Next CPF Vegas trip 2011

westside8 · Mar 12,2011, 04:11 PM

Effff...got a wedding on Oct 1 to go to

moose · Mar 12,2011, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by westside8

Effff...got a wedding on Oct 1 to go to

Epic fail for the wedding not already being in Vegas.

More than likely booking the Rio. Right now it shows comps for every day except Fri/Sat ($150 total). Let me know if being off strip totally does not work but our thinking is that we have already done Flamingo and the next nicest pools other than Caesar's is the Rio, plus the rooms are the nicest and if Harrahs sells the Rio then it won't be an option in the future so the time is right to give it a try.

moose · Mar 12,2011, 05:58 PM

Booked. Now to start finding flights.

RIO
Nightly Rates
TUE 09/27/11 COMP
WED 09/28/11 COMP
THU 09/29/11 COMP
FRI 09/30/11 $50.00
SAT 10/01/11 $105.00
SUN 10/02/11 COMP
MON 10/03/11 COMP
TUE 10/04/11 $99.00
Avg. Per Night$31.75
Subtotal$254.00*

A deposit of $0.00 has been charged to your credit card to hold your reservation.

It's booked but with a deposit of zero, it's easy to change.

Deluxe Studio Suite
(Your selection)
Our Deluxe Studio Suite with mountain view offers 1 king bed. Features include floor to ceiling windows, sofa, 32" TV with Pay-Per-View movies, mini bar, in- room safe, iron/board and hairdryer.

If you want to go to caesars.com to check out prices, make sure you log in with your TR# and also put in your partner's number as your travelling companion. I didn't get the comp nights until I put in both numbers. Rio was the cheapest option for me other than IP.

moose · Mar 12,2011, 10:50 PM

Preliminary flight info:

YOUR ITINERARY
TUESDAY - SEPTEMBER 27, 2011
TIME
FLIGHT
Depart: Detroit, MI (DTW) 12:25 PM 411
Arrive: Las Vegas, NV (LAS) 1:45 PM
WEDNESDAY - OCTOBER 5, 2011
TIME
FLIGHT
Depart: Las Vegas, NV (LAS) 8:40 AM 188
Arrive: Detroit, MI (DTW) 3:30 PM
PURCHASING PRICE
AIRFARE More Information ► $21800
TAXES & FEES More Information ► $3740
TOTAL $25540

BTW tickets were $151 last year but the rooms were $500.

westside8 · Mar 12,2011, 11:37 PM

Maybe do a Sun-Tues/Wed or something.

JohnnieH · Mar 13,2011, 06:56 AM

Book our flights for Wednesday to Wednesday and we'll catch up to you.

Which hotel did you book?

moose · Mar 13,2011, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnnieH

Book our flights for Wednesday to Wednesday and we'll catch up to you.

Which hotel did you book?

Sorry I realize now it didn't say. I'm booked at the Rio but it's not set in stone. Hotel is the easiest to book because there is no cancellation fee and you can change it anytime up to 48 hrs before. Last year we waited and missed out on most of the comped nights so I jumped on this one. It was the cheapest other than IP and I've always wanted to try it. Make sure you log into Caesars.com with with TR# and put Wraych's card number in as your companion for the best rate.

We are going to try to go Tues to Wed and I figured on exactly what you said above. But we will take whatever flights are the cheapest so that may still work out Wed to Wed. It might take a few months to get a good deal and flights can't be cancelled so better wait a bit anyways for a good deal.

If I intentionally do not log in with my card number it looks like the Rio hasn't started discounting Oct yet, so if you wait a bit, prices will probably come down.

JohnnieH · Mar 19,2011, 07:45 AM

I couldn't get the companion code to work. It asks for their zip code? When I tried using our area code it didn't work

Best offer I could find was $65/n at The Rio, other than IP.

EDIT: I got the companion code to work. Enter the postal code in lower case letters.

Um...$22/n at the Rio?!

JohnnieH · Mar 19,2011, 09:55 AM

Damnit! I tried to book the rooms and my CC expires BEFORE the trip, so it won't take my reservation! Any way to get around this?

EDIT: I called the 800 number and talked to a rep at The Rio. Not only did they honour the CC, the w/e rates dropped in price! Online quote was $50 Friday and $105 for Saturday but the phone rep quoted $40/Friday and $95/Saturday! Every other night is COMPED!

AcidJoe · Mar 19,2011, 02:56 PM

I probably won't stay a week. I will be in Costa Rica a month before this. Probably hit up a thursday till Monday deal.

moose · Mar 20,2011, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnnieH

Damnit! I tried to book the rooms and my CC expires BEFORE the trip, so it won't take my reservation! Any way to get around this?

EDIT: I called the 800 number and talked to a rep at The Rio. Not only did they honour the CC, the w/e rates dropped in price! Online quote was $50 Friday and $105 for Saturday but the phone rep quoted $40/Friday and $95/Saturday! Every other night is COMPED!

Grr everyone always manages a better rate than me. Nice score. You must be a sweet talker on the phone (esp. with the wife switching to the Rio). But yeah the original price was the same deal I was offered online. <Crosses fingers for sweet plane deal>

JohnnieH · Mar 20,2011, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by moose

Grr everyone always manages a better rate than me. Nice score. You must be a sweet talker on the phone (esp. with the wife switching to the Rio). But yeah the original price was the same deal I was offered online. <Crosses fingers for sweet plane deal>

Just lucky! If my CC wasn't about to expire, I would have never called. Hopefully I'm not using my rungood up yet!

Once she found out about the shuttle service to the Strip, she was convinced. Also the price didn't hurt either. Wraych spent about an hour checking out the Rio online, than said "As long as I can crash the Ceasars pool, I don't care where we stay."

JohnnieH · Mar 21,2011, 08:35 PM

Wraych found this:

All American Grand Canyon Helicopter Flight with Grand Canyon Landing & Free Limo Upgrade (Helicopter) from All Las Vegas Tours

Take off on our All American Grand Canyon Helicopter Flight, with champagne lunch in the Grand Canyon and free limo hotel transportation. Book now & save $92 per person on our #1 Grand Canyon helicopter tour. Fly to the Grand Canyon from Las Vegas by helicopter, soaring over Lake Mead and the mighty Hoover Dam, then land inside the Grand Canyon for a champagne picnic lunch with stunning views. On the return Grand Canyon helicopter flight to Vegas you'll get a fly-over of the world famous Las Vegas Strip! Roundtrip Las Vegas hotel transportation (a free limo upgrade is included), expert in-flight narration & lunch are included.

It's $296 each.

moose · Mar 23,2011, 04:09 PM

Phone in is the way to go!

Apparently the max comped days is 5 so I'm getting 8 nights, 5 comped, same rates as JohnnieH.

Tues Sept. 27 comp
Wed. Sept. 28 comp
Thur Sept. 29 comp
Fri Sept. 30 $40
Sat Oct. 1 $95
Sun Oct. 2 $35
Mon Oct. 3 comp
Tues Oct. 4 comp

Total $190.40 taxes allin.

JohnnieH · Mar 23,2011, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by moose

Phone in is the way to go!

Apparently the max comped days is 5 so I'm getting 8 nights, 5 comped, same rates as JohnnieH.

Tues Sept. 27 comp
Wed. Sept. 28 comp
Thur Sept. 29 comp
Fri Sept. 30 $40
Sat Sept. 31 $95
Sun Apr. 1 $35
Mon Apr. 2 comp
Tues Apr. 3 comp

Total $190.40 taxes allin.

That's great! You mean Oct, not April right?