I'll Be Home For Xmasbies.

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T-minus 17 days to yet another Xmas in Vegas. This will be consecutive year #13. Crazy. Let's count up the savings on this round.

-2 nights comped at Fontainebleau: $0. Would be $480 without my having lost played a few hundy on VP there. saving of $480.

-4 nights comped at Mandalay Bay: $0. $765 saved. My standard 4 nights comped offer and no resort fees due to MGM Gold.

-$250 in Slot Dollars, plus $30 in Freeplay from the booking package. $280 in value.

-$60 in existing resort credit left over from the prior trip, plus $50 from the booking package. $110 in value.

Total haul: $1635. Not an all-timer but very respectable when you consider that my only overhead for the trip will be the fight, which is more than made up for by the RC/FP so it's a zero overhead trip. How many bitches can say that for a 6-night trip in non-standard rooms on the strip over a holiday.

NOT TOO MANY BITCHES.


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