Working Their Way Back Into My Heart.

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Another good Mlife offer, another booked Vegas trip at an MGM resort.

I will be spending 4 nights at the lovely Aria in May. With the possible exception of my stay at THEhotel, this will be the top MGM property I've stayed at. The offer was for any MGM resort with differing nights/comps, but I've always had my eye on Aria.

Yet another email Mlife offer. It's a good one, only 1 night comped but the other 3 are only $69 each (+ the resort fee, of course), so around $300 for the stay. However, that amount is offset by a very nice $150 in resort credit, and another $50 in Freeplay, so the true cost will only be around $100. The pleb per-night cost is almost $200, so the Mlife rate is a great one, it would be almost $800 to stay the 4 nights w/o Mlife.

The Deluxe King room isn't huge, at 520 sq ft, but looks comfortable and modern, lots of earth tones. The location for that trip will be perfect too, as I'll be a literal stones throw from the Cosmo where I'll be seeing The Cure. City Center where Aria is has a great location anyway. Right in the middle of my comfort zone.

I'll be getting paid on the last full day of the trip, too, so I only really need to put together $3K in savings. Even though it's a slightly quick turnaround from the February trip, with the tax return factored in it shouldn't be a problem.

Not sure how a demotion in Mlife tier has ended up actually benefiting me this year, but whatever algorithm they're using, they're winning me back. The Cosmo trip was great, but getting 3-night or cheap as hell offers from Mlife are hard to turn down. May get into a pattern where I take free room offers where I find them during the year and then go all out on the last trip of the year like I did in '15.

Really working ahead this year. Not even the middle of January and I've got flights/rooms all booked for 2 Vegas trips through May. Wouldn't be surprised if I can work in another trip late summer so it's looking like a likely 4-trip year again this year, and a little better spaced out so no 6-month gaps.

I've got my Vegas mojo back.

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