Luxor Hotel Room Upgrades

Jackpot! Curtis Got A Luxor Room Upgrade

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.

No Dice For James at Luxor...

Checked in about 5pm, the line was real short and i got sent to the end of the check in booths to a youngish female. Greeted her with a smile and a happy hello, offered up my passport and CC with $20 in the middle and asked if there were any available complementary upgrades. She took the sandwich and and said that they dont do that sort of thing, but hid the tip and started to type away. She made all the right moves and suggestions that made me believe id hit the jackpot but i think i killed it all for myself. I had 2 rooms booked with the same CC as the missus had her mother travelling with us, and wanted to be near our room. So she changed the room she had marked out for me to get us 2 rooms close by.
Nearly. Next time will just que up twice.

Jackpot! christine Got A Luxor Room Upgrade

Checked in late at night. Sandwiched my $20 between Visa & driver's license and handed it over. He asked "did we want the room we had reserved or ..." - I answered - "sure, unless there's something better available on offer." Click click and then he excuses himself to talk to someone (the tell) and comes back & issues room keys. Batta bing batta boom.

No Dice For John r at Luxor...

Checked in at 9:30 pm long line of 20 some couples ahead of me. Manager was working front check in as well. Worried I'd get him or clerk next to him. Got lucky with youngest girl working check in, away from manager. Didn't help - she smiled and laughed it off and quickly returned 20.
Didnt hurt to try, but no luck at Luxor.

Jackpot! Sri Got A Luxor Room Upgrade

me and my friend went to the girl at front desk (at 7PM) and both of us used the $20 sandwich trick and she said one minute, went inside and came back and gave the upgrade and also said $10.95 daily usage fees is also waived. we stayed 3 nights, so saving were over $200 for each of us. Thanks for tip,.

Jackpot! Wayne Got A Luxor Room Upgrade

I approached a male approx 30 years fof age with the 20 sandwiched between my CC and ID. I asked him for a Complimentary room upgrade and he did it without a problem.

Jackpot! David Got A Luxor Room Upgrade

Checked in around 11 pm on Thursday night of Labor Day weekend. Had booked a standard Tower room for via the hotel website. Clerk was a young African-American male--slipped him the $20 sandwich and asked for any complimentary upgrades. He checked and found me a Tower Deluxe Suite on the 1st Floor. Was a little concerned about being so low but actually loved the room--spacious, had jacuzzi tub and being on the 1st floor meant no elevators to wait on!

Clerk also comped the "resort fee" of $10.95/day, which alone is $33 for my three-night stay. $20 well spent...

Jackpot! Duros Nizbith Got A Luxor Room Upgrade

Booked a Pyramid Deluxe Room for two nights at the Luxor a week and a half or so in advance for 72 dollars a night.

Looking for Luxor Upgrade Promotions, I stumbled upon this site and the 20 dollar sandwich trick. Intrigued by this insider tip, i decided to pursue a double upgrade trick to see how far i could go up the proverbial ladder.

I kept an eye on the prices and noticed the basic rooms had dropped a few days before the reservation.

Luxor has a "Best Rate Guarantee" so I called the Luxor and told the operator that I had found that the price I paid for the Pyramid Deluxe Room was now the price of a Tower Deluxe Room.
She went to go talk to her manager and came back with. "We don't have any information about a rate change sir. " I replied "Well I'm on your website right now and it shows a Pyramid Deluxe for $55 and the Tower Deluxe for $77."
With a defeated "Hold on sir, let me check" she put me on hold again to talk to the boss..
When she returned, I was told that I would get the room upgrade for no extra charge.

Satisfied for now I readied my sandwich making skills.

Upon arriving to the hotel to check-in, I steadied my hand as placed the sandwich into the hand of the nice young exotic looking woman at the desk.

"Do you have any complimentary upgrades available?" I uttered expectantly. She sweetly replied that she would have to go check with her manager,

She shortly returned and to my surprise she offered me a Tower Luxury Suite. Which at that time was going for about $150 a night.

I kindly accepted and thanked her profusely.

Thanks for the tip. I owe you guys.

Jackpot! Liam Got A Luxor Room Upgrade

I approached the check-in desk at 10:30 am, and was called over by a middle-aged woman. I asked her (with a twenty in plain sight) if there were any rooms open at the time, and I was told that I would have to come back at 11 as they 'did not have a list of rooms available'.

I thought I'd failed miserably...I was wrong!

I returned at 11, and found a huge check-in line.

The same female check-in clerk saw I was in line, and waved me over to the 'check-out' line where she was working!

Obviously she knew I had a sandwich...but when I got to the desk I was told it wasn't necessary...she just couldn't do anything the first time because apparently there was a manager nearby the first time I tried to check in.

I gave her the sandwich and asked for a Pyramid Spa Suite, and after a minute she told me they were all sold out that night, then I asked for a Players Deluxe room, and she found one that was ready...and apparently there are only 40 of these in the entire resort, so I thought it would be a long shot!

The players deluxe room I received was a nice renovated room on a floor halfway up the East Tower with a HUGE plasma TV, and a jacuzzi in the bathroom...lovely!!!

Great for $60/night! ($50/night for 2 nights, plus the twenty in the sandwich)

No Dice For Serenitynow at Luxor...

Arrived late at around 1130. Gave her the $20, she returned it saying she wasn't allowed to accept it - was appreciative though. She then proceeded to tell me that they were overbooked and all they had left was smoking rooms. She moved us for the our next to nights to a non-smoking room but no upgrades.