Riddle me this, if you do the 9 properties in 1 day in Vegas would be (9*250)+(9*25)=2475 play an extra couple min to get 2500 would you get the 5k bonus?

Leaving tomorrow morning for the Diamond Atlantis trip. 4 free nights and airfare was free with southwest points, so everything else will have to be pretty ****ing terrible for this not to be a great perk of diamond.

I'll post a TR here afterwards if there is any interest.

Hey Shaft - going to Atlantis with the Platinum award late next week, free flights as well. I'll take any pointers you have when you get back!

Yes, do a TR.

Someone else posted about it and the upshot was that "free" wasn't very free and he ended up paying for a lot of stuff. It sounded high enough that, for me, it was enough to pay for a decent vacation to somewhere I actually want to go.

Doubt it. The 250 per is a bonus, so only the 25 you actually earn would count. But you could always call TR and ask.

I did this last year. You have to pay for food of course (which is quite expensive), but the hotel is actually free, as is the water park. I believe the offer was that you could stay in the cheapest tower completely free or the second cheapest tower for a $50/night resort fee.

I had a good time, especially with the water slides, but I'm not sure I would do it again if only because I'm not a huge fan of the very humid climate. The rooms are effectively air conditioned but not effectively dehumidified; everything always felt slightly wet.

No, you don't get the 250 bonus credited until April and this won't count toward daily bonus tier credits in any case.

You could potentially get it playing poker at 6 of the 9 properties (Paris/Cromwell/Linq have no poker room). And for each except Caesars, you need to play at least 1.5 hours. I ended up playing poker at 4 and video poker at the other 5.

I'm interested for sure. Good luck and have fun!

Nick. Thank u for the reply on how you got it done. But back to the other question ... for someone who only plays poker, could you simply spend $25 at one of the other properties to get the required 25 tier credits or is that not a viable option?

Also, I've read on many sites about "coin-in" and what not to receive tier credits on slot machines and even looked it up but I'm naive and dont understand it since I don't play slots or video poker. But ... if i were to attempt video poker to achieve this, can someone tell me exactly how much actual money I should plan on putting into a .25 cent machine to get the 25 tier credits? I also don't play in the pit games so that's really not an option either. Thanks in advance!

Will do.

Yes, you're still charged all the VAT and taxes and stuff, but no resort fees and different perks are included:

Well I currently live in Louisiana so I think any humidity in the Bahamas will bother me!

$250 through on most "bad" video poker machines should get you 25 Tier Credits. Just find the machine with the highest payback that still gives 1 TC per $10 wagered. At most places you should be able to find a 96%+ video poker machine, so your theoretical loss should be <$10.

I'm not aware that anyplace gives 1TC per $1 spent. $100 spent may get you 100 "reward credits," not tier credits, which is worth $1. This is similar to credit card cash back.

So how many tier credits did you end up getting by hitting the 9 vegas properties?

I don't think the restaurant list at this site is totally accurate, but you can see
there is a one Tier Credit for $1 at some restaurants within CET joints. I've noticed over the last couple years that CET has been closing lower priced places such as coffee shops and replacing them with outsourced restaurants not run or staffed by CET. Probably a long term plan to reduce headcount, salaries, and benefits.

Go to this URL and select the tab "earn tier credits" midway down the page .

https://www.totalrewards.com/content...l-rewards.html

As a purely poker player, how many casinos can I get the 25 tier credits at in the entire US? I am based in LV so I know that I can get 6 right here without blinking. Then there is 1 in Laughlin which would be next closest.

After that, what are the closest ones based on driving time? Phoenix? Lake Tahoe? Any California ones?

Outside of the driving range, are there any more ones clustered well? I guess AC/Philly? How many can I get there. I figure till end of March, I can do some roadtrips for poker and see if I can hit the magic 18 number.

I am trying to make an attempt at this. Is this a +EV situation. Hell no. But I'm dumb, so Ill try it out anyways.

I have 7 of the Vegas ones. I am missing Rio and Planet Hollywood. I played poker at Caesars (45 minutes), Ballys, Harrahs, Flamingo, (1.5 hours). Then I played Video Poker at Cromwell, Linq and Paris. I think on Video Poker at Jacks or Better Im down about $120 or so. I'm pretty sure I was playing optimal strategy. According to Wizards of Odds, Vegas video poker machines are the worst in comparison to the rest of the country.

