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Old Feb 2, 2020, 1:14 pm
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Originally Posted by Hoc
Does anyone know if the Celebration Dinner benefit can be applied for brunch for 2 at the Bacchanal Buffet?
Yes, it can be applied to any meal at the Bacchanal (for any number of people). Like you are planning, my wife and I usually go for brunch (usually just a little before they switch over to dinner) to maximize our use.

Note: If you don't spend your entire $100, there's no "change" or "credit" to use later.
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Old Feb 2, 2020, 1:27 pm
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Originally Posted by jgxtrav1
Yes, it can be applied to any meal at the Bacchanal (for any number of people). Like you are planning, my wife and I usually go for brunch (usually just a little before they switch over to dinner) to maximize our use.

Note: If you don't spend your entire $100, there's no "change" or "credit" to use later.
Thank you. We're doing a day trip there on the 16th, so I guess we're getting Sunday Brunch at the Bacchanal.
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Old Feb 5, 2020, 10:06 pm
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Originally Posted by Low Roller
If you sign into your rewards account and check the room calendars, they often show certain comp nights, especially at the lower end properties, even if you never gamble there.
Can't understand the comps.

Signed up in Oct 2019 and did status match to DIAMOND but no player's card picked up till April 2020.

Made a booking Flamingo on Jan 30, 2019--- for April 14-17.($11/night) - no resort fee.
Comps then showed on Calendar but I couldn't understand if I was eligible or if it was free?

Then 2 days later I dropped to GOLD status and ALL comps went away. I'm now back to Diamond as of Feb 4, 2020, and NO COMPS displayed and no more cheap deals for hotels like Flamingo for all year.

Can any explain the comps in calendar as I have ZERO reward points?
What reason did COMPS disappear as I had no reward points a week ago but they showed.

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Old Feb 5, 2020, 10:08 pm
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Originally Posted by calgaryhhr
They also have beer and champagne at the VIP check in.
What kindofbeer...I'm picky and into German imports?
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Old Feb 5, 2020, 10:57 pm
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Originally Posted by Low Roller
If you want to spread the $100 celebration dinner over a couple of meals, you can use it to buy the 24-hour buffet pass. It will also cover the surcharge for Caesar's Baccanal Buffet if you buy the pass there before your first meal.
1, $100 - Buffet Pass + Bronchall room------is my plan.
Do you get charged tax? one person posted a receipt on FB and no tax was charged.

2. Any tricks for churning to get free points without gambling or spending on properties?

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Old Feb 5, 2020, 10:59 pm
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Originally Posted by jgxtrav1
Yes, it can be applied to any meal at the Bacchanal (for any number of people). Like you are planning, my wife and I usually go for brunch (usually just a little before they switch over to dinner) to maximize our use.

Note: If you don't spend your entire $100, there's no "change" or "credit" to use later.
Caesar's says Bacchannal is only 2 hour max.
How did you swing multiple hours?
Dinner starts at 3pm----- what time did you start brunch as they would come to table at brunch time and ask you to leave.

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Old Feb 6, 2020, 12:04 am
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Originally Posted by euromannn
Can't understand the comps.

Signed up in Oct 2019 and did status match to DIAMOND but no player's card picked up till April 2020.

Made a booking Flamingo on Jan 30, 2019--- for April 14-17.($11/night) - no resort fee.
Comps then showed on Calendar but I couldn't understand if I was eligible or if it was free?

Then 2 days later I dropped to GOLD status and ALL comps went away. I'm now back to Diamond as of Feb 4, 2020, and NO COMPS displayed and no more cheap deals for hotels like Flamingo for all year.

Can any explain the comps in calendar as I have ZERO reward points?
What reason did COMPS disappear as I had no reward points a week ago but they showed.
Your dates are a little confusing. I'm going to safely assume you didn't travel to the future (Apr 2020).

