Caesars Rewards: The Complete Guide for 2026
Updated by Lynsey Thompson
Casino Expert
Fact Checked by Michael Graham
Content Editor
Caesars Rewards is the loyalty program that ties all the Caesars casinos together, letting you earn points and perks just by staying, playing, and eating. It’s simple once you know how it works, and the benefits can stack up fast, especially if you visit Las Vegas often.
It isn't just another hotel points program that happens to sit on top of a casino floor, either. It's the direct descendant of Total Rewards, the loyalty program Harrah's built back in the late 1990s that more or less invented the modern, data-driven approach to tracking a gambler's play and turning it into comps. Every casino loyalty program that came after it, MGM Rewards included, owes something to the system Caesars pioneered first.
That history matters, because it explains why the program is as sprawling as it is. Caesars Rewards now spans six tiers instead of the four most players remember, covers more than 50 destinations across the US, and layers in two credit cards, a sportsbook, an online casino, and partnerships with everything from Wyndham hotels to Norwegian Cruise Line. It's a genuinely bigger, more complicated machine than most guides give it credit for.
This guide is built differently to most of the Caesars content already out there. Rather than working from an old screenshot of the tier chart and assuming nothing's changed, every figure in this guide, tier thresholds, earning rates, credit card terms, which casinos actually still participate, has been checked directly against Caesars' current published terms and cross-referenced against multiple independent sources, not just repeated from whatever the last article happened to say.
That matters more with Caesars than it does almost anywhere else in this space. The tier structure has quietly grown two extra rungs since most write-ups were last updated. Properties get sold, renamed, or spun off into their own separate loyalty programs. And the parent company itself is currently partway through a multi-billion dollar acquisition that could shape where the program goes next.
A guide that isn't actively re-checked against all of that isn't just slightly out of date, it's often describing a program that doesn't quite exist anymore. So consider this the current, accurate version. We'll go tier by tier through what you actually earn and what you actually get, how the currencies work and where they trip people up, which casinos count and which quietly don't anymore, the credit cards worth considering, and the partnerships and promotions actually worth watching for.
By the end, you should know exactly where you'd land in the Caesars Rewards system and what that actually means for you, no guesswork required.
Caesars Rewards Tiers
Everything in Caesars Rewards runs on Tier Credits, and how many you earn in a calendar year determines which tier you land on. As of now that's seven tiers, not the four most people still picture, and Caesars just added another one on top.
| Tier | Tier Credits Needed | How You Get There |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 0 | Automatic the moment you sign up |
| Platinum | 5,000 | Earned through play and spend |
| Diamond | 15,000 | Earned through play and spend |
| Diamond Plus | 25,000 | Earned through play and spend |
| Diamond Elite | 75,000 | Earned through play and spend |
| Seven Stars | 150,000 | Invitation only |
| Olympus | 300,000 | Invitation only, launching early 2027 |
Diamond Plus and Diamond Elite have been around since 2020 as checkpoints between Diamond and Seven Stars, so those aren't new. Olympus is, though, announced in August 2026 as a tier above Seven Stars, requiring double its Tier Credits and, by Caesars' own account, an invitation on top of that. It's expected to formally launch in early 2027, with anyone who crosses 300,000 Tier Credits before the end of 2026 earning "Founding Member" status once it does. Until then, Seven Stars remains the highest tier you can actually hold.
Here's the part that catches people out that are used to other programs: there's no grace period. Tier Credits reset to zero every January 1, and Caesars is explicit that status has to be earned again each year to carry into the next one. Hit Diamond in March, and you're Diamond for the rest of that calendar year, but on January 1 you're back to Gold until you requalify, no carryover, no cushion.
That's a meaningfully harder reset than some rival programs offer, so if you're chasing a specific tier, the smarter play is to front-load your trips earlier in the year rather than banking on a late push to protect status you already have.
Seven Stars and Olympus both sit apart from the numbered tiers below them. Caesars has never published exactly how someone gets invited beyond crossing the credit threshold, and by most accounts it also factors in overall relationship value to Caesars rather than triggering automatically. Don't plan a trip around reaching either one.
