This morning, I published a post about some Las Vegas Easy Wins. In that post and in my recent post about status matching to Wyndham and then Caesars Diamond, I noted that you can enjoy a $100 “Diamond Celebration Dinner”. I know some readers were curious about how it worked (as was I) and it turned out to be a simple and smooth process. If you’re going to visit any location with a Caesars property this year, it is probably worth setting the match in motion on this one.
The matching process
I covered the matching process in that previous post (See; From zero to hero on the status match-go-round). See that post for full details, but the gist of it is this: several hotel statuses can be matched to Wyndham Diamond status. Once you have Wyndham Diamond (and even though that match is only temporary), you can match to Caesars Diamond. However, note that the entire process takes about 10 days (about 3-4 days for the Wyndham match and then 5-6 days for the Caesars match), so don’t wait until the night before your trip to set it in motion.
Diamond celebration dinner posted right away
There had been some confusion, especially in light of a recent Jeffsetter Travel blog post, about whether or not the Diamond Celebration Dinner would be available in your account immediately after matching, with some folks suggesting it would take an additional week beyond the Caesars match date and/or a week after arrival in Las Vegas for the Diamond Celebration dinner to load to your Caesars account. I’m happy to report that this wasn’t the case for us: in fact, one of my family members had her match to diamond status update the day before our arrival in Las Vegas and when she picked up her Diamond card 2 days later the agent was able to confirm that the Diamond celebration dinner was loaded to her account.
Also of note, if you open your Caesars Rewards account online (rather than in the casino), the signup process suggests that you’ll need to show your ID in a casino in order to complete account registration. That’s surely due to some sort of gambling regulations / age restrictions. I had initially wondered whether this might block a brand new Caesars Rewards member (i.e. someone signing up from home before arrival in Las Vegas) from completing the status match and/or getting the Diamond celebration dinner loaded promptly. Again, that was not an issue. You’ll obviously need to show ID in at a Caesars casino to pick up your Caesars Rewards Diamond membership card, but you can complete a new signup and status match online — the ID verification will not slow down the process. You can pick up your Caesars Diamond card at any Caesars property and the Diamond Celebration dinner should automatically be loaded to it (but see below for how to redeem).
Which Las Vegas restaurants can you visit for the Caesars Diamond celebration dinner?
The Caesars Rewards desk has a printed list of eligible restaurants sorted by property. If they don’t hand it to you when printing your card, just ask (my wife didn’t have to ask, they just gave it to her — I had to ask for it, but they had a stack of the printed behind the desk).
Here was the list we were given in May 2019:
Note that the agent highlighted Bally’s and Paris on my wife’s sheet. That’s because you’ll need a voucher to redeem for restaurants at those properties (more on that below).
How do you redeem the Caesars Diamond celebration dinner?
The process for taking advantage of the dinner is really easy: at most locations, simply visit one of the participating restaurants, present your Caesars Diamond card and tell the server that you’d like to redeem your Diamond celebration dinner.
If you intend to redeem at the restaurants and Paris or Bally’s, you’ll need to get a voucher from the Caesars Rewards desk. We decided to visit a restaurant at Paris and as such we did need to visit a Caesars Rewards desk to print the voucher. Again, you can do this at any Caesars property. Though we were dining at Paris, we picked up the necessary vouchers at Bally’s.
Interestingly, we had several Diamond members dining together in our party and we were all able to use our Diamond Celebration dinners at the same time. If you’re playing this game in 2-player mode and both you and your Player 2 have a status you can match to Caesar’s, you could get yourselves a $200 dinner.
My experience using the Caesars Diamond celebration dinner
We chose to dine at Gordon Ramsay Steak in Paris Las Vegas. In terms of using the credit itself, it was really easy. When the bill arrived at the end of the meal, each of us slipped our vouchers in with the bill when we went to pay. At that point, I mentioned to the server that we had several Diamond members using our celebration dinners and it was no problem at all for us to use multiple Diamond celebration dinners at the same time. I had half wondered if we would meet any pushback on this despite having checked with friends who knew more about how this worked. We didn’t receive any pushback at all and that was nice — the benefit worked as easily and seamlessly as one would hope. I have to assume the redemption part of the experience would be the same at any of the Caesars restaurants, which makes this benefit as good as advertised.
