Originally Posted by
ccship
Hi, I'm sure this has been asked multiple times but things change so who knows.
A certain CET property resets their day of play at 6am. Meaning the TCs earned begins anew at that time. (if you're trying to earn bonuses, or when a certain promo or multiplier ends)
But does anyone know how/when it interacts with other activities? Such as spending reward credits, or checking into a property.
Say I want to check in on Friday night, but have no intention of playing until Saturday morning, will that affect my comps negatively? What if I DONT check in, or use my reward credits (NOT food comps) at a restaurant? Does all of those count as a day of play?
Would like a discussion going regarding this and other related information on what we can or should not do if we don't intend to play on a specific day.
What is that term or acronym again? The one the casinos and hosts use to determine your level of play/losses?
ADT -- Average Daily Theoretical is the single most important metric that CET uses to determine what comps you get. Your ADT for the CET area (Vegas is one area) determines both your marketing comps offers you get before you come, and any discretionary comps you can use on checkout.
I will tell you my experience in CET comps. Whether it is objectively correct I cannot confirm but CET is pretty good at hiding its secret calculations so all anyone can do is relate their own experience.
I believe that CET charges you a "day" for every night you stay there. It does not matter whether you do not play the day you arrive or the day you leave -- its your choice but you will have to "pay" for each night by your action. If you stay three nights, CET will calculate your ADT based on your action over 3 gaming days -- whether or not your play one or more of those days. If you play enough one gaming day, it may sufficient to cover the trip.
As for being triggered for a "gaming day" there is an active dispute among players as to what triggers gaming day. Most agree that it is a necessary condition to swipe your players card to trigger a gaming day. But not all swipes trigger such a day. Based on my experience and others, parking does not trigger a gaming day (I still have to have my Sevens Stars card swiped to fetch my car from the Ceasars Flamingo St. porte cochere valet). I believe that swiping your card to get any comp triggers a gaming day -- ie free drinks at Starbucks, checking into a Laurel Lounge and a Diamond show (when there were Laurel Lounges and Diamond shows), as well as using a Diamond celebration dinner. Using your earned reward credits by swiping a card to get food to go absolutely triggers a gaming day.
Years ago, I learned that even sticking my CET card into a kiosk (not a gambling machine) to see how many Reward Credits I had triggered a gaming day! A few such errors crushed my ADT and killed my offers until I figured out their system. Now I use my app to monitor my RCs unless I play that day.
But charging to the room does not trigger a gaming day. For that reason, if I were to check out on Sunday and did not want to give much play that day, I charge breakfast to the room and then just ask the clerk or host on checkout to take care of it with rewards credits and discretionary comps -- which I believe does not trigger a gaming day.
Finally, do NOT have your card swiped when you make sports bets as you check out. That will trigger a gaming day and the only thing you gain will be extremely nominal comps plus the dubious benefit of tracking your bet slip with your players card number in case you lose it. This is not worth triggering a gaming day unless you put in significant action that day.
One may not like the procedures at CET or why they trigger gaming days, but if one keeps it in mind, one can keep your ADT higher and then milk the comps that come in.
FAB