Caesars Rewards Earning Rates
Every dollar you play or spend earns two currencies at once, Reward Credits, which you actually spend, and Tier Credits, which push you up the tiers. The useful thing about Caesars, and a genuine difference from some rival programs, is that the two mostly earn in lockstep. Whatever rate applies to Reward Credits applies identically to Tier Credits, so you don't have to run two separate mental calculations for the same session.
| Activity | How It's Calculated |
|---|---|
| Slots | 1 Reward Credit and 1 Tier Credit per $5 played |
| Video poker | 1 Reward Credit and 1 Tier Credit per $10 played |
| Table games | Based on your average bet, the game's typical hands per hour, and time played |
| Sports betting, straight bets | Up to 10 credits per $100 wagered |
| Sports betting, parlays | Up to 30 credits per $100 wagered |
| Sports betting, Same Game Parlays | Up to 50 credits per $100 wagered |
| Hotel, dining, and retail | 1 Reward Credit and 1 Tier Credit per $1 spent |
Slots are the simplest to track, and unlike MGM, Caesars calculates off how much you actually run through the machine rather than theoretical loss based on the payback percentage. Feed $500 through a slot machine and you've earned 100 credits of each type, regardless of whether that machine pays back 92% or 98%. What you win or lose doesn't factor in at all, only how much you played.
Video poker earns the same way, just at half the rate, one credit of each type per $10 wagered instead of $5.
Table games work more like MGM's system, a pit boss rates your session using your average bet, how many hands per hour that particular game deals, and how long you played, since there's no card-swipe meter tracking every hand the way a slot machine tracks every spin. Staying visible to pit staff for the whole session matters here if you want it rated accurately.
Sports betting is where it gets more specific than most people realize. Those "up to" numbers aren't flat rates, they only kick in once you clear a minimum odds threshold: straight bets need odds of at least -150, regular parlays need at least +200, and Same Game Parlays need at least +300. Bet at shorter odds than that and you'll still earn something, just less than the headline rate. Caesars doesn't publish a separate rate for betting in person at a retail sportsbook window, so the same numbers are generally understood to apply there too, on top of a Tier Credit balance that combines everything from the app, kiosks, and retail counters into one running total.
Hotel, dining, and retail spend is the most straightforward: a dollar spent is a credit of each type earned, no calculation required.
Caesars Reward Credits and Redemption
Tier Credits only do one job, moving you up the ladder, they can't be spent or redeemed for anything. Reward Credits are the actual currency, and this is where Caesars has a wrinkle worth knowing about before you assume one credit is worth the same everywhere.
| Redeem For | Rate |
|---|---|
| Free Play at a casino property | 200 Reward Credits = $1 |
| Casino Bonus Cash (online casino) | 100 Reward Credits = $1 |
That's not a typo, Reward Credits are worth twice as much when redeemed as online casino bonus cash than they are as in-person free play. If you've got a Reward Credit balance sitting there and you play both the app and the physical casino floor, redeeming online stretches it further. Land-based Free Play also caps out at $500 a day and gets issued in $5 increments, so a big balance still has to be worked through gradually rather than cashed out in one go.
The other thing worth knowing, and it's stricter than what MGM does, is that Reward Credits expire if the account goes quiet. Caesars' own terms are direct about it: you need to earn at least one Reward Credit every six months, or the entire balance disappears, not just the credits earned in that window, the whole thing. There's no published tier-based exemption the way MGM waives expiration once you hit Pearl, so this applies whether you're Gold or Diamond Elite. If you play Caesars properties only occasionally, it's worth logging even a small session every few months just to keep the clock from resetting your balance to zero.
Caesars Rewards Benefits by Tier
This is what all those credits actually convert into. Benefits stack as you climb, so Diamond Elite keeps everything Diamond Plus offers and adds to it, all the way up.
Gold
Everyone starts here automatically the moment they sign up, free, online or at a kiosk on property. There's no minimum play required to join.
On its own it's modest: discounted room rates, presale access to shows, and a birthday month bonus bet on Caesars Sportsbook if you wager $100 or more. It's really the entry point that starts the clock toward Platinum.
Platinum
Reaching 5,000 Tier Credits unlocks free night certificates, one for every 5,000 Tier Credits you earn, usable in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Lake Tahoe, Reno, or Laughlin, up to seven nights a year.
Alongside that: complimentary valet and self-parking at many properties, a monthly sportsbook bonus bet, a 15% discount at casino gift shops, an Atlantis Paradise Island offer, up to 10% off Norwegian Cruise Line bookings, and a status match into Wyndham Rewards. Platinum members can also gift up to 5,000 Reward Credits to a friend, twice a year.
Diamond
This is where it starts feeling like a genuinely different tier of service. Diamond adds a $100 Celebration Dinner credit each year, priority lines at check-in, restaurants, cashiers, and Rewards Centers, and waived resort fees on your stays, no conditions about booking direct the way MGM requires for its equivalent benefit.
