have a vacation coming up, going to Vegas for 2 nights, and only 70k+ Amex points. Kinda new to the points game, recommendations on how to best use those? Or if anyone is selling free night certs at any of the hotels on the strip, lmk

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On the strip you book comp rooms instead of using points. Get a Wyndham biz credit card, get the Caesars Diamond status and match it to MGM Gold (can match to Hyatt Explorist too). MGM basically gives infinite comp rooms every month and Caesars you get comp rooms at PH or LINQ or other shittier properties.

MGM Gold and Hyatt Explorist match is an infinite loop (for now🤞🏻)

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You might have to gamble at least a little to get some comps.

I transited through vegas for a day to get my status all at once and prob played like $100 at MGM. Two months later, it's just offers after offers lol

For Caesars, just look in the app. Played at Caesars once and only have offers at the LINQ, PH and other lower tier ones so far

Stay away from strip , find something fir 20k per night

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Use FHR or Hotel Collection benefits via Amex Portal.

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