Vegas Vengeance - An APAT Adventure........AKA "You're Gonna Need a Bigger Bar"

[Delboy]

Is anybody else thinking of flying out of Gatwick rather than Manchester ??

Why Gatwick? is it not easy for you to get to Manchester, Steve?

It"s quicker to get to Gatwick from Swansea (even though Swansea is mile from everywhere). However if everybody else is going from Manchester I will just do that.

I"m going from Gatwick, but 15th - 23rd not 17th - 24th... just saying.  

I"ve just booked my flight

I"m going from Gatwick, but 15th - 24th not 17th - 24th... just saying.  

for £485 with US Airways

What"s the route Jon?

via Charlotte-Douglas

you got time to go to the NASCAR Hall of fame?

[Jon MW]

...

via Charlotte-Douglas

you got time to go to the NASCAR Hall of fame?

I chose to have 2.5 hours transfer time - but I could have picked a later plane which would have definitely given me enough time to see this.

But realistically speaking I"m going to spend any spare time trying out the different food outlets.

[TheSnapper]

Name	Depart	Return	Fly from(with)	Staying
Patricia Byrne (Mrs Snapper)	17th	24th	MCR (Virgin)	Harrahs/Caesars

I managed to rustle up another though it has left me financially winged .

[TheSnapper]

Anything further on the Harrahs / Caesars deal that Richard posted?

[SirPercival]

Name	Depart	Return	Fly from(with)	Staying
Patricia Byrne (Mrs Snapper)	17th	24th	MCR (Virgin)	Harrahs/Caesars

I managed to rustle up another though it has left me financially winged .

Just wait "til MrsSirP explains how +ve poker bankroll = -ve credit available on cards!

[duke3016]

Anything further on the Harrahs / Caesars deal that Richard posted?

He has it in hand and will post (or PM) this weekend I understand

[duke3016]

[Curlarge]

Afternoon all, sorry for the delay.

I have cut and pasted the e-mail from Total Rewards VIP Group Reservations here for you all to use. Red is for Hurrahs and Blue for Caesars

The reservations web-site however uses an unsecured (http) and not a secured (https) address. I raised this point with them and they confirmed that whilst they believe their site to be secure they cannot supply and secure (https) address for us. Therefore it is up to each individual to decide how to make their reservation. Personnally I have just called them and made mine, which took about 6 minutes. They will take the first nights fee plus 12% tax and charge it to you credit card to secure the booking. I was told that you can cancel this upto 72 hours prior to check-in, but please ask for yourselves.

Nearer the time I will ask about priorty check-in etc...and see what we can get.

Please provide this information to your guests:
Group Name: APAT- Harrahs Las Vegas
Group Code: LH3APA1
Reservation phone number: 888-458-8471
Your guests can also make their reservations via the World Wide Web at your own group site:
http://www.totalexperiences.com/totalexperiences/event.html?group=LH3APA1
Rates:
11/13: $30.00; 11/14: $30.00; 11/15: $30.00; 11/16: $30.00; 11/17: $30.00; 11/18: $70.00; 11/19: $70.00; 11/20: $30.00; 11/21: $30.00; 11/22: $30.00; 11/23: $30.00

Upgrade Options available for an additional per night charge:
Harrah's Renovated: $30
Harrah's View: $20
When your guests call/make reservations online they will be required to provide a form of payment and a deposit for the first night room and tax will be taken at that time. There is a 72 hour cancellation policy which the reservations agent will explain to them when they book. They will have up to 30 days prior to your event date to make their reservations before the block is closed and remaining rooms are released.


Please provide this information to your guests:
Group Name: APAT- Caesars Palace
Group Code: LC3APA1
Reservation phone number: 866-227-5944
Your guests can also make their reservations via the World Wide Web at your own group site:
http://www.totalexperiences.com/totalexperiences/event.html?group=LC3APA1
Rates:
11/13: $79.00; 11/14: $79.00; 11/15: $79.00; 11/16: $89.00; 11/17: $89.00; 11/18: $159.00; 11/19: $129.00; 11/20: $79.00; 11/21: $79.00; 11/22: $79.00 11/23: $79.00

Upgrade Options available for an additional per night charge:
Caesars Forum Deluxe: $40
Caesars Palace Deluxe: $60
Caesars Augustus Deluxe: $60
Caesars Augustus Luxury: $80
When your guests call/make reservations online they will be required to provide a form of payment and a deposit for the first night room and tax will be taken at that time. There is a 72 hour cancellation policy which the reservations agent will explain to them when they book. They will have up to 30 days prior to your event date to make their reservations before the block is closed and remaining rooms are released.

This is all the information that I have so if you have any further questions regarding your reservation, please ask the reservation agent when you call.

[Paulie_D]

LH3APA1

Thanks Richard...I tried the Harrahs version of the link twice (once in Chrome and the second in IE)..both times it hung up on me and I got no confirmation message or screen

For all I know I now have two reservations but I"ll wait and see if anything comes through in the way of email.

Guess I"ll try the phone route on Monday.

[duke3016]

Link don"t work on Firefox either - hangs as per Paulie.

Rang em and they had no record of the reservation, so I booked it over the phone, painless......


Cheers Rich

EDIT
Just got the email confirmation of the phone booking

[Paulie_D]

Hmmm...

Apropos of nothing, it looks like my United Airlines miles are worth pretty much nothing for getting upgrades so I was hunting around for a possible use.

Apparently, with 90,000 miles I could get several days in Vegas (e.g. Mirage/Venetian) for basically nothing.

On the other hand, I could split them up into a couple of days in the Mirage after APAT Vegas Vengeance^(tm) and three days for another APAT trip during the year.

Decisions, decisions.

[Delboy]

LH3APA1

Thanks Richard...I tried the Harrahs version of the link twice (once in Chrome and the second in IE)..both times it hung up on me and I got no confirmation message or screen

For all I know I now have two reservations but I"ll wait and see if anything comes through in the way of email.

Guess I"ll try the phone route on Monday.

Me too

[VBlue]

Excellent analysis that Duke.

[Jon MW]

Link don"t work on Firefox either - hangs as per Paulie.

Rang em and they had no record of the reservation, so I booked it over the phone, painless......


Cheers Rich

EDIT
Just got the email confirmation of the phone booking

hmmm the Harrahs rate is the same as if I booked with a TR discount, and I"m inclined to stay at Ballys anyway - with a couple of nights at Caesars to finish. And the Caesars rate is cheaper.

I don"t suppose they gave any indication of whether the online bit will get fixed?

I could book my couple of nights at Caesars with this - but I don"t really want to pay for an American phone call

[SirPercival]

Link don"t work on Firefox either - hangs as per Paulie.

Rang em and they had no record of the reservation, so I booked it over the phone, painless......


Cheers Rich

EDIT
Just got the email confirmation of the phone booking

hmmm the Harrahs rate is the same as if I booked with a TR discount, and I"m inclined to stay at Ballys anyway - with a couple of nights at Caesars to finish. And the Caesars rate is cheaper.

I don"t suppose they gave any indication of whether the online bit will get fixed?

I could book my couple of nights at Caesars with this - but I don"t really want to pay for an American phone call

PMSL