I'm an SPG Platinum and stayed using points.
This is actually a 2.5 out of 5 overall but I'd rather over rate than under rate.
Hotel location - 2.5 - off strip which can help reduce the price but the area is quite dark and run down looking.
Check in process - 4.5 - very friendly staff
Parking - 4.0 - easy to get in and out as soon as I was pointed to where the swipe location was to gain entry to the garage
Common area appearance 3.5 - some of the slowest elevators I have experienced in quite some time.
Room Appearance 3.5 - would be nice to be to UNPLUG that alarm clock that could be used to light up taxiways over at McCarren. Too bright and I had to bury it under pillows on the other bed and it was STILL visible.
Room cleanliness - 2.5
Room maintenance 2 - issues with the shower diverter and the AC unit, when I first entered the room it was very warm, AC kicked on about 20 seconds after I entered it, I unpacked and was in for about 20 minutes and did not drop the temperature much if at all (display said 75 no matter what but I like to sleep in 67-68 but I know it never reached there), went down and asked the front desk about it and was told that the AC woulnd't come on until the room was occupied so this was normal, except that I told her that I was in the room for 20 minutes and the temp did not drop to what the control panel was set to.
Entertainment - (-)1.0 - Yes, that's a negative rating, yes I know it's Vegas and there is a ton of entertainment to be had outside the hotel but I don't know WHO thought that providing Direct TV service with no filtering of channels and with one of the worst channel 'guides' ever and a remote that has limited functionality. This combined with no documentation on which networks are on what channel forced me to have to wade thru several hundreds of channels, most of which weren't even live.