Post Labor Triplet.

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Quickie trip added for Labor Day week.

Going to get there on Sunday early (9a), have 9/10ths of Sunday, then all of Monday and Tuesday before a late morning fly-out on Wednesday. Since it's Labor Day off, just losing/using 2 vacation days and back to work on Thursday.

No real reason to go aside from I can. I won't cost me that much and I frankly can afford it now. The job is going well (slightly stressful but I'm a rock star there), I'm making good money and I deserve/need a couple days off now and again to keep from getting into a 4 month no-Vegas rut, which I was facing until the Xmas trip.

Great room and flight rates made it easy to book. $109 round trip on United, and only a little over $200 all-in for the 3 nights at Mandalay Bay. Order of magnitude less than coing in on the Friday before the holiday like I was looking at. Won't need as much cash from the bank this time either, as most of the incidentals (room, food, drink) will go on the Mlife CC.

In the event of going I might well make it to Mlife Gold too. It doesn't really mean that much to me but if taking a trip before the points expire in October gets me there then I have the status for a full year and can relax all of next year. Some good benefits kick in at Gold and with the Mlife CC working I should be able to get there on the trip w/o too much over-spending. With the hotel stay points and if I eat play and drink on Mlife props I'll get there.

So, as it's been most of the year I'm a month away again from yet another trip. This will be #6 headed for 7.

Yowza.

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