Total Rewards 2018 program changes
#16
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Cockeysville, MD
Programs: Marriott Rewards Lifetime Titanium, Amex Plat, Hertz Gold 5*, National Exec, AA Plat
Posts: 9,468
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
PLATINUMUNTIL January 31st, 2019
MY TIER SCORE
25,164
#18
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Cockeysville, MD
Programs: Marriott Rewards Lifetime Titanium, Amex Plat, Hertz Gold 5*, National Exec, AA Plat
Posts: 9,468
#20
Join Date: May 2018
Posts: 1
Get free slot play at Harrah’s Las Vegas now
As a 7* if you confine your play to a few locales, say AC and LAS, you will have to generate enough play to have "up front" offers for free nights and/or other perks.
[Right now when I check my account on TR, I have offers for LAS, giving me free nights + food credit + free play, bookable until Feb.[b] 2019]
Working through a slot host can also help.
[Right now when I check my account on TR, I have offers for LAS, giving me free nights + food credit + free play, bookable until Feb.[b] 2019]
Working through a slot host can also help.
#21
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: BNA/SAN
Programs: DL PM 1.5 MM , Hilton Diamond, Marriott Lifetime Plat
Posts: 754
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)
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)
#22
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 218
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)
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?
#23
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: BNA/SAN
Programs: DL PM 1.5 MM , Hilton Diamond, Marriott Lifetime Plat
Posts: 754
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)
#25
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Champaign, IL
Programs: Total Rewards Diamond, Wyndham Diamond, Marriott Gold, AA Gold
Posts: 564
#26
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: BNA/SAN
Programs: DL PM 1.5 MM , Hilton Diamond, Marriott Lifetime Plat
Posts: 754
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.
#27
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.
#28
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 1,060
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.
- 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.
#29
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Michigan
Programs: DL PM
Posts: 855
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.
- 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.
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.