Beefin'.

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Racking up the Mlife points with the, uh, Mlife Credit card. 

Have about $65 in points left over from the last trip, and by the time I get to Vegas for the Xmas trip I should have between $120-150, so to blast through those and simultaneously have the killer Xmas meal I have booked a reservation at Jean George steakhouse at the Aria on Xmas night. 

I've eaten there before and the steak was quite good, don't remember it being Delmonico-tier but nothing else in Vegas that I've had really is. The big pluses for doing JG are that it is right next door to my home resort for that trip, and that it will be free, aside from a tip.

I always try to book a splurge meal on Xmas night itself, and this will certainly do the trick. Hard to go wrong with a good steak and the location keeps me more or less center strip to continue the Xmas frivolity after the meal. 

I'm also booking Delmonico at Venetian as my lead in meal before the Atomic saloon show there. No, No Mlife pointage on this one, but I don't give a flyer, the filet is THAT good.

And with that about the only other thing to book will be the ticket to Star Wars. Probably will do that on the Monday morning so I have a little something going on the middle three days of the trip, then have a few days free to rage out around them.

Almost time for a plan post, because this plan is almost planned.

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