Berfday Bellagio. Bitch.

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Next after next trip resort might be in the bank. 

Dicking around on MGM Rewards website, as I do, and noticed my offers have improved a bit. Like, seriously, a bit - I get $5 more Freeplay. But I noticed I do get an extra night comped at a couple places, one of them being Bellagio.

I talk a lot of shit about Bellagio, and Bellagio deserves a lot of shit. It's overpriced for what you get, it's populated almost exclusively by retired insurance salesmen, and it just reeks "we were so cool in 1998". But alas, in terms of standard rooms it's still one of the better resorts in the MGM portfolio, and you can't argue with the location or the view.

So, when I saw two comped nights and only $60/night on offer from them for one of the newly renovated Premier King rooms, I bit. After removed resort fees it'll be just a little over $400 for 6 nights. When I had previously checked these dates over my birthday week, it had been pretty astronomical, so for 6 nights at a 5-star resort that's some good eatin'.

This is likely to be my next trip after the Xmas festivities at this point, though an impending possible move might change that equation. I may end up being quite close indeed to the Vegas for possible shorty weekend trips but that remains to be seen. 

For now we'll call it the first trip of 2023 and see how it all shakes out.

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