What I meant was it doesn't mean people who stay at the hotel rooms near the casino will actually gamble more. In Singapore, to go to a casino or even from pasir ris to woodlands don't even need 1 hour.
Actually spent close to a 900 premier dollars redeeming the rooms. 1st time was the atrium normal, the 2nd time was atrium premier. The premier was better. 44th floor very good view. Free entry to skypark. Think kia's prev visit to suite room is even 1 notch up than the atrium rooms. Don't spend on rooms, also not much use for the dollars.
Also even if you are playing on a $50 table and you placed higher bets regularly, they will adjust the points and award more points to your card instead of the usual. So doesn't mean playing on a $100 min table and playing on a $50 min table got much difference. If you place higher bets than the usual, the points will be given differently
EXACTLY lor !
I love hotel stay-vacations especially if they're complimentary and NEED NOT necessarily have to come from a casino-related MBS or RWS for that matter !!!
Think those CRA people are really illogical & over-the-top micro-controllers power-hungry sorts :(
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- as can be clearly seen that LOTS OF FAMILIES ie those with kids are the ones who are really ENJOYING the free hotel stays - just go up to the Skypark pool etc ...
IF I'm a hardcore gambler type, I'll still gamble whether or not there are free rooms - in fact even more so WITHOUT the free rooms
Whereas with the free rooms, I'll have even more good opportunities to rest and take more breaks from gambling in order to enjoy the room & facilities etc etc etc .....
In other words
CRA pls note : In contrast I would gamble LESS if I had free rooms
and that's REAL LOGIC & SENSE here !!!!
Well MBS' lawyers/marketing ppl can simply put on their thinking caps
Since CRA objects illogically to free/complimentary rooms being given to Singaporeans as a whole
(Sighzzzz we Singaporeans are forever/perpetually being penalised for being S'poreans !!!
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Then just let us Singapore members or 'invited/active/qualifying members' - those who WANT those rooms - just either 'BID' for them auction-style/ballot-style or PAY for them i.e. the rooms are now NO LONGER FREE/COMPLIMENTARY if we have to 'PAY' for them !
Say under the PremierDollar PowerPurchase Scheme :
- for each room booked, it costs only a nominal $x Premierdollars only; or
- for room booking purposes only, each $1 Premierdollar is equivalent to $200 or whatever-functional-sum; or
- copy credit card point-redemptions style, each room booking by lucky members is payable with just S$1
and nominal $x Premier dollars
i.e. there's
consideration here with that
S$1 payment so room is clearly NOT free anymore
Consult anyone with some legal knowledge on such basics
For those of us who DON'T have THOUSANDS of Premierdollars like you and kia, spending a FEW HUNDRED Premierdollars on a room is somewhat 'heart-aching' leh as that would mean depleting our account ....
I've just got my Platinum Card done during last visit and still have below 1k Premierdollars in my account [Premierdollars spent on meals and mooncakes - tried using such at the Shoppes but they don't accept - guess for Shopping it's only at the Hotel Atrium Shop ?
Hmmm to earn Destination Points quite difficult since the shoppes at MBS I've enquired said they're NOT related to that scheme ...]
BTW I took advantage of the AMEX Card MBS Promo by paying for a Gucci item for my friend during 2nd hotel stay and got $20 Shopping Voucher to be used by 31st Dec and at same time also entered the other current MBS Promo-Lucky Draw with one extra draw-ticket for Premier Members
I hope CRA get their act and logical thinking together
Stop forever 'punishing' us Singaporeans without any good rhyme & reason
I for one will forever 'curse' them if I don't get to enjoy further room-stays at MBS !!!!
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