Pyiddy - Thanks for the quick reply. I saw your post shortly after you posted it but didn't get a chance to reply until now. Thanks again though for reassuring me that it was within the normal range. Again I am new to VP so I'm still getting used to what is normal or not.
All that being said I was finally able to get some "discretionary" comps during my visit. I guess I never realized what discretionary comps meant since I am used to playing backjack. Whenver i was playing blackjack I would simply ask for a food comp after a few hours of playing $25/hand and would get it. (Unless I was playing a vegas strip casino in which case they just say "check your card balance")
Anyway, so after I had racked up about 800 points and lost $500 i finally got a host to give me 1 free buffet (i had asked for 2). The next day i played again, scoring another 800 points and losing $400, but this time a (nicer) host gave me a $60 comp to the Jack Daniels restaurant. So overall I guess it just depends on the host. This casino is a bit unique in that they just have a host podium that anyone can approach without actually having been assigned a host.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "pyiddy" <pyiddy@...> wrote:
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> Outside Nevada that rate of 0.075% for cashback on VP or 0.15% for comps is
> sadly fairly normal. In the Chicago Area where I am from, cashback is
> generally 0.1% on VP though the Ameristar is 0.0625% for VP but 0.125% on
> comps. Casinos sometimes have multiplier days. Also sometimes have
> "bounceback" offers (mailers) for free play. One of the biggest puzzles for
> vp players is to figure out the actual value of these, especially as some
> casinos vary the amounts of this on whether you previously won or lost. the
> Majestic Star (Gary IN) is one of the properties I am a vpfree monitor at,
> halves the value of cashback for its lowest card level. That is not uncommon
> so you must be aware of it.
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> From: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vpFREE@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> casinogeek
> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 10:34 AM
> To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [vpFREE] I am at L'auberge du lack in Lake Charles, LA
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> I have not been here in over a year and they have since switched to a new
> player card structure. It's still called "MyChoice" but now there are more
> tiers.
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> The points are still 1 point for every $10 of Vp play however so far the
> comp rate seems very low and the first host i spoke with was not much help.
> After about $2000 coin in i checked and he said i had about $3 built up for
> use at restaurants and whatnot...if i wanted to play it on the machine it
> would only be worth half of that. Do those numbers seem normal? I'm still
> kinda new to Vp. I'm used to playing at the blackjack table for 2 hours at
> $25/hand and then asking for 2 buffet comps...which is usually not a problem
> at this casino.
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> I played some $1 JoB last night as there are still plenty of full pay
> machines available. Let me know if you're looking for an update on a
> particular game and i'll do some searching.
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