Iconic

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Upgrade.

I'm getting the foo-foo new "Iconic" MGM Rewards card. Figured it only makes sense, the benefits far outweigh the $249 annual fee. Bennies below.

-10,000 Tier Credits after spending $5,000 in the first 3 billing cycles of account opening.

-6x points and tier credits per $1 spent at MGM Rewards Destinations; 2x points and tier credits per $1 spent at hotels, dining, gas stations, and grocery stores; and 1x points and tier credits on all other purchases.

-$200 resort credit upon account opening and annually on card anniversary.

-Annual award night of up to $250 in value when you spend $25,000 on the card in the previous year.

-10,000 Tier Credit bonus annually at card anniversary with $25,000 in card spend during the previous year.

-Global Entry or TSA PreCheck credit, available every 4 years.

-Priority Pass lounge membership.

-Trip delay insurance, no foreign transaction fees, and more.

Plus all the normal benefits that came with the standard card. Pretty solid haul, especially since just these card Tier Points bumps will get me Gold every year with no issues, which pays for the annual fee in one trip, without even factoring in the 20K (probably 30K) points annually. 

It does basically mean that I'm Team MGM now for the next few...decades. Hello Bellagio, Aria, Cosmo and MB! I'll be in you (even more) regularly now. Which is fine. MGM more or less takes care of my low-rolling ass and unless I keep having shit gambling trips (or a heart attack) I'm not going to stop going to Vegas on vacation any time soon.

The timing is great, I'll have it in the pocket for the trip in 3 weeks and it'll be on point, especially for MGM stuff, bars, food, snacks, whatev. It also means this will be a major MGM trip, points maxxing like a ma fa. The $200 RC will help too, I'm probably going to put a couple more rezzies on the books now since I'll have at least $250 of RC to soak up. I may even spend some time at the resort I'm staying at, but probably not. Bellagio is still ass to hang out in. But I could eat.

So yeah, an MGM trip incoming. 



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