Nynefingers
Well-Known Member
I have a few questions about how the system works. Let me preface this by saying I've searched this site and read every post that mentions "total rewards" within the past year, including the very helpful An easy way to get comped rooms at Harrahs.
Can someone explain to me exactly what will trigger a day for the purposes of figuring my ADT? I know any play using the card will, and I believe any other use of the card including checking point balances will trigger a day. What else does, such as using a room offer? To put it more simply, if I stay no longer than 3 nights (free) and don't use my card on the final day, then will my ADT be exactly equal to my total theoretical divided by the number of days I actually play? If not, what things will mess up my ADT? I can use the card at will for comps, etc. on the days I'm giving them play, right?
I've never stayed at an HET/CET property and have only played on a card a couple of times. I've been getting voicemails from hosts every now and again and I think I'm going to take them up on one of the offers (room, food, "some travel reimbursement"). Are offers from a host treated differently than the room offers from the TR website? Anything to be aware of there to avoid triggering a $0 day? Can I accept a host's offer over the phone without actually meeting them during my stay, and if so, are there any benefits to meeting with them? And what does "some travel reimbursement" usually mean? I'd rather have an idea of what to expect before I call him back. I intend to drive. Can I just ask him for free play or a gas card or something or does this usually only apply to airfare?
On my upcoming trip, I will mostly focus on trying to find great games. If I don't find any game in the vicinity that is especially interesting on it's own, I'll likely follow some of the advice from the thread I linked earlier to comp whore and to try to significantly improve my offers in the future. I'm not ready to go quite as far as bigplayer suggested by being willing to lose $10k in a day, but Diamond in a Day should be feasible, and some other techniques mentioned are definitely on my list to try. As long as I keep high ADT as my primary focus, is it worth a couple hundred in -EV to get Diamond if the variance is not an issue? There should be some machines available that will get me there with an EV of -$250 or less. My primary goal is to receive offers for things with cash value such as gift cards that are sellable or cash/freeplay type offers. RFB is nice, but I'm looking for money or things I can turn into money. Should I bother getting Diamond?
Finally, is there any way to get my Total Rewards account number without having my players card? I've misplaced my players card and I'm not quite sure where to look at the moment. I've tried calling the last property I played at to see if they would give it to me, but they said they couldn't do that.
Thanks for any assistance. I generally avoid getting any card at all, but I think the EV of gaming the TR system may be worthwhile if there aren't any other good games there.
Can someone explain to me exactly what will trigger a day for the purposes of figuring my ADT? I know any play using the card will, and I believe any other use of the card including checking point balances will trigger a day. What else does, such as using a room offer? To put it more simply, if I stay no longer than 3 nights (free) and don't use my card on the final day, then will my ADT be exactly equal to my total theoretical divided by the number of days I actually play? If not, what things will mess up my ADT? I can use the card at will for comps, etc. on the days I'm giving them play, right?
I've never stayed at an HET/CET property and have only played on a card a couple of times. I've been getting voicemails from hosts every now and again and I think I'm going to take them up on one of the offers (room, food, "some travel reimbursement"). Are offers from a host treated differently than the room offers from the TR website? Anything to be aware of there to avoid triggering a $0 day? Can I accept a host's offer over the phone without actually meeting them during my stay, and if so, are there any benefits to meeting with them? And what does "some travel reimbursement" usually mean? I'd rather have an idea of what to expect before I call him back. I intend to drive. Can I just ask him for free play or a gas card or something or does this usually only apply to airfare?
On my upcoming trip, I will mostly focus on trying to find great games. If I don't find any game in the vicinity that is especially interesting on it's own, I'll likely follow some of the advice from the thread I linked earlier to comp whore and to try to significantly improve my offers in the future. I'm not ready to go quite as far as bigplayer suggested by being willing to lose $10k in a day, but Diamond in a Day should be feasible, and some other techniques mentioned are definitely on my list to try. As long as I keep high ADT as my primary focus, is it worth a couple hundred in -EV to get Diamond if the variance is not an issue? There should be some machines available that will get me there with an EV of -$250 or less. My primary goal is to receive offers for things with cash value such as gift cards that are sellable or cash/freeplay type offers. RFB is nice, but I'm looking for money or things I can turn into money. Should I bother getting Diamond?
Finally, is there any way to get my Total Rewards account number without having my players card? I've misplaced my players card and I'm not quite sure where to look at the moment. I've tried calling the last property I played at to see if they would give it to me, but they said they couldn't do that.
Thanks for any assistance. I generally avoid getting any card at all, but I think the EV of gaming the TR system may be worthwhile if there aren't any other good games there.