Mandalay Bay Hotel Room Upgrades

Jackpot! Gavin Got A Mandalay Bay Room Upgrade

Checked in Thursday evening walked up to young lady working front desk. She was very friendly. Upon giving the sandwich she quickly took my $20 and put it in her pocket and then typed frantically to get me an upgrade. Given it was a holiday weekend nothing was coming up unless I was willing to settle for two queen beds instead of one king. She told me to wait for a minute and talked to her manager, and told me no dice on getting a room at The hotel as it was booked for the weekend (darn!). I thanked her anyway for her trouble, she gave me back my $20, but she asked me if i'd be willing to take a smoking room for a strip view but it'd have king bed in it. I said why not. Room had a very nice view of the strip (well airport considering how south strip Mandalay Bay is), and the room did not smell like smoke. I gave the front desk person $20 for her effort.

~Gavin

No Dice For vegas dave at Mandalay Bay...

Very busy weekend, she said she couldn't upgrade us to share a 2 bedroom suite with our friends - but she was able to give us an adjoining room to our friends, and it worked out fine. She took the $20 and gave us some extra room keys for other friends so they could use the pool. Seemed comfortable with the experience - I would definitely try it again. thanks!

No Dice For at Mandalay Bay...

Had a couple of things going against me this weekend as I tried the trick. Of course I was checking in on a Friday afternoon over the MLK holiday weekend. When I got to the check-in, there was only one male (40-45 yrs) working at the counter. I sat back and scouted for a few minutes before I went for a younger female.

I made the small talk and handed her the sandwich as instructed. The $20 bill fell out on her counter in full site, but she made no attempt to pick it up or conceal it. I asked her if it would be possible to receive an upgraded room, but she told me that there were no suites available due to the holiday weekend. I expected this answer as I had checked on-line the night before. I told her that it was my wife's B-day (true) and inquired into the availability of the 750 GR room.

She left her counter and went back to speak with someone who appeared to be the manager. After a couple of minutes, she came back and began typing furiously into her computer. She did this for approx. 5 minutes before asking me if I could take 2 queen beds instead of the single king I had reserved.

I think that I may have screwed up here because I declined without asking for the type of room the queens would be in. She continued typing for another minute or so before telling me there was nothing she could do. She asked what I wanted to do about the money (which was still on the counter this whole time) and I told her she could keep it due to her efforts.

Though I failed, I think it was worth a shot.

Jackpot! Adam Got A Mandalay Bay Room Upgrade

Checked in during the afternoon, walked to the male clerk's line and did the sandwich.

He immediately recognized what was going on and after some time looking,offered us a