Surprising Seven Stars Double Appreciate Gifts

[FABismonte]

I have lurked on this forum for a while and learned some information so I decided to share with the group a result that surprised me.

I made Seven Stars under Ceasars Total Rewards for the first time in my life in December 2013. By January 2014 I was able to log on and get into the Seven Stars member site and order my annual appreciation gift - I picked a blue tooth Jawbone mini sound box. My wife liked it when it arrived.


Three months later on April 2, 2014 (after the next Ceasars total rewards year) I had accumulated 25,000 total rewards points - lower Diamond level. I knew I was Seven Stars for the year but did not expect to get any more appreciation gifts since I just got one. To my surprise I logged on to the Seven Stars section of the website and again was able to order a Seven Stars appreciation gift. This time there were no Jawbone portable speakers but there was a Bose bluetooth portable mini speaker. I ordered it. It arrived yesterday.

So to my surprise, even though I only made Seven Stars once, I received two annual appreciate gifts.

Dan Druff had earlier suggested that it might be most efficient to make Seven Stars every other year and this seems like another reason why.

[Alan Mendelson]

FABismonte thanks for joining and for posting. Yes, you get two annual gifts with your first year in 7 Stars.

By the way, use your 2013 annual dinner ($500) before May 30 (though it might be May 1).

I am curious: what would you estimate the retail price is of the two items you received? My guess is that the annual gifts are worth between $150 and maybe as high as $200.

Thanks.

[nerakil]

I also ordered the Bose Mini Speaker and it arrived earlier this week. It sells for $199 on Amazon and I was going to buy one anyways, before I saw it on the SkyMall website. I believe the most expensive gift for 2014-15 is the Tumi Messenger Laptop Bag, which sells for $275 on Amazon.

Last year the best value appreciation gift was the Bose AE2i noise cancellation headphones (it sells for $179 on Amazon), which I ordered and still enjoy today.

[Dan Druff]

FABismonte thanks for joining and for posting. Yes, you get two annual gifts with your first year in 7 Stars.

By the way, use your 2013 annual dinner ($500) before May 30 (though it might be May 1).

I am curious: what would you estimate the retail price is of the two items you received? My guess is that the annual gifts are worth between $150 and maybe as high as $200.

Thanks.

I was told the annual dinner from 2013 expired on March 31.

Maybe that's incorrect, but I think he missed it.

[Alan Mendelson]

I was told the annual dinner from 2013 expired on March 31.

Maybe that's incorrect, but I think he missed it.

I think all of the 7Stars benefits from the previous year carry over till the end of May. It's a worth a call to the host.

I know that I just used my 3 Ways to Ramsay after the end of March, and that was also valued at $500 plus suite, limo.

[FABismonte]

Hi Alan:

Thanks for the welcome. I really like the information on the forum(s). Luckily in January 2014 I already used my $500 celebration dinner. I and four family members ate at Homestead Steakhouse in Ceasars Palace. The service was great as was the food. We were stuffed but still only used $437 (we did not order alcohol). I especially like the baked Alaska - reminded me of what deserts may have been like in the 70's and 80's (when I was either too young or poor to enjoy them).

I am pretty sure that the mini Jambox I picked in January was around $250 to $200 at that time. The Bose mini speaker is $199 in Amazon. So I guess around $200 each. It would not be worth it just to be Seven Stars but I found myself really close late last year and so decided to go for it. With the bonus tier points, it is doable.

[Alan Mendelson]

FABismonte it will be even easier this year to reach 7Stars because of the new bonuses if you consolidate your play into fewer, bigger sessions.

I received my appreciation gift today -- a Seiko dress watch which I am pretty sure is valued at about $150. But I am wondering if the watch they sent me might be a "second" because the clasp on the bracelet was slightly off-center.

I am not going to return it, in fact, I started to wear it immediately because I am no longer interested in wearing my diamond Rolex that I bought about five years ago. The new trend now in LA is not to wear expensive jewelry and it makes sense and follows the trend of wealthy Hollywood-types parking their Bentleys and Benzes to drive hybrids. I'm even considering selling the Rolex. The Seiko looks damn good.

[Dan Druff]

I think all of the 7Stars benefits from the previous year carry over till the end of May. It's a worth a call to the host.

I know that I just used my 3 Ways to Ramsay after the end of March, and that was also valued at $500 plus suite, limo.

What is 3 Ways to Ramsay?

A signature experience?

[Alan Mendelson]

Yes. It's a signature experience.

[Nash]

I have the Bose headphones too from last years appreciation gift. They called me to remind me to order my gift for this year.