Xmas Air Booked.

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I'm booked for the Xmas trip.

Flying United. Had about $55 of various flight credit from them, and flight prices haven't dropped since I started tracking them 2 month ago so I pulled the trigger. Still pretty expensive at a little over $300 even with the credit; the flight in on the 21st was the big boy. Almost $200 by itself. Holidays, they're a flight bitch. But at least it's out of the way and I will have it paid off well before I go.

Economy, so I get a bag and a selected seat. If I'm feeling frisky I may upgrade the seats as I get closer but as it is I'm mid-cabin so having overhead for the carry-on shouldn't be a problem. I flew United quite a bit in the last year between Vegas and the former job, and they were pretty reliable so I'm good with them.

Nothing booked yet on the hotel tip, but my August offers, despite not gambling much at MGM spots in June, have bumped up, I'm now $20 more on FP and $50 more on RC so $50/$100. The RC plus my points will make for a nice splurge meal gratis, and by the time I arrive I may have $300 in FP accumulated which is no sneezer.

I could be comped at all but Caesars and Nobu with CET but I really need to ultramax on MGM on the last trip to have any chance of Gold. I'll keep an eye on all the usual suspects but it would take a massive deal to keep me out of an MGM room.

137 days. Ugh.

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