Day 25
Tuesday July 9, 2019
I was up early and got ready to head out. Everything was packed.

I checked e-mails and fight status and everything was good. I also played the Rampart online game and scored another $100 free play. I also won $50 food. I couldn't leave it behind so when the players club opened at 8am I would go redeem it.

It was still a little early so I grabbed a breakfast sandwich at Starbucks while I waited.

After I ate the club was open and I got the $100 added to my account. Hoping for some last minute thunder I ran it through dollar single line. No luck with the thunder but I had enough paying hands to turn the $100 into $90 cash.

On the way back to the room I stopped at valet so they could grab the car while I ran up to the room to get the bags. A few minutes later I was back and I got the car from the valet.

I took a drive and stopped at the bank. It wasn't a walk of shame, just a stop to put some cash in so I didn't have to travel with it.

Next up because I hadn't done it at all this trip I took a drive down the strip. Lots going on there and it's always changing.

I stopped and gassed up at Chevron near Sunset Rd to use the gift card I got way back on day 1. Conveniently there's also a Jack in the Box right next door so it was an opportunity for one last order of tacos.

From there it was off to the rental car facility. Returning was fine and everything was in order. I met up with Jimbo and Katy who just returned their car as well and we hopped on the shuttle back to the airport.

When I got to the airport the check in area was slow. I booked this flight back in April using miles. Originally it was supposed to be an earlier flight but it was changed.

I got checked in and then headed over to security. United had a special security area in terminal 3 that had very limited hours but was open. We flew through there.

Jimbo had club membership so got all of us into the United Club. We had some snacks and hung out for just a little while and they had to go to catch their flight. I stayed here for a lot longer because my flight doesn't board until 3:05 pm.

I left the lounge and headed to the gate and waited for boarding to start. I was in the priority boarding group thanks to my United credit card.

This is flight 2271 scheduled to depart at 3:43pm non stop to Newark scheduled to arrive at 11:54pm with a 5 hour and 11 minute flight time. The captain came on and told us it was only going to take 4:41.

The flight was smooth. I passed the time watching content on my phone and sleeping. Before I knew it we were back in Newark.

We landed and and taxied to the gate. Once off the plane I went to baggage claim. As always, baggage claim sucks in Newark and 30 minutes after I got there the bags started coming out. Keep in mind I was one of the last people off the plane and stopped at the rest room on the way there. This is way too long for luggage to show up. I eventually got my suitcase and was off to the air train to the Avis rental car lot.

This was another cluster fuck because 1 of the trams is down so they have 3 running on one track. Then you have to get off of one tram and onto another to get to the car lots after already waiting way too long for the initial tram. I swear every time I fly through Newark there's some sort of issue with these monorails.

I got to the Avis lot and my name was up on the board with spot C 32. I booked this car back in January and got a mid sized for $77 base and $112 all in. It was a little bit high but it was still cheaper than anything else. I was assigned a Dodge Journey with 28,888 miles on it. I checked it over and was on my way.

The ride home was long but uneventful.

I pulled into my drive way at 1:45am and yet another Las Vegas trip was officially over.

Total Coin In for the day $100
Total win/loss for the day $90
Total Comps for the day $106
Cash/Free Play $100
Food $6

Final Thoughts

• Not having Dee with me on this trip really sucked
• It was strange not having the cousins join me this year
• Flying out of Newark is like going to a local zoo especially in the United terminal
• Hitting multiple royals on one hand is exciting
• My swings this trip were pretty extreme
• It was so nice to see so many people show up to the celebration for Dee
• I played 690,000 hands of video poker this trip
• I hit 12 royals this trip ( 1@ 2¢, 3 @ 5¢, 7 @ 25¢ including a progressive and 1 @ 50¢ )
• The weather was unusually “cool” by Vegas standards barely reaching 100 degrees and most days was under 100
• It was great to spend time with so many friends this trip
• I experienced my first earthquake on this trip
• Seeing Paul McCartney was awesome and the show was great
• Rental car rates sucked in Las Vegas for the last leg of the trip
• The Rental car rate I had Reno was the lowest I've ever gotten
• I enjoyed going to Reno & Lake Tahoe and hope to go again soon
• The suite at Rampart was awesome and one of the biggest rooms I've ever had
• This loss brings my Las Vegas record to 35 – 23 – 1
• My next trip is scheduled for December as the Christmas / Birthday trip returns

Eff You

• Eff you to the old bags on the flight that thought the seat belt sign wasn't for them
• Eff you to the swings of video poker
• Eff you to The Clubhouse deli for putting shallots on my sandwich when I ordered it without them
• Eff you to American Rive Cafe for having a 10 minute wait when there were plenty empty tables in the restaurant
• Eff you to Harvey's for saying their rooms were recently renovated when they are not
• Eff you to Harvey's housekeeping for turning my A/C down to 60
• Eff you to hitting a jackpot and losing for the day
• Eff you to the diamond lounge server for clearing my stuff when I wasn't finished so I lost my seat
• Eff you to the long airport security line in Reno
• Eff you to $4+/gallon gas in Reno
• Eff you to people that bring an entire grocery store in coolers and pile 18 people into a room in Laughlin
• Eff you to the service in El Burro Borracho at the Rio
• Eff you to the asshole at Rio that cut the line and held everyone up
• Eff you to Rampart's Clubhouse Deli for forgetting to make my sandwich
• Eff you to the Rampart buffet for sucking so bad
• Eff you to hotels that don't open their pools until 9am

Total Coin In for the trip: $690,172
Total Win/loss for the trip: - $470
Total Comps for the trip: $11,664
Rooms: $3,346
Cash Bach / Free Play $6,536
Gift Shop $3
Food: $1,679