Next.

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4 nights in early September booked. You'll never guess...

NYNY!!!!!!

 Yep. New York New York for the 6th time. Why put out a perfectly good fire, I guess. Got a comp offer from them while I was in town last week, so I booked it this morning. Really good offer for such a lowly Pearl Mlife member like me. 3 nights comped, no resort fees for the 3 comped nights, $44 rate for the 4th night, $100 resort credit and I think it'll be $75 worth of Freeplay. So in essence they're paying ME almost a hundie to stay for 4 nights. Not bad.

The all-in on the flight was $115, so my overhead on this trip will be ultra-minimal. Hotel location is perfect as I'll be seeing Coldplay at the T-Mobile Arena (in a seat this time!), so it'll be an easy walk to the show.

Can't believe I'm saying this, but even though I just got back 2 days ago, I'm already looking forward to this trip. My post-Vegas hangover is minimal this time, clearly. 3 months and a week of wait time, so not too bad. No cash to pay forward from this last trip, but can take June off from saving, then do a 4-check save up in July and August and should have close to the requisite $4K.

A good band, my favorite resort, a great deal; altogether a good way to kiss summer goodbye in my (still) favorite town.

Bring on September.

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