :
- Resort Fee Waiver (and use of all Resort Fee Features)
- Parking (Atlantic City, but Vegas will probably have parking charges soon)
- $100 annual dinner (as mentioned above)
The "skip the cab line" feature is also a rather good benefit.
Matching benefits :
- Borgata in Atlantic City has a continuous "status match" program (to Borgata Black Card) for Caesars Diamond
- Other matching programs are non-consistent; so not really as much of a benefit
Apr 11, 2016, 6:58 am
#297
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Charlotte, NC, USA | CLT, formerly LHR & AMS (with just a bit of PSP)
Programs: BAEC Gold, Hilton Diamond, BonVoy Titanium, (soon former) Caesars7*, (former) Wynn Black, HR "Icon"
Posts: 8,172
Yes, that's a really good one. I always forget that.
In a nut-shell, if you visit Vegas and especially if you stay at Caesars Properties in Vegas a few times a year... it's sort of a "no-brainer" with the $100 yearly credit.
$100 credit + 5-10 nights of resort fees. You are in pretty good shape, IMHO.
In a nut-shell, if you visit Vegas and especially if you stay at Caesars Properties in Vegas a few times a year... it's sort of a "no-brainer" with the $100 yearly credit.
$100 credit + 5-10 nights of resort fees. You are in pretty good shape, IMHO.