Which Vegas Casino Offers the Best Rewards?

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We have talked about which Vegas players programs offer the best rewards for play; on this page we give you specific resorts’ examples where you may be able to reap better benefits for your play.

Slot play is generally well rewarded at Caesar’s Palace, Mirage, Aria, Excalibur (unlike in the previous years, when Excalibur was one of the greediest resorts in our experience), Cosmopolitan as well as any other independent Vegas resort/casino (such as Plaza in downtown Vegas or Venetian/Palazzo).   At all of those resorts/casinos we have been able to 1) have our stay comped before we checked out, speaking to casino marketing or the players program’s desk the night before our check out day, or 2) we’ve been able to obtain free upgrades or free buffets for our stay, or 3) we’ve been sent comps offer for future stays.

For immediate rewards during your stay, when you think you have had a ‘good’ night of play at the casino where you are staying, the next day you should go straight to either casino marketing or their players program’s desk and ask if they can offer you free shows or free buffets or a free upgrade based on your play.

The most UN-generous resorts at present (from our own experience) seem to be Gold Coast and Orleans of the BConnected players program; they used to be among the most generous, but these days they seem to value locals rather than visitors and their programs are difficult to benefit from for the occasional visitor; even then, in order to be sent anything worth accepting, it now seems that you have to play significantly at a specific resort of theirs, reach at least Sapphire level (the next level up after their entry level) and then may you be graced with a 2-night stay per month comp offer from that specific resort (and not their other resorts, which is an obsolete reward system these days).   Moreover, bear in mind that the BConnected resorts’ buffets have decreased in quality so much in the last few years that they are rarely worth the money you need to play to have them comped; moreover, they are cheap to begin with, so free buffets from that group are never a goal worth pursuing, in our opinion. The only thing I’ll say in favor of Gold Coast and Orleans is that they used to offer us comp weekends when nobody else was doing it in Vegas (at least nowhere else worth going).

Table games rewards follows similar guidelines to those explained above.  However, at times it seems that longer-term play such as blackjack, ‘smart slot play’ and poker are better rewarded, rather than a high singular bet at a table.  Even though you can certainly win big at tables and, at the end of the night of betting you may find yourself comped to a magnificent suite, in our experience playing blackjack, poker or slots in long-term moderation (and betting a minimum of 80 cents per spin for slots) may offer you better long-term rewards.  We don’t play poker but we know many ‘ordinary’ poker players who are regularly comped at the resorts where they are playing, Venetian in particular. 4 Mistakes to Avoid in Vegas.  Best Comps in Vegas   How to Get Comped in Vegas 

How much and how do you have to play to start receiving the rewards?

 

MGM parking fees Las Vegas: Updated

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MGM parking fees updated. Yes, they are to stay and they’re getting more expensive. It’s another slap in the face of all hotel guests, another insult to add to the injury already inflicted by the ever-increasing resort fees.  The following is a simplified guide on their paid parking rules and, further down, their updated list of parking charges:

MGM Parking Fees: Self-Parking Rules

The first hour is free for every visitor.  This will barely give you enough time to walk from their parking area to the casino, in many cases! MGM Parking fees

If you are a hotel guest, you will have to pay an additional parking fee on top of the daily resort fee.  This is outrageous: isn’t parking part of the resort facilities, for which we already pay?  I think, given the potential removal of the resort fees in the future thanks to potential new legislation, parking fees will be a way of substituting it; for now, well, they have both.

BUT ( and this is the good news):  if you are at Pearl, Gold Platinum or Noir level on your M Life membership card (which is free, and we talk about this on our players cards page), self-parking (as well as valet parking) is free.  Having said this, during my last conversation with an MGM group reservation assistant, I was told that the parking fee is now applied to everyone.  Watch this space for updates and don’t forget to nudge us about it.

Your daily parking fee is valid for all MGM properties.

If you have an MLife credit card, you will enjoy free parking.

MGM Parking Fees: Price Details by Resorts

  • Excalibur, Luxor and Park MGM resorts
    • Length of time for $5 self-parking changes from one-to-four hours to one-to-two hours;
    • New self-parking charge for two-to-four hours is $8;
    • Four-to-24-hour self-parking rates jump from $8 to $10; daily parking rate is $10 a day.
    • Valet parking rates jump from $8 to $10 for the first four hours, and from $13 to $15 between four and 24 hours; this applies to Circus Circus.
  • Mandalay Bay, MGM, New York-New York, Mirage and Delano resorts
    • Length of time for $7 self-parking changes from one-to-four hours to one-to-two hours;
    • New self-parking charge for two-to-four hours is $10;
    • Four-to-24-hour self-parking rates jump from $10 to $12; daily parking rate is $12 a day.
    • Valet parking rates jump from $13 to $15 for the first four hours, and from $18 to $20 between four and 24 hours.
  • Aria and Bellagio resorts
    • Length of time for $7 self-parking changes from one-to-four hours to one-to-two hours;
    • New self-parking charge for two-to-four hours is $12;
    • Four-to-24-hour self-parking rates jump from $10 to $15; daily parking rate is $15 a day.
    • Valet parking rates jump from $13 to $20 for the first four hours, and from $18 to $25 between four and 24 hours.
  • Vdara resort (valet only resort)
    • Valet parking rates jump from $13 to $20 for the first four hours, and from $18 to $25 between four and 24 hours.

MGM Parking Fees: HOW does it work in practice?

You will probably arrive, park your car, obtain a parking ticket of some kind which you will show at registration, where you will be given a parking ‘key’ which may or may not be combined with your hotel key.  This is where you ask for your complimentary/free parking if you are lucky enough to have this in your booking package.  They are getting rarer.

The fees may be increased in the future, just like the dreaded resort fees.  If you are considering using other means of transportation vs renting a car, our page on Getting Around Vegas explains the pros and cons with some tips and tricks.

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