"To qualify for this offer, all travel must be fully completed no later than December 31, 2017. Offer only valid towards for Seven Stars Retreat redeemed for staying in Las Vegas during November or December 2017. Offer limited to 120,000 Reward Credits for Seven Stars Retreat and will be issued in Reward Credits only. No cash or casino play will be reimbursed. Anything over the maximum allowance is at the members' expense."
Huh? I want this! I am planning to use my trip mid December and haven’t decided yet whether to fly or drive. Flight from SAN so not too expensive. This would be great either way. Will have to ask my host about this!
Hi Nerakil:
Thanks for the update. I received the same email today but the "flash offer" was on the end of the email and I did not notice its significance. I will look for a time in Nov and Dec to fly into Vegas to use this offer. By my calculation, 120,000 in reward credits for Seven Stars will yield $960 worth of free play. Do you know if one can still get the standard $500 folio for the Seven Stars annual retreat -- as well as any other offer usually available for that time frame?
FAB
FAB....after your post I looked at my emails. I see the offer at the end, as you said. I wasn’t even going to read the email.
Thanks Nerakil.
Hi Chimp:Quote:
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Great to see you on the Board again. I miss your comments and your jackpot photos!
FAB
Hey FAB,
Ahhhh...the jackpots. The good ole days. I miss them too! :)
Thank you for posting this. I wouldn't have read the whole email either. I am trying right now to arrange things so that I can make a run out there for this.
I just got off the phone after calling the VIP services hotline set forth in Nerakil's initial post. I was told that the 120,000 reward credits was only in lieu of the $1,200 free flight. If I used my Seven Stars annual retreat using this "flash offer" I would still get the $500 folio credit -- which could be used for food and spa charges. Additionally, this was a benefit which could be used in addition to any offers otherwise available on the dates I am visiting. So for a particular weekend I am looking at in November it will mean 120,000 Reward credits (worth $960 in free play redemption), plus $500 in spa and food, plus $200 in Cash (based on an offer). By contrast, a flight to Vegas for me roundtrip is $215.
This, of course, assumes that the VIP services guy knew what he was talking about. That said, he did put me on hold for about three minutes to talk to a supervisor so perhaps he did accurately describe the terms.
Given the fact that this offer is only for visits to Vegas, my guess is that the Mandalay Bay shooter really drove tourists away and so caused CET to act to fill up Vegas rooms in Nov and Dec.
FAB
FAB, a folio credit would make the "Flash Deal" even more outstanding. Thanks for giving VIP Services a call; hopefully the $500.00 credit is setup for you on your retreat!Quote:
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That's the way it should be, with the detail as it is in the email - where you get all the things you normally get ($500 folio and ability to also collect another offer) but the 120,000 reward credits instead of the free flight.Quote:
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I really wish Alan was still posting here since he's always in Vegas, and Caesars in particular, because I'm curious about what it's like there now crowd wise. Like this just seems too generous for CET.
This is a great deal for anyone who is either going to travel alone OR is close enough to drive.
However, I don't believe people with Vegas listed as their "home market" can take advantage of this, as I believe the 7 Stars retreat has to be outside your home market.
Hopefully this "flash deal" will become the norm, and people will simply be able to book their own travel and just get the $1200 RCs once they show up. This would be far preferable to having to go through the travel agent to book flights, and to feel like you're not really getting your money's worth on this trip if you go somewhere relatively close (such as a person in LA going to Tahoe for their retreat).
I would love it if I could simply drive to Tahoe, do my retreat there, and get $1200 in RCs as soon as I check in.
I have Vegas as my dominant property, but my Vegas host said he booked this flash offer for me to use next week. I can couple it with a $500 free play offer. I will be traveling alone given the short notice. Maybe Vegas tourism was so hurt by the MandslayBay shooting that CET just decided to waive the Annual Retreat rule that you cannot use it for your home market.
