Harrahs Or CAS?

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I've cruised before but never Norwegian. I do have an Alaska cruise booked, June 12, thru Harrahs that was comped based on my land play. I'm interested in another Norwegian cruise in Jan 2011. My play on land base casinos averages about 20K a day. On the ship it will be considerably less. Plus I only play video poker. Can I buy a future cruise credit on the Alaska trip to use on the 2011 cruise if it's comped thru CAS or with my 30 percent discount thru Harrahs? If I can use the credit my plan is to upgrade & use it for the deposit. The deposit for the cruise is $800.

[uneamie]

I've cruised before but never Norwegian. I do have an Alaska cruise booked, June 12, thru Harrahs that was comped based on my land play. I'm interested in another Norwegian cruise in Jan 2011. My play on land base casinos averages about 20K a day. On the ship it will be considerably less.

 

Perhaps I am reading this wrong. Is that 20 thousand a day? If so, yikes! :eek:

[negn]

Simply put, yes you can. If you bet that much they"ll probably give you the ship ..lol

[CRUZIN TOM]

I don't know if they will apply it while on the cruise. Book when you get off with your CAS credits. If you bet like that on board, you could end up in a garden villa. Good luck:)

[terrymtex01]

If your play in the NCL casino is 1/10th of what you play in a land based casino, you will not have to pay anything for your future cruise with NCL but taxes and port fees. You can apply a Future Cruise Credit purchased onboard toward the taxes and port fees. For playing $2000.00 a day you would get at least a balcony stateroom comp'ed but I would honestly be surprised if they didn't at least put you in a low end suite.

 

I don't know if this answers your questions or not, but I tried.. 8-)

[rickechambers1@aol.com]

If your play in the NCL casino is 1/10th of what you play in a land based casino, you will not have to pay anything for your future cruise with NCL but taxes and port fees. You can apply a Future Cruise Credit purchased onboard toward the taxes and port fees. For playing $2000.00 a day you would get at least a balcony stateroom comp'ed but I would honestly be surprised if they didn't at least put you in a low end suite.

 

I don't know if this answers your questions or not, but I tried.. 8-)

 

Seriously, is it really that easy? Last night I went to dinner at Voodoo (Rio) with a friend and then gambled with her for about 6 hours (probably $10,000 in play). She was 7 Stars last year ($150,000+ played) but now Diamond. While everything is comp'd for her at Harrahs properties, I can't imagine they'd comp a balcony or higher cruise, would they? And is the comp just for that person for for them and a guest? Thanks.

[CruisnGram]

Seriously, is it really that easy? Last night I went to dinner at Voodoo (Rio) with a friend and then gambled with her for about 6 hours (probably $10,000 in play). She was 7 Stars last year ($150,000+ played) but now Diamond. While everything is comp'd for her at Harrahs properties, I can't imagine they'd comp a balcony or higher cruise, would they? And is the comp just for that person for for them and a guest? Thanks.

 

Yes it's that easy. 20K a day times a 7 days cruise is 140K and a 10th of that is 14 k which will definitely get you some very, very nice accomodations comped on an NCL ship through CAS. And its a cabin comp for 2, not just one person.

[terrymtex01]

Seriously, is it really that easy? Last night I went to dinner at Voodoo (Rio) with a friend and then gambled with her for about 6 hours (probably $10,000 in play). She was 7 Stars last year ($150,000+ played) but now Diamond. While everything is comp'd for her at Harrahs properties, I can't imagine they'd comp a balcony or higher cruise, would they? And is the comp just for that person for for them and a guest? Thanks.

 

Ricke.. I can tell you we have always, on 7 day cruises, spent slightly over 5 figures in the casino and we have always been comp'ed an AE or AD (Penthouse/Romance Suite). As I was saying, you do have to pay for the taxes and port fees, but that has never been more than 800 or so, and that does include both of us.

 

Also don't forget that you earn points as you play that can be applied as $$$ towards your onboard account. Someone who spent $14,000 on a 7 day cruise or really any length of cruise would earn probably around 500 to 600 points (just guessing) and when you spend that much they usually give bonus credits to your onboard account.

