Boyd Rewards: The Complete Las Vegas Guide
Boyd Rewards is the player loyalty program operated by Boyd Gaming, known as B Connected before it was rebranded. It covers ten Las Vegas casinos, none of them on the Strip — three downtown off Fremont Street, and seven spread across the Boulder Highway, west side and suburban corridors. This is a locals-market program, and that shapes everything about it: lower table minimums, cheaper food, free self-parking for everyone rather than as a tier reward, and mailer offers aimed at getting you back next week. For visitors, it is the program to hold if your Vegas is downtown or off-Strip, and a sensible second card even if it isn't.
In This Guide
Casinos in the Boyd Rewards Network
These are the Las Vegas casinos that participate in Boyd Rewards. Play, dining and hotel spend at any of them feeds the same account.
- The Orleans Hotel & Casino — Off-Strip
- Gold Coast Hotel & Casino — Off-Strip
- Suncoast Hotel and Casino — Off-Strip
- Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall — Off-Strip
- Aliante Casino + Hotel + Spa — Off-Strip
- Cannery Casino Hotel — Off-Strip
- California Hotel & Casino — Downtown
- Fremont Hotel & Casino — Downtown
- Main Street Station Casino Brewery Hotel — Downtown
- Jokers Wild Casino — Off-Strip
Total casinos: 10 in Las Vegas.
Boyd Gaming operates casinos across roughly ten states, so Boyd Rewards extends well beyond Nevada — including properties in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania. The Las Vegas casinos above are the ones covered in this directory.
Program Tiers
| Tier | Published threshold | Headline benefit |
|---|---|---|
| Sapphire | Entry tier — free to join | Earn points on slot, table and non-gaming spend across the Boyd network |
| Ruby | Threshold: verify current requirement | Improved mailer offers and line access |
| Emerald | Threshold: verify current requirement | Expanded comp and room-offer consideration |
| Diamond | Threshold: verify current requirement | The program's top published tier — host access and priority service |
Boyd Rewards uses the Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald and Diamond tier names carried over from the B Connected program it replaced in 2023. Boyd does not publish the numeric point thresholds for each tier in the way MGM and Caesars publish theirs, so this page does not state figures it cannot verify. Tier levels and thresholds change — verify current requirements at boydgaming.com before your trip.
Key Benefits
What Boyd Rewards actually gets you, based on what the program publishes:
- Self-parking is free to everyone at Boyd's Las Vegas properties. This is not a tier benefit — it is simply how off-Strip and downtown Vegas works, and it removes the single most-chased perk in the Strip programs from the equation entirely.
- Mailer offers — free play, room offers and dining credits sent based on your rated play. Locals-market casinos compete on these offers, and they are the practical core of the program.
- Earning across gaming and non-gaming spend, redeemable toward dining, hotel and free play at participating properties.
- One account across ten Las Vegas casinos spanning three distinct markets: the Strip-adjacent west side (The Orleans, Gold Coast), the Boulder Highway and suburban corridors (Sam's Town, Suncoast, Aliante, Cannery, Jokers Wild), and downtown (California, Fremont, Main Street Station).
- Downtown cluster convenience — the California, Fremont and Main Street Station sit within a block of each other off Fremont Street, so three of the network's casinos are effectively one walkable stop.
- National reciprocity across Boyd's properties in roughly ten states.
Which Vegas Trips This Program Works For
Locals and repeat off-Strip visitors. This is Boyd Rewards' natural constituency. The properties are built around neighbourhood traffic rather than tourists, which shows up as lower table minimums, cheaper food, free parking as standard, and mailer offers aimed at getting you back next week rather than next year.
Downtown-based trips. If your Vegas is Fremont Street rather than the Strip, three Boyd casinos — the California, Fremont and Main Street Station — are within a block of each other, and Main Street Station's brewery and the California's long-standing Hawaiian clientele give the cluster a character the Strip doesn't have.
Budget-conscious multi-night stays. Between free self-parking, generally lower resort fees off-Strip, and food priced for locals, a Boyd-based trip costs materially less per day than the equivalent Strip trip before you gamble a dollar.
As a second card alongside a Strip program. Many regular visitors carry a Boyd card in addition to MGM Rewards or Caesars Rewards. There is no penalty for holding several, and Boyd's mailer offers arrive on a rhythm that Strip programs don't match at comparable play levels.
Compared to Other Programs
| Program | Casinos in Vegas | Free self-parking at | Room comp threshold | Cross-property use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyd Rewards | 10 | Self-parking is free to all guests | Offer-based; not published | Boyd properties in roughly 10 states |
| Station Boarding Pass | 9 | Self-parking is free to all guests | Offer-based; not published | Off-Strip locals casinos across the valley |
| MGM Rewards | 9 | Pearl (20,000 tier credits) | Offer-based; not published | All MGM Vegas resorts plus regional MGM properties |
| Caesars Rewards | 9 | Diamond (15,000 Tier Credits) | Offer-based; not published | Largest national footprint — 50-plus properties |
The most useful line in this table is the parking column. Boyd and Station both park you free regardless of tier, which means the benefit Strip players spend a year of tier credits chasing is simply included off-Strip.
For all five programs side by side, see the Las Vegas loyalty programs comparison.
How to Sign Up
Boyd Rewards is free to join with no annual fee. Enrol at the Boyd Rewards desk on the casino floor at any participating property, in the Boyd Rewards app, or online at boydgaming.com — bring government-issued photo ID for in-person sign-up. The program replaced B Connected in 2023, so older signage, mailers and third-party articles may still use that name. Sign up on arrival at whichever property you're visiting first; the account works across all ten Las Vegas casinos and Boyd's out-of-state properties.
Official program page: boydgaming.com. Program terms change without notice — treat the official page as the authority on current tiers, thresholds and benefits.
Frequently Asked Questions
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