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Caesars Diamond Plus 4 Free Drinks?

Discussion in 'Comps' started by Hihopes, Jul 25, 2024.

  1. Hihopes

    Hihopes Tourist

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    HI I will be in Vegas in 2 weeks staying at Harrah's. Is it true I can get 4 free drinks a day. How and where and does this include specialty drinks or just common well and beer which I can get by playing a slot machine or table game. I gamble mostly at Harrah's, Flamingo, Cromwell and Linq. Any info will be greatly appreciated.
    I also still have my $100 dollar celebrations dinner. Any suggestions for best bang for buck dinner for 2.
    Thanks in advance for help.
     
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  2. calwatch

    calwatch High-Roller

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    If you are Diamond Plus, you may get four free drinks a day. It is now an off list benefit and not guaranteed, especially if you primarily sports bet, play live poker, or consistently no play them and use the free drinks anyway. You can go to any bar or restaurant that takes the Diamond celebration dinner, and a few others. The value is up to $25, you pay the difference above that. @Christina6001’s recent trip report has examples of some of the drinks you can get, this one was at Bugsy’s bar next to the Flamingo bird habitat. You can use them for water or beer at a few of the grab and go stores (but not the souvenir or gift shops) as well.

    As far as the $100 celebration dinner, due to inflation it doesn’t really do much anymore. You can use both your free drinks and the celebration dinner though, should you choose. It will probably barely cover a $$$ restaurant, depending on what you order, so look for $$ and $$$ on the restaurant icons on the website.
     
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  3. buzz_king

    buzz_king Low-Roller

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    Regarding the drinks, not all places let you pay the difference.
     
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  4. Christina6001

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    I like using the daily four $25 drink vouchers at restaurants and try to order something close to that amount. I never know what I want to drink so I like having a cocktail menu to select from. It is best to ask before you sit down if they accept the drink voucher and if you can pay the price difference if it costs more as not all places allow that. They’ve raised the prices recently.

    For the diamond dinner, CET has a list of restaurants that take that, but it is not comprehensive so I would figure out where you want to eat and ask before you sit down/make a reservation if you can use the celebration dinner there. Most do:)
     
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  5. Hihopes

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    Thank you for the info. Do you get the drink vouchers at the Players Club?/
     
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  6. Christina6001

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    No. When you go to pay, you will give them your players card and ID and tell them you have drink vouchers to use. They will take it off at the register. So instead of using cash or credit card/debit card, your players card will be like a credit card if that makes sense:). If you can, try to make sure your card can swipe so that it is easier for them. Sometimes it gets demagnetized so they have to manually enter the numbers in for each “voucher.” Enjoy this awesome benefit!:)
     
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    Just wanted to mention my favorite place to use my vouchers: the Count Room speakeasy at Flamingo. They have live music Fri-Sat, and the bartenders there are outstanding. I recommend the Espresso Martini!
     
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  8. Peachiekeehn

    Peachiekeehn High-Roller

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    I second this!
     
  9. Eric Petersen

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    This could be a reason to move to Diamond Plus from Diamond if it is really a thing. However the info above seems like it is totally hit or miss. It seems there are vouchers that don't exist but are loaded on your card for a program that doesn't exist? I am going to do the 10x multiplier next weekend in Vegas to get to Diamond in a day, but may go to Diamond plus if this were a thing. Otherwise I see nothing really exciting in between Diamond and Seven Stars......
     
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  10. Christina6001

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    It’s definitely a benefit. I just used it last night…

    I went online to the list of rewards for each status, but you’re right, I don’t see it saying four free drinks daily. I am sure other members will find the relevant info for you:)
     
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    It's a "Las Vegas properties" benefit of being Diamond Plus. It is not an "every CET property" benefit of being Diamond Plus across the country. CET properties outside of the Las Vegas market may offer you an alternative drink benefit. Or not.
     
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  12. MohrPfun

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    Exactly, and as of earlier this year, it became an Off List Unpublished Las Vegas benefit, presumably so that CET could cut-off a small group of players (it seems like they were targeting sports betters who may've been abusing the benefits, but that's all hearsay) without denying anyone a published benefit.

    The "benefit" is alive and well, until it isn't. Personally, I don't think it's going anywhere anytime soon. And at $110/day for 7*, it's a good one.
     
