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Wow. What a well prepared review!

Quote: boymimbo

We stayed at the Wynn from March 5 to 9, 2010, over 4 nights. We booked the trip through Expedia.com as a package. Because most hotels have a lowest advertised rate policy, the only way that you can get rates below the advertised rate is to purchase it as part of a package. In this way, we were able to take advantage of a $95/night rate plus the 12% Nevada Hotel tax ($11.40/night) and a $75 resort credit. We could not pass on this offer for a premium hotel in Las Vegas.

Wait a sec... $75 resort credit? Are you saying the room cost $20 + $11.40 per night? That's a great price for a high-end place like Wynn.

Quote: boymimbo

....while another set of players at another $100 reserved table featured a young asian woman with a miniskirt that went way too high, forcing the craps dealers to personally walk around the table to hand you your Red Card, only to catch a peek.

Um... What days is that table open?

$75 resort credit, one time, for all four nights. So the net rate was about $87.65, all in. When this rate came up at Expedia, we jumped at it. We were divided between the Venetian which was a little more expensive (about $120 / night) but included Jersey Boys tickets and the Wynn. I can't stand the smell of the Venetian casino, but love the resort. Glad we chose the Wynn.

The mini-skirt table was one time, unfortunately. My wife was sitting at a nearby slot machine watching the action and she was fascinated by the range of responses to this sight.

Just got back from staying at the Wynn for three nights. We are members of their players club and got an offer for three free nights plus $300 in free play. Unfortunately, one of the nights we were staying was a Saturday and that didn't qualify for the free nights, so we had to pay for one night. Previously, when we got these types of offers, we could also stay for fewer nights and still get the free play. When I made the reservation this time however, I was told the free play would only be given to us if we stayed the full three nights. I was also told we wouldn't be able to collect our $300 free play until after our third night there. This turned out to be false, as we went to the player's club desk right after we checked in and got the free play immediately.

I do have some questions about comps at strip hotels. For the last couple of years, we've always stayed at the Wynn or Encore. Prior to that, we stayed downtown at the Fremont, where it was easy to get comps. At the Wynn, we've never really been able to score comps, other than what we get through our reservation package.

The last time we were there, we were told our play had to cover your free room and any free play they give you as part of your deal before they will comp you anything else. Not sure if all strip casinos are like that or not. This trip, they comped us two breakfast buffets - $45 total. We racked up about 5,120 points. At $9 a point (we played video poker only), that's $46,080 run through the machines. We got two free nights, valued at $169 each, plus $300 in free play, plus two bunches for $45. That's $683 in comps - or about 1.5% of the amount we played. Not sure if that's a typical comp rate or not. Oh, then we cashed in our points and got $104 for the 5,120 points. Twice, once on Sunday and once on Monday, I had an executive host come up to me and ask for me by name while playing and said she "noticed my play" and to be sure to contact her before I checked out for some comps, Honestly, when that happens, I'm expecting a little more in terms of comps than the two free breakfast I got. I was a bit disappointed.

I was also disappointed in the buffet. See more post about that in that thread.


Anyway.. My question is - is the Wynn stingy in their comps or was what I got typical? We're going back to Vegas in May or June and would like to plan accordingly. We played a bit at Bellagio this time and I am curious to see what kind of offers I get from them.

It wasn't all bad though.. We took their free play and sat down at a $5 video poker machine. On the very first hand, my wife hit four aces and won $4,000 :-)

Thanks!

I should also note that after I left, I realized I forgot to cash in one of my cash out tickets from the video poker machine. It was worth $100 and says it expires after 60 days. I called my executive host back and asked what my options were. We are planning on returning to Vegas in about 90 days, so he said to hold on to the ticket and bring it back then. He said they are pretty relaxed about the expiration dates on the tickets and said I should still be able to redeem it then. We shall see..

Quote: shaun5

I should also note that after I left, I realized I forgot to cash in one of my cash out tickets from the video poker machine. It was worth $100 and says it expires after 60 days. I called my executive host back and asked what my options were. We are planning on returning to Vegas in about 90 days, so he said to hold on to the ticket and bring it back then. He said they are pretty relaxed about the expiration dates on the tickets and said I should still be able to redeem it then. We shall see..

I'm 99.44% sure they'll take it. You have everything in your favor:

1. It will be only 30 days old.
2. You have proof of being a good customer.
3. Wynn is one of the more honorable casinos anyway, at least in my opinion.
4. Your host pretty much promised they would take it.

Even if you an unknown person off the street, I think any casino would accept a $100 ticket only 30 days old anyway.

I thought I read that the rather short expiration referred only to cashing it in a machine, but they are valid at the cage for 6 months. Maybe longer.

Just to follow up on this, I returned to the Wynn last weekend and they did, in fact, redeem my expired ticket. I took it to the cashier and did not try to redeem it in a machine.

Quote: shaun5

Just to follow up on this, I returned to the Wynn last weekend and they did, in fact, redeem my expired ticket. I took it to the cashier and did not try to redeem it in a machine.

Glad to hear it! Were you like "yeah, um, this ticket expired a month ago... will you still cash it for me?" or did you just hand it to them like you normally would? I'd be curious to know if they even noticed (if you did the latter).

Actually, my wife redeemed it at the cashier while I was waiting in the line at the player's club desk to claim some free play. She told them it had expired and the cashier called someone to get approval to cash it. She says it only took a minute or two to get the approval.

Sure. The casino wants you to return with the ticket. They have no great interest in being sticklers for the time period. The lawyers and accountants insist such time periods exist but the casino will be generous about it. If you mail such tickets to them they will take care of it but they prefer a personal visit because that way they will get another chance at your bankroll.