Low roller Free Room offer at the Wynn/Encore

I am surprised I got any sort of offer, especially from the Wynn, but they are offering me two free nights (Sun-Thurs) in an upgraded suite at Encore this spring.

Here was the play I logged at the Encore my most recent trip: 45 minutes of $15 a hand blackjack, resulting in a $170 session loss after a $200 buy in.

I noticed the offer was sent out the same day I played, sent as a nice letter.

Are they hurting? Is there a catch?

I would hardly think that would even register for a free meal.

Interesting that you got an offer. I would think that they are hurting. Though their published rates are still pretty high, you can book a package through any major website that gets you into the Wynn or Encore for about $100/night plus a resort credit for $75 for the entire stay. Given the lack of other casinos around the Encore, there must be the thought that if you stay there, you will do alot more than 45 minutes of gambling there.

The offer surprises me a bit, but not a lot.

What REALLY surprises me is that it was postmarked the same day you were there.

I mean, if you're in town for just a couple days, maybe you'll stop in again before you head home. If so, don't you think they would have delayed giving you the offer until they had a better idea of your play?

The dealer's supervisor was very friendly and asked to sign me up for the player's club while I was sitting there.

I may have played 1 or 2 hands at $20-25, but i doubt while I was being watched. I did ask how high I had to bet to be rated, the manager's response was they look at everyone.

Ah..That's probably the reason you got the offer - you're a new player's club member. It likely had nothing to do with your play.

I've stayed there a lot and gambled a lot. The latest offer I got was for three nights for $359 total, no free play credit. This was interesting in that they quoted a total price instead of a per night price, which probably means you need to stay three nights for the deal.

I've found the Wynn's offers to be pretty eclectic. Sometimes they are not that great (like the one I mentioned) and other times they are pretty darn good, IMHO, like the last one I took advantage of, which was for three free nights plus $300 in free play. The "stay three nights" seems to be a theme of their offers recently. On this offer, I was told if I didn't stay three nights, I couldn't get the free play credit.

To piggyback on what boymimbo said above, you can get some pretty decent rates right now at Encore through most travel sites. I'm planning a trip for this summer and found I can get a suite at Encore for less than a regular room at either Venetian/Palazzo or Bellagio through Southwest Vacations.

If you do some searching, you can also find a # of promotional codes for either discounted rate or "3rd night free" type deals at Encore (I found several on fatwallet.com).

PacoMartin, a bit off topic, but I ran across a few of your posts about Steve Wynn being interested in the Ritz/Casino and golf courses in Lake Las Vegas. We're hearing the same rumors here too.

The Ritz closes this Sunday. LLV exits bankruptcy 6/22. The water issues for the courses are now resolved. The courses have just been groomed nicely, the water falls and ponds in the courses are being filled up again. We're hoping for an announcement soon.

Any more rumors about Wynn and Lake Las vegas?

Thanks!

I received the same offer last year. played a little after signing up for a card. I used it. Very nice. I still think that Harrahs and the venetian have the best room comps.

I played $ 1 9/6 JorB VP at Wynn briefly a couple of years
ago, and we get an offer once or twice a year. I intend to
take them up on it this summer. Our offer was:

$ 99 per night, Sun - Thur

$150 Free play if you stay 3 nights

I think this is a pretty good deal for how much I played
there.

Resurrecting this thread because my wife & I got the same thing: wandered into Wynn during our last visit and signed up for a Red Card. I've been getting offers of 2 free non-weekend nights + $150 in slot credits; $129/nt (midweek) to extend visit. We're going to take them up on it this May: we usually go to Venetian/Palazzo for our May trip (wedding anniversary, we were married at Venetian) but we're going to try Wynn this time (partly to register our displeasure with V/P's new comp policies by taking our money elsewhere, 1st time in 9 years).

I once received same offer as JohnnyQ..then they realized they weren't going to get any $ out of me :)

Quote: JohnnyQ

I intend to take them up on it this summer.
Our offer was:

$ 99 per night, Sun - Thur

$150 Free play if you stay 3 nights

We did use this offer last summer, Aug 2010.

But because the paytables we saw for VP were
not very good, we played there VERY little.

I don't know why they wouldn't put in a few
decent VP machines. Most of the tourists
wouldn't know or care.

Anyway, we haven't gotten any offers since,
so I give their marketing dept some credit
for figuring out we weren't the clientele
they were looking for.

Quote: JohnnyQ

We did use this offer last summer, Aug 2010.

But because the paytables we saw for VP were
not very good, we played there VERY little.

How bad is their VP?

I got a player card and used the $10 free play it came with on VP. I figured bad VP beats the best slots. I think I played ten or five hand DW at 0.25. I left when I had $30 (see?) and blew that on Rock and Roll dice (I know, bad move).

Quote:

I don't know why they wouldn't put in a few
decent VP machines. Most of the tourists
wouldn't know or care.

I guess for the same reason every other Strip casino doesn't: you'd draw APs eventually. What's the return value on free drinks at the Wynn?