Would love to hear a trip report, FAB! Hope they set-up your folio credit correctly and the Reward Credits hit your TR account within 72 hours as stated!Quote:
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Very good info, it is such a pain in the ass to use passport travel.
I think I still have Caesars Palace as my "dominant property". Wonder if I can get myself to NOLA and collect those $1200?
I'm no CET buff, so just some notes on visitation effects. Of course, LV isn't going to accurately report the empty room numbers publicly, but there have been public concessions that Asian visitors are way down, partly because it is considered disrespectful to party where such a tragedy has occurred. I've read a couple of quotes where managements expect Asian tourism to be significantly depressed at least through year's end.
Also, and this is just a small angle, the buses that routinely take international visitors and their families from the Anaheim/Disney area for one and two-day junkets to LV are having problems filling their buses. Some are cutting back on personnel. The decisions were made quickly to do that, so I'm assuming there was a real crash in terms of numbers.
Got a call from my host and she said you do get the $500 "folio" credit (ie: bill-to-room credit) plus $1200 in RC's, redeemable at 125 RC's = $1 FP. She also said it has to be booked before Dec. 31'st but used before Jan. 31'st. But then again, I don't trust that sneaky bitch, so I'll probably just do it some random time in December.
BTW, either I'm retarded or they just changed this or I've been left in the dark -- but apparently you can bill stuff to your room from a different property. So if you're staying at Caesar's Palace, you can go eat at the Paris Buffet or some other place, and bill it to your room at CP. I never knew this. I haven't done this (yet?), but a person at the TR desk told me, and I was flabbergasted....didn't think that was possible. Can anyone confirm or deny?
I can confirm that you can do this. I've done it many times at restaurants. I've just used the list of where you can use your Diamond/Seven Stars dining credit coupons at as a guide.Quote:
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I've also done gift shop purchases as room charges if they can do it. It's all been at those little hotel shops that are like Emperors Essentials for purchases I'd be making anyway. If you're buying something specifically to use up a credit that you wouldn't necessarily buy otherwise ask first, because not all can.
It works the same as when you do it at CP - they just need your hotel, room number and ID. Then it all shows up on your hotel folio - or goes against your folio credit if you have one.
Was in Vegas this past weekend. Was fairly crowded, but I think that was because of the holiday weekend and also a marathon on Sunday.
I had already had reservations before finding out about this new deal. I emailed my host a few days before and she said she would try to apply it to my existing reservation, which included an offer. She was able to add my Aspirations trip. I went to the TR desk Friday night and the 75,000 RCs were in my account the next day. Took a few minutes for the guy to figure out how to do it, but no issues.
I am planning on doing my 7stars trip in Dec to get those RCs.
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Originally Posted by RS__
I can confirm that you can do this. I've done it many times at restaurants. I've just used the list of where you can use your Diamond/Seven Stars dining credit coupons at as a guide.
I've also done gift shop purchases as room charges if they can do it. It's all been at those little hotel shops that are like Emperors Essentials for purchases I'd be making anyway. If you're buying something specifically to use up a credit that you wouldn't necessarily buy otherwise ask first, because not all can.
It works the same as when you do it at CP - they just need your hotel, room number and ID. Then it all shows up on your hotel folio - or goes against your folio credit if you have one.
I agree with pkspins that one can charge against your room bill among the Vegas CET properties. The only thing you need to keep in mind is that not all restaurants accept reward credits. It depends on their relationship with CET. But you may be able to charge to your room then have the hotel desk charge it off using Reward Credits at check-out. When I checked into Planet Hollywood last year, the front desk gave me a list of restaurants that took Reward Credits so you may want to ask before you charge to avoid unpleasant surprises. BTW, to my shock the coffee shop at Planet Hollywood (Planet Dailies) did not take reward credits and purported I could not use my folio credit toward those charges.
Speaking of cross-property CET benefits, if you are Seven Stars, you and a companion can use the Ceasars Palace Qua Spa and workout place regardless of where you are staying. I love using the triple pools at that place -- even when I am not staying at Ceasars.
FAB