That said, it’s also as good as your restaurant selection. From here, I’ll review our choice of restaurant, which has nothing to do with using the benefit itself, but I figured I’d include a review of the restaurant and our dinner for those curious. Feel free to skip to “bottom line” if you’re not particularly interested in Gordon Ramsay Steak at Paris Las Vegas.
I was in Las Vegas with family members. Anyone who has ever traveled with a group knows that making group dining decisions requires some compromise. We settled on Gordon Ramsay Steak at Paris. Truth be told, I don’t watch TV and couldn’t tell you anything about Gordon Ramsay apart from the fact that I know he’s a celebrity chef. Gordon Ramsay Steak wouldn’t have been my top pick on the list, but for a nearly “free” meal, I was happy to go with the flow.
From a restaurant standpoint, I don’t think I’d recommend Gordon Ramsay steak. That’s not to say it’s a bad restaurant; it’s definitely not a bad restaurant. The ambiance is quite nice in fact.
And service was a solid “pretty good”. I was impressed at the lack of hard upsell. For example, my wife inquired about a sauce for her steak (they have several options for an additional $7). Our waitress told her that the steak came with a light demi-glace and that she could add another sauce, but suggested tasting the steak first to know if she even needed the sauce since it would only take the waitress 30 seconds to go grab one after the steak arrived if we needed it. She repeated the fact that it takes 30 seconds several times. She then came to check on us as soon as our steaks arrived, but before anyone at the table had even tried their meal. I told her that we hadn’t had a chance to try it yet and assumed she would come back. My wife was about halfway through a 24oz steak (i.e. it was quite a long while) before she was finally able to order the sauce she wanted. Obviously we could have gone looking for the waitress if it were a big deal, but I mention it because I thought they fell a little short in attentiveness considering the fact that we had a decent-sized group. On the flip side, my wife ordered from a prix fixe menu (see below) and asked nicely if she could substitute one of the other desserts. Despite being told there were no substitutions, they ended up bringing her the dessert she wanted, which was very nice (and goes to show that it never hurts to ask nicely).
But the main reason I wouldn’t really recommend Gordon Ramsay Steak is because I wasn’t particularly impressed with the steaks. They do bring a cart to the table showing the various cuts/quality they offer, which looks pretty impressive.
You can see the menu online here.
The Japanese graded Wagyu of course is not on the cart (as Japan only exports a limited quantity and one wouldn’t really waste one of those steaks for display purposes). “American Wagyu” made me very skeptical (though glad to see it being marketed as such instead of just as “Wagyu beef”). For those who aren’t beef connoisseurs, the short version of the story is this: while you’ll sometimes see “Wagyu” on menus in the US, chances are very high that you’re seeing beef that comes from the United States and is raised in the Wagyu style rather than actually being from Japan. There is a very limited number of cattle in Japan that are graded A1-A5 and and even more limited amount that actually gets exported. If you are getting the real deal (graded Japanese Wagyu), the restaurant should be able to produce its certificate. The term Wagyu gets thrown around more as marketing here than anything else. As someone who has had graded Kobe Wagyu in Kobe Japan (and was highly skeptical that it would taste any different than any other steak), I can unequivocally say that there is a difference. My wife doesn’t even really care for steak and I think she would put the steak in Kobe as a top 5 meal lifetime.
I wasn’t interested in paying $40 per ounce for the Japanese Wagyu (after all, you can apparently get it from Costco for just over a hundred bucks a pound — I’m in for a pound if anyone is interested in placing an order). So I went with the American Wagyu Eye steak. I ordered it medium (as was recommended). It was decent, but it wasn’t amazing. Maybe I’m selling that short: it was good. It definitely wasn’t tough and it had better marbling than the average steak you’d get at an average restaurant — but I would of course expect that in a $67 steak. It definitely didn’t exceed expectations and its failure to really have any “wow” flavor kind of led to it disappointing even if it wasn’t a disappointing steak. Others in my group at the US Prime filet and Beef Wellington. Everyone said their meal was good; nobody raved about how good.
My wife ordered off of a special “Mother’s Day Menu”, which looked very much like the prix fixe show menu found on the restaurant’s website.
