Two Months To Go.

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Still a bit of a piece off, but semi closing on Vegas numero uno of the new decade. T-minus 60 days.

Barring anything weird I'm locked into the King Suite at Delano with VIP package for the trip. Great rate, great perks and more than enough room for a single boy. Can't afford the Cosmo on every trip (boo) and this allows me to maximize the Mlife usage by pinging it for the hotel and any gambling.

Did the math on that topic today. Mixing in what I will earn monthly in tier credits, and factoring in just two trips as it stands between now and the Mlife cut off date of 9/30, I will have to accumulate around 20K points on each of those two trips to get to Gold. Doable, but no more spreading my play around like a cheap whore like I did on the last trip. It's all Mlife all day - eating, drinking, play, as much as possible. Looks like I'll be spending some quality time in the various VP bars of the MGM south strip resorts in March. Hopefully my luck will improve from last trip.

Money should be fine, not a huge save for this trip; I figure $800/day cash and at least $3500 avail on the Mlife CC and that should be more than enough. So that's a cash save of $3200 between now and end of March with a possible tax refund thrown in to help. No too painful.

Don't have any shows or reservations set up and don't think I will have any. I've seen just about every show I want to see in Vegas and as far as I can tell there's no bands in town that week. It's fine, I want to maximize the "Vegas" on short trips and really won't need a break or a cool down. It will just be all go for 4 days.

So, 60 days til 4 days of all go.

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