New VIP Bonus - We waited for this?

[Dennisa]

This is horrible. I can earn party points for 1.5 cents each and receive cash. Wow, Thanks Party.



Hi dennisa,

We haven’t seen you around much lately! There's been a lot happening and we'd like to welcome you back with an invitation to take part in our exclusive VIP Rewards Promo. As one of our most valuable players, you've qualified to take part in this opportunity to exchange your PartyPoints for cash.
Exchange Your PartyPoints for Cash

This points for cash offer starts August 16, 2006 and will run through October 14, 2006. The more you play, the more you can cash out – there's no limit.
How do I turn my PartyPoints into cash?

Easy – just earn a minimum of 5,000 PartyPoints.

Once you've earned a minimum of 5,000 points, all of the points that you've earned from day one of the promotion will be cashed out at a rate of $.015 per point.

Plus, you don’t have to wait until the end of the promotion to cash out. At the end of the first 30 days, we will deposit any cash that you've earned into your account - your overall earnings won't be affected.
Points Changes

We have discontinued the bonus points. But don’t worry, any bonus points already in your account won’t disappear.

You can now earn points when you play at both PartyCasino.com and PartyPoker.com. You will also earn more points while playing poker tournaments.
A few reminders

* At any time, you can opt out of this promotion.
* Check your If you spend PartyPoints in our store, those points won’t be eligible to be cashed out in this promotion.
* Please take a moment to read the terms and conditions for this promotion.

Good luck – we look forward to seeing you at the tables.

Sincerely,

Mike O'Malley
Poker Room Manager

[udbrky]

Well it's better than Sizzler.

[Ponks]

Here's what I got, which makes no mention of any dates:

"
Step 1 1,000 Points $.015 per point Step 2 5,000 Points $.020 per point Step 3 15,000 Points $.025 per point
Remember, if you reach Step 2 or 3, all of the points that you've earned from day one of the promotion will be cashed out at the higher value.

Plus, you don’t have to wait until the end of the promotion to cash out. At the end of the first 30 days, we will deposit any cash that you've earned into your account - your overall earnings won't be affected.

Earn Entry into the PartyPoker.com Monster
Earn 40,000 points during this promotion,and we will give you an entry into the $1 Million Monster Monthly Freeroll of your choice.

Earn 16,000 points during this promotion, and we will give you an entry into the $100,000 Monster Weekly Freeroll of your choice.

Points Changes
We have discontinued bonus points but don’t worry, any bonus points already in your account won’t disappear.

"

Ponks

[destroBU]

I got the same Step 1/2/3 offering as you. Not terrible after 15k points, plus you'll get a monster weekly entry.

I also got this: "But that’s not all. Because we value your play, we've gone ahead and moved you to Gold status. This means you will earn PartyPoints even faster."

I'll take it.

[Davey]

Woo mine works out to less than 5% RB. Awesome deal, Im glad I waited so long. The only way this promotion would be good for me is if I had RB on my VIP account.

[MatthewRyan]

I got pumped to gold, itll be interesting to see how much $ I generate from this thing, but playing 200nl I'm guessing not much.

[TheGunner]

Lousy bonus for me. I calculated that I will get around a $250 bonus for earning 16000 partypoints ($0.015 for each partypoint) on 2/4. That is 53000 raked hands.

That is $0.004 for each raked hand. I must have made a mistake?

[Ken_AA]

[ QUOTE ]

We have discontinued the bonus points. But don’t worry, any bonus points already in your account won’t disappear.


[/ QUOTE ]


Wait, is this for everyone or just for this VIP offer? Will I still get 2K points next month for rolling my deposits through, and wil lI get 200 per week for playing one orbit a day still?

Ken

[MrWookie]

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I got pumped to gold, itll be interesting to see how much $ I generate from this thing, but playing 200nl I'm guessing not much.

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Did everyone get bumped up a level? I didn't seem to, and I'm disappointed.

[Halo7]

[ QUOTE ]
Here's what I got, mentions August 16th-October 14th
"
Step 1 1,000 Points $.015 per point Step 2 5,000 Points $.020 per point Step 3 15,000 Points $.025 per point
Remember, if you reach Step 2 or 3, all of the points that you've earned from day one of the promotion will be cashed out at the higher value.

Plus, you don’t have to wait until the end of the promotion to cash out. At the end of the first 30 days, we will deposit any cash that you've earned into your account - your overall earnings won't be affected.