I do have So Cal Harrahs Ricon left I can get another one.

As for clustered ones, I think Louisiana, Mississippi area has a few, and AC has two just strictly for poker.

If you were living in Vegas and just wanted to make Tier Credits, I think just playing at Caesars at 34 tier credits is probably cheaper and saves way more time. Probably going to be a miserable experience but well, its cheaper and faster.

Just FYI, I have played at the Harrahs one in So Cal a few times. Its really hard to get a game going 1/3 ($400) The best time to go there is Friday or Saturday nights. But even then the room is pretty much dead. The only game they run regularly (1 table) is the 3/6 limit game. I might pass on this room only if I was going on Friday or Saturday.

You get 2250 bonus tier credits, plus however many you actually earned (which would be at least 225).

You could in theory get the 25 tier credits by spending on items that earn tier credits. But I've always found this inconsistent (both in what spending gets credited and when it posts). You definitely have to spend actual money rather than comps (rewards credits), and I almost always use comps when I go to a CET restaurant, etc.

As to how much video poker you have to play, playing max credits at 25c machine ($1.25/spin) would require 200 spins for 25 TCs. Or just do 50 spins at a $1 machine, which often have better EV anyway. Or you could always just do $125 coin-in at a slot machine. (This will be slightly worse EV but it's pretty negligible and might be faster when you are playing this little and aren't familiar with VP.)

This seems strange. If you go to this link and click any of the "Learn More" links it takes you to a page discussing reward credits, not tier credits.

Perhaps this is a mistake by them.

There are two properties in Lake Tahoe, only one has a poker room. There's one in Reno, dunno about poker room.

There's one in central AZ, about 50 (?) miles south of Phoenix, in the town of BFE. Crappy poker room, only has LHE and O8. Those are high variance games, so VP is probably better.

I thought so too but if you look at that site that he listed, halfway down the page it says that for each $1 spent at any one of the participating outlets you receive one Tier Credit so yes this is definitely misleading, so I'm not sure which is true. I will say that one time at a restaurant I spent about $40 and did notice that I had 40 extra tier credits in my account than my wife did (we used my card and paid cash so maybe this is the case, I'm not sure!

https://www.totalrewards.com/content...l-rewards.html

Check the link posted above and click on the section of "earn tier credits" scroll down to "entertainment" and under the "dining" section it says
Earn 1 Tier credit for every $1 spent at participating restaurants. Then you can click the learn more link to see a list around the country (by region) of which restaurants participate. Not all restaurants do

So ... this seems right? Or am I crazy?

I'd much rather spend $50 to $100 on a decent meal than waste my time playing video poker or slots!

Nick. Thanks again for the detailed explanation. I may just have to try video poker at some point. But I also see your point about the confusing amounts of tier credits that get added to your account.

When I was in Vegas last year I played exclusively at Caesars to get the extra tier credits but still wound up a little bit short at the end of the year, but the numbers were never consistent and I guess that had to do with money spent at restaurants. Sometimes I got credit and sometimes I didn't!

Well, you need to make sure the one you ate at is on the list, and give them your TR card. But I'm with Nick, not too keen on spending my cash money when I have comps to use. On average, it should cost somewhat less than $25 lost using slots or VP.

The list at the Total Rewards site is inaccurate, so ask first if collecting Tier Credits is your goal. For example, last Sunday I had breakfast at Buca Di Beppo, the outsourced restaurant located where Bally's coffee shop used to be. The place is listed on the webpage, but I specifically asked about using the reward card and they said "no".

Also, some food courts are on the list and I doubt the chain fast food places have an affiliation.

I did find out that it used to be for every $5 spent at a restaurant you would get 1 tier credit but the lady at the total rewards desk told me that they changed that a little while back and that you actually now get 1 Tier credit per dollar spent. So I went to a restaurant and spent around $43 and actually did get 43 tier credits added to my account so maybe this does indeed work!

However I did not receive a badge yet for the property where I only spent money at a restaurant. I'm still waiting for it to show up.