Diamond also comes with paid access to the Laurel Lounge, where available, a 20% gift shop discount, a complimentary Atlantis stay, and up to 20% off Norwegian Cruise Line. That "where available" matters more than it sounds: most Las Vegas Laurel Lounges have been closed since the pandemic and, by reliable but unofficial reports, aren't coming back. Caesars has reportedly been substituting daily drink coupons instead. Treat lounge access as a nice-to-have you might not actually get rather than a guaranteed perk.
Diamond Plus
At 25,000 Tier Credits, the headline addition is complimentary Laurel Lounge access instead of paid, plus an elevated Atlantis Paradise Island offer. The same lounge caveat from Diamond applies here too, complimentary access to a lounge that may not be open at your property isn't worth much in practice.
Diamond Elite
75,000 Tier Credits gets you a $600 airfare credit toward a trip to Las Vegas, once a year, on top of everything below it. It's the closest thing Caesars has to MGM's Platinum air credit, though narrower, MGM's version also covers Biloxi and Atlantic City, while Caesars keeps this one Vegas-specific.
Seven Stars
Invitation only, and a real step up rather than an incremental one. Seven Stars members get a $500 Celebration Dinner, a complimentary annual retreat to a Caesars destination with up to $1,200 in round-trip airfare, several nights' accommodation, and a $500 dining folio, plus the best available room at check-in, early check-in and late check-out as standard, and invitations to Signature Events built specifically for this tier.
There's also a congratulatory Norwegian Cruise Line voyage, companion card privileges so a travel partner shares in some of the recognition, and a guaranteed dedicated VIP host rather than the informally-reported version lower tiers sometimes get. Members who qualify through online play get an additional $150 monthly bonus bet and a birthday bonus through Caesars Sportsbook.
Olympus
If you’re reading this in 2026, then this is not live yet, so treat this as a preview rather than something you can currently hold. Once it launches in early 2027, Olympus sits above Seven Stars at 300,000 Tier Credits, with Reward Credits earning 40% faster than every tier below it, complimentary suite upgrades subject to availability, invite-only events, and an annual seven-day retreat, longer than Seven Stars' four-to-five-day version. Early reporting suggests it's one retreat or the other in a given year, not both.
Tier Benefits at a Glance
| Tier | Tier Credits Needed | Standout Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 0 | Base membership, birthday bonus bet |
| Platinum | 5,000 | Free night certificates, free parking |
| Diamond | 15,000 | Waived resort fees, $100 dinner credit |
| Diamond Plus | 25,000 | Complimentary lounge access (where open) |
| Diamond Elite | 75,000 | $600 Las Vegas airfare credit |
| Seven Stars | 150,000 | Complimentary annual retreat, dedicated host |
| Olympus | 300,000 | 40% faster earning, 7-day retreat (from 2027) |
Participating Casinos
Caesars Rewards works across more than 50 destinations in the US, not just the handful of famous Strip names most people think of. Your Tier Credits and Reward Credits move freely between all of them, so a session at a regional Horseshoe counts toward the same status you'd use on a Caesars Palace suite.
Las Vegas
Caesars probably isn’t quite as reliant on Las Vegas as MGM is, but it has just as big a presence there. Here is a rundown of all the properties in Sin City where you can use Caesars Rewards.
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Caesars Palace
Caesars Palace is the flagship, and the property the entire company still takes its name from. The Garden of the Gods pool complex, the Forum Shops, and the Colosseum, the residency venue that's hosted everyone from Celine Dion to Adele, have made it one of the most recognizable resorts on the Strip since it opened in 1966.
Rooms range from classic Roman-themed towers to the more modern Nobu Hotel housed within the same property. It's the property most associated with old-school Vegas glamour, and still the one most people picture when they hear the Caesars name.
Flamingo Las Vegas
The Flamingo has the deepest history on the Strip, opened by Bugsy Siegel in 1946, making it the oldest continuously operating resort in Las Vegas. Almost nothing of the original building remains, but the wildlife habitat out back, home to actual flamingos, is a nod to the name that's stuck around.
It sits at the more affordable end of Caesars' Las Vegas properties, with a central Strip location that makes up for rooms and public areas that feel a bit more dated than newer resorts nearby.
Harrah's Las Vegas
Harrah's carries the name that built the modern loyalty program this whole guide is about, since Total Rewards started life as a Harrah's Entertainment initiative. The property itself is a straightforward, value-oriented Strip resort with a Carnival-inspired theme and a casino floor generally friendlier to lower-stakes players than its flashier neighbors.
It's a common pick for players who want to be Strip-central without paying Strip-flagship prices.