Earn Entry into the PartyPoker.com Monster
Earn 40,000 points during this promotion,and we will give you an entry into the $1 Million Monster Monthly Freeroll of your choice.

Earn 16,000 points during this promotion, and we will give you an entry into the $100,000 Monster Weekly Freeroll of your choice.

Points Changes
We have discontinued bonus points but don’t worry, any bonus points already in your account won’t disappear."

[/ QUOTE ]
Halo7

[evilganz]

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I got pumped to gold, itll be interesting to see how much $ I generate from this thing, but playing 200nl I'm guessing not much.

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Did everyone get bumped up a level? I didn't seem to, and I'm disappointed.

[/ QUOTE ]

I didn't.

[emon87]

I got the OP's offer, with no bumping up of levels. Also, no mention of being able to join the Monster with points. Oh well, points are worthless anyway.

[econophile]

Step 1 1,000 Points $.015 per point
Step 2 5,000 Points $.020 per point
Step 3 15,000 Points $.025 per point

[deucegame]

[ QUOTE ]
Step 1 1,000 Points $.015 per point
Step 2 5,000 Points $.020 per point
Step 3 15,000 Points $.025 per point

[/ QUOTE ]

[fullhouse]

I got nothing...

[joe c]

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I got nothing...

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[cassette]

[ QUOTE ]
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We have discontinued the bonus points. But don’t worry, any bonus points already in your account won’t disappear.


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Wait, is this for everyone or just for this VIP offer? Will I still get 2K points next month for rolling my deposits through, and wil lI get 200 per week for playing one orbit a day still?

Ken

[/ QUOTE ]

My email says that they have discontinued bonus points but there is no mention of this on their site.

Anyone have an idea what % of hands are raked at 3/6 6max? about 60%?

[Vegetarian]

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I got nothing...

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[MatthewRyan]

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I got pumped to gold, itll be interesting to see how much $ I generate from this thing, but playing 200nl I'm guessing not much.

[/ QUOTE ]

Did everyone get bumped up a level? I didn't seem to, and I'm disappointed.

[/ QUOTE ]

I have a feeling the bump might be for no limit players, can somone confirm if they've been bumped a level and play only limit?

[Barrin6]

I play on nl 50 and recieved no such bump

[TheAnswer]

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I got pumped to gold, itll be interesting to see how much $ I generate from this thing, but playing 200nl I'm guessing not much.

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Did everyone get bumped up a level? I didn't seem to, and I'm disappointed.

[/ QUOTE ]

I have a feeling the bump might be for no limit players, can somone confirm if they've been bumped a level and play only limit?

[/ QUOTE ]

i play nl and no bump.

[lilsewon]

NL, no bump, this stinks.

[deucegame]

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NL, no bump, this stinks.

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[fish2plus2]

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Step 1 1,000 Points $.015 per point
Step 2 5,000 Points $.020 per point
Step 3 15,000 Points $.025 per point

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Me too...


When Party says "bonus points" will be discontinued, are they talking about "party points" that you use in the Party Store?

[pokergrader]

[ QUOTE ]
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Step 1 1,000 Points $.015 per point
Step 2 5,000 Points $.020 per point
Step 3 15,000 Points $.025 per point

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Me too...


When Party says "bonus points" will be discontinued, are they talking about "party points" that you use in the Party Store?

[/ QUOTE ]

No, they are talking about the bonus points you (used to) get from deposits, happy days, raked days, etc.

[skoal2k4]

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I got nothing...

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[RiverFenix]

Lol, thanks party.
Step 1 1,000 Points $.015 per point
Step 2 5,000 Points $.020 per point
Step 3 15,000 Points $.025 per point

Edit: Odd, when I copy paste I get the same 1k/5k/15k as everyone else but my email says 11k/25k/315k

[pokergrader]

[ QUOTE ]
Lol, thanks party.
Step 1 1,000 Points $.015 per point
Step 2 5,000 Points $.020 per point
Step 3 15,000 Points $.025 per point

Edit: Odd, when I copy paste I get the same 1k/5k/15k as everyone else but my email says 11k/25k/315k

[/ QUOTE ]

Its a poorly formatted table. Partypoker needs to hire better designers.

[ajmargarine]

[ QUOTE ]
Step 1 1,000 Points $.015 per point
Step 2 5,000 Points $.020 per point
Step 3 15,000 Points $.025 per point

[/ QUOTE ]

I got this. NL silver, no bump. I'd have to give them most of my play, if not all of my play...all for $375 for 2 months. Pretty lame and I have $0 in my account there after withdrawing last week and this isn't enough to make me consider coming back to the Monster.

