Originally Posted by
Dan Druff
Eric Rosenthal, who runs that Travelzork column I linked above, said he confirmed the degradation of the room benefit with a National Casino Marketing host at Caesars.
So this looks like it's really happening.
Right now here's a summary of all of the degradations:
Diamond
- No more Aspirations #1 at 40,000 tier credits, meaning you lose your 4-night stay at any Caesars property with $100 folio credit
- No more Aspirations #2 at 80,000 tier credits, meaning you lose your $750 airfare credit and 4-night stay at any Caesars property
- No more Aspirations #2 two-night suite stay at any Caesars property
- Redemption of RCs to freeplay changes from 1.75:1 to 2:1 ratio.
- Access to Diamond Lounges now requires 25,000 tier credits. If you have 15,000-24,999 tiers, you will need to pay 1000 RCs (worth $10) to get in.
Basically, low Diamonds (15,000 tiers) get treated the exact same now as high Diamonds (80,000+ tiers), aside from the Diamond Lounge thing.
Seven Stars
- No more complimentary room benefit!! This a huge degradation, as this was by far the best benefit of the Seven Stars program. Up until 2018, you were able to get a 4-night stay complimentary at any Caesars property, with no blackout dates. You could also do this as many times as you wanted, as long as 48 hours were between reservations. This appears to be gone, but it's not totally confirmed.
- Redemption of RCs to freeplay changes from 1.25:1 to 2:1 ratio.
- Two of the four Signature Events are now only available to players with 500,000 or more tier credits. Seven Stars members with fewer than 500,000 tier credits can only go to Atlantic City or Las Vegas for their Signature Event. (These are kinda lame anyway, but it's yet another degradation.)