Get automatic Diamond status at Total Rewards properties through "status" match

[Dan Druff]

Do you have a top-tier or second-tier card at non-Caesars properties, but wish you could also be a Caesars Diamond cardholder?

Good news! You can, and it won't cost you a penny.

Caesars is, for the first time ever, doing a status match to certain other properties around the US.

If you have a high-level card at any of the properties listed below, you can visit a Total Rewards (Caesars) property with that card and your ID, and you will automatically get a Diamond card, good until January 31, 2018.

This will not affect your offers or freeplay, but you will be entitled to all of the "base" Diamond benefits!

Main benefits to Diamond:
- Free parking (Valet and Self)
- No resort fees
- Diamond Lounge access
- Special (shorter) lines for restaurants, check-in, and casinos
- Special registration room at World Series of Poker
- 20% discount (actually more like 15-17%) on Norwegian Cruises
- 20% discount at casino gift shops


Multi-Casino Rewards Card Programs
Having an upper tier card (listed below) at one of the following multi-casino rewards programs will earn you Diamond. If you cannot find your rewards program below, your individual casino program may also qualify. Search for the individual property (listed by state), further down in this post.

MGM MLife: Platinum or Noir
Stations Boarding Pass: President or Chairman
Marquee Rewards: Executive Producer or ICON
B Connected: Emerald
TROP Advantage: Platinum or Black
mychoice: Preferred or Elite or Owners Clubs
24K Select: Chairman or Elite



Arizona
Wild Horse Pass -- Gold or Platinum
Lone Butte -- Gold or Platinum
Vee Quiva -- Gold or Platinum

Nearby Total Rewards property:
Harrah's Ak-Chin (Maricopa, AZ - southwest of Phoenix)


Illinois
Hollywood Casino -- Executive Producer or ICON
Grand Victoria Casino -- Sterling or 24 Carat
Rivers Casino -- Signature Card

Nearby Total Rewards properties:
Horseshoe Hammond (Indiana)
Harrah's Joliet (Illinois)


Indiana
Majestic Star Casino -- Gold or Premium
Blue Chip Casino -- Emerald
Ameristar -- Preferred or Elite or Owners Club
Belterra Casino Resort -- Preferred or Elite or Owners Club
Tropicana -- Platinum or Black
Hollywood Casino -- Executive Producer or ICON
French Lick Casino -- Emerald
Rising Star Casino Resort -- Diamond or Elite
Indiana Grand Racing & Casino -- Elite or Elite Royal

Nearby Total Rewards properties:
Horseshoe Hammond (Indiana)
Harrah's Joliet (Illinois)
Horseshoe Southern Indiana (Elizabeth, Indiana -- Louisville, KY area)
Harrah's Metropolis (Metropolis, Illinois -- Kentucky/Indiana/Illinois border area)


Iowa
Ameristar -- Preferred or Elite or Owners Club

Nearby Total Rewards properties:
Harrah's Council Bluffs and Horseshoe Council Bluffs


Louisiana
Isle of Capri Casino -- Millionaire or Platinum
L’aubegre Casino -- Preferred or Elite or Owners Club
Boomtown (both Bossier City & New Orleans) -- Preferred or Elite or Owners Club
Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino -- Chairman or Elite
Sam’s Town -- Emerald
Treasure Chest Casino -- Emerald
DiamondJacks Casino -- Platinum or Chairman
Eldorado Resort Casino -- President or Ambassador
Margaritaville Resort Casino -- Islander or Landshark
Belle of Baton Rouge -- Platinum or Black

Nearby Total Rewards properties:
Harrah's New Orleans
Horseshoe Bossier City
Harrah's Louisiana Downs (Bossier City)


Maryland
Maryland LIVE! -- Black or Jade or Chairman
MGM National Harbor -- Platinum or Noir

