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Thread: Seven Stars Annual Retreat Experiences?

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    For people who have earned Seven Stars through CET's total rewards last year, they have up to March 31, 2016 to use their Annual retreat. Given the fact that it is mid-February and it is "use it or lose it" I chose a flight to New Orleans for my wife and I. There is a Seven Stars budget of $1,200 and I contacted my host today after searching for flights within that budget.

    I was fully expecting to not hear from him for a week or so and was concerned given that the Total Rewards website states that I should give 30 days notice for a flight booking. But to my surprise, a few hours later, I got my flight confirmation to New Orleans. As you can see below, I have a total of 8 cents left unused. Talk about getting my money's worth.

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    I recall seeing somewhere that CET hosts had a work around so that they did not need to use Passport travel for every booking and I think the fact that there was no overage allowed that in this case.

    Going forward Seven Stars members have to use the retreat by January 31 which is bad as I am not excited about traveling to wintery locations (I already live in California, drive to Tahoe regularly, and Vegas is my home casino location).

    My wife and I enjoy going to Harrah's New Orleans. Not only is that city fun, but the $500 folio is provided in 50,000 reward credits which is quite flexible. I was toying with visiting Ceasars Windsor in Canada but it is still a bit chilly for me, even in March. I was also thinking about Ak-Chin near Phoenix but it looks a bit isolated from the city and has no spa. Does anyone else have experience in using Seven Stars Retreats in locations other than New Orleans and if you have a $500 folio did you have any success using it for something other than food? I would like the option to apply it for a massage.

    FAB
    Last edited by FABismonte; 02-16-2016 at 06:02 PM.

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    I went to Vegas for mine, and was able to use part of the $500 for tickets to see Elton John, since my host was nice enough to not comp them for me..
    JustaDiamind is now justa-seven-star..

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    Not sure about the workaround for hosts. I've never heard of that.

    I agree that the new January 31 deadline sucks for these trips, because of the whole cold weather thing. I guess it's not terrible for people outside of California/Nevada, but it sucks for everyone out west, because aside from New Orleans, all other CET destinations are cold.

    So basically if you don't earn/use your trip by November 1, you are committed to traveling to somewhere cold.

    The 30 day thing is BS. They just say that to be on the safe side in case they are too busy to act quickly enough. There is no actual timeframe. You could go on a Seven Stars trip 3 days from now if you can get it booked on time.
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    Is this the promotion that you can exchange for $500 of folio credits instead of taking the trip?

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    Yes.

    And $300 if you don't take the Diamond Aspirations.

    I think it's RCs, not folio credits.
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    Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post
    Yes.

    And $300 if you don't take the Diamond Aspirations.

    I think it's RCs, not folio credits.
    By any chance, can I take BOTH the $300 RCs for Diamond Aspirations and the $500 RCs for the Retreat and combine them so that I have $800 of RCs for one trip? I see an advantage here because in case I don't use all $800 of RCs the unused RCs would carry over for the next 6 months without any additional play.

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    well one new 'work around' is you can book your own Aspiration 2 flights and get reimbursed when you get to the property.. you just need to show a receipt for the flights..
    but I would suggest you clear that with the property before you do it.. I was told you will get a voucher that you can take to the cage for cash .. I'll find out in march...
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    Hey Dan, what is that 300 rc for diamond aspiration 2. I made it past year on my way to 7 stars and I haven't used it yet. So if I chose to not take the trip, I get 300 Rc ? can I get that here in AC. Thanks

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    Originally Posted by lucky View Post
    Hey Dan, what is that 300 rc for diamond aspiration 2. I made it past year on my way to 7 stars and I haven't used it yet. So if I chose to not take the trip, I get 300 Rc ? can I get that here in AC. Thanks
    This only applies to the Seven Stars and Diamond Aspirations trips for the period of February 1, 2016 to January 31, 2017 (and presumably the subsequent years).

    If you never used your 2015 trip (which expires shortly), you are out of luck. You can't exchange those for anything.

    If you're talking about your 2016 trip, you should contact your host and ask for the RC exchange instead.
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    Originally Posted by JustaDiamind View Post
    well one new 'work around' is you can book your own Aspiration 2 flights and get reimbursed when you get to the property.. you just need to show a receipt for the flights..
    but I would suggest you clear that with the property before you do it.. I was told you will get a voucher that you can take to the cage for cash .. I'll find out in march...
    Why would you want to do that, when Passport will do it for you AND pay for it on the spot?
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    Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson View Post
    By any chance, can I take BOTH the $300 RCs for Diamond Aspirations and the $500 RCs for the Retreat and combine them so that I have $800 of RCs for one trip? I see an advantage here because in case I don't use all $800 of RCs the unused RCs would carry over for the next 6 months without any additional play.
    Yes, I believe you can. But again, this is only for the 2016 benefits (which began 16 days ago).
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    Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post
    Not sure about the workaround for hosts. I've never heard of that.

    Hi Dan:

    The "work around" I was thinking about was the hosts ability to book flights directly. I found this vague and somewhat contradictory reference in Seven Stars Insider regarding the Annual Retreat:

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    When I got the flight confirmation from my host, it seems to show he booked the flight through Orbitz for Business:

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    So my guess is that there is some way for hosts to book directly these flights which explains the quick turnaround.


    FAB

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    Hey Dan, thanks for the reply. I have till June of this year to redeem my asp 2 trip right? I made aspiration 2 last year.

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    Originally Posted by lucky View Post
    Hey Dan, thanks for the reply. I have till June of this year to redeem my asp 2 trip right? I made aspiration 2 last year.
    Hi Lucky:

    Obviously I am not Dan. But I agree that you have the end of June 2016 to use your Aspirations Level 2 flight benefits. I booked a flight to DC in April using mine to Baltimore.

    FAB

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    Thanks fab....enjoy ur trip to dc

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    Fab, how were you able to book to Baltimore? Aren't you required to stay (for at least two days) at a CET property? And since there is no hotel at the Baltimore casino it is not on the list of allowable destinations.
    I have a brother in the DC area and wanted to do the same thing but wasn't able to.

  17. #17
    Originally Posted by Chimp View Post
    Fab, how were you able to book to Baltimore? Aren't you required to stay (for at least two days) at a CET property? And since there is no hotel at the Baltimore casino it is not on the list of allowable destinations.
    I have a brother in the DC area and wanted to do the same thing but wasn't able to.
    Off-topic for a second: Hi Chimp, glad to see you still posting here. Was recently starting to wonder if you left Alan's forum altogether.

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    Hey Count. I'm close to it. It's morbid fascination that has been keeping me reading the threads. Lol.

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    Chimp I miss seeing you at Rincon. Don't leave the forum!

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    Originally Posted by Chimp View Post
    Hey Count. I'm close to it. It's morbid fascination that has been keeping me reading the threads. Lol.
    <Hearty, yet sinister baritone chuckles to this>

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