I don't have any experience with Stations. At Main Street Station and the Cal, you could certainly see a host and they give you a pretty generous meal comp. At MSS, the folks in the slot club can give you a comp to the buffet for pretty minimal play. The advantage of a buffet pass there is that it includes a line pass, and the lines there can get pretty long. You'll definitely get good mailers from Boyd.
I haven't had as much success getting meals comped at Orleans and Gold Cost, but I don't play at nearly your levels. There's no $1 job at Orleans.
If you go to Main Street Station, the only $1 JOB machines I know of that give 1 point for $1 coin-in are the bartops. The 9/6 slant-tops are on machines that also offer 10/7 Bonus, so unless something has changed, they take $3 coin-in for one point.
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> On just a day trip I'm playing and I've given them approx. $12,000-15,000 worth of play when I decide to take a meal break.
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> Do I use my pts. and limit myself within that range or do I save the pts.and go to the card desk or a host and say I'd like to get a food comp for what ever the name restaurant ?
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> How do either of these tactics affect mailings if I'm thinking of staying there on my next LV trip?
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> BTW I would probably finish my initial day of play in one of these casinos with approx. $20K +.
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> Thanks,
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> Larry Feldman
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