[PartySNGer]

I'm gold and didn't get a bump to platinum or supernova.

[joe c]

I emailed them and got the full offer back. No mention of them getting rid of the bonus points though.

[MyTurn2Raise]

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I got nothing...

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[Jakob]

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I'm gold and didn't get a bump to platinum or supernova.

[/ QUOTE ]

??

[ncboiler]

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I'm gold and didn't get a bump to platinum or supernova.

[/ QUOTE ]

??

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Oh man....

[mittman84]

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I got nothing...

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[/ QUOTE ]Me either, I guess $3k+ rake payed per month isnt enough. Ive gotten all the VIP offers before, dont know why I dont have on this time.

[PatInTheHat]

Status Gold VIP
Received offers before.
No email or popup.

[fish2plus2]

will this get counted against MGR?

[TheGunner]

[ QUOTE ]
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Lol, thanks party.
Step 1 1,000 Points $.015 per point
Step 2 5,000 Points $.020 per point
Step 3 15,000 Points $.025 per point

Edit: Odd, when I copy paste I get the same 1k/5k/15k as everyone else but my email says 11k/25k/315k

[/ QUOTE ]

Its a poorly formatted table. Partypoker needs to hire better designers.

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Lol, I thought I needed 315,000 points for the $0.025 :P

That changes things. My goal is to make 15,000 points = $375 = pretty good bonus for 2 months of playing.

[heater]

I changed the email address that I use for Party a couple of weeks ago. I check my new Party addy just now and there is no offer. Strange. I know they have my new address because I've withdrawn a couple of times and I've gotten the confirmation emails at the new address. No way they would still be sending email to the old address, right? Wrong. So I go check my profile in my Party account and the new email address is there.

I guess I'll have to call them to make sure they will be sending the emails to the correct address from now on. Just another in a long list of minor nuisances.

2.5 cents a point isn't the end of the world, I guess. I don't like them to taking away the bonus points, though. I put in a lot of Happy Hour hours.

[ohead]

[ QUOTE ]
will this get counted against MGR?

[/ QUOTE ]

Oh it will, those god damn leeches at partypoker wouldnt take something out of their OWN cash to provide you with, you r crazy.

[joe c]

[ QUOTE ]
Status Gold VIP
Received offers before.
No email or popup.

[/ QUOTE ]

try emailing them. i was in the same boat, got a response with the offer.

[z32fanatic]

If I calculated correctly I'll get $3.5 for every $530 I play (140 points for playing a $530 under gold status). That's just over 10% RB extra. Not bad at all really.

[ekra]

"You will also earn more points while playing poker tournaments."

Anyone knows the details for this change?

[Directrix]

Hooray, a 20x bonus plus I can't buy other stupid [censored] with my party points when I'm done! YAY!

Thanks Party, I'll be staying at WPX.

[elrudo]

Blue member, got the 'points for cash' and 'Earn Monster entry' insults.

I Earned about 1500 regular points in July playing mostly $11s SnGs, some 25 NLHE, 25PLO and some minor Blackjack and Videopoker.

Moved to Pokerstars after the first week of August because of the troubles with multitabling speed SnGs.

Think I'll have to pass for this 'VIP' offer, but I really liked the Partygammon reload!

[orentha]

i'm vip and never got the email, so I sent them a "nice" email asking why not. of course the first response I get is to check my junk folder. god party blows. so I tell them to re-email the message, and they finally did.

btw, i'm silver & NL, and no bump to gold, that would have been nice.

I guess it's time to bitch at them and see if I can get bumped...

[keikiwai]

I know this is covered elsewhere, but I can't find it.

How do you figure out whether your blue, silver, or gold?

[Aukai]

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Thanks Party, I'll be staying at WPX.

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[Ken_AA]

[ QUOTE ]
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Lol, thanks party.
Step 1 1,000 Points $.015 per point
Step 2 5,000 Points $.020 per point
Step 3 15,000 Points $.025 per point

Edit: Odd, when I copy paste I get the same 1k/5k/15k as everyone else but my email says 11k/25k/315k

[/ QUOTE ]

Its a poorly formatted table. Partypoker needs to hire better designers.

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Lol, I thought I needed 315,000 points for the $0.025 :P

That changes things. My goal is to make 15,000 points = $375 = pretty good bonus for 2 months of playing.

[/ QUOTE ]

Really? That sounds like a hell of alot for 2 MONTHS of playing.