 

Someone who is as nice a guest as your friend with Harrah's could probably score a good stateroom on NCL, but my only experience with Harrah's is just the opposite. We have been guest of Harrah's because of their relationship with NCL. I'm not for sure how someone like your friend would come out with NCL until she has sailed with NCL and developed a relationship with CAS. It maybe just as good being such a high player with Harrah's, I'm just not for sure.

[Fishbait17]

Assuming you are asking about buying a Cruise Reward (the "pay $250 toward future cruise, get $100 onboard credit") right? Yes, you can use it toward upgrading your cabin when getting a comp thru CAS - we tried once to apply it to "taxes and port fees only" (when we didn't upgrade our suite) and it was denied by NCL accounting, so we just saved it toward our next cruise. YMMV.

 

Also, assuming your $20K play is theoretical (play through machine vs. cash out of pocket) right? Points on NCL are based on slot play of $138 per point. Since you play VP, it is about double that, or $276 per point (not sure if it's exact, but should be close, I have never watched countdowns on VP). IF you were to play the same, it would translate to about 72 points per day, or about 504 on a 7 day cruise. Based on my personal experience, 504 points should get you a suite of some sort on your next cruise. (But CAS is kinda strange in their comps calculations - our last cruise, 2 days, netted 176 points, and qualified us for only an outside cabin, but on a 14 day holiday cruise - I think it's more related to the actual cruise cost than cabin category, hence the "outside" vs "suite" thing on our next trip - same daily averages usually nets us a suite on 7-9 day non-holiday cruises.) You can do the math for lesser play, but I would guess anything over 100 points would get you some kind of comp (BOGO maybe), 155-200 should be a comp inside, 200-275 an outside, 275-350 balcony, 400-500+ suite - these are strictly guesses based on past comps.

 

Of couse, you know what they say about the word "assume", so I may be waaay off.. :D Hope this helps clarify things!!

 

Robin

[Fishbait17]

Seriously, is it really that easy? Last night I went to dinner at Voodoo (Rio) with a friend and then gambled with her for about 6 hours (probably $10,000 in play). She was 7 Stars last year ($150,000+ played) but now Diamond. While everything is comp'd for her at Harrahs properties, I can't imagine they'd comp a balcony or higher cruise, would they? And is the comp just for that person for for them and a guest? Thanks.

 

Yes the comp is for the cabin, not the person. As for your friend, she should call Harrah's to see if they can get her a comp cruise on NCL. But once you have sailed, use CAS - I have found the CAS comps much better based on my play with them than my Diamond Harrah's can get me.

 

Robin

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Not to be rude or nosy (well actually I am nosy). How much (on average) does one spend out of pocket at the end of the cruise if they run 17-20K through the machines daily?

 

I LOVE to play video poker but my bank roll is usually no more than $1000 per trip and I like to come home with some of it. I know it all depends on your win/loss but if you play this much how much do you really give to the casino by the end of the trip?

[Fishbait17]

Not to be rude or nosy (well actually I am nosy). How much (on average) does one spend out of pocket at the end of the cruise if they run 17-20K through the machines daily?

 

I LOVE to play video poker but my bank roll is usually no more than $1000 per trip and I like to come home with some of it. I know it all depends on your win/loss but if you play this much how much do you really give to the casino by the end of the trip?

 

Very, very roughly, I would estimate a 90%-95% rate of return on slots, so replaying between $1000 and $2000 should get you about $20K theoretical. Since VP has a much higher rate of return but only gets half the points, it still comes out about the same. Of course, returns vary ;) as some of us don't win as much as others. I generally budget (yes, lose :() between $5k and $10k per cruise, but comps cancel out most of my losses, so hubby is ok with it :o. One of these days I will come home a winner :D.

 

Robin

[goldmom]

Also, don't forget that if you book thru CAS you'll also get the card for free drinks in the Casino. I know it's a small thing, but every little bit helps!