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Originally Posted by marknfw
It also depends on what "steps" you're talking about. Matching from casino to casino is probably instant when you're on property, but some of these credit card and/or hotel matching programs take time to go through the system. There's a lot of talk about the Wyndham match and some others in the Diamond in a Day thread.
So, to maybe help clarify, here's the video I saw:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcFYlzqF7G0
The steps he suggests that you take are getting the Caesars platinum level. I'd need to get that by applying for the caesars credit card. That takes you to platinum. From there, you take your platinum card to Wynn. They have a status match until the end of May. Wynn would match you to their Wynn Platinum. From there, you go to fontaineblue. They have a status match that will take you to their gold sttaus if you have Wynn Platinum. Having the Fontaineblue gold status allows you to go back to MGM, show Wynn platinum status, and then they will match you to MGM Gold.
I've already booked a room at Excalibur and Harrah's for the time that I'm going to be in Vegas. Both reservations cost around $500. My thought was:
1. I arrive in Vegas at 7AM on 5/30.
2. Find somewhere to drop off my bags and go to all of these casinos, hopefully to get these status upgrades
3. From there, go back to the hotel where I'm staying and start the check-in process.
4. Usually when I check in, especially since I'm a lowroller, I just do the online one to expedite everything. This actually can be helpful since I get rooms ASAP but with this, I was thinking maybe I could do the in person check-in, present the upgraded status card, and see what upgrades are available as well as see if the resort fees can be waived for the stay I'm about to have.
My kicker is that I was actually leaning toward staying at Harrah's. It doesn't sound like this process will allow me to get to platinum at Caesars so that may be a no-go and I shoudl probably try this at excalibur. Assuming this matching process works, I know it would be great for future stays and I'd get much better deals but I'm mainly curious if it would apply to the trip that I'm there for in that moment. If we think it is, I'm tempted to look into a better MGM property knowing that it would be much cheaper than the reservation due to resort fees likely being waived.
I hope this makes sense haha