Ken

[Folding Pete]

It's another disappointing offer - all the latest 'promotions' (Monster, Summer Sizzler, Carpet) are designed to lock players in for large amounts of time with relatively small reward for the amount of hands and time you put in.

[deucegame]

[ QUOTE ]
I know this is covered elsewhere, but I can't find it.

How do you figure out whether your blue, silver, or gold?

[/ QUOTE ]

Open Party, click My Account, click Players Club, click "If you want to know how many...". Check it. Thank-a-n00b.

[Petomane]

This is not an offer - Party does not want you accumulating points, it doesn't want to give away Ipods, it took away all bonus points.

If you really kill yourself you can make $375 in 2 months, BUT YOU'VE ACQUIRED NO POINTS.

First, Party scrapped its VIP program and now it's scrapping its Party points/Party store program under the guise of prolonging the VIP program.

[MicroBob]

When I had an A8 offer of 11k points for $500 (or something like that) I determined it wasn't really worthwhile compared with what I can get elsewhere.

It wasn't as bad as some of the other A8 offers and if it was just a little bit better I might have done it. But it just didn't make the cut in my determination.
And this was when there wasn't an additional monsterized-rake on the tables.

$375 for 15k points is definitely pretty lousy....especially with the monsterization of the tables.

[RunDownHouse]

[ QUOTE ]
Step 1 1,000 Points $.015 per point
Step 2 5,000 Points $.020 per point
Step 3 15,000 Points $.025 per point


[/ QUOTE ]
Mine is...

Step 1 11,000
Step 2 25,000
Step 3 I don't remember

[mope_foobar]

Plz email PP that they hurry up to change the PPs distribution especially for NL100 und NL200 Monstertables.

It sucks, that you pay so much rake and get 4 lousy partypoints. A 3/6 FL player gets 15 (!!) points on that tables. Unfair [censored].

Makes no sense for NL players to be motivated for this VIP deal beause of lousy points distribution.

[keikiwai]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Step 1 1,000 Points $.015 per point
Step 2 5,000 Points $.020 per point
Step 3 15,000 Points $.025 per point


[/ QUOTE ]
Mine is...

Step 1 11,000
Step 2 25,000
Step 3 I don't remember

[/ QUOTE ]

3 for 315,000?

It's actually the same as the others. Appropriate use of spaces is not one of Party's fortes.

[keikiwai]

This is definetely a horrible offer for me, playing 200NL.

Over my past 9.5K hands I earned $250 in RB at another site.

For the same amount of hands at silver on STEP 3, I would only have earned $50.

UGH

[Sciolist]

I don't know what level I am, but it's quite probably blue (I burntout last VIP promo and only just started again). I got no upgrade in level.

I'm going to mail the VIP address and ask what my level is and why I didn't get moved up a level. I'll post here what the results are...

[Flintoff]

Well, I make about 2000 points a day so I reckon this will make me $3000 plus entry to the Monthly freeroll. I aint complaining (yet).

How this affects 'unmentionable' is another thing. Can anyone give me an idea?

[ridonkulous]

Id imagine it will be deducted from your MGR, Like every other promo.

[RunDownHouse]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Step 1 1,000 Points $.015 per point
Step 2 5,000 Points $.020 per point
Step 3 15,000 Points $.025 per point


[/ QUOTE ]
Mine is...

Step 1 11,000
Step 2 25,000
Step 3 I don't remember

[/ QUOTE ]

3 for 315,000?

It's actually the same as the others. Appropriate use of spaces is not one of Party's fortes.

[/ QUOTE ]
I completely agree it could be a typo on party's part, but I think assuming my offer is the same as the 1k/5k/15k one is potentially damaging. In the past, party has shown an obvious willingness to scale rewards according to past play, so I don't see why this promo should be any different. Considering I could earn 1k points in less than two days with normal play, I don't see why they'd make me that offer at all.

[Pog0]

[ QUOTE ]
Plz email PP that they hurry up to change the PPs distribution especially for NL100 und NL200 Monstertables.

It sucks, that you pay so much rake and get 4 lousy partypoints. A 3/6 FL player gets 15 (!!) points on that tables. Unfair [censored].

Makes no sense for NL players to be motivated for this VIP deal beause of lousy points distribution.

[/ QUOTE ]

From the e-mail from vip...

"I Also have some very good news for you, our Players Club points structure has been changed as of today and all game types and stakes have been brought in to line accost the board."

