Day 32 (BONUS DAY)
Saturday July 12, 2014
We slept in today, and by that I mean until noon! This is not exactly how I planned to spend the bonus day but it was much needed. It also kept us from losing anymore of our profits.

For breakfast here at the Gold Coast I hit Java Vegas using some more of the food credits that came with the room. I got a selection of pastry and drinks to hold us over for the day.

Since we had slept in we didn't have as much time to do anything so we packed up our few items and headed out.

We did the same thing as yesterday parking in short term at the airport, and checking in. Things were much calmer here today. Once we were checked in I headed out to gas up the car and then back to the garage to return the rental car. Everything here was fast and I was on the shuttle and back at the airport in no time.

When I got back to the airport we did the security thing again. It was the same as yesterday, maybe even faster.

When we got to the gate I was hoping to get bumped again. Things would be tight for me if it happened again but I was sure hoping to score another $1000 in airfare. This didn't happen and we were boarded on this flight.

This is Southwest flight 179 and is non stop right into Albany. We were scheduled to depart at 4:25pm and arrive in Albany at 12:05am with a 4 hour and 40 minute flight time. However when I checked this morning there was a 20 minute delay. The captain came on the PA and said it was going to take just 4 hours. The flight was smooth for the most part and. I originally booked these flights back in March and they were $228 per person. Much like the flight out to Las Vegas once I booked the fares never moved until a few weeks before the flight. I think this is one of the first times I never rebooked a flight on Southwest to save a few bucks.

We landed in Albany at midnight as promised but there was no gate ready so we had to sit on the taxiway for almost 30 minutes before we got into the gate.

It took a while for them to bring up the wheelchair but it eventually came up. We hit the baggage claim area and the suitcase was ready and waiting. The next stop was to the Budget rental car counter.

To get back home I booked a one way rental from Budget. Again like when we came up here Avis, the same exact company wanted double what Budget did. I got a full sized for $77. I hate the fact that a one day rental costs this much around here when out in Las Vegas I paid $90 for a whole week!

We were assigned a Hyundai with 31,000 miles on it and it was in good condition visually. I gave the car a quick look, loaded our things into it and we were on our way. I said the car looked good but what a piece of shit it was. Cheap, and something was grinding or rubbing and making a load hum the whole way home. Avis/Budget should be embarrassed to be renting a Hyundai to their customers. The ride home down the NY State Thruway was pretty uneventful like it should be at 2am.

At about 2:30am we rolled into the driveway and this mega trip was officially over (but we are still registered guests of the Gold Coast)

Total win/loss for the day $0
Total Comps for the day $

Final thoughts

• This was one of the highest fares we've ever paid to fly to Las Vegas
• This was one of the cheapest rental car rates I've ever gotten
• Dollar is running the crap out of their cars these days
• Scratch Cards at Main Street Station continue to be a nice addition but pain in the ass
• We got 115 scratch cards at Main Street Station for a total of $239 (108 @ $2, 6 @ $3, & 1 @ $5 )
• It was exciting to hit a royal less than an hour into the trip
• The Market Street Cafe in the California is one of my favorite restaurants in town
• We get good bang for our buck at the Four Queens but the place could use an overhaul
• The free shows we saw through Goldstar were a great deal
• The Rio continues to be a favorite hotel of mine despite not getting the room I booked(but ONLY the hotel)
• Gold Coast really needs to add a cafe back to their list of restaurants
• Although Laughlin is slower and there's not much to do, we enjoy it there for some reason
• The free play we collected this trip was a huge factor to the bankroll
• We're starting to get spoiled staying in suites
• The Pinball Hall of Fame is still one of the best non-gaming places to visit
• We saw more shows than we normally do this trip
• The Scintas was a good show especially for free
• Promotions continue to dwindle and be less lucrative than they used to be
• Million Dollar Quartet was a very good show
• The weather was cool the first week barely making it into the 90's but hot the rest of the trip with temperatures in the triple digits
• I'm starting to like the 4 and 5 night stays we do at most places now
• We played over 646,000 hands of video poker
• We hit 15 royals between us (5 @ 1¢, 5 @ 5¢, 5 @ 25¢) with Dee having 8 (3 @ 1¢, 4 @ 5¢, 2 @ 25¢) of them and me having 5 (2 @ 1¢, 1 @ 5¢, 3 @ 25¢)
• We hit an inordinate amount of straight flushes this trip
• Fremont Street is becoming a carnival midway with street performers and other douches
• Vinny Favorito is as funny as ever
• Getting bumped off the flight and getting an extra day as well as over $1000 in flight vouchers was really great
• This win brings my Las Vegas record to 27 – 19 – 1
• The next trip is scheduled for December 17 – 31, 2014 as the Christmas/Birthday trip makes it's return

• Eff you to high airfares
• Eff you to 83% in rental car taxes
• Eff you to restaurant prices at the Rio
• Eff you to people that block walkways while they talk on their phones
• Eff you to rude cigarette smokers
• Eff you to to people the try to enter the elevator before we exit
• Eff you to employees that don't give a crap about what they do
• Eff you to the flights for being so long
• Eff you to Dollar Rent a Car for renting a car with 63,000 miles
• Eff you to people than take 15 minutes to check into a hotel
• Eff you to getting low paired to death
• Eff you to the Rio for not giving us the room we reserved
• Eff you to penny royal flushes
• Eff you to people the use their hands to pick foods at the buffet
• Eff you to the Gold Coast employee that put tongs back on the buffet off the floor
• Eff you to repeated hands of five play with zero pay offs
• Eff you to the Silverton front desk for not calling when the room was ready as promised
• Eff you to Silverton for still having tube TV's in their rooms
• Eff you to the North Tower at Harrah's Laughlin
• Eff you to people that jam upwards of 10 people into1 hotel room
• Eff you to housekeepers that drop the toilet seat down while cleaning
• Eff you to guests that need to drop the toilet seat down
• Eff you to video poker at the Aquarius for 5 straight days
• Eff you to Dollar Rent a Car for renting such beat to shit cars
• Eff you to Hyundai for making shitty cars

Total win/loss for the trip $800
Total comps for the trip $11421 + $1056 in future airfare credits
Total comps for the trip without rooms $6480