That was actually a pretty good value provided you ordered the steak since that cut by itself was $72 on the menu. Adding a salad and dessert for $95 total was a decent enough deal considering ala carte prices. I think we would both say that her steak wasn’t quite as good as mine, but it wasn’t bad at all and mine wasn’t enough better to write home about the difference (and her 24oz steak was much larger than my 8oz steak — we shared both). If you’re doing the Diamond celebration dinner, the prix fixe menu is a pretty decent choice.
Side dishes were solidly good. We had loaded baked potato, asparagus, Brussel sprouts, fingerling potatoes, and mac and cheese. I thought the bechamel sauce on the loaded baked potato was fantastic – I just wished there were more of it.
I didn’t peruse the wine list for long, though I did order a glass. Reds by the glass were in the $19-$25 range. I’m not much of a drinker, but I’ve come to enjoy a glass of good wine with dinner a few times a year (after being spoiled on so many business and first class flights thanks to miles and points). I would ordinarily order a Malbec, but this time I went with Rioja. When I first tried it, I thought it tasted excellent. And it did taste quite good — though I unfortunately realized after a few more sips that it was awfully light for a place specializing in steak and that it likely wouldn’t hold up that well to the steak. I wasn’t wrong. Again, it wasn’t a big deal, but wasn’t a home run (perhaps my fault for not ordering the Malbec).
I skipped dessert, but others in my party didn’t and enjoyed it and its elegant presentation.
Altogether, my dinner came to $102 plus tax and tip ($67 + $13 for a side dish + $22 for the wine). With tax and tip and after my Diamond celebration $100 credit, it cost me around thirty bucks. While I wasn’t wowed by the steak and didn’t love the wine with it, I definitely think that it was worth the ~$30 net cost (again, nothing was bad). My wife went a bit father over the celebration dining credit since her set menu was $95 and she also had a glass of wine and shared a couple of side dishes. That said, altogether we were in it for less than the cost of an average dinner out and I would admit that the ambiance and presentation were certainly above average.
The ease of redemption made the deal well worth using and something I would do again if able to match to Caesars again in a future year. While I didn’t love Gordon Ramsay Steak, I certainly can’t complain about the net cost and would be happy to take another swing at a better choice next time.
Bottom line
The Caesars Diamond Celebration dinner is a great perk of Caesars Diamond status. It enables you to enjoy a nice meal out at one of many restaurants in Las Vegas. It posts to the account quickly and is a cinch to use, though you’ll need to grab a voucher from the Caesars Rewards desk before heading to the restaurant in some cases. The real value play here is if you have more than one Diamond member in your party — though keep in mind this benefit only applies once per year, so it’s a one-and-done unless you’re able to stay on the status match go round next year.
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Is the caesar’s diamond dinner credit for yearly?
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So, I’m a little confused…are you telling me that when I go to the Rewards desk when I go to LV in October that my celebration dinner might not show on my card and it could take upwards of a week to show up? Even though I’ve had Diamond status & my card for over a year? Can I call and confirm anywhere? Won’t be in Vegas for a week, and definitely don’t want to miss my dinner.
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does the celebration dinner credit reset on Jan 1 every year, or is 365days from the day it was used?
Caesars status is valid until January 31st. You can use it one time from whenever you match to Caesars Diamond until January 31st. Assuming that you have now matched back to Wyndham Diamond and assuming that we’re all able to match back from Wyndham Diamond to Caesars Diamond on February 1st, you’d then theoretically be able to use your shiny new $100 credit one time between Feb 1, 2020 and January 31, 2021. It doesn’t matter when you used the first one — it’s just that the matched status we all have from Caesars is still in the same membership year, so if you’ve already used the credit for this membership year (i.e. From February 1, 2019 to now), you’ll have to wait and see if we can match again on Feb 1.
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I was wondering if you could help me with a question I have! I have a confirmed Vegas trip in 3 weeks, roughly from July 28-30, 2019. I already have Caesars Diamond status, I believe I got it today as a matter of fact by status matching. I am looking at two main benefits to take advantage of, the celebratory dinner and show tickets. my question is the following:
Do I need to get a physical copy of the Caesars Rewards card now (by going to a property) in order to get both said benefits to pop up? Or would I be good to get my card when I arrive to LV and the benefits should be on my account by then?
