Maybe it will update, but still showing Platinum...copied below just now. The 25K was earned over a weekend in January. I was incorrect saying 30K-but still well over needed for Diamond. I think the issue is that it reset with what it would have been Dec 31, but hasn't adjusted for January earnings.

MY CURRENT TIER

PLATINUM
UNTIL January 31st, 2019
MY TIER SCORE
25,164

Yeah, that's weird but they did give a "by" date of the 5th. Definitely contact them after tomorrow, as your update is way overdue.

Updated to Diamond today.

Good! Late, but in time for your trip, so you don't have to fuss with that when you arrive.

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Just got back from the Rio. For Diamonds under 25K TC, they charge for admission to the Diamond lounge the first visit of the day but did not charge me if I went back again later. They were unsure if I'd be charged admission to other Diamond Lounges and sent me to the TR desk. TR desk said each lounge would charge me the 1K for admission. They also said they were not able to see what happened at other lounges so I guess that makes sense that I'd get a fresh charge.

I didn't really notice any improvement of the food offerings from last year when entry was free and it really didn't seem to improve the overcrowding (at least at Rio)

Great. thanks for the update. I am glad to hear they only charge for the first visit of the day. Wish they would not charge if you changed to another lounge but I understand since they can't see the charge. At least on the weekends when they open early you can have a snack & a drink and then come back later for more drinks & food without being charged again.

Did you take a guest with you? & if so did they also charge the 1k for the guest?

Not on this trip, but in New Orleans last month, they charged me 2K (total) for my guest and myself so probably the same at all properties.

The only thing about the reentry is that I'd make sure to verify each time. The people checking us in seemed a bit confused at the question and one time they wrote my name down, so I always asked. It wasn't like I was going to eat again anyway, just stopped by to grab a beer before they closed on my way back to my room. (And the only reason I did that was because of the 1K charge) :)

Is there anyway to manufacture tier points to get lounge access? I got matched to Diamond and have 0 tier points.

I know you can transfer Wyndham points to TR, will the point transfer count?

Nope. No way to manufacture Tier points.

I didn't go look at Wyndham transfer options (it should be in the T/C) but imagine the transfers only go to RCs. If you have enough of those you can use them to get entry into the lounges. You can always get the TR credit card and earn RCs that way too.

I pretty much always stay at CET properties when in Vegas so earn a bunch that way as well. I don't think I'll ever go for 25K TCs, but 15K is pretty manageable with my visits and use RCs when I want to go to the lounge.

Really the only thing charging for access does for me is make me stay in the lounger longer when I visit instead of gambling.

Diamond lounge is really over-rated, generally speaking. Food is soft/mushy (great for old folks), comparable to cafeteria food.
Obviously there are exceptions but unless you are living next door to a respectable DL, it's not worth achieving the 25k tc just for unlimited access.

So I wanted to check a few things under the Total Rewards program:
- It seems that we can transfer 1:1 Wyndham points to Total Rewards credit.
- Total reward credits can be redeemed at 1ct/pt against charges like food.

Q. Can total rewards credit be redeemed against room rate, fees and taxes? This would effectively give me the ability to redeem my Wyndham points at 1ct/pt at TR properties.

Be careful with redeeming rewards credits directly at food outlets, as there are some locations that redeem at 0.5 cpp. I don't know of any in Vegas that do this, but it's best to double check before hand (there is an interactive list on the Total Rewards website.)

As for the room rate, you can definitely use rewards credits for them. I'm not 100% sure on the taxes and fees, but I would think so. Pretty sure you cannot use them for tips.

Of course, if you have enough Wyndham points, you can potentially get a better than 1 cpp by redeeming them directly for a room at Total Rewards properties. I'm planning to transfer my Total Rewards credits to Wyndham in order to snag a room at Nobu. The difficulty is there are a lot of dates unavailable for point redemption.

The Diamond Club food in Atlantic City is much better than Vegas.