Day 21
Tuesday July 18, 2023

• Today is the last day
• I'm flying home on the red eye tonight
• I started the day off by getting my $600 airfare reimbursed in free play
  • I decided to run the free play a Buffalo 4 play Boost Gold Collection
  • I only tried it for something different because it looked fun
  • Had a few weak bonus rounds (typical Buffalo)
  • Hit a good bonus that retriggered multiple times
  • Got boosted to 4 screens on the bonus
  • Maxed out the Gold Collection
  • On my last spin it boosted me to 8 screens
  • Lit all 4 screens up with Buffalo and multipliers
  • Hand pay of $1247.50
  • My biggest slot win ever
  • Not happy about $47.50 getting me a tax form
  • Happy with the $647.50 win
  • Left Linq and made a stop over at Virgin to see the old Hard Rock guys
  • Played some craps on a table that was as cold as last night
  • Dropped another grand
  • So much for the taxable earlier
  • Had a $210 momentum dollars (comps) offer in my account
• Went to lunch at The Kitchen Commons
  • Had the Cajun fried Chicken Sandwich with potato chips
  • Good Sandwich, I'd get it again
• Made a few stops to get a few things to take home
  • The 99 Store
  • Jack in the Box
  • Jollibee
• It was time to get going to the airport
  • The first stop was to gas up the car
  • Next was the rental car facility
  • Things were fast here
  • The shuttle to the airport was uneventful
  • I checked in at the Premier area of United
  • I booked this flight back in April
  • I got a first class seat for $593
  • Checking in went well
  • Security also went well with TSA pre check
  • In just a few minutes I was on my way to the gate
  • My flight was delayed about 30 minutes
    • I hit the Club Las Vegas lounge for a break and some snacks
    • I have access here through my credit card
    • Food offerings were soups, salad, meatballs and brownies
  • Flight was further delayed so I wandered around playing penny slots
  • Hit a bonus on Buffalo for $720
  • Had a few smaller hits as well for a pretty big airport win
• It was about time to board so I headed back to the gate
  • I took my “usual” seat A1
  • This is flight 1491
  • Scheduled to depart at 11:59pm but now 1:02am
  • Scheduled to arrive in Newark at 7:56am but now 8:30am
  • After we took off they took orders for dinner
    • I had pre ordered manicotti
    • The meal came out and also came with
    • Salad
    • Dinner Roll
    • Cookie
  • After “dinner” I put the seat back and slept the rest of the flight
  • We landed in Newark around 8:30am and taxied to the gate
  • I took my time getting off the plane and through airport to baggage claim
  • Baggage Claim typically sucks here in Newark
  • Today was a surprise and the suitcase was waiting for me
• Off to the shuttle bus I went to get to Avis
  • I reserved a mid sized car using a discount code through work
  • Base rate was $46, all in for $75
  • They gave me a Toyota Corolla with 1800 miles on it
• The ride back home was a little rough due to it being rush hour
  • Other than that no major issues
  • I made a few stops along the way
  • Finally pulled into my driveway at 11:20am as this trip came to an end
  • I'm still a registered guest of the Linq until tomorrow (because I can)

Total Win/Loss For The Day = + $508
Total Comps For The Day = $835

Final Thoughts

• Flight prices are still too high
• Rental car prices are out of control
• I'm glad I have a good corporate discount
• The long flight sucks
• Flying First Class makes it tolerable
• Wynn/Encore are great properties
• Prices at Wynn/Encore are obscene
• It was cool shooting dice with Joe Torre
• It was fun hitting aces with a kicker and aces with 12x multipliers on both
• Pricing in general has gotten out of control
• Aquarius needs a renovation
• I ran about $375k through the machines
• I hit 13 royal flushes this trip
  • 6 @ 1¢
  • 5 @ 25¢
  • 2 @ 50¢
• The weather was unusual at first below 100 until June 30
• It got hot during 4th of July weekend in Laughlin reaching 118
• It was fun taking a cruise side trip out of Los Angeles
• Slots and Video Poker were pretty good to me this trip
• Craps was not so good
• As always it was great to spend time with my friends out in Vegas
• This win brings my Las Vegas record to 48 – 23 – 1
• The next trip is December for the annual Christmas / Birthday trip

Eff Yous

• Eff you to high airfares
• Eff you to high rental car prices
• Eff you to high prices in town in general
• Eff you to number, number out on craps when making come bets
• Eff you to point, out when making place bets on craps
• Eff you to prices at Wynn/Encore
• Eff you to Joe Torre for sevening out on his first roll (had to do this, how many people actually get to shoot dice with Joe and give him an eff you?)
• Eff you to the Buffet prices at Wynn ($75 per person)
• Eff you to Encore's spa for having the steam room closed
• Eff you to the guy at the Spa that was wandering around with a boner
• Eff you to Earl Grey Cafe for running out of meatloaf on 6/29
• Eff you to Four Queens & Binion's for cutting my mailers by 90%
• Eff you to people that think it's OK to smoke weed in the casinos
• Eff you to Earl Grey Cafe for being out of cheese steaks on 6/30
• Eff you to Earl Grey Cage for being out of chicken fingers on 6/30
• Eff you to people that need to pre roll the dice 3 times before they shoot
• Eff you to the douche bag at Cafe Aquarius that though he was special
• Eff you to losing for the day after hitting a royal flush
• Eff you to Giada for charging $12 for bread
• Eff you to Giada for charging $7 for a soda
• Eff you to whoever smoked pot in my Aquarius room
• Eff you to Fremont Street
• Eff you to casinos for cutting everything from service to mailers to promos
• Eff you to the casinos that still don't dispense coins at the ticket kiosks
• Eff you to COVID – 19 for still having effects on ruining everything

Total Win/Loss For The Trip = + $7,588
Total Comps For The Trip = $12,169
Rooms = $4,018
Free Play/Cash Back = $5,737
Food = $1,466
Other = $ 948 (Spa/Airfare)