Nearby Total Rewards property:
Horseshoe Baltimore


Michigan
Four Winds Casinos -- Copper Card
MGM Grand Detroit -- Platinum or Noir
MotorCity Casino Hotel -- Signature or Elite or Platinum
Greektown -- Gold or Platinum or Infinity

Nearby Total Rewards properties:
Caesars Windsor (Ontario, Canada -- right next to Detroit)
Horseshoe Hammond (Indiana)


Mississippi
Beau Rivage -- Platinum or Noir
Goldstrike -- Platinum or Noir
Scarlet Pearl Casino Resort -- Gold or Scarlet
Hard Rock -- Double Platinum or Double Platinum Hall of Fame
Golden Nugget -- Chairman or Elite
IP Casino -- Emerald
Sam's Town -- Emerald
Palace Casino Resort -- Prime
Island View Casino Resort -- Select or V Card
Holywood Casino -- Executive Producer or ICON
Resorts Casino -- Blue
Bally's Casino (NOT a Caesars property) -- Black
Fitz Casino -- Access
TROP Casino Greenville -- Platinum or Black

Nearby Total Rewards properties:
Tunica Roadhouse
Horseshoe Tunica
Harrah's Gulf Coast (Biloxi)


Missouri
Isle Casino Hotel -- Platinum or Millionaire
Ameristar -- Preferred or Elite or Owners Club
Argosy Casino -- Executive Producer or ICON
Holywood Casino -- Executive Producer or ICON
Lumiere Place -- Platinum or Black

Nearby Total Rewards properties:
Harrah's North Kansas City
Harrah's Metropolis (Metropolis, Illinois -- near Kentucky/Illinois/Indiana border)


Nevada
Montbleu (Lake Tahoe) -- Platinum or Black
Tropicana Laughlin (NOT Las Vegas) -- Platinum or Black
Golden Nugget (both Laughlin AND Las Vegas) -- Chairman or Elite
Venetian -- Platinum
Cosmopolitan -- Gold or Platinum
Palms -- President or Chairman
Red Rock -- President or Chairman
Green Valley Ranch -- President or Chairman
Stations Casinos (Palace, Sunset, Boulder, Santa Fe, Texas) -- President or Chairman
Fiesta -- President or Chairman
Tropicana Las Vegas (NOT Laughlin) -- Executive Producer or ICON
M Resort -- Executive Producer or ICON
ARIA -- Platinum or Noir
Bellagio -- Platinum or Noir
MGM Grand -- Platinum or Noir
Mandalay Bay -- Platinum or Noir
Mirage -- Platinum or Noir
Monte Carlo -- Platinum or Noir
New York, New York -- Platinum or Noir
Luxor -- Platinum or Noir
Excalibur -- Platinum or Noir
Circus Circus -- Platinum or Noir

Nearby Total Rewards properties:
Caesars Las Vegas Properties (Caesars, Paris, Bally's, Rio, Flamingo, LINQ, Cromwell, Planet Hollywood)
Harrah's Lake Tahoe
Harvey's Lake Tahoe
Harrah's Reno
Harrah's Laughlin


New Jersey
Borgata -- Black Label or Titanium
Resorts Casino -- Paramount or Red Carpet
Golden Nugget -- Chairman or Elite
Tropicana -- Platinum or Black

Nearby Total Rewards properties:
Caesars Atlantic City properties (Bally's, Harrah's, Caesars)


Ohio
JACK Casino (both) -- C or K

Nearby Total Rewards property:
Horseshoe Southern Indiana (Elizabeth, Indiana -- Louisville, KY area)


Oklahoma
WinStar World Casino -- Premier or Elite
Choctaw Casinos (all) -- Sapphire or Royal

Nearby Total Rewards property:
None -- closest is Horseshoe Bossier City in Louisiana


Pennsylvania
Parx -- Elite
SugarHouse -- Preferred or Signature
Valley Forge Casino -- Elite

Nearby Total Rewards property:
Harrah's Philadelphia

[Alan Mendelson]

Thanks for posting, as this will help a lot of people who want to try Caesars/Total Rewards.

