Last week I wrote about MGM’s comping model and how, over time, I found myself sitting in a surprisingly generous offer band.

I was still a relatively unknown quantity to them. Not a high roller. Not host-level. Just someone they seemed willing to test.

The baseline was strong: four comped nights at most of their top Las Vegas properties, with offer windows stretching months into the future.

I had already learned that their pricing was not static. If you looked at dates, left, and then came back, they often tightened. Interest is data, and data gets repriced.

Still, I was clearly in a band where MGM was willing to invest to see if I might become useful to them.

I am not a heavy gambler, and I suspected that February activity levels would clarify this quickly. So before the stay, I locked in a series of future trips at the existing offer level.

Then I went to Bellagio and let the system do what it would.

The question was straightforward: how would they treat me afterwards?

Going into February, my position across premium MGM properties looked like this:

Premium Tier: Bellagio, ARIA, Cosmopolitan, Vdara

• Up to 4 nights comped

• $60 freeplay

• $100 resort credit

Availability varied by date, but structurally this was a 4N / $100 band.

Second-tier properties such as Park MGM, MGM Grand, and Mandalay Bay were broadly similar, with fewer lock-out dates, and occasionally even richer on the resort credit offer.

Whatever they call it internally, it felt like an upper mid-tier leisure band. Not important enough for a host relationship, but clearly within a segment worth subsidizing.

February was not over-designed to impress MGM.

We were traveling with friends and most plans were already set. Several meals were off-property. Entertainment was mixed, with one MGM Cirque show attached to my stay and other, more cornerstone, events at Sphere and Caesars. Gaming was steady but moderate. Some roulette, some slots, nothing aggressive.

I stayed and I played, but I did not keep everything in-house.

That was deliberate. If the model reacts to behavior, I wanted to see how cleanly.

Before February data had time to reshape my profile, I locked in five future stays, spaced across the year.

At the time of booking, those premium offers were consistent:

4 nights

$60 freeplay

$100 resort credit

I booked them knowing there was a real chance new offers might tighten once February posted.

That was the hedge.

A few days after returning, the email arrived:

“You played. You earned. Now, here’s a comeback offer.”

The marketing language did not interest me. The offer structure did.

Across premium properties, I now see:

• Up to 3 nights comped

• $60 freeplay

• $50 resort credit

Second-tier properties remain at:

• 4 nights comped

• $60 freeplay

• $100 resort credit

The occasional $250 resort credit variants have disappeared.

I was not pushed out. But I was clearly worth a little less to them.

Before February:

Premium 4N / $100 RC.

Now:

Premium 3N / $50 RC.

Premium properties are still visible. Suites remain bookable. Weekend dates are still open. Base rates are still nominal plus resort fee.

The reinvestment level is lower, but access has not changed.

Total on-property spend was just over $600.

Roughly $400 of that was room charges and resort fees. Around $300 in restaurant charges before the $100 resort credit applied.

Gaming was consistent but modest, generating a few thousand tier credits.

This wasn’t a stay built around maximizing MGM spend. It was a fairly ordinary trip with steady but unspectacular engagement.

That was enough to move the band.

Four nights became three. $100 RC became $50.

In practical terms, that means one fewer comped night and about $50 less in resort credit.

Depending on the dates, that likely translates to something in the $200 to $350 range per stay.

Not trivial, but not dramatic either.

February printed lower ADT than what MGM considered my prior baseline, or perhaps potential.

The model adjusted in the way it is designed to adjust. Recent behavior counts heavily.

I gave MGM a lighter trip, and MGM reduced future subsidy accordingly.

That is consistent with how they describe the system.

Premium properties remain visible. Suites remain available.

Weekend inventory is still there, and Freeplay has not changed.

This is not a removal from the comp program. It is a move from one investment band to the next.

Five stays remain locked at the previous level, so I am insulated for now. Future trips will produce new data for MGM.

If I lean a bit harder into gaming and keep more dining in-house, I would not be surprised to see the 4N / $100 structure return. If not, 3N / $50 is still a workable place to sit.

This was never about squeezing every dollar out of comps. I wanted to see how the system would respond.

February answered that question:

Yes, MGM will still comp me.

Just not quite as generously as before.