Downgraded.

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Well MGM seems to have noticed that I'm not gambling as much with them the last few trips.

My comps have taken a nosedive this week. Whereas I was previously getting 3 nights comped + $50 FP + $50 RC at Aria, for example, I'm now getting "up to one comp night". Gee thanks. Bellagio was 2/$50/$50 and now gives nothing but an "exclusive rate". Lower end places like Luxor are keeping the comped nights in place but have dropped the FP/RC from $50/$100 to $20/$50.

Good thing I booked 3 trips ahead of time for the year and locked in the old packages, I'm thinking.

Not sure if this is all due to my diminished play or if it's just due to the general upswing in room demand on strip. Probably a little of both. It's always a bit of a personal swipe though to have something taken away from you. I did drop over $21K coin in with them last year, after all. Short memories. 

In reality I'm probably 80% resolved that I'm moving on from Mlife and MGM anyway, though. Assuming I get to Identity Gold at Cosmo on this coming trip, it's probably adios to MGM after this year. Depending on the comps/offers coming my way from Cosmo I may not even fill up the rooms I already have booked with Mlife for this year, we'll see.

It is good to have locked in the great Mlife packages for the rest of '21 as a backup though, and until I dump the Mlife CC I'll always have SOME sort of status with them.

Ya downgrading ass bitches.

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