Whenever I go to a new casino I have a habit of asking if they will match the status of other casinos. Only one casino has ever matched my Seven Stars at Caesars -- and that was the Pauma casino in San Diego County. It matched my Seven Stars with their highest level but only for four months.

Recently I signed up for players cards at Sams Town and Arizona Charlies and the Fortune Casino in Vegas and none would match a Seven Stars or even offer an upgrade. I even asked at the various bars in Vegas that are members of a multi-bar loyalty card system and the answer was also "no."

Perhaps this move by Caesars will open the door with other casino companies?

[Dan Druff]

Alan, I don't know if they still do it, but Cosmo was matching Seven Stars to their highest tier (Platinum), and you even got $100 freeplay for it.

This was years ago, but you might want to inquire about it.

Here is a list of casinos that Seven Stars Insider put together, but notice that this list is east coast heavy, since that's where the author is from: https://sites.google.com/site/sevens...evenstarstrip2

[pkspins]

I'm familiar with a few of these local programs. The coin in requirements are higher than Diamond - like $100K every 6 months in the ones I remember - for relatively few benefits. Nice idea for CET to try to get some of those folks in the door, but may mean more crowded Diamond lounges at some properties in the short term.

[Dan Druff]

I'll be honest -- most of these other programs really suck, at least as far as guaranteed benefits go.

I realize that Caesars is notoriously stingy with freeplay and RFB comps, but they win hands down when it comes to guaranteed benefits.

It's not worth it to run up your card to the aforementioned levels of these other programs, just to get Diamond at Caesars.

However, if you're already a holder of one of these upper tier cards, then it's a no-brainer to go get your free Diamond.

I am hoping that MGM follows suit, and gives a status match to Platinum to Diamond/Seven Stars cardholders.

[ftpjesus]

Gotta admit I'm disappointed this only includes the 3 Gila river Indian tribe Casinos here in Phoenix metro and not the Salt river ones Talking Stick and Casino arizona do more business easily then the three Gila River Casinos (Veequiva, Wild horse Pass, etc). TSR has the biggest poker room in the state to boot and it's where the big names play including DonkeyBomber and Jake Balsinger. Hopefully the SRP casinos will be added soon.

[redietz]

While this thread has little direct value to me, I want to thank Dan for the comprehensive post, as I will share it with all of my friends who are Diamond and above and cite Dan as the source. This is a real resource, and I thank him for putting it all together.

[Dan Druff]

While this thread has little direct value to me, I want to thank Dan for the comprehensive post, as I will share it with all of my friends who are Diamond and above and cite Dan as the source. This is a real resource, and I thank him for putting it all together.

It's actually the other way around!

Friends who are already Diamond don't need this.

Friends with higher tier casino cards who want Diamond DO need this.

[Dan Druff]

I harvested this information from this link: https://www.caesars.com/total-reward...9fc0a8b16fd0c3

I then reorganized it.

However, not surprisingly, the information provided by Caesars was not completely correct.

They left off various casinos which were part of "group casino" cards (such as most of the Stations casinos).

Basically, if you qualify from one property in the group, you qualify for all, because the cards are not property specific. So if you're a President or Chairman at Club Palms, you're also a President and Chairman at the other Stations casinos.

Then I also found this: https://www.caesars.com/caesars-ac/c...d#.WT3VwWgrKUk

This link lists two other properties on the east coast -- Empire Casino (Yonkers, NY) and Resorts World (Atlantic City).

However, they only say you need a "premium" card, and do not list specifically list card you need to attain. But you might want to check into this at a Total Rewards desk in AC if you have a high card at those two properties.

[Dan Druff]

Also, there's now a Wyndham Hotels status match: https://vegascasinotalk.com/forum/sh...m-status-match

[maxev]

Alan, I don't know if they still do it, but Cosmo was matching Seven Stars to their highest tier (Platinum), and you even got $100 freeplay for it.

