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There’s a new MGM Resorts Amex Offer which was released yesterday. Here’s more about the offer and how it can be maximized to help you earn status with Hyatt.
The Deal
- Spend $300+ on room rate and room charges at select MGM Resorts destinations from January 24, 2018 and April 24, 2018 and get $60 / 6,000 Membership Rewards
Key Details
- Offer valid at Bellagio, ARIA, Vdara, MGM Grand, The Signature at MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay , Delano Las Vegas, Park MGM, The Mirage, Monte Carlo, New York-New York, Luxor, Excalibur, Beau Rivage, Gold Strike Tunica, Borgata and MGM National Harbor.
- Reservations must be made directly through MGM Resorts online at mlife.com, by phone, or via mobile app.
- Excludes all other MGM Resorts destinations.
- Excludes Four Seasons rooms and residences.
Quick Thoughts
This offer seems to be available pretty much year round. If you’re planning a trip to Vegas, it’s a great way to get ~20% off (if you’re able to stick close to the $300 spend requirement.)
Seeing as you can book online at mlife.com, you can book discounted rates at MGM Resorts hotels. For example, a Pyramid Deluxe Queen Room at Luxor Hotel & Casino is pricing out at $306.15 for a five night stay from February 4 to February 9. That’s with Guaranteed Early Check-In (10am) and LUX Late Check Out (3pm) added for $20 each to get over the $300 mark and includes taxes and resort fees.
With the statement credit version of the Amex Offer, your net cost will be $246.15. That puts your net cost per night at $49.23.
The other benefit of MLife is their partnership with World of Hyatt. Once your MLife and Hyatt accounts are linked, you’ll earn World of Hyatt points and elite qualifying nights for stays at MGM Resorts. This can therefore be a lower cost way to help you attain Hyatt status.
Edit 1: The original post had incorrect details about the Luxor stay. When rechecking rates, I was able to find an even lower priced deal which is included above.
Edit 2: There’s another benefit to linking your MLife and Hyatt accounts which is that you can charge meals to your room and earn World of Hyatt points. You can even eat at a different MGM Resorts hotel to where you’re staying and charge it to your room. For example, we ate at the Aria buffet and charged it to our room at The Luxor.
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Do the resort fees and taxes count towards the $300 requirement? I saw someone ask Amex on twitter and the Amex rep just emphasized that only room rate and room charges count.
Yes, resort fees and taxes should count, so long as they’re charged within the Amex Offer promotion period. When booking on MGM’s website in the past, I think they charged an initial deposit, then the remainder + taxes & fees was charged when we stayed. That’s something to be aware of if your stay’s after the promotion period.
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I spoke with Amex and they said to just call in and they’d straighten it out. They confirmed with this offer specifically.
You sure this includes those NASTY (unconscionable, get nothing) resort fees and Parking? Wife and I spend a few days in Vegas and were forever burned/turned off by all the mob-style hidden charges, come-ons, and false advertising. They low-ball you in, then pound you every minute you’re there for extra fees. (ps, heard a national talk show host yesterday griping about the same thing…. Vegas is the king of rip off)
NOT IMPRESSED by this post.
The screenshot of the rate above includes resort fees, although it doesn’t include parking fees – the reservation system doesn’t offer that as an add-on when booking.
If you charge the parking fees to your room though, their cost can be included in the $300 spend requirement for the statement credit.
I just booked the Mirage for early March, but it pulled a deposit of $190 for the night and then will pay the rest at the hotel. Does it have to be a single charge of $300 or can two charges add up for the same stay?
Although it doesn’t specifically say it can be in more than one transaction, you’ll hopefully still get the credit. There was an SPG spend $300, get $60 at the end of last year – that didn’t have any wording about being available in more than one transaction, but I paid for two nights at two separate hotels and got the statement credit.
Pretty sure that SPG offer doesn’t expire till Jan 31
That’s true – we used the offer on several cards back in November, so I’d forgotten that it’s still going for another few days.
I just spoke with someone from M-Life. He said that the deposit + settled charged at check out will likely be combined to trigger the offer. However, he recommended asking the clerk to refund the deposit and recharge the entire amount on the card to make sure.
Is this for US Amex cards only? Do you have to be sent the offer link to register for it?
It’s most likely US cards only. When you log into your account on the Amex website, there’s a tab at the bottom for Amex Offers (or there is for the US version anyway).
That’s where you can see all the Amex Offers available to you.
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Does this includes like spending in the hotel restaurant and charge to the room?
Yes – it’s for both room rate and room charges. If your MLife account is linked to Hyatt, you’ll also earn World of Hyatt points for those room charges.
You can even charge your meal at one MGM Resorts hotel back to your room at a different MGM Resorts hotel.
Thanks!
will this stack with Amex Fine Hotels & Resorts…?
I’ve never booked through FHR so I’m not certain. From what I’ve read, hotels charge your card rather than FHR, so in theory it might work.
Having said that, the terms of the Amex Offer give specifics as to how you need to book your stay, so the best way of knowing if it’ll work is if someone’s booked through FHR using a similar past MGM Resorts Amex Offer.
thanks! odd request but anyway to remove my last name from my post above
Done 🙂
yes, i have used it several times this way
Thanks! I have a reservation at the Mirage in Feb so will be able to use this. Can I add my Hyatt number at checkin or should I do it prior? Does adding my Hyatt number remove my MLIFE number…like with an airline you can only put 1 ff number on a reservation? I’d like to earn Hyatt points but also want to be able to use any benefits Plat status gives me. Thanks!
So long as you haven’t prepaid for your stay, you should be able to use this. From what I can remember of when we stayed at MGM properties in 2016, we didn’t have to give our Hyatt number at check in or prior – as my MLife and Hyatt accounts were linked, that ensured we got Hyatt credit.
You missed the deposit cost.
Argh, good point! I’ll get the post updated – thanks!
Strangely enough, while rechecking the rates MLife gave a much lower rate so the post includes that now. Thanks again for highlighting the error.