Casino chips for miles/points?
 

I don't know that this is the right forum, and search is down, but here goes:

I am looking for any way to turn hotel points, Diners Club points or airline miles on DL, AA, UA, US or BA into Vegas casino chips. I'm coming up dry on the respective websites.

Any help?

Thanks.

Probably not what you're looking for, but Points.com offers a conversion feature from airline miles to Chance Rewards which appears to be some type of on-line gambling program.

I assume the conversion rate is not very favorable.

HHonors?
 

Hilton HHonors used to let you exchange their points for casino chips at the Las Vegas Hilton. Don't know if they still do. You can transfer AA miles to HHonors.

with amex membership rewards you could get gift/travlers checks and get cash....and cash certainly = chips in any casino in the world...right?

Ofcourse going the other direction is easy on a cruise ship...buy casino chips on ship charge account and trade chipss for cash before leavig ship and pay off ship charge act with mile/point card

Centurion - be careful when advising people to: "buy casino chips on ship charge account".... Many of the cruise lines are now adding on a surcharge for doing this (some still don't).

Your best bet is to check directly with the cruise line you are interested in sailing with and check their rules/regs.

Hilton HHonors Points for Chips
 

You can exchange 25,000 in Hilton HHonors points for $50 in gambling (oh, sorry, I mean "gaming") chips, or 40,000 for $100 in chips. The link is here:

http://hhonors.hilton.com/en/hhonors/rewards/all_regions.jhtml#gaming_chip_rewards

You can convert miles from the following airlines into Hilton HHonors points:

American Airlines
Amtrak
Gulf Air
Hawaiian Airlines®
LAN
Mexicana Airlines®
Midwest Airlines
South African Airways
Virgin Atlantic Airways

THAT link is here:

http://hhonors.hilton.com/en/hhonors/rewards/exchange.jhtml

As I understand it, the chips are currently good only at the Las Vegas Hilton. I'm not in love with the conversion rate on this award (years ago, they used to give $400 for 100,000 points, which was a much better deal), but there are worse things in life than free gambling money.

Thanks, BBRebozo. That's exactly what I was looking for.

That redemption rate is pretty poor.

A casino chip is the same as cash. You are really asking to redeem miles for cash.

Ding ding ding! We have a winner!

:D

There are "non-negotiable" chips out there...

What would be the point of those??? :confused: :confused: :confused:

Force you to bet them, and not just cash them out.

I got $10 free play at the Aladdin last week, and you can't cash them out, you have to play them

Although I have not seen chips like those

Non-negotiable chips have better exchange rates than negotiable chips. They are more commonly offered as a buy in option on casino bus trips.

Non-negotiable chips can't be cashed out when you want. But, on buying in, you'd get more to play with. Since, I'm there to play, you'd want more to play with.

If anyone ever needs to turn non-nego. chips into regular chips, with the lowest cost and risk possible, I suggest the craps table. Put half of the stack on Pass, the other half on Don't Pass. There is a 97.2% chance that you will lose on one stack and win on the other (any initial roll except 12). Yes, there is a 2.8% chance of a 12 on the initial roll, in which case the Pass loses and Don't Pass pushes (i.e., you lose half of your chips).

Better to bet less and then take full odds...