This was years ago, but you might want to inquire about it.

Here is a list of casinos that Seven Stars Insider put together, but notice that this list is east coast heavy, since that's where the author is from: https://sites.google.com/site/sevens...evenstarstrip2

Cosmo only did the Seven Stars-to-Platinum match the first few months they were open. Their $100 promo (if you lose $100 in slots, you get $100 in freeplay) lasted off and on awhile longer, but now that's also gone.

I can't think of any Vegas casinos that will match TR status except for Golden Nugget.


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[House of Orange]

Alan, I don't know if they still do it, but Cosmo was matching Seven Stars to their highest tier (Platinum), and you even got $100 freeplay for it.

This was years ago, but you might want to inquire about it.

I can't think of any Vegas casinos that will match TR status except for Golden Nugget. max

So now I wonder if GN will upgrade me in Biloxi because a) I'm double platinum at Hard Rock or b) I will be diamond shortly at Harrah's? Could become a domino effect!

[Dan Druff]

I was thinking, and there may actually be an angle to this whole thing, provided that the promotion lasts for awhile, and provided that they bring it back next year.

The other casino programs are on different timetables.

So let's take the Golden Nugget. They will status match Seven Stars and Diamonds to Elite, and that will last 3 months.

So let's say your Diamond expires on January 31, 2018.

You go into Golden Nugget sometime in January 2018, and get status matched to Elite.

Then, provided this program still exists, you can get Diamond again by matching your Golden Nugget Elite card sometime before your status expires 3 months later!

This trick would work because the status match is open to new AND existing Total Rewards members.

The Golden Nugget match is only good for new cards, so this would only work once. But it's still an interesting angle which might work.

[House of Orange]

Thanks! Already got the GN card here in Biloxi. Do I need a new one in Vegas or am I SOL?

[Caligal]

The CET Diamond Tier Match ends on September 30 2017. Also, you can only upgrade thru other casinos that do their card level match once.

[Dan Druff]

The CET Diamond Tier Match ends on September 30 2017. Also, you can only upgrade thru other casinos that do their card level match once.

Thanks for the info. I do think it's possible that they will bring back this promotion in 2018, though.

At the moment, Caesars is unique in that they will do this match for EXISTING cardholders, so again there may be an angle here, provided the status match comes back next year.

[manoftroy2525]

Dan, Does this include Rincon/Southern California Resort? I can't find anything re. California on the Total Rewards website

[Dan Druff]

Dan, Does this include Rincon/Southern California Resort? I can't find anything re. California on the Total Rewards website

It should. All Total Rewards centers should do this status match for you, provided you have one of the other casino's cards listed above.

[manoftroy2525]

I'm platinum MLife, going to Rincon Fri., I'll let you know

[ftpjesus]

Just wanted to add a note.. The 3 Gila River Casinos made a change which sounds like a big deal "You earn points 10x faster" but what they did was also change the point numbers for each level by 10 fold.. What it does mean is its a lot easier to calculate your point totals.. Its straight up 1pt per dollar in slots or Video Poker.. So the top two tiers of Gila River require basically 100k coin in for the 2nd from the top and 300k coin in for the top tier and again its the same for VP and Slots straight up so no variance having to look at machines for their rates like you do with CET.. Druff I believe that means they are matching then pretty close to what the real Diamond numbers are which is around 150k coin in if you get 1 pt for $10 on VP (which is what Gila river was doing across the board until this recent change).. Still wish they would consider a match with Casino AZ and maybe that's coming.. Truthfully CAZ might even land them some bigger fish to fry because theyre both in Scottsdale hence usually the folks who gamble there have bigger bankrolls for CET to siphon off compared to the GRC which are down south of Scottsdale in Chandler and also out towards the cheaper side of the Valley in Glendale..