Greatest Hits at Front Desk Tip

35 stars for Jayson's Comment!

Booked the standard Hollywood hip room through Expedia.com in a package deal. Arrived on a Tuesday night around 8:00 PM and noticed there was almost no line. Had the 20 dollar sandwich ready to go in my pocket and hoped for the best. The clerk I got was a 30ish year old male named Jose. Handed him the sandwich and told him I was hoping he could find me and the wife a nice complementary upgrade. Jose took the sandwich without flinching and effortlessly placed the cash beside his keyboard. he told me "Let me see what i can do". as he typed away, I made small talk with him and mentioned that we were in toen celebrating my 36th birthday. He upgraded me to a Resort Room on the 14th floor that included a view of the Paris hotel and Bellagio fountains. The room also had a 42 inch plasma TV. He then told me he would also waive the nightly resort fee of $5.99 for the entire three days we were there. He also gave me the drinks are on us promotion the hotel was running which resulted in me snagging three bottles of free boozed worth over $150 bucks. All in all, my $20 dollar tip resulted in over $350.00 in free upgrades!! Thanks for the "tip", I plan on using it again next time, and every time after that.

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12 stars for MiamitoLasVegas's Comment!

Arrived on a Thursday at 7:00 p.m for a 4-night stay with my wife. Only waited for one person ahead of us, and was directed to the next available clerk, a female about upper 20s. Placed the sandwich with $50 on the counter, told her I was there with my wife for our 10th anniversary and my 40th birthday (both true) and asked if there were any complimentary upgrades available. I also mentioned that I heard great things about the Siena suites and asked if one of those would be possible (didn't expect to get one, but I figured I'd shoot high). She went back to "speak with the manager" and when she came back she said that they were very booked, that they were able to find a Siena suite but that it would be $125 per night. I responded that I was looking for something complimentary, and she said that the only thing she could offer complimentary was a high floor strip view. For $20 I would have been fine, but for $50 I was looking for more. So I switched gears and asked about the resort package, which includes passports to the Canyon Ranch spa, which my wife and I both wanted. She started into an explanation of what is included in the resort package and how much it costs (it would have been a total of $240 for the two of us), when she looked down again at the sandwich (still sitting on the counter) and I could tell she suddenly realized that it was $50 and not $20. Her tone suddenly changed, and she quickly mentioned that she thought she could include some of the amenities in the resort package. She went to the back and returned with two spa passes, two admissions to the wax museum, $15 slot credit and two $20 coupons for Palazzo/Venetian restaurants. I figured I would press my luck and explained that my wife and I were looking for spa passes for each of us for three days so we were hoping to get six passes total. She said no problem and returned with all six. So, in the end, for a $50 tip we received an upgraded room, $240 worth of spa passes, two museum admissions, $40 in restaurant coupons (which we used) and $15 in slot credits.

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7 stars for Kukalaka's Comment!

We arrived at The Mirage about 8:00 pm on a Sunday night. There was almost no line for check in and before I could get the sandwich ready we were called to the next clerk, who was extremely nice. She asked for credit card and ID so I handed it over with a $20 bill folded in half on top of the 2 cards. I just asked if there were any comp upgrades available and she said she would check. She laid the $20 to the right of her terminal in plain view. After a minute of the obligatory typing and a quick phone call (which I think was staged to extend same drama, as I could barely hear what she was saying to the party on the other end of the phone despite the fact she was 5 feet away from me) she informed us that we had been upgraded to a Tower Deluxe Room on the 25th floor with a Volcano view with Wynn/Encore and The Venetian right across the way. Great room, great bathroom and great hotel. Will stay again at The Mirage!!

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6 stars for Adam's Comment!

My wolfpack arrived for check-in around 9 o'clock Thursday night. We had been comped a Forum Tower Deluxe Room, but we wanted a bigger room for activities and strippers and tigers and stuff . We got a very friendly male desk clerk in his late 20's (who we were hoping for). He asked for my ID, so I slipped him the sandwich with a $50 bill in it, gave him a sexy wink and asked for any possible upgrades for rooms with some more space. He said "no problem" and typed away on the computer, with the sandwich still sitting on the counter. Speaking of sandwiches, I'm at work and I'm kinda hungry. After a minute or two, we were offered a choice between the Palace Tower "Petite Suite" or the Forum Tower Executive Suite. We took the smaller Petite Suite based on his recommendation, because it had two beds. The room was on the 14th floor, and had a view of the pools. It also had a walk-in shower and two connecting bathrooms, which was cool even though we had to see each other's wieners the whole trip. The friendly clerk pocketed the $50, thanked us and also gave us some tips about clubs and bars, which we ignored because we wanted to go see boobies. Though we probably should have taken the bigger Executive Suite, it was still a successful room upgrade. And we had a great time in Vegas! Especially my friend Don because he had so many boobs in his face I thought he was gonna suffocate. Thanks Front Desk Tip!

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5 stars for Curtis's Comment!

FAILURE FOLLOWED BY SUCCESS:
01-19-2009
My wife and I arrived around 11:00 AM on a Monday. At the Luxor if the line is a bit busier you can’t pick which receptionist you go to. When it was our turn we were sent to a male in his mid 30’s. I did the sandwich and asked for a complimentary upgrade. He proceeded to tell me that they can’t/won’t do that anymore, times have changed, blah blah blah. As he was saying all of this I could I could tell he was full of it. No upgrade. I was a little irritated because of his attitude, obvious BS, and I have gotten an upgrade before at the Luxor. The room was not ready, but that was fine because we were trying to check in at check out time. He gave me a brochure and wrote a number on it and said to call in a few hours and see if a room was ready. He also said that when a room was ready that we did not need to stand in the long line, go to a different desk and they would give us the keys. We checked our bags in holding and got a few drinks. After a couple of hours passed I got back in the long line. My wife asked me why we were in the long line. I told her I was not ready to give up. This time we went to a younger gal. I told her that we had already checked in and we were just waiting on a room. This time I put the $20 on the counter, but under my hand where she could see it. I asked for an upgrade and she said, “Are you looking for a complimentary one?” then looked at the $20. I told her I sure was and slipped her the $20. I got popped up to a Spa Suite, which is what I was upgraded to on the last trip and exactly what I wanted.
“If you first don’t succeed… Try try again.” Words to live by.

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