Birthbies. Savings and Freebies, April 2021.

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Less than a month away, time to crow about all the Benjamins I saved by not being a filthy Vegas plebian.

-5 nights at the lovely Aria, $410 all in, would be $998 if I had no status, savings of $588.

-$50 Mlife Freeplay and $50 Resort Credit as part of package, plus another $95 in Ex Comps, $195 in savings. Free gambles and foodz.

-$45 in Identity resort credit at Cosmo, sure to be more by the time I use it on the Friday, likely to be something like $65 minimum accrued, enough for an entree at least.

-$75 in potential savings in Restaurant.com certs, say I use one so $25 saved. Think I have about $30 left on my Yardhouse GC, so call it $55 in food savings.

So around $900 in savings on this trip assuming I use it all up. Not an all-time barn burner of a 'Bies trip but tidy. As usual for new, improved, more affluent me, I could have cheaped out on the room and gotten another $50 in RC from Luxor or The Ex, but then I would have been staying at Luxor or The Ex. As it is I got a great rate for a non-base room, and may be able to parlay that into an upgrade with Mlife Gold. In reality with the combined $100 in credit the deal comes out to just over $300 for 5 nights at Aria. And scored a great roundtrip price on the flight so overhead is going to be more than defrayed by savings on this trip.

Roll on April 21st.

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