My interpretation is that they will release a new player point structure soon. The e-mail says today, so hopefully details of today's change will be up by tomorrow. So we should all hold off on our promo-offer value calculations until we see how things change.

[Tk79]

I emailed Party about the new pts structure. They returned this

[ QUOTE ]
Dear xxxxx,
>
>Thank you for contacting our Customer Care team.
>
>Yes, as from today you will no longer earn Happy hour, Raked day, or
>deposit points anymore. Our players club points structure has also now been
>changed too, we have aligned our points to your actual play. The new points
>system will give you a better value for your actual play on both poker and
>casino.
>
>Thank you for your input on the new offer, just remember that there is no
>upper limit to the amount of points you can earn. The more you earn the
>more we will pay you.
>
>Please keep up to date on all our promotions by checking back to the "News"
>page on a regular basis.
>
>http://www.partypoker.com/news/
>
>Also check your "My News" section here for targeted bonuses and promotions
>
>https://secure.partyaccount.com/poker/index.htm
>
>If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact our
>customer care department at any time. We are here 24/7 to assist you via
>email at vip@partypoker.com
>
>Enjoy your Day
>Darren
>VIP Club
>Customer Care Department

[/ QUOTE ]

Since that didnt do much to clarify I sent this

[ QUOTE ]
Is there info posted anywhere on the site yet? I looked earlier and only
saw the same old page. If not can you let me know a bit more about this?

"Our players club points structure has also now been changed too,
we have aligned our points to your actual play. The new points system will
give
you a better value for your actual play on both poker and casino."

It sounds like you wont have to earn in groups of 20 anymore... is that
correct.

Thx for your time

Tk

[/ QUOTE ]

They returned this


[ QUOTE ]
Dear xxxxxx,

Thank you for contacting us.

The bonus points have been discontinued. The new points system will give you a
better value for your actual play on both poker and casino.

We have encountered some delays but the new structure will be in the players
club section of your party account, in due course.

If you require further assistance please do not hesitate to contact the VIP team
by email at vip@partypoker.com.

We wish you the best of luck, and thank you for choosing us as your online
gaming site.

James Wahnon
PartyPoker.com VIP Club
Customer Care

[/ QUOTE ]

I assume that means that they are going to take away bonus points but not add anything that will benefit us for many months. Hard to believe that they would encounter "some delays". I dont think they have any idea what these changes are that "will give you a better value for your actual play on both poker and casino".

[WarBus]

[ QUOTE ]
I got nothing...

[/ QUOTE ]

30-35k hands of 5/10 and 10/20 6 max a month became 0 hands a few months ago. There has been no attempt to get me back and no inquiry as to why I no longer play there.

[Cry Me A River]

I got the 3 step promotion. Which is strange, I've never gotten a VIP offer before from Party, I haven't played there since July 15th, and Party has never been my primary site. I pretty much only ever played there for bonuses. I only have 30K hands there in the last year. Only 2k hands in July and 4K in May (nothing in June). Most of my play has been at the $100NL Level.

I think it's pretty random.

As for this promotion, it's not nearly enough to move me from Stars where I'm almost 1/3 of the way to my 50" tv.

[astroglide]

i'm already gold/vip, and i received this email.

am i misunderstanding something? at 2.5 cents per point, why wouldn't i opt out?

[antifish225]

This actually is not that bad - for 50K points you will get 1250 - vs. right now 50K points gets you a $200 IPOD nano.......better than nothing...

[astroglide]

ah, hm. i never spend partypoints so i hadn't checked the conversion/store. thanks!

[slim]

[ QUOTE ]
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I got pumped to gold, itll be interesting to see how much $ I generate from this thing, but playing 200nl I'm guessing not much.

[/ QUOTE ]

Did everyone get bumped up a level? I didn't seem to, and I'm disappointed.

[/ QUOTE ]

I have a feeling the bump might be for no limit players, can somone confirm if they've been bumped a level and play only limit?

[/ QUOTE ]

I only play limit and got bumped to gold.....

[slim]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
I know this is covered elsewhere, but I can't find it.

How do you figure out whether your blue, silver, or gold?

[/ QUOTE ]

Open Party, click My Account, click Players Club, click "If you want to know how many...". Check it. Thank-a-n00b.

[/ QUOTE ]

Actually, this is how u check ur status.....straight from Party email:
You can check the category of your account, yours is Silver category
and the points you have earned in the quarter towards achieving your next
category, by logging into your party account click on "Players Club",
then on "Details" you will see a link "Check your PartyPoints statement"
click on this link and you will see the above information.