Encore Room Upgrades

No Dice For Neal...

I tried the sandwich..I didn't work even though it was my birthday and we had 12 rooms of friends also staying there..They did send me some nice chocolates but I wanted a higher room with a better view.
It's still a great hotel!!!

Jackpot! Richard Got A Room Upgrade

Checked in at 18:00 on a Saturday. Didn't get to choose agent. Handed over passport, credit card and $20 and said we'd appreciate it if she could find us something nice like a high floor panoramic. She laughed at first and put the cash off to one side (I thought that was just going to get handed back). She spent a while searching and then told us we were in luck and gave us a room on the 56th floor. I'm not convinced we couldn't have got this by just asking nicely - but if not then on a 7 night stay this is over $150 upgrade for $20! By the way - the Encore skips floors 40-49 - so take this into account with upgrades - i.e. 54 is actually only 5 floors above 39!

Jackpot! J Got A Room Upgrade

Checked in around 5:30 pm. Didn't get a choice of agents. My bf is too chicken to try the sandwich but the room was under his name. He gave DL and CC. I had a $20 folded in my right hand and held it out on the counter for agent to see. I asked if there were any comp upgrades cuz it's my birthday. She typed away, said an upgrade would cost $xx/nite. I said, no, that's ok. She looked at me and shook her head and said, I'll give it to you as my bday gift to you. I said thank you, shook her hand and gave her the $20. Received a beautiful room on 59th floor with a view of the strip.

Jackpot! Robin Got A Room Upgrade

We arrived to check in and were offered a room on the 39th floor. I overheard a conversation between another couple and a desk clerk who told them about upgrading to a higher floor for $25/night. I have read that the highest floors are considered an upgrade and have read various stories of people complaining when they are assigned a lower floor (noise, view, etc). So when were were offered the 39th floor, I pulled out my $20 and held it with my credit card/driver's license in plain view and politely requested another floor. The clerk then offered me a smoking room on the 63rd floor, but my hubby did not want to stay in a smoking room, so we settled for room 5418 which was very close to the strip side (the rooms lower in numbers are closest to the strip --5418 is closer say than 5446). Since we did not get the top floor that I really wanted, I gave her 10 bucks, and she seemed extremely appreciative. After arriving to the room, she even called us to ask us if we were happy with the room and told me to call her if there was anything else we needed during our stay!

Jackpot! Mark Got A Room Upgrade

I chose the only male clerk at the desk. I simply asked that I would appreciate anything that he could do to make our stay more memorable, he was very nice and indirectly thanked me for the tip.

Jackpot! Tim Got A Room Upgrade

Did the sandwich and asked for a comp upgrade, high floor room, overlooking the strip. He told me he could not take a "tip" until after he had booked me. He then found the last open room on the 63rd (top) floor, overlooking the strip and gave it to me for 4 nights. My TA had booked a vacation package even though I was going for business and I paid a meager $150 a night. My co-workers, three of them, that didn't believe the trick or were afraid to try all ended up on the 8th floor.

Jackpot! Stephanie Got A Room Upgrade

Upon check in we were gutted when we saw that all of the front desk agents were female! BF gave the clerk the $20 between the DL & CC and asked if any complimentary upgrades were available. The surprised clerk said "Oh" as the $20 slipped out onto her keyboard. She left the $20 on the keyboard throughout the entire transaction which was kind of awkward, as all of her coworkers could easily see it, but kindly offered us the choice of a pool view or panoramic view room. Lucky for us we ended up with a panoramic view room on the 55th floor, at the end of hall-absolutely no noise from neighbors or the strip!

Jackpot! Anonymous Got A Room Upgrade

had an early morning flight into vegas, with 3pm check-in at the Encore. i slipped $20 between credit card and dl and asked the guy if there was any possibility of an early check-in. he went into the back and came out a few minutes later. no problem. also, he switched me to a room facing the strip, which was nice because the room i had reserved didn't have a view. well worth the $20.

Jackpot! Derrick Wong Got A Room Upgrade

I was a little worried about doing it. I was literally putting the $20 in between my CC and my DL as i was walking to the counter. It was around 5pm and not busy. I started chatting with the lady and placed the sandwiched money on the counter. I asked her immediately if there was anything she could do for the room. She looked up in the system and found this room. I needed a room with 2 queens and she was good about asking me if 1 king and a roll-away would work, I said no. She told me the room normally costs 50 bucks a night more but was doing it anyways. At the end I asked if we could get into the nightclubs and she didn't have any XS passes that would work for the saturday i was there but i got 4 free passes to Blush ($30 cover per person normally). I thanked her and we were set. I didn't know what view we got but was pleasantly surprised when I saw it was of the strip. Make sure if you are staying at Encore to get an EVEN numbered room cause that will face the strip. First time doing it and I will try it again and hopefully be a little smoother about it.

Jackpot! Gidge Got A Room Upgrade

Placed the twenty on my wallet and asked, "may I get a panoramic room on a high floor"? The clerk was very friendly and we casually chatted about traveling and other things while she searched out the best room. Scored a non-smoking room on the 59th floor. I even asked for a line pass for the buffet and got that too! I tipped her the twenty, which she first declined, but I insisted so it was a good win-win situation.