Horseshoe Las Vegas
Horseshoe Las Vegas is the rebrand of what was Bally's Las Vegas, completed in 2025 as Caesars shifted the historic Horseshoe name, long associated with poker and the World Series of Poker's roots, onto its Strip footprint. The rebrand leaned into gaming and value rather than a ground-up rebuild, so the bones of the old Bally's remain underneath the new name and signage.
It sits centrally on the Strip and connects to Paris Las Vegas, and its poker room in particular carries more brand weight now than it did under the Bally's name.
The LINQ Hotel
The LINQ Hotel is a modern, mid-range tower best known for what's next to it rather than what's inside it, the High Roller observation wheel and the LINQ Promenade's outdoor shops and restaurants. Worth knowing: Caesars sold the Promenade itself to a separate owner in 2024, so while it's still right outside the hotel and functions the same way for a visitor, it's technically no longer a Caesars-run space. The hotel and casino remain fully part of Caesars Rewards.
It's a solid, no-frills base for anyone who wants central Strip access without paying for a legacy resort's overhead.
Paris Las Vegas
Paris Las Vegas leans entirely into its theme, the half-scale Eiffel Tower replica out front is one of the most photographed structures on the Strip, and the interior carries the French village aesthetic through its casino floor, restaurants, and Le Village Buffet. It connects directly to Horseshoe Las Vegas via an indoor walkway.
It's a good fit for anyone who wants a themed, atmospheric stay without leaning into full spectacle the way some Strip resorts do.
Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino
Planet Hollywood mixes a Hollywood memorabilia theme with a genuinely modern casino floor and the Miracle Mile Shops attached, one of the larger retail complexes on the Strip. It tends to draw a younger crowd than some of Caesars' more classic properties.
Its central Strip position, directly across from Bellagio and Aria, makes it a convenient base for walking to MGM properties too, useful if you're splitting a trip's play between the two networks.
The Vanderpump Hotel
The newest name on this list. What was previously The Cromwell, a compact boutique tower at the Flamingo and Las Vegas Boulevard corner, relaunched as The Vanderpump Hotel in mid-2026 as part of a Lisa Vanderpump brand partnership. It's a small property, 188 rooms, built around GIADA restaurant, Drai's nightlife, and a rooftop pool rather than a sprawling casino floor.
Caesars Rewards still applies here in the normal way, the rebrand changed the styling and branding rather than the ownership or loyalty program.
Beyond Las Vegas
One name that used to appear on every Caesars Las Vegas list no longer belongs there. The Rio was sold off and now runs its own separate Rio Rewards program, unconnected to Caesars Rewards.
Elsewhere in Nevada, Caesars Rewards covers Reno properties Circus Circus, Eldorado, and Silver Legacy, as well as Harrah's Lake Tahoe and the newer Caesars Republic Lake Tahoe, and Harrah's Laughlin and Tropicana Laughlin further south. Caesars Republic also runs a non-gaming lifestyle property in Scottsdale, Arizona, a sign the brand is expanding into markets beyond traditional casino resorts.
Beyond Nevada, the Harrah's and Horseshoe names cover a genuinely wide regional footprint, from Harrah's New Orleans and Harrah's Cherokee in North Carolina to Horseshoe properties in Baltimore, Bossier City, and Tunica, alongside further locations across states including Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Indiana. None will match a Strip flagship for scale, but a night of local play at any of them builds toward the same tier you'd use in Las Vegas.
Promotions and Partnerships
Some of this is a permanent, structural part of how Caesars Rewards connects to other programs. The rest is promotional, running for a defined window and worth watching for rather than banking on. Here's a rundown of both kinds.
Wyndham Rewards and National Car Rental
Caesars Rewards has a genuine two-way relationship with Wyndham Rewards: earned status matches between the two programs, and members can transfer Reward Credits, up to 60,000 at a time in recent offers, into Wyndham Rewards points for use across Wyndham's much larger hotel footprint.
Worth knowing before you count on it: Caesars tightened these rules recently to close a loophole where members were matching status back and forth indefinitely without ever actually earning anything at either program. The current rule is straightforward, you need genuinely earned Tier Status at your current program before it'll match, not status that was itself the product of an earlier match.
Separately, National Car Rental members earn Caesars Rewards credits on qualifying rentals, and Platinum and above can status match into National's Emerald Club program.
Norwegian Cruise Line and Atlantis Paradise Island
Caesars members get a scaling discount on Norwegian Cruise Line bookings, roughly 10% at Platinum rising to around 20% at Diamond and above, and Seven Stars members receive a complimentary congratulatory voyage as part of their tier benefits.
Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas works similarly, with the offer improving by tier, from a discounted rate at Platinum to a complimentary stay at Diamond and an elevated version of that offer at Diamond Plus.
