Our next trip!

Our next trip is planned for December 1-4. The Saturday night to Tuesday night for us is an easy (and frequent) getaway. We fly direct for AUS to LAS via SWA and for the last ten or so years it's cost around $100 each, each way. That gets us to/from LV in about three hours. I think that's a hell of a deal.

Since we are in the middle of the SEVC we will split the trip up staying in two hotels. This time we are knocking out The Fremont and The Mirage.

Our one night stay at the Fremont is $29 with $10 in freeplay (after you play through $20). Nice deal for a Saturday night. My regular offer from the Downtown Boyd properties was decent at $40 for the same night, but this one beats the pants off of it. A very cheap way to check one off. And I love freeplay even if it is only $10.

The Mirage stay is a bit more convoluted. First off the Mlife offers don't make any sense. CP and I have connected cards. That means what we play counts towards our tier status and the offers we receive. I play about 90% more than she does on any given trip, but my fall corporate offers were half of what hers were. My Mirage offer was for $69 a night (plus a $25 (plus tax!) resort fee on the non-comped room) with $30 freeplay. Hers was buy one for $39 get one night free plus resort fee (plus tax!) for the one night and it comes with $60 in freeplay.

So for the same two nights I'd be paying in the neighborhood of $208 (after taxes) with $30 in freeplay and she will be paying $72 with $60 in freeplay. Does this math make sense to anyone? As you might guess we took her offer. We really want to stay at the Mirage, but I have a feeling my gaming dollar will be spent elsewhere.