I'm going to be heading to Las Vegas in November for COMDEX and would like to pick up some points for the hotel stay. I thought Caesars was a member of Starwood, but their website doesn't say much about them any more.

Does anyone have thoughts on hotels to earn points? I'd like to have a casino on site so the Marriott's are out. I need to be on the strip so the new Hyatt is out as well. Any thoughts on ways to maximize points for what will be some very expensive nights?

Caesar's is no longer a part of Starwood as of a few months ago. It is a nice place indeed with nice jacuzzi's and it is the only place I stayed when it was a Starwood property. Starwood has the Desert Inn down the strip from Caesar's that will earn u some points so u may want to shoot for them.

Desert Inn is running a cheap special, but Starwood is out of Vegas completely now. Try the DI for a great deal, though.

You will NOT earn points at the DI any more, though....

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Some how I thought the nice Desert Inn was to be closed for a big re-do by then.

I doubt the DI is going to be open for COMDEX. Rumours have it closing any time now.

The Flamingo is still a Hilton for awhile.
MGM Grand gives American Airlines miles for slot play.

you can get Hilton points at Paris and Ballys, right?

If you are considering a Hilton, there is the Las Vegas Hilton. Its directly next to the Las Vegas convention center.

Jay

dingo,

I am planning a trip to Vegas just after the first of the year and have been doing some research over at http://www.vegas.com/ubbcgi/Ultimate.cgi There is some good information there (although not quite up to quality of FlyerTalk, IMHO).

The Desert Inn is supposed to close at either the end of August or September. As noted, Caeser's no longer has a connection with Starwood. I do vaguely remember reading about some type of connection between Starwood and the MGM Grand (could easily be wrong about this).

Marriott does not have any type of casino properties in Vegas, making Hilton the only major chain with with a casion presence there. In addition to the Hilton, they have the Flamingo Hilton, Paris and Bally's. The Flamingo will drop the Hilton name, but remain under Hilton's 'wing'.

There are also a couple of Holiday Inns which have casinos: Boardwalk and Fitzgerald's.

Marriott has properties in LV without casinos. DI closes on 8/31. It's the LV Hilton that has been sold.

And if you are going during COMDEX, you'll be more concerned about just finding a room.

Stayed at the Regent the past weekend. Splendid place!!

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Beware of the LV Hilton. They class it as a resort so you only get the flat 500 points. I earned 10,000 points there one Comdex only to find out 9,500 weren't credited.

Unless I'm wrong, I believe that Hhonors no longer distinguishes resorts with the flat 500 base points. You should expect to get the full 10 points per dollar. I have stayed there (LV Hilton) many times and have always received full base points.