Station Casinos sets Boarding Pass status by status credits earned in a six-month period: Gold at 1,000, Platinum at 40,000, President at 100,000 and Chairman at 300,000. Station publishes the rate for every kind of spend, and the rates are far apart. Slots earn 3 credits per $1 and video poker earns 1. Hotel stays earn 50. So Platinum is $13,334 of slot coin-in, $40,000 of video poker, or $800 of hotel stays.
| Tier (credits) | Hotel (50/$1) | Bars (30/$1) | Steakhouse (20/$1) | Restaurants (10/$1) | Slots (3/$1) | Video poker (1/$1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold (1,000) | $20 | $34 | $50 | $100 | $334 | $1,000 |
| Platinum (40,000) | $800 | $1,334 | $2,000 | $4,000 | $13,334 | $40,000 |
| President (100,000) | $2,000 | $3,334 | $5,000 | $10,000 | $33,334 | $100,000 |
| Chairman (300,000) | $6,000 | $10,000 | $15,000 | $30,000 | $100,000 | $300,000 |
Each cell is one kind of spend on its own, inside one six-month period, rounded up to the dollar. Real plans mix them, and the calculator below adds them up. Station's page also lists bowling at 30 per $1, amenities at 10, sports, race and bingo wagers at 1, and live keno at 15. Live poker earns 100 credits an hour. Table games are rated "based on type, duration, and wager amount per hand", so they can't be priced from outside.
The two right-hand columns are coin-in, not cost. Most of what goes through a machine comes back, and what you lose on average is coin-in times the house edge. Video poker earns a third as many credits per dollar as slots, but the edge is so much lower that it's the cheaper way to play for status.
| Tier | Slots: expected loss at 6.50% | 9/6 Jacks or Better: expected loss at 0.46% |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | $22 | $5 |
| Platinum | $867 | $184 |
| President | $2,167 | $460 |
| Chairman | $6,500 | $1,380 |
6.50% is what machines in Nevada's Boulder Strip area, home to Boulder Station and several Wildfires, actually held over the twelve months to May 2026, per the Gaming Control Board. That figure includes video poker, so reel slots alone hold more. 0.46% is 9/6 Jacks or Better with perfect play, which only applies if you find a 9/6 machine and play it right. The video poker trainer teaches that. Per credit, slots cost about 2.2¢ and good video poker about 0.46¢.
Hotel and dining are different. A dollar on a room buys the room, so the honest price is the spend you wouldn't have made anyway. If you were going to book a Red Rock or Green Valley Ranch weekend anyway, putting it on your Boarding Pass is the closest thing to free status that Vegas publishes. Non-gaming spend earns status credits but no points: Station stopped awarding points on restaurant, bar, hotel and spa purchases after March 31, 2020.
Put in what you already have this period and what you plan to spend at Station properties. It adds the credits and works out the coin-in for whatever is left.
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From Station's tier chart. Every tier, Preferred included, gets best available room rates, invited locals' point multipliers and points as cash back or free slot play. Gift shop discount climbs 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30% from Preferred to Chairman. Gold through President get Princess Cruises offers "based on play". President adds VIP parking, select concert tickets when available, 5% off Kids Quest, and VIP check-in, turndown and early or late check-out where available. Chairman adds a Princess cruise outright, valet next-car-up, ground transportation where available, 10% off Kids Quest and 20% off catering.
One benefit is buried in the rules rather than the chart. For local accounts, points last at least 395 days at Platinum, President and Chairman, against 179 days at Gold and Preferred. Out-of-town accounts get 395 days at any tier. If you play slowly, Platinum stops your points expiring before you can use them.
Gold is close to free: one $20 room charge, a $100 dinner, or $334 through a slot machine. Platinum is where the price starts to matter, and for a local the best value is probably the longer point life plus the gift shop discount. President and Chairman buy parking and service perks, and they only pay if you're in a Station casino every week.
Every Vegas program's base rate is in players cards compared. Caesars and MGM status are priced in the Caesars Diamond calculator and the MGM Gold and Platinum page, and comps are covered in the comps guide.
Sources: Station Casinos my|Rewards Boarding Pass page (stationcasinos.com/my-rewards-boarding-pass/), read 2026-10-12, for the status-credit earning chart, six-month periods, the tier benefit chart and the FAQ; my|Rewards Boarding Pass 2026 Brochure (PDF dated 2026-07-09), read 2026-10-12, for the tier thresholds, benefit chart and 5,000-point redemption minimum (where the page's per-tier tabs disagree with its chart on gift shop discounts, the brochure governs); my|Rewards Boarding Pass Official Rules, read 2026-10-12, for point life, the status-credit rules, participating locations and the end of non-gaming points. Slot hold: Nevada Gaming Control Board, Gaming Revenue Report, May 2026, Clark County Boulder Area, slot machines, twelve months 6/1/2025 to 5/31/2026: 6.50%. 0.46% house edge for 9/6 Jacks or Better with optimal play: Wizard of Odds (Shackleford). Strategy and education only. Nothing here guarantees a result.