From what I understand, consensus is that you must get physical card and wait a few days for show tickets, but the same is not necessarily true for the dinner benefit? What are your thoughts on this?
And thanks for providing valuable articles, highly appreciate it!
We had 3 Diamond members in our group. None of us picked up our cards until we arrived in Las Vegas and the benefits were loaded to all of them as soon as we picked up our cards. While a few people have reported having to wait, I think most people have had both benefits available right away. I think you’re good to get your card when you arrive in LV.
ok that’s good news to hear! so your group was able to use the show tickets and dinner benefits when you all picked up the new diamond cards? thanks again.
I am Diamond status but how do I pick up my card in Vegas?
Even though it’s a celebration “dinner”, would I be able to use the credit for lunch?
Yes, I expect you could.
Which Caesars buffet would you recommend in Vegas? I thought I read about one buffet in Caesars Palace in Vegas is the best, but more expensive.
Not sure. I had the one at Paris years ago and thought it was better than average.
Do you need to stay at a Caesars property in order to use the $100 Dinner credit? Or just give them your Caesars Rewards member card?
You don’t have to stay at a Caesar’s property. I stayed at Delano on this trip (MGM property).
Thanks!
I’m wondering if some of the Total Rewards desks at different Caesars properties are better than others. Any date points for Las Vegas as to which Total Rewards desks were really helpful when celebration dinners did not show up right away?
For steak in Vegas, check out Cleaver (off the strip). They have a happy hour for half off most of their steaks (and they are delicious) before 8pm and some reasonably priced but excellent wines on their list.
Just got back…. here are my results… as someone mentioned, they told us when we got our cards it could take 7-10 days for the dinner to show up. We checked later, and the guy said it was on my wife’s card, but not mine, so he gave me a paper voucher for mine. Turns out it wasn’t on my wifes either, when we tried to use it, the restaurant (Hell’s Kitchen) said it wasn’t there. Went back to the desk and got another paper voucher. Ended up using them at Guy Fieri’s at the Linq (only used about $70 in food, but they let us get a T-Shirt using the credit too, which my wife loved because she likes Guy Fieri) and Gordon Ramsay’s Pub and Grill at Caesars. As someone mentioned, the Sticky Toffee Pudding is off the charts good! We had it at Hell’s Kitchen and Gordon Ramsay’s Pub.
Saw Mac King and he was great. Very funny show. Theater was pretty empty, which is a shame, but it was at 1 PM on a Tuesday. He pulled my wife and I on stage for a trick. Signed autographs and took pictures after the show, seemed like a super nice guy. I have since found out he was on Penn and Teller’s CW show ‘Fool Us’… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-SwEt7cUDk
Other show was Tenors of Rock, wanted to see Wayne Newton just because its Wayne Freakin Newton, but he was sold out. Tenors of Rock recently moved from Harrahs to PH, and it sounds like the show isn’t what it used to be. They had a nice set and stage at Harrahs, but at PH, they are in a tiny theater with just a stage and not much else. It was very intimate though, and my wife and I enjoy 70’s,80’s,90’s classic rock, so it was a decent show for the price (free).
Also discovered some shopping merchants offer up to 20% discounts to diamonds members, and we got 50% off Eiffel Tower tickets, so $10 each instead of $20. We inquired at the High Roller, but it was just $5 off, not 50% off, so we skipped it as we had been on it before and its pretty pricey IMO.
So I think fairly conservatively we could say Caesars Diamond status saved us at least $500 on the trip. Not bad for doing a little status matching.
Also, was cool to stand in the Diamond line at various places, and Diamond members have their own check in room at Paris where we stayed 🙂
Unrelated to Caesars, I found Carrot top surprisingly good and Ka was probably my least favorite Cirque show I’ve seen (MJ, Love, and La Noube are the others I’ve seen)… but at least Ka was comped from myVegas……
At which casino, did you pick up your cards and which casino gave you the paper voucher to make up for your missing credit?
By far the biggest benefit of Caesar’s diamond is neither the celebration dinner nor the free shows.
ITS THE DISCOUNT ON ROOMS TO DIAMOND MEMBERS.