Caesars Rewards Credit Cards
There are two, aimed at different levels of spend.
| Feature | Standard Visa Signature | Prestige Visa Signature |
|---|---|---|
| Annual fee | $0 | $149 |
| Earning at Caesars | 5x Reward Credits | 7x Reward Credits |
| Earning on dining, travel, entertainment | 2x | 2x |
| Everything else | 1x | 1x |
| Status on first use | Platinum for one year | Platinum, ongoing |
| Annual perks | None | $50 slot play, $100 dining credit, 1 free night (up to $300) |
Both cards can get you to Platinum without earning a single Tier Credit through play, useful if you want the parking and hotel discount benefits without chasing status the hard way. The standard card's Platinum only lasts a year before you'd need to requalify normally; the Prestige card’s Platinum status comes with the card itself.
Both also offer bonus Tier Credits tied to annual spending, 2,500 at $5,000 in a year on either card, with the Prestige card adding a further 15,000 at $50,000 in spend, on top of a bigger welcome bonus (20,000 Reward Credits and 2,500 Tier Credits, versus 10,000 and 2,500 on the standard card). For someone who spends heavily and visits often, the Prestige card's fee can pay for itself through the dining credit, free night, and faster status alone.
Status Match
Caesars runs a real status match program, but it's narrower and more promotional than some competitors, so it's worth understanding the shape of it rather than assuming it works like a standing, nationwide policy.
The active version is Atlantic City-specific: members of Ocean Casino Resort, Hard Rock Atlantic City, Borgata, Bally's Atlantic City, Resorts, or Golden Nugget can match into Caesars Diamond status by visiting a Rewards Center in person at an Atlantic City property with a valid competitor card and matching photo ID. It runs through a stated end date rather than being open-ended, and it's typically a one-time offer per member, so having matched once in a given cycle usually rules you out of doing it again in the next.
That's a meaningfully different shape to MGM's approach of publishing a broad list of 70-plus eligible competing programs nationwide. Caesars' version works, by most accounts more reliably than MGM's discretionary version, but it's regionally scoped to Atlantic City and time-limited, so don't expect a Las Vegas front desk to honor a match from a Midwest riverboat casino on request.
Earn For Next Year
Caesars also runs a seasonal promotion, typically in November and December, that lets registered members earn bonus Tier Credits toward the following year. Recent runs of it have offered roughly 100 bonus Tier Credits for every 500 earned during the window, capped for very high earners, with the bonus posting to your account by the following January.
It's a genuine, if modest, way to get a head start on next year's tier chase, similar in spirit to MGM's rollover credits, though structured as a limited promotional window you have to register for rather than an automatic threshold you cross through ordinary play. The exact ratio and dates have shifted year to year, so check the app each autumn rather than assuming the previous year's terms still apply.
Tips to Maximize Caesars Rewards
Everything above explains how the program works. This is the practical layer on top.
Redeem Online, Not on the Floor
Since Reward Credits are worth double as online casino bonus cash compared to land-based Free Play, a balance built up mostly through in-person play still stretches further redeemed through the app than at a cashier's cage. Worth doing the math before you cash out.
Track Total Action, Not Just Session Length
Because Caesars calculates off how much you actually run through a machine rather than theoretical loss, the same bankroll earns more credits the more times it cycles through play. Two sessions of equal length don't necessarily earn equally, the one with more hands or spins per hour does.
Keep the Six-Month Clock Running
Reward Credits vanish entirely if you go six months without earning at least one. If Caesars isn't a place you play often, a small session every few months protects a balance that took much longer to build.
Front-Load Your Play Before December
Because tier status resets hard on January 1 with no grace period, don't save a status push for late in the year assuming you can protect what you've already got into the next one. Whatever tier you're chasing, earlier in the year is safer than later.
Check the Odds Before You Bet for Credits
If maximizing sports betting credits matters to you, remember the minimum odds thresholds, -150 for straight bets, +200 for parlays, +300 for Same Game Parlays. Betting shorter than that still earns something, just not the advertised rate.
Consider a Card for Instant Platinum
Both Caesars Rewards Visa cards grant Platinum on first use, without a single Tier Credit earned through play. If Platinum's parking and hotel discounts matter more to you than the climb itself, a card gets you there immediately.
Don't Count on the Lounge or a Cross-Country Status Match
Two of the more talked-about perks are less dependable than they sound: Laurel Lounge access is a formal Diamond Plus benefit that's often not actually open at your property, and status match is a real but Atlantic City-specific, time-limited promotion rather than a nationwide standing policy. Treat both as bonuses if they come through, not planning assumptions.
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