To simply state it, comps are mostly based on gaming activity, and sometimes maybe on large amounts of spend. For players/members that have no history, gaming properties/programs may send out teaser offers to entice new comers. It may be fully comped Mon-Sun or just Mon-Thu, no clear cut answer how comps are offered for players with no history. What stands true with comps is that when a member uses any comp offers (hotel/F&B credit/gifts etc), when they don't have any gaming activity, offers will eventually dry out. Systems have an algorithm in place to tag players with low/no play days. So that's why when new members get CR Diamond they may see a good amount of comps but later on they disappear.

Every now and they, they may send out a teaser offer or open up comp availability during off-peak or slow months, like Nov-Dec. You can usually find many of the low-mid tier LV strip properties for under $50. CR Flexible Dates calendar option is pretty convenient as you can check a whole month and see the rates and if you're comped at a specific property and or date, or instead of selecting a specific property just select LV and you'll be able to view all the LV CR properties for a month. Comp availability is being updated daily if not several times a day. What you see comped an hour ago may not be later on and vice versa. So check often and it might change.
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Old Feb 6, 2020, 12:12 am
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Originally Posted by euromannn
1, $100 - Buffet Pass + Bronchall room------is my plan.
Do you get charged tax? one person posted a receipt on FB and no tax was charged.

2. Any tricks for churning to get free points without gambling or spending on properties?
When you use the $100 celebration dinner or reward credits to pay, you won't get charged taxes on the bill. They will charge on the remaining balance or anything over, if there is.

Free points, as in tier credits? If so, tier credits are useless and pointless unless you're trying to reach maintain diamond organically. If reward credits, only ways to earn it is via gaming, on site property spend, CR Visa, and partners. If you have time you can also utilize Say & Play which is a survey app. But the earning rate is pretty low something $.10 to maybe $.50 generally and takes quite some time.
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Old Feb 6, 2020, 12:31 am
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Originally Posted by easy_money
When you use the $100 celebration dinner or reward credits to pay, you won't get charged taxes on the bill. They will charge on the remaining balance or anything over, if there is.

Free points, as in tier credits? If so, tier credits are useless and pointless unless you're trying to reach maintain diamond organically. If reward credits, only ways to earn it is via gaming, on site property spend, CR Visa, and partners. If you have time you can also utilize Say & Play which is a survey app. But the earning rate is pretty low something $.10 to maybe $.50 generally and takes quite some time.
Content with status match Diamond.
Just want to get free comps for room, flights, gambling without spending much money.
One poster on Facebook claims all he does as Diamond is eat at his hometown Gordon Ramsey restaurant and he gets numerous rooms, flights, spend money never gambling.
Just eating out at a restaurant --- he doesn't respond on how much he spent to start getting free comps but he gets many after 5 months.
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Old Feb 6, 2020, 12:35 am
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Originally Posted by easy_money
Your dates are a little confusing. I'm going to safely assume you didn't travel to the future (Apr 2020).

To simply state it, comps are mostly based on gaming activity, and sometimes maybe on large amounts of spend. For players/members that have no history, gaming properties/programs may send out teaser offers to entice new comers. It may be fully comped Mon-Sun or just Mon-Thu, no clear cut answer how comps are offered for players with no history. What stands true with comps is that when a member uses any comp offers (hotel/F&B credit/gifts etc), when they don't have any gaming activity, offers will eventually dry out. Systems have an algorithm in place to tag players with low/no play days. So that's why when new members get CR Diamond they may see a good amount of comps but later on they disappear.

Every now and they, they may send out a teaser offer or open up comp availability during off-peak or slow months, like Nov-Dec. You can usually find many of the low-mid tier LV strip properties for under $50. CR Flexible Dates calendar option is pretty convenient as you can check a whole month and see the rates and if you're comped at a specific property and or date, or instead of selecting a specific property just select LV and you'll be able to view all the LV CR properties for a month. Comp availability is being updated daily if not several times a day. What you see comped an hour ago may not be later on and vice versa. So check often and it might change.
My dates for reservation APR 14-17, 2020.
Haven't yet picked up players card...which I will do in April 2020.

So I haven't done any charges anywhere except $14.24 Flamingo deposit for April 2020.

