Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post
Yes, definitely very noticeable.

A friend of mine spent a lot of money at an MGM property in December 2021. He wasn't even thinking about the status he'd earn. He just was having a big party for his family, including an expensive dinner.

He was shocked when he found in 2022 that he was up to Platinum, even though he didn't gamble at all! He was fortunate to have just gotten under the wire for this change, which occurred on 2/1/22.
I was recently in Vegas and played my usual games. MGM was running a tier credit bonus so I tried to hit a certain number in a day. I dropped as much in one day as I usually do on a whole trip and earned probably only 25% of the tier credits.

At this point it’s cheaper to just make Pearl or get the MGM card and pay for my rooms.

They said the point was to weed out non-gamblers, but they’ve weeded out this gambler. All programs devalue over time but this one was driven off a cliff.