Hollywood St. Louis

[DaBurglar]

Nice hits and very good way to end the year at those two properties.   As to the whole discussion about "perks" and benefits within various players clubs, this is a topic that is amazingly "byzantine" in nature, when in reality it SHOULD be very simple and straightforward........if you think about it, having a straightforward and clear understanding of player "perks"  is helpful to EVERYONE involved, both the player AND the casino.    I never cease to be amazed (and upset sometimes) as to how confused the casinos sometimes try to make it, even within the same corporation where supposedly EVERYONE is on the same team!?!?!But one thing I noticed with Tedlark's apparent strategy of spreading his play around, it means he gets something of a "middling" level of benefits EVERYWHERE, as opposed to being ELITE at one or two places and a "no body" at the rest.     I actually applaud this strategy and I implement something similar as well.......I spread my play around just enough to maintain a "middle level" of status at a BUNCH of places, and thus get a middle level (or amount) of perks/benefits from a lot of places (especially FREE rooms and food.)    Since I am really only interested in FREE rooms and food in terms of the perks that are most important to me, this type of strategy appeals to me.I currently have a "middle" rating or higher at the following in AC:  Trump Chairman (the CET equivalent for "Diamond");    Borgata Black Label;   Golden Nugget equivalent of CET "platinum" status, which nets me free weekly rooms of 1-2 nite stays, and a free buffet each week;  Resorts AC "Epic" status, which is actually somewhere above Platinum status but below Diamond status.....but does not matter, I still get free weekly stays of 1-2 nites plus lots of food offers;  and of course CET (Platinum but "almost" diamond;  I am debating whether to make a effort to push myself up to Diamond for next year, but I really do NOT see the benefit....I currently get enough room offers and the typical Weekly buffet coupons in the mail......jumping up to Diamond only gets me into the infamous diamond lounges at the 3 remaining CET properties, but from what I hear, the quality within these three lounges has plummetted.....certainly NOTHING worth dropping a whole lot of cash to attain!!!)As to Tedlark's bewildering DougEDoug, I dunno what to say......Ted makes a fair statement when he tells Doug to go look it up himself if he is so "cornfused".....I myself will go and compare the two sites later but I suspect there will not be MUCH of a difference, if any, on the websites.    Simply put, these corporations do not want their various divisions and properties competing with each other so they make it as generic as possible online.

[DougJ]

I strongly feel that they should add more benefits to the Producer tier at the M. To reach it that level is comparable to the Sapphire Tier at Boyd operated places (30,000 coin in). It feels more like Platinum Total Rewards and Pearl M Life tier which does not feel too much of a benefit.

I would definitely love to be on Executive Producer if I have the financial resources and dedication to pursue it. Upgraded hotel rooms, free gifts, 50% restaurants when using points (at 0.30% rate), annual cruise, for $125k coin in.

Actually, at M, you don't need to be an Executive Producer to get upgraded hotel rooms and free gifts. We get M's lovely suites every visit, as well as a car load of free gifts, all at the producer level.
The free cruise is the biggest, and ONLY benefit at Exec Producer level.

Just to clarify your comment that it takes $125K coin in to achieve Exec. Producer. It is NOT true if you play VP. You only earn 1/3 of a tier point for every dollar in, despite the fact that you earn a full tier point for every dollar in when it comes to cash back.

For example, I was just at M over New Year's Eve, for five nights. Played $156,000 through, earned $465 in cash back (which I collected before heading home), BUT I only earned about 50000 TIER POINTS towards status.

Since players must requalify every six months, and I do not live near Vegas, I will likely never achieve anything above Producer.

However, our host at M is fabulous, been there before Penn Gaming took over, and so it is our host that keeps us returning.

[elliemay800]

Very nice hits!! I love days when no matter what you touch it hits..