I do ALL LV properties.....all comps went away as well a low price deals for all hotels for once I bought Flamingo room on Jan 15, 2020.
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Old Feb 6, 2020, 12:54 am
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Originally Posted by euromannn
Content with status match Diamond.
Just want to get free comps for room, flights, gambling without spending much money.
One poster on Facebook claims all he does as Diamond is eat at his hometown Gordon Ramsey restaurant and he gets numerous rooms, flights, spend money never gambling.
Just eating out at a restaurant --- he doesn't respond on how much he spent to start getting free comps but he gets many after 5 months.
Complimentary is NEVER free!! Well except that $100 celebration dinner. When any player receives something "comped", they either paid for it with money and/or time. I see many YT videos, IG posts, etc; like that, where they boasts about how much "free" stuff they get. They are either gambling a lot winning or losing, usually the latter. Gamblers always tend to talk more about winnings than losses. When I take family and friends out to expensive dinners and a host pays for the bill, they don't see the hours I put in or the amounts I lose. They just like and enjoy the free stuff. No different than the the travel community where friends and family won't see how someone acquired the elite status of airlines where they had to fly X amount and do mileage runs. Or the amount of travel and stays they did to earn elite status with hotels. They only look forward to the free upgrades and benefits.

Just think about it, why would any company give you free rooms, hotels. flights, etc for nothing in return? Vegas wasn't built on winners and giving freebies out. It really doesn't take much to earned comped rooms and F&B. Just gotta research a little. There's plenty of gaming forums out there that discuss this. As a quick tip, which is a pretty open secret, if you're main goal is just to gain comp offers, simply go to a casino and insert $100 into a high limit slot machine. Run through it several times. You may win or you may lose, but you will likely get a teaser off based off that quick play. Obvious the more the play, the better the offer. Of course there's always risk to it, as you may lose it. But again, that's why it's gambling. No risk, no gain. YMMV.
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Old Feb 6, 2020, 12:56 am
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Originally Posted by euromannn
My dates for reservation APR 14-17, 2020.
Haven't yet picked up players card...which I will do in April 2020.

So I haven't done any charges anywhere except $14.24 Flamingo deposit for April 2020.

I do ALL LV properties.....all comps went away as well a low price deals for all hotels for once I bought Flamingo room on Jan 15, 2020.
Ahh, I see. Misunderstood you. Well, like I state in previous, check the Flexible calendar dates as it's always changing.
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Old Feb 6, 2020, 9:30 pm
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Originally Posted by euromannn
1, $100 - Buffet Pass + Bronchall room------is my plan.
Do you get charged tax? one person posted a receipt on FB and no tax was charged.

2. Any tricks for churning to get free points without gambling or spending on properties?
I found a great use of Wyndham points is to transfer them to CR. They transfer in 10K increments up to 30K per year.

We use 1000 points ( and the Wyndham Diamond match) for Diamond lounge access. We also use the points for other things on site.

No Wyndham points no problem, get a Wyndham credit card.
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Old Feb 7, 2020, 8:58 am
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Originally Posted by easy_money
Free points, as in tier credits? If so, tier credits are useless and pointless unless you're trying to reach maintain diamond organically.
Almost true, but Caesars does offer a free night in Vegas or Atlantic City if you reach 5,000 tier credits in a year.
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Old Feb 7, 2020, 9:40 am
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I’m hoping you all can help me with a few newbie questions. I matched from Wyndham diamond to CET diamond a few days ago. Do not have a CET card yet (and have not “verified” account with ID at desk). Going to LAS in one month.

1. Do I have to go to a TR desk at CET to have the celebration dinner loaded to account? Or does it happen automatically?

2. Is there any way to get advanced tix for the free LV shows without going to the LV TR CET desk? If not, any way to get these at a nonLV CET property (for LV show)?

3. I’m assuming you do not have to be staying at a CET prop to redeem the above. Is that correct?

4. Can non guests use CET lounge (with point charge)? Would there be any reason to? For a champagne break or whatever?

5. Where does one see comp nights on the calendar? I see only PROMO nights. Read somewhere they show comp calendar.
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