Travel hacking Las Vegas: get the high-roller treatment without breaking the bank

Free airfare? Easy. My travel hacking book shares all the travel industry secrets I’ve used for many years to travel the world for free. But here’s my next challenge: obtaining “high roller” status in Las Vegas – without the need to gamble my life savings (or book royalties) away. Can it be done?

I got the idea to try this from a friend, who, after reading my book, commented on how one place that definitely could not ever be “travel-hacked” is Las Vegas.

Now, let me clarify something first. Travel “hacking”, to some, sounds illegal. If you were to hack a bank’s computer for example, you could find yourself behind bars for a significant portion of your time on this planet. Obviously, when you’re trying to see the world ending up behind bars is not what I’m trying to do. What I teach in my travel hacking book is perfectly legal – and the travel industry loves me for it. I’ve often been upgraded to business class (for free or for a very minimal fee), and I can’t remember the last time I’ve…