Day 26
Saturday July 10, 2021
We landed at JFK at 6:20am.

I was off the plane and made my way to baggage claim. This was long walk since our gate was about the farthest away it could be. My luggage was already on the conveyor so there was no waiting.

Next up was the shuttle to Avis to pick up a car for the drive home. Originally I was supposed to fly home during the day today and my reservation was for 8pm. I made the change by phone yesterday but my name wasn't on the board when I arrived. An agent quickly got me a vehicle and I was on my way.

I was given Mitsubishi Outlander with only 3600 miles on it and was on my way. Being Saturday there wasn't much traffic on the roads in the NYC area yet.

On the way home I stopped at a local diner for breakfast before making the rest of the drive home.

I pulled into the driveway at 10:00am as another Las Vegas vacation came to an end.

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

Final Thoughts

• Flying out of JFK is a bit rough
• Flying Delta ONE was awesome but watered down due to COVID – 19
• Rental car rates are absurd
• The whole rental car situation really sucks
• It was great to see so many of my friends this trip some for the first time in 18 months
• I don't think I've ever eaten so much steak in a single trip before
• It was good to see the old gang from the Hard Rock at Virgin
• Virgin will never be what the Hard Rock once was
• It was nice to try a few new restaurants
• This was my first time ever driving to Reno
• The drive to Reno was interesting
• I enjoyed my time in Reno once I was there
• Things are starting to get back to normal but are still have a long way to go
• Hotels and restaurants are still really short staffed
• Hugo's Cellar is awesome
• It was pretty exciting hitting two royals on one hand of ten play
• I played over 628,000 hands of video poker this trip
• I hit 12 royals this trip (2 @ 5¢ + 2 @ 10¢ + 8 @ 25¢)
• The weather was in the 100-120 degree range in Las Vegas & Laughlin
• We were hitting record high temperatures the first week I was in town
• The weather in Reno and Tahoe was very nice with temps in the low 90's
• This win brings my Las Vegas Record to 42 – 23 – 1
• The next trip is planned for November 2 – 20 with a cruise booked in the middle from LA to Mexico

Eff Yous

• Eff you to Delta for changing my flights ½ a dozen times
• Eff you to flying out of JFK
• Eff you to rental car rates
• Eff you to the lady at JFK security that had to be told 9 times to put her mask on by a TSA agent
• Eff you to casinos that don't dispense change at the ticket redemption machines and print a voucher instead
• Eff you to Marriott housekeeping for not cleaning my room at all in June
• Eff you to Aquarius for not cleaning my room for 5 days straight
• Eff you to not getting multipliers on Super Times Pay
• Eff you to losing on the few multipliers you do get
• Eff you to The Row for not dispensing coins when you cash a ticket
• Eff you to video poker results in general at The Row
• Eff you to Cafe Central for only serving one egg with the casino breakfast
• Eff you to my results in Reno/Tahoe
• Eff you to COVID – 19

Total Coin In For The Trip $519,965
Total Win/Loss For The Trip + $2,001
Total Comps For The Trip $13,092
Rooms: $3,673
Free Play / Cash Back $7,178
Food: $1,669
Other: $572 (Gift Cards, Airfare)