CET at it again... Resort Fees NOT comped for Platinum?

Will be there next week--will see how that goes.
Funny--there is no information that I can find on the web (and that is my job, so I am pretty good at it) regarding this change, so I am definitely curious if it is true.
Nearly all resorts charge resort fees, so I just consider it a part of the cost. You are still typically getting a far better value for your lodgings that in other tourist destinations.

 

Anyone ever tip $20 at check-in and notice they don't get charged resort fees?

 

Well put Tim, especially now since they now give you tier credits on restaurant and shopping (in CET stores) spend. That with the bonus tier credits and we find it very easy to make Diamond.

 

Just got off phone with reservations @ flamingo and was told that I had no resort fees to pay and that those that are platinum, diamond and silver sevens levels that the resort fees are waived (which I had read before https://www.totalrewards.com/hotel-reservations/ResortFees.html) so all is good

 

No surprise as I have found not every employee at any of these hotels are on the same page.

 

uh huh....lol.....i plan on calling a couple more times to see what i get for responses

 

That is the same link that was posted in an earlier thread. It looks very sketchy--like a web page I made myself in 1996. Is it even linked to from the regular totalrewards.com site? Where? I went up a level (to the "hotel-reservations" page) and found no obvious link to the resort fee details.

 

i respectfully disagree with your generalization. i complain about resort fees constantly, but i don't go to vegas and expect comps with the measly amount i gamble. i don't chase comps at all. the main reason i got TR credit card was the automatic platinum status and therefore waiver of resort fees since i would never reach platinum on my own. that extra $100 saved in resort fees is a lot to people who go to vegas on a tight budget. it's not "stupid easy" and "low priced" to reach diamond for people who barely gamble.

 

Exactly!
People who barely gamble, should not expect to get any sort of "breaks" from the casino. (It's a business remember, not a charity; they're not going to give YOU more than you give THEM.)
If you're going to Vegas to not primarily gamble, you should be looking into getting all of the coupons/discounts you can from everywhere besides the casino.

 

i think we are mixing our signals here. or i am misunderstanding. i don't expect anything from the casinos (including waiver of resort fees). but CET used the "resort fee waiver" as an incentive for signing up for the credit card. i would not have gotten that credit card if the resort fee waiver was not part of it. yes yes, i know the actual benefit listed was not a resort fee waiver but instead automatic platinum.

 

Have you been able to check that these items are not grandfathered in? Total bummer if it's not, would have been better if they offered it until the expiry of the card.....I agree that it was offered as an incentive so should be upheld!

 

Credit cards change their terms all the time. Changes in interest rates, changes in credit limit, and changes in benefits. Just as with any other change, its your option whether to keep using the card or get rid of it.

Personally, I applaud Caesars for making this room. Comp rooms have gotten tougher to get even for a diamond player as those looking for a "free ride" have been filling inventory on the strip. Get rid of some low rollers (or no rollers) who do nothing for the company's bottom line and start taking care of those who give the casino good play.

 

I don't understand the griping about resort fees, generally. If every hotel simply raised the daily rate by $28, how would you know? You'd go if the ADR was $118 but at $146, screw it, you're staying home?

It's not nickel and diming. Personally, I think they should be required to quote and publish the rate as the cost with any and all completely unavoidable costs/fees--like airfare now has to be quoted--to include all government and airport fees and taxes. But it's really just a way to quote lower ADR so if you do happen to cross-shop with the few places that don't charge a resort fee, it's comparable. Does it suck to have remember and then tack on an extra $28/day? Of course. But at the end of the day: Your trip costs what it costs. Would it REALLY matter if they quoted $128/day or if they said "It's $50/day! Plus mandatory $28/day resort fee, $2/day electricity fee, $10/day cleaning fee, $20 check-in fee, $8 drink service fee, $10 on-site food service fee"? Sincerely: How does it matter? You're paying $128/day either way. Or you're not. How you get to $128/day doesn't seem important, in my view.

 

The difference is when the advertized price is $128 you can say "Is that worth it to me?" and you have all of the actual information needed to answer that question.
When it's advertized at $50 (using your argument here) and you think to yourself "that's a hell of a deal!" you (unfortunately) aren't given all of the info needed to make an informed decision.

And that's just one thing that really sucks about resort fees.

 

First, I don't know on comped rooms, but if you paid for the rooms, the resort fee was not waived for
Platinum. The resort fee could be declined. That is a huge difference, platinum members were not getting a Scott free room, they simply could decline the resort fee and those amenities. If you wanted Internet you had to pay it.

I think this is a good perk to reward some loyalty. The room comps are based on gambling play, but status is based on tier credits that can be earned a variety of ways. I have the Total Rewards Visa card and that got me Platinum status. The perks I get for that are minimal, occasional line pass and option to decline the resort fee and amenities. These perks are on par with most other hotel credit cards. I don't gamble enough to earn a free room, but spend a lot at the resorts on food, drinks, and rooms. I also put about 100k a year on the credit card as we use it for pretty much everything but our mortgage. If they were to take away platinum status or limit the perks of platinum, I would look at using another cc, and I am sure many others would too.

 

I have seen many advertisements, online and in the mail, and I don't recall even one of them mentioning the "resort fee waiver" as an incentive to sign up for the card, as you claim here. They said you would get a platinum card, nothing about a "resort fee waiver as incentive to join". Do you have any mailers or links that say otherwise?

 

If my rooms are free which they always are, I don't care if I have to pay resort fees. I'd rather not but it won't kill me. I also didn't get the TR Visa to advoid them but to add points so when I go to Vegas my bar tab or dinner is paid for with points and not my pocket.

 

Interestingly, I don't even see the Platinum upgrade mentioned on the application anymore. Maybe they did away with that as well.

Edit : Actually it still has it on the TR site, just not on the card site.

 

Not sure why the image is so small but it does specifically say in the terms on reservations the resort fees not assessed for Diamond and 7* guests now. I'm not sure if it used to say platinum in there as well though...

 

Little upset today making reservations

Made room reservations at Harrah's. Found out today Nov. 10th they now charge resort fees even for Platinum members. So what is the point of being that now? I paid more in resort fees for 3 nights than I did for my room rate.

Just frustrated!

Shane