Total Rewards question?

Me and Allen have always played on the same card. After our Vegas trip last week we renewed our Diamond status. The issue is that the card is under Allen's name, so that means that I cannot book anything without him. Not that I believe I would. Unfortunately TR will not let us have separate cards and link the accounts like MLife will. And I doubt that we could reach Aspiration 1 just due to our limited play and size of bets.

My question is should I now look to get my own card? We are going to Cherokee for an overnighter this month, then to AC for the M&G in July, and then back to Vegas in September. That will most likely be the extent of our gambling for 2016. Will the lower play on his card kill the free play and room offers we get under his card? We have averaged $300 in free play in the past few trips to Vegas. What would it do if we were to mostly play on my card in AC? At our level, unless we had some miracle happen and won each day, I doubt we could get 1,000 tier credits on each card, and it would suck to lose out on the 1,000 tier credit bonus. I am okay with how it is set up now, but wonder if there are advantages to me having my own account?

So TR experts, what would you do?

Sharon and I have always played on the same card and always achieve the club level goal that we want to reach.

If she was to get her own card, yes it would be a way to get 2 comped rooms instead of only one, and yes she would get FP offers.

Downside is my FP would probably drop in half because the play on my card would drop in half, plus I doubt if either one of us could hit Diamond status again unless we played exclusively at CET casinos!

You're kinda stuck since the reservations are in his name.

I'd lean toward wait till Vegas then get your card going so you don't screw up the regional benefits you've got going. Even small amounts of play will get you comped rooms in Vegas which may come in handy if you end up needing a short night out there.

We're in the same boat, my card's dormant but Linda's is getting all the CET benefits (her first time)

If you are only looking at playing on a card in your name in AC - unless you make diamond while you are there - then I don't think it would be worth it.
The room comp is in Allen's name and if he shows no play on his card - he probably would not be able to get a comp room there again.

This would not alter his Vegas offers if you still play with his card in Vegas.

I would get your own card, and take turns on which card you play on. Like everyone else said, don't not play on his card when you have the reservations in his name, that will ruin things. But for example, when you do your overnighter at Cherokee maybe play the first day on his card, since that night is in his name, but then if you decide to play the next day get a card then and put some heavy play on yours and not on his at all. Or find some time when you can do one day of heavy play on your new TR card, from both of you. You'll start getting some really nice offers there, might even get a few that are better than what he's getting since they will see you as a "new recruit". Then you'll start seeing future offers from places and you can pick which one is best.

Darrell and I have always each had a card but have played almost exclusively on mine so we could increase our tier level. We do play Darrell's a little bit several times a year just so his RC's don't expire (I think he's up to 300 RC's or so now and this year's Tier score is 36!). The other reason to use his is on days we know we aren't going to play much...it keeps from bringing my ADT down. Once in a while, adding his card number gets a slightly better rate or a comped room, but since we made Diamond, it doesn't seem to matter. Depending on your play, a Diamond and a Platinum might be able to get you better stuff than a single Aspiration. We don't know for sure, because I doubt we'll every play enough to find out either way LOL!

These are perfect, and pretty much what I was thinking. Thanks to the experts!

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Originally Posted by MrsPenguin

Darrell and I have always each had a card but have played almost exclusively on mine so we could increase our tier level. We do play Darrell's a little bit several times a year just so his RC's don't expire (I think he's up to 300 RC's or so now and this year's Tier score is 36!). The other reason to use his is on days we know we aren't going to play much...it keeps from bringing my ADT down. Once in a while, adding his card number gets a slightly better rate or a comped room, but since we made Diamond, it doesn't seem to matter. Depending on your play, a Diamond and a Platinum might be able to get you better stuff than a single Aspiration. We don't know for sure, because I doubt we'll every play enough to find out either way LOL!

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If you add both cards to get a better reservation then only play card A, does card B get dinged for no play? Anyone know for sure?

We alway's get to diamond on my card first then do Laurie's but if the rooms are under Allen's name I would make sure to play on it not sure but I bet it would hurt if you didn't.

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Originally Posted by foamy

We alway's get to diamond on my card first then do Laurie's but if the rooms are under Allen's name I would make sure to play on it not sure but I bet it would hurt if you didn't.

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Maybe try to get a few only after getting a minimum of 1,000 tiers per day on his.

I just hate to waste those points if I know we will not make Aspiration 1. But also do not want to mess up what has been a good a good thing for us so far.

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