Birthbies. Birthday Trip Freebies And Discounts.

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As I rapidly age and my wizened body fails me, about the only thing that has kept birthdays from feeling funereal is the fact that I'm usually in Vegas for them.

Such will be the case again next month as I turn 54, so as is my wont it is time once again to tally up the amount of cash that I'm saving compared to what a smelly, horrid, unworthy mound of flesh with no resort status (unlike me) would pay.

-5 nights at NYNY in a Soho Premiere: $20 after Gold status removal of resort fees. Would be $1532 at rack rate, savings of $1512.

-$50 in FP, $100 in RC, courtesy the MGM Rewards booking package, value $150.

-A further $87 in RC and $119 FP left over from past trips, $206 in value, will increase as I tack on play during the trip.

-$55 in Buffalo Wild Wings GC's I can use, should some sort of mind riot cause me to think going to a Buffalo Wild Wings in Vegas is a good idea. $55 value.

Total: $1923 potentially saved versus a non MGM Rewards trip. As much as I complain about the gambling at MGM lately (see last post), they do take care of me. I don't know too many other low-rollers like me who are getting 5 nights in a newly-renovated room at a strip resort for less than $20. 

I'll probably only be a little over 10K points by trip time (all from MGM CC points), so I've got my work cut out for me this year to keep Gold but a good points trip next month will hopefully lay a solid foundation for the other, presumably only, two trips of the year.

Winning a little GOD DAMN money on the trip would help, MGM.

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