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  13. Dms79

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    It's literally tied with the 7*/Diamond Elite airfare reimbursements for the last 'really good' tier benefits still alive in DildoBurglaradoVille.
     
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  14. calwatch

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    Basically you got it. The only benefit of Diamond Plus is the four free drinks, and the only benefit of Diamond Elite is the $600 airfare reimbursement. The other benefits are based on play so you could get just as good room offers as a Platinum as you would Diamond Elite or Seven Stars.
     
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  15. Calumet

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    Forget the word vouchers. Just give the bartender your card and your license. If you can't drink four drinks in the period you are there, get four shots and take them back to the room or pour them in an empty water bottle. Don't forget to tip.
     
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    I’m 7 Stars and my host cut me off from the 4 free drinks. I no played them about 3 times this year. I’m down about $5k at Planet Hollywood this year but my host there really didn’t like me. He also cut me off the week before he retired. Best place to use the vouchers are at Gordon Ramsey Fish and Chips at Lina. You can get up to 4 drinks as long as they total less than $25. I used to get 2 sodas and a Red Bull for one voucher.
     
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  17. Calumet

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    Well that confuses the situation. In Las Vegas, they don't have vouchers. When you redeem each day, it is four drinks so you can get a bottle of water for $7 or a specialty drink for the max $$...they each count as one. It really is not all that difficult and the bartenders will work with you to meet your needs.
     
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  18. JoeBlack

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    I hope this is still around for my trip next month. Is there anyway to verify your vouchers are on your card/account? Ask rewards desk?
     
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    They can check.
    Can also just go to a bar or outlet like the food court at Harrah's and say you want to use your free drink, they can see them there. (Can't use at retail type stores.)

    Not sure I'd blame him if doing no play 3 times in a row.
    Would be nice if they figured your loss into it.
     
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  20. MCann

    MCann I can't complain, but sometimes I still do...

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    This is their replacement benefit for closing Laurel Lounges in Vegas. D+ and up will still get you in the lounges that still exist elsewhere, but they're down to just a couple or few. Anyway, the reason so many people say vouchers, is because when they first started this benefit, it worked how it does now, but most of the bartenders and cashiers had trouble doing it, and it was a long process in the point of sale system, which involved printing out a receipt that would make CVS envious of its size, then you had to sign that and one other, and it just took forever. So within a couple or few months of starting the benefit, they changed it so that you had to go to promotional kiosks and print physical vouchers that had a bar code the bars could scan and do all of that stuff in the backend automatically, you sign the voucher, and it made the process run smoother once they got that refined. It was like that for most of the time it has existed, but then within the last year, they switched again to a more abbreviated version of just swiping your card and the backend system tracks it. But for 2 or 3 years, there were physical vouchers you had to print out and redeem at the bars or restaurants etc.

    I'll just throw this out there - my new favorite place to use them is the little coffee shop in Paris, Cafe Belle Madeleine, if I have them remaining near midnight and want non-alcoholic drinks like red bull and fiji for the room, which is how I use most of mine. That place has a bunch of refrigerators with beer, soft drinks, energy drinks, and prepackaged smoothie and health drinks, plus large Fiji waters (but the large size sell out every single day in my experience way before midnight). But what makes them even better is, they have a diamond and 7 stars line, and the cashier working it mostly rings up voucher drinks all day long, so they know exactly what they're doing and are quick about it. And the icing on the cake is, they'll give you a bag every time, which is a huge plus when its 11:45pm and you just want to grab 4 of something to take back to the room.

    Fulton Street Food Hall at Harrah's has a smaller selection of retail drinks between the burger and pizza counters that work with vouchers, but when I stayed at Harrah's a few weeks ago, they had the gate down on the retail drinks for my entire stay, and same was true when I swung through one day between christmas and new years, so that one is unreliable, plus it tends to have a line, and no skips for diamond there, and they are hit or miss on bagging your stuff, and haven't ever had large sized Fiji any time I've gone. Montecristo at Caesars Palace is my go to for large Fijis. They never seem to sell out, and they also have some great cocktails there. When in Rome, I'll go there and order a cocktail and 3 non-alcoholic drinks to go most of the time if it's getting near midnight and I havent used any yet.
     
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