Book Caesars Rooms With Reward Credits
Mike B from the Miles to Memories Facebook group alerted us to a change he saw on the Caesars Rewards website when he went to book an upcoming trip to Las Vegas. He noticed that there was the option to pay with his Caesars Rewards credits online at the time of booking. In the past you could use your Caesars Rewards credits to cover the cost of your room at checkout but it wasn’t an option at the time of booking.
Update 6/13/22: Reader Carl WV alerted us to the fact that this only is available for Las Vegas properties and Harah’s Laughlin for the time being. Hopefully it gets rolled out to all Caesars Entertainment properties soon. I also added a screen shot of how to book with reward credits at the bottom of the article.
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Mike said he reached out to to the Caesars Rewards staff and they confirmed that the rewards credits are refundable if you cancel as well.
The really nice thing about this is when using rewards credits you avoid the sales tax. And remember that you can transfer Wyndham Rewards points to your Caesars account at a 1 to 1 ratio and they just increased the yearly cap to 100,000 points for this year.
I don’t think this is a huge change since you could still do this at checkout but I guess it makes the process easier. Now you don’t have to stop by the front desk anymore on your way out of town. This could also be a way to use credits that are expiring soon (or maybe extend them with a room booking you cancel later).
Here is a screen shot of how to change the booking to reward credits online. You do need enough credits to cover the entire amount to make the booking with reward credits though.
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You cannot redeem CR for .01c now. It is more like 0.8-0.9%. You can verify it with CP in Vegas.
Can someone supply a screenshot of what it looks like on app or website. I’m not seeing the option anywhere, and I do have points to use.
I’m not sure how you add a screenshot here but when you book a room on the CET Las Vegas Website right below the dates is the option to view rates in $USD or REWARD CREDITS
I added a screenshot of where to do it above. Thanks Mike B!
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Does Caesars Rewards have any kind of award chart? I looked & couldn’t find one.
I haven’t seem a chart as such – just the redemptions area on the Caesar’s site. Anything on your hotel room bill (including room rate and anything else charged to room) can paid using reward points at a penny per point. Most other uses are just 1/2 cents per point.
https://www.caesars.com/myrewards/earn-and-redeem
RC are redeemed at $1 per 100 RC for rooms, for example a $50 night room would be 5k RC for one night
Yup – no award chart since the points are just worth a cent each no matter what.
I can never seem to find where to book with points. I called and was told that at check in I can request points to be used but would love to see where I can book with points online. Under Book a Room? Rewards link perhaps? Maybe it has something to do with my 0 points. Thanks all
I am guessing since you have 0 points it doesn’t come up as an option
The big change is you know longer need to do a cash deposit( if required) on reservations as the cash portion could not later be converted to RC………….Paying in RC when booking means zero cash out of pocket.
I have 30,000 points and I don’t see it either
Interesting – which property were you trying to book? Online or on the app?
I just randomly picked a couple to test. Flamingo and CP in vegas. Tried the app and the website.
I’m not sure how you add a screenshot here but when you book a room on the CET Las Vegas Website right below the dates is the option to view rates in $USD or REWARD CREDITS
Doesn’t seem to apply to Atlantic City Caesars. Anyone seeing it differently?
The CR site says:
“HOTEL BOOKING
Redeem Reward Credits online when making your next hotel reservation, currently available for all Las Vegas properties and Harrah’s Laughlin. To view your rates in Reward Credits, use the Reward Credits toggle on the room selection page”
So’,it looks like this may not be available in all areas.
Thanks Carl – I’ll add that in.
Per Caesar web site:
“HOTEL BOOKING
Redeem Reward Credits online when making your next hotel reservation, currently available for all Las Vegas properties and Harrah’s Laughlin”
So AC may not be there yet,
This has been in place for while. I booked a stay in January (for early May) and paid at the time with CR credits. I also ended up doing a cancellation and rebooking (when a better rate came up), and can confirm they instantly returned the credits when I did the cancellation.
Good to know – thanks Carl!
Thanks, CET told me up to 6 weeks on the refund
Hopefully they haven’t made a change. Maybe it’s like Wyndham saying transfers to Caesars take 6 to 8 weeks to post to CR, but I’ve always seen them post in less than a week.
This will be very handy for the transfer of Wyndham Rewards Points as noted
Yup – a nice use for that for sure.
Nice!