I just took a look at the items available at the Great Gift Wrap Up that Caesars Entertainment will host soon in Las Vegas.
This is one of the better perks that Caesars has. At many of its casino properties including all of them in Nevada, Caesars gives additional "points" for casino play that can be used to purchase various prizes at their Great Gift Wrap Up events. They have two of them before Christmas.
It's a better perk because the points you use to get these items is not deducted from other Total Rewards credits. Unfortunately, you can only redeem these points in Vegas during the two events and if you don't have a lot of points to redeem and a trip is not already scheduled, it may not be worth making a special trip.
Their catalog of items and points needed to get them is www.greatgiftwrapup.com and you can check your point balance using your TR account number and entering your PIN used to check your TR account.
In years past they were adding catalog items right up to the days of the events. I just checked and there really aren't many selections on the website today.
In the past I was able to do a lot of holiday gift shopping there, and because I'm in LA my son and I drove up in the morning, did our shopping in the casino ballroom, and drove right back. In most cases, the items are shipped to your address in about two weeks.
Last year most of my points were redeemed for Shell gas cards, and that's what I'll probably do again this year. But my wife always reminds me that she needs a few things.
Anyway, I posted this just as a reminder that the Great Gift Wrap Up is coming up and if you need an extra reason to visit Vegas before the holidays this might be it.