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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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I used the suggested $20 sandwich, commented on it being a special occasion for my wife and I, and requested an upgrade from a regular King room. She left to see what she could do, and offered an exec suite with large sunken soaking tub and what seemed like 1000 sq ft room! Very relaxing 3 nights.
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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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Went to the check in place. The guy was really nice and clean cut. Put a 50 and a 20 in between my credit card and ID, Handed it to him, Winked and asked if he could hook me up. After about 20 mins of him typing he said "Enjoy your stay" and smiled.
I asked him what I had gotten, he said the Lago Media suite with VIP status. I couldent stop smiling.
Lago Suite - Over 1600 sqf, 7 televisions, live plants, living room, card table, 48th floor, pool table, seprate bedroom with bathroom, work out room, powder room, media room (Basically mini theater)
VIP Status - Access to Private elevators, Private check-in area, Prioraty resturant seating, Prioraty show seating/tickets, free limo ride to the airport when leaving.
VERY NICE DEAL!!!!!!!!!!! RECOMMEND YOU TRY.
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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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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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We arrived at about 6pm and there was only one man at the desk. I approached in a friendly manner and started building rapport. After a minute or two of fun chat he asked for my ID and credit card which I produced with a $50 bill folded and sandwiched neatly, but visibly, between. As I passed these to him I asked "Do you have any fabulous upgrades for us tonight?" He laughed and in about one minute of checking he offered us a nice Executive Suite for the full 4 day weekend stay! Woot!
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My friends and I walked in about midnight and I had the twenty all set gave her my name and handed her the sandwich. She looked at it put a smirk on her face. I asked if there were any complimentary upgrades available for our stay. I threw in there it was our first trip to vegas which it was and Bally's was recommended to us by a previous guest. She mentioned she would see what she could do. She did her thing for about 5 or 10 minutes it seemed as though she was initially going to put us in the celebrity suites but the other girl a few computers next to her butted in and said she could not do that. After another few moments she mentioned that she would not be able to give us adjacent rooms, who was it to complain. After I agreed to that she mentioned she would have to get manager approval walked away for a minute, came back and handed me our keys. Those rooms were AMAZING!!! All for an extra 20 bucks!
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We checked in late (around 10 p.m.) on a Thursday night. When handing the clerk the $20 sandwich, I said, "If you have any complimentary suite upgrades, we'd really appreciate anything you can do." She began searching and said the only thing she could find was a smoking room. We said that would be OK and she gave us the keys to 3164P. The double doors had a metal plaque designating the room as a Lyons Suite. I'm not sure exactly how large it was, but I'm guessing around 1,200 square feet. It had two bathrooms, two TVs, wet bar, bedroom, living room and dining room. The three-night upgrade was well worth the $20 tip.
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I had booked four nights at the Venetian for Labor Day Weekend Thurs-Mon. I booked the cheapest room I could find on the Venetian website which only included 1 king size bed and a couch pullout.
This was my first time trying the "sandwich". Since it was Labor Day weekend and were staying 4 nights instead of my normal 2 nights weekend in Vegas, I decided to play it safe. We arrived at the Venetian at about 2pm on Thursday.
I walked up to the next available clerk, a woman in her mid twenties early thirties. I handed her the sandwich with a $50 folded in half between my ID and credit card and asked if there were any complimentary upgrades available. She was sly about taking the sandwich and put the $50 in a hidden corner of her desk while saying she would check. I mentioned that I needed something with two queens.
We conversed for a little until I asked her if she could give me a Rialto Suite for me or something nicer as we were also there for a birthday celebration. After a few seconds of typing, she informed me the Rialtos were "locked out" for the weekend. But she would be able to give me either a renovated suite in the Venezia Tower or something in the Palazzo. I immediately opted for the Palazzo since I've stayed at both hotels and I feel the Palazzo is a small step above the Venetian. She then offered me the choice of the 22nd floor with strip view or 46th floor with strip view. She informed me that the 22nd would offer a closer view of the strip, but I decided to take the 46th thinking higher was more "ballin". This ended up being a little annoying since there were so many elevator stops to get to and from our suite. But the view at night was AMAZING.
She also gave me a small coupon book with a line pass for LAVO, and a discount at Dos Caminos (where they ended up comping our entire $160 meal after we mentioned that our order was messed up). We were given 5 room keys, no questions asked, and a 3pm check out time for in case we "partied too hard Sunday night", which we did.
Before giving me my paperwork, she mentioned that she matched my Saturday night rate to my Friday night rate. At the time, I thought that she just moved things around to make the upgrade transparent to my invoice. Today I check my e-mail after checking out and realize she actually lowered my Saturday night rate by $60.
As I took my paperwork and we began to walk towards the Palazzo, she asked me "Is this for me to keep?" referring to the $50. I supposed I could have said no, but of course I answered with a smiling "Yes. Thanks for your help."
In all, the $50 I tipped actually ended up saving me $10 overall on the hotel and got us the upgrade we wanted. I will definitely be using this trick again next time!
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