One Out Of Seven Ain't Bad.

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I'm 1/7th of the way booked for Vegas Xmas.

Not sure why I didn't think of this before, but using up my "free" Identity Strerling comped night at Cosmo (free being in parentheses here as I paid dearly for it in June) to cover the Thursday, arrival night on the 21st. It's use it or lose it, so why not. It'll save me some dosh on the overall trip as now I will just have to cover 6 nights with MGM somewhere, presumably. It's a Terrace Studio, which is a step above the base City rooms, they're quite nice I've stayed in them before.

It does mean having to jump resorts on the trip which I don't like to do if I can help it, but since it's the first, short night I can just leave everything in the bag and easily mosey over to the other resort the next morning, hopefully nice and early. As always it's a privilege to stay at the lovely Cosmo even if only for a night, especially when it's free.

Now for the other 6 nights. Good deals up and down the board at MGM props now. Could get better than base rooms at every resort for $400 or less all in. Prices holding steady the last few weeks; at the first sign of an increase I'll lock in one of the better ones. Eyeing a Stay Well room at Aria or a Spa room at Bellagio as the most likely. Elite King at MB is there for even less than those two but it's SO far away from the action over Xmas. Everything else probably too low-ball for my refined tastes now or location-challenged.

Keeping an eye on things daily.

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