Golden Nugget Hotel Room Upgrades

Jackpot! Bill Bennett Got A Golden Nugget Room Upgrade

This was the first time I tried the "$20 trick". I came in about 11AM on a Sunday. I went to the Nugget's new Rush Tower check-in desk and it was pretty quiet. I told the clerk I had a reservation and he confirmed that I had a 1 king non-smoking room. When I handed him my credit card and drivers license, I sandwiched a $20 between them and said, "Do you happen to have any complementary room upgrades available?" The $20 came out when he separated the license and CC. He snatched it up pretty quick and said "let me take a look". After a few minutes of poking around on his computer, he said he had a junior suite in the new Rush Tower or if I wanted to move to the Gold Tower, he had a 2 room suite. I took the larger 2 room suite and it was awesome! 2 bathrooms (TV in one, jetted bath in the other). Fantastic results on my first try!

Jackpot! Konni Got A Golden Nugget Room Upgrade

Came into Vegas kinda late on a Tuesday evening (around 9pm) and must have looked pretty tired.

Just went to the front desk and thought I would just give it a shot, expecting nothing. The clerk was a young beatiful African American girl and I slipped in a Twenty between my passport and my CC and carefully asked whether, by any chance, any complementary upgrades would be available.

She ran a couple of inquiries on her computer and said: "well, let's see what we can do". Four minutes later she handed me a Rush tour Keycard instead of the Carson Tower rack-rate - and gave me back my 20$. I was so awe-struck that I totally forgot to tip the poor girl (I did so the next morning).

Great stay at a very nostalgic casino on Fremmont St.

No Dice For Richard at Golden Nugget...

Figured I might have a decent chance for an upgrade since I was checking in on Sun. for a 3 night stay. I presented the $20 in between CC and DL, without skipping a beat the clerk handed it back, saying "Nothing is available". No Luck for me this time.

No Dice For PM at Golden Nugget...

Walked up to the checkin desk with the 20 between my CC and DL and and said any type of upgrade would be apreciated. Clerk promptly told me the hotel was over booked and there were no upgrades available. She then told me that they would not have a room with a king bed until the next day, and that they would be putting us in a room with two double beds! Real nice since we booked our room throught their WEB site, you would think they would know how many King beds they had in their own hotel. When we got to the room the beds were not doubles they were more like twins. My wife and I had to sleep in seperate beds they were so small and we are not large people. Next day when we told the manager about this his attitude was a so what its a busy weekend and we don't guarentee anythin.

Jackpot! Christina Got A Golden Nugget Room Upgrade

Husband and I were reserved for two nights, Thanksgiving included, for a regular South Tower room. I warned my husband that I was going for the upgrade. I had the "sandwich" ready. I noticed with amusement that the gentleman in front of us also had his "sandwich" ready. Our clerk was a woman, 30's, and seemed very distracted or annoyed. I thought that we were going to be out of luck. I smiled big and asked nicely if there were any upgrades. She handed the 20 back and said she was putting us in the North Tower. I was kind of confused as to why she would give the 20 back. But that's OK. I think maybe they were not booked up and had no problem giving upgrades. Thanksgiving week seemed really slow all over Vegas. It was a beautiful room with lovely bed linens. (we had been dreading the south tower with all the time share sharks) A good deal.....2 nights, $49 a night in North tower with good coupon book!!

Jackpot! Jim Got A Golden Nugget Room Upgrade

Worked like a charm. Booked a South Tower standard room. Checked in on a Wed. around 4pm. Upgraded to a North Tower, pool view, close to elevators with a 42inch plazma TV.

No Dice For Steven at Golden Nugget...

There was no line, walked up and handed her the sandwich. She immediately saw the $20 and passed it right back to me, saying "oh no thank you." I said "that's for you" (I tip whether they can help me or not). But she was adamant. I had to take it back. But I wound up with a nice room at the very end of the hallway. It was in the same tower/class I had reserved but perhaps she took care of me as best she could.

No Dice For Richard K at Golden Nugget...

I checked in on a Tuesday night at around 10:30 p.m. and approached the agent (male, 30’s) and displayed the sandwich. I asked him if they were still accepting the upgrade coupons which he replied I am lucky to get you into a room at all tonight. Apparently, they had a computer glitch and overbooked many room and were forced to comp. guests to other properties. I am not sure I believe this, but that’s what he was trying to tell me.
I was given a smoking room which smelled like a bingo parlor. I was told in the morning I could switch into a non-smoking room.

So, in the morning I decided to give it another try but I decided to up the ante to $ 100.00. An older gal helped me out and I again asked if there were any complimentary upgrades and showed her the “$100” coupon. She said that she almost lost her job yesterday when she upgraded somebody and hence would not be able to upgrade me.

But, she was very helpful and got us a “renovated” room (= has a flat screen plasma TV) in the south tower. She spent a few minutes trying to do this and as a token of my appreciation I was going to give her $10. She said that she could not even accept that. Thus, I had no success this time.

No Dice For Erik at Golden Nugget...

Well check in was quick and easy, not to many people. I walked up to the front desk with my girlfriend and I already had my money in place. Greeted by the guy at the front desk i said hello and with a little small talk. I handed him my card and DL with 40 dollars in it and even before i could finish my sentence he had told me that they were booked up and he wasnt able to help me out. It was a very busy weekend though, and I spoke with some guy that checked in on sunday and they upgraded him for free, he said he never offered any money......I guess the best time for upgrades would be during the week or a slow weekend and i will try it again.

No Dice For Steven at Golden Nugget...

Desk clerk was efficient, took the $20 and whispered that he would see what he could do. Spend about five minutes looking, and told me they were all booked up and the couldn't find anything better for me. Returned the $20 with my room key. It's okay...he tried.