We are saving over 1000 on a 6 night stay in August just by being Diamond. Huge discount on the room and no resort fee. The other benefits are just gravy.
Just two pieces of advice.
1. It takes about 10 days to do the match from Hilton to Wyndham to Caesar’s. And they do not send you an email for Caesar’s. So check your account frequently.
2. Don’t match too soon as your trial period may expire before you take advantage of your status. I matched in mid- May and it expires in january.
Just matched to Caesars Diamond in Atlantic City. Anyone know how long after match will the celebration dinner credit expire? I wont be back to Atlantic city for another month.
It’s good until your elite status expires (January 2020). You can only use it once between now and then.
Nick, I’m so glad your experience turned out better than mine (Island Miler @ Jeffsetter.com). I will likely give it a go again next time in LAS, but I’ll be more inquisitive at the Rewards desk. And if things do go sideways again, at least I know what to do now.
By the way, I was thinking of going to GRS, but a co-worker of mine that has family in Vegas told me to check out Old Homestead instead. The steaks there are from Pat LaFrieda Meats in NYC, famous for their aged steaks and legendary Black Label Burger (which I have yet to try). I believe they’re also the beef supplier for Shake Shack?
Glad to see they added Vanderpump Garden to the list, though. The Mrs. wants to try that place, so it’ll be nice to be able to use the benefit there. Personal, I want to go to Guy Savoy, but the prices even with the $100 celebration meal are a bit much…
Good to know re: Old Homestead.
We looked at Guy Savoy, but traveling with the baby there was too much risk of a meltdown. Didn’t want to risk having to rush / leave early at those prices.
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Nice write-up, thank you!
How long is the Caesars Diamond status and the dinner certificate good for? My next trip to Vegas is tentatively in March 2020.
if you look in your account it says your diamond expires end of january 2020. you would have to renew it after february 1st 2020 in order to get it for the next year
Thank you, Michael! It’s very helpful!
Felt the same way about Gordon Ramsay Steak… it was fine, but nothing special. FWIW, I used my credit last year at Mr. Chow, and while I don’t care for the decor, I thought the food was excellent. Giada is also nice, though overpriced.
Good to know, thanks.
I got my match in Marchat AC, and at the time the celebration dinner was not showing on my account and they told me to check days later. Fast forward to now I still don’t see this on my offer when I log in to the online account. Same DP for my husband.
I don’t think it shows up anywhere online. I didn’t see it anywhere in my online account (or my wife’s), but they saw it immediately at the Caesars Rewards desk.
Thanks for posting the experience. Just finished the status match. Where can I confirm the Diamond celebration dinners in my account?
At the Caesars Rewards desk. It doesn’t show up anywhere online.
https://totalrewards.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2450/~/caesars-rewards—las-vegas-tier-show-benefit
https://totalrewards.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2451/~/caesars-rewards—lv-celebration-dinner-restaurants
Thanks for the help last week! The timing of your posts couldn’t have been better. The wife and I both matched from Hilton gold and were able to do all that you mentioned in your posts seamlessly in two player mode this past Sunday and Monday. Made our first trip to Vegas that much more special! Can’t thank you enough!
Glad to hear it worked out well!
If you didn’t order the Ribcap (medium) at Gordon Ramsay Steak, then you missed out on their best steak. The sticky toffee pudding dessert was great, as was the espresso martini.
Also did the wellington over at Hells Kitchen which wasn’t nearly as good as GRS.
Can you clarify if the only locations with this dinner are in Vegas? Or is it any Caesars property?
Any Caesars property – check with the Caesars Rewards desk at the property to determine which restaurants are participating – as sometimes they have third party vendors on property who are not part of the plan.
Wow that was long. But since I lived me in Vegas you convinced me to do the status matches . I’m ordering $100 in desserts.
Can this be done at the Caesar’s in Atlantic City?
Yes
OMG Nick — My buddies and I were in Vegas last Wed-Sat. I must have just missed you! Thanks so much for the status match post. Data points for you: I status matched Hilton Gold to Wyndham Diamond on 5/4 and received Wyndham Diamond on 5/6. I status matched Wyndham Diamond to Ceasars Diamond on 5/6 hoping that I’d receive Ceasars Diamond during my trip from 5/8 – 5-11. I’m still waiting. I even went to the players club at Planet Hollywood hoping they could help expedite — they could not.
