Apri-counts (April Discounts).

Can't call the haul "freebies" this time because, well, I've got zero comps on this trip but I did rack up some nice discounts this time worthy of mention.

-One night at Tropicana, online as of today for $229, got it for $80, savings of $149.
-Four nights at Cosmopolitan, online today for $1030, got them for $368, savings of $662.
-myVegas reward for $50 off of $100 at Camelot Steakhouse at Excalibur, savings of $50.
-myVegas reward for a $35 no-strings coupon at Nine Fine Irishmen, savings of $35.
-Three Restaurant.com certificates worth $75 that I think I paid $8 for so savings of $67.

So that's a potential discount from full rates/prices of $963. I may not end up using all the R.com certs but they're there if needed. Despite no actual "comps" this time (first time in a long time) it's still a solid decrease in overhead, and if nothing else it shows I've gotten pretty good at playing the discount game in Vegas even when the freebies have dried up.

The Cosmo rooms are the big win. It's one of the top standard rooms in town at my favorite resort in town that if it hadn't been for Priceline I would never have been able to book. Such an awesome upgrade from what I had booked (NYNY, no knock on them but the Cosmo's a huge upgrade). It will be so nice on this trip for my home base to actually BE my home base for most of the trip. Stumbling out of the Vesper at 4a will be so much easier when all I have to do is make it to the elevators 50 yards away.

So with 3 weeks left this one is pretty much all done but the shouting (and screaming, and barfing, and falling down). I may have one more little myVegas reward to cash out but it'll be a small one, maybe a small food/drink thing somewhere. Back on the comp train later in the year at MGM, but even w/o them this time still did pretty well and can be proud that I dug up some good discounts.

Let the birthday trip rip.