Originally Posted by
mistytalon
Thanks for the guide, Dan Druff. A few updates:
Starting September 2019, CET is changing the way your status is maintained - your status will reset yearly. You used to keep your status for all of the remainder of the year you earned it, the next year, and through January of the year after. If you made Diamond or 7* this year, your status remains until January 2021. After, you must make the 15K TC, 25K, 75K, or 150K TC yearly in order to qualify for the next year.
Diamond has been split into three tiers: Diamond, Diamond Plus, and Diamond Elite, at 15K, 25K, and 75K TC respectively. The other two tiers gives you access to the lounge and a 600$ airfare allowance to Vegas, but little else. Definitely a downgrade compared to previous years.
Worst of all, CET is massively decreasing the TC earn-rate on VP machines with better pay-tables - some of the full pay machines are as high as 50$ coin-in per TC, compared to the 10$ Coin-In per TC we are used to.
Just something to keep in mind if attempting diamond in a day. I'm 2K away from diamond this year, not sure if I'll be able to keep the status for future years with my level of play and the degrading conditions