Cosmopolitan Gives Locals Freebies

I've talked about the perks of being local before and the major reason why I pretty much have a Players Card from every Vegas gaming establishment. It's for perks and why not get them if they are free? Yes, the casinos want to play Big Brother and track your every move, but hey, for a reasonable trade off, I guess it's OK.

The latest email that I got from the Cosmopolitan Casino players club called Identity is about a free Zappos.com gift card. Now, I've gotten another email like this before and I simply missed the deadline to claim my gift card. Well, opportunity knocks again and I just got another email this past week about receiving, at the very minimum, a $15 Zappos.com gift card just for showing up on property. Even if you have zero players points, you still get the $15. Now, as Cosmo would have it, you have already amassed a lot of points and continue to, well, for that, Cosmo is rewarding you with a higher valued Zappos.com gift card. Fair enough.

What makes being a local Las Vegan convenient is that when these perks come up to lure us into the casinos, we can do it relatively easily. Sometimes, believe it or not, the casinos do take a risk and offer incentives that at the most basic level will give you something even if you don't play. Hey, if they got you to enter the building, they figure that they have some opportunity to get something out of you. From there on, it's up to you and how you want to control yourself.