Another interesting data point: My Hilton Gold – Wyndham Diamond worked with no problems. My work friend tried the same thing a couple of days later and received Wyndham Diamond only until August with the stipulation that he must stay 15 days in Wyndham properties before the end of August in order to retain Diamond status.
Yup, I was there during those dates! Quite a few readers were, actually. Bummer that your match didn’t come through on time! Timeframe was tight.
As for the Wyndham match, that’s correct. It’s technically a status match challenge where you get Wyndham Diamond status now and have to do 14 stays within 90 days in order to keep it. However, you can match it to Caesar’s Diamond now and the Caesars Diamond shows an expiration date of January 2020.
Just for a data point Nick, my wife and I were just in Vegas this weekend. We both status matched from Wyndham and got the Diamond status. I did mine first two months ago and my wife last month. When we got to the Rewards Desk at Caesars I was surprised that they said that my wife immediately had her Celebration Dinner credit but she said mine would take about 5-7 days. I was bummed. I thought we’d use both of them at the same time.
BOTH of us immediately had the two shows credit so that must credit differently. We immediately went to the Ticket booth near the nightclub and got tickets to Wow and Sex Tips for Women from a Gay Guy. The Wow show wasn’t anything special in a dumpy theatre. But the Sex Tips show was really funny but it was only around 1 hour and 15 minutes.
We went to Gordon Ramsey Steak as well. We went to the Rewards desk to get our dinner voucher and I showed her my card and she said it takes about a week to load. I told her that I got my card before my wife and she verified that was true. She said it was weird that my wife’s was already loaded. She could see we did the status match. She was GREAT and she went to her manager and she asked if she could override and get me the voucher. And she did so keep in mind that’s an option and to ask. This was at Paris Casino and hotel.
I thought Gordon Ramsey was really nothing special. The $70 steak I got was nothing special. Don’t get me wrong. It wasn’t bad but didn’t taste like Wagyu steak. My wife’s Mushroom Risotto was good. Can’t complain about a free $200 dinner. I left a good tip but it was really effortless to use.
Just keep in mind that they did say that for many people it takes up to a week to get the Celebration dinner once you show your ID so you might not be able to use it during your stay. But make sure to ask if they can override it.
Awesome. Good data point.
They send you a card at home? I put is some fake address in my profile. I guess the card will get lost
No, they don’t.
Don’t know if you exactly covered this, our group of 10 had dinner in AC. We put it on one check, and 6 of us had Celebration Dinner credit. Waitress pooled it, we all ate free.
Duo celebration dinner on our third year from a long succession of status matches many years ago. What’s even better than the celebration dinner is transferring Wyndham points to use in CET Diamond lounges. 1K pts. to enter the lounge is awesome. Wyndham pts., if you have the card are easy pts. on the cheap. We have the old 2% cards. Being close to A.C., we stay @ Hyatt which has the best ocean views for only 12K pts. any day of the week and get incredible breakfast being Globalist. Been getting fab suites since new owners took over a few months ago. Typically a Sat. stay is $600. We have dinner & drinks @ any of the three CET lounges so all the food & drink bases are covered. CET properties in A.C. are practically impossible to book on Wyndham pts. and 2 out of three CET casinos are now 30K pts which is no bargain.
I used mine a couple of months ago for a nice sushi dinner at Nobu. Very easy redemption process, no voucher needed, just showed my Diamond card.
Headed to Vegas to stay at Paris memorial weekend. Did the diamond status match a couple months ago. Did you do the free shows? Can you explain how that worked and what shows are offered? If playing ‘2 player’, do you get two shows?
I also have a pic of the show list. I’ll write up a very very short post tomorrow with the critical information for shows (much shorter than this post).
Since we’re traveling with a 15 month old baby, we decided it was just going to be too hard to sit at a show. there were only three shows that are open to all ages, so our options were limited with him anyway. I’ve always wanted to see the Mac King comedy show, which is on the list and might have been doable with him, but we ended up going to the real bodies exhibit at Bally’s. It was fine for free, but I wouldn’t have paid anything for it. Apart from the Real Bodies (which is really an exhibition), everything was proper shows. Some of the shows certainly looked decent If we get back to Vegas again while we still have status, we’ll try an actual show. Penn & Teller is by far the most famous show on the list – most were mid-tier Vegas shows (names you probably don’t know, but shows that sounded OK).
The tickets work the same way as the certificate for the diamond dinner voucher. you stop at any Caesars rewards desk and tell them which show you’d like to see and they print you a voucher to bring to the venue. at the real bodies exhibit, we were asked if we wanted to trade our vouchers for souvenir tickets, but declined. We ended up with one more ticket than we had people, so I asked the person at the desk to redeem it for one souvenir ticket and give it to the next person who came in to buy a ticket. once you decide on your show and pick up your voucher from a Caesars rewards desk, you have three days to redeem it.
Notable: there are also some concerts in the Brooklyn bowl at New York New York that are included in the free show list. I don’t know if I’m old or it was C-list Stars, but I didn’t recognize the names for the most part.
Each Diamond member gets two free show tickets every month, so if you’re playing in two player mode you could absolutely see two different shows for free. I further believe that if you time your visit near the end of the month, you might actually be able to do four shows on 2-player mode if you hit up the last few days of one month on the first day or two of the next.
Saw Penn and Teller last time (wish I would have known about the status match then), so might try the Mac King show you suggest.
I also read somewhere that you get 50% off High Roller and Eiffel Tower, which doesn’t count towards your free shows. That’s a pretty nice perk, done both in the past and obviously the views are stunning.
Nick or Michael — can you confirm the free show benefits? When I look at the Ceasars Diamond Benefits (https://www.caesars.com/total-rewards/benefits-overview), I couldn’t find anything about free shows for Diamond.
Also, Have either of you tried to see if you could access the VIP Laurel Lounge even though the fine print says valid only for 25K Diamond and not base Diamond?
Note: I’m a sucker for a good lounge. My return flight was delayed 3 hours which I deemed a benefit since I got to hang out the the Las Vegas C-Lounge with friends enjoying Classic Laddie Scotches.
Yeah, the free show tickets are a thing. See my reply to the first comment at the top here. I’ll publish a quick and short post tomorrow with details about how it works, but you get two free show tickets per month. doesn’t have to be used in Vegas, but I don’t know what the options will be in other places. I do know what the options are in Las Vegas.
If someone that’s above, you can transfer 5,000 Wyndham points to Caesars tier credits for lounge access if you want.
As for the lounges, the official policy is that you need to pay a thousand tier credits to get in. I read mixed data points with some people saying you have to have 1000 tier credits, which is worth $10 cash, but you can’t pay in cash. I saw at least one positive data point of somebody paying with cash to get in despite that. I didn’t end up trying because I wasn’t near one during convenient times when they were open. One time I walked by shortly before one of the lounges was opening and there was a very long line waiting to get in.
I think its 1000 Reward credits, not tier credits.
https://totalrewards.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/553/~/caesars-entertainment—diamond-lounge-locations
You should be able to transfer Wyndham to Caesars reward credits, I think its 1 to 1, but not sure on that.
I think its 1000 Reward credits (not tier).
re: Japanese A5 wagyu – there are only 8! restaurants in the US that sell bonafide A5 wagyu and Gordon Ramsey is not on that list. Its all marketing. Also, you’re correct that the restaurant that serves bonafide Japanese A5 should be able to produce the certificate that details all of the cow.
Why didn’t you do the 24 hour buffett?
Nobody else in my group was interested. I totally would have, especially since you get to skip the lines.
You can apply the $100 toward a 24 hr buffet pass? If so, can you use it toward more than one?
Yes and yes — though if you start at the Caesar’s buffet (which has an upcharge), the cost will be almost $100 for one. Assuming you skip that one, you could just about get two 24hr buffet passes I think.
Which one has the 24 hour buffet?
It’s a Caesar’s casinos thing — not one 24 hour buffet, but a pass to eat at multiple buffets over 24hrs. It’s called the Buffet of Buffets. It costs $70 on a weekday or $80 on the weekend plus an upcharge for the Caesars buffet ($25 for brunch/lunch or $35 for dinner). You can then eat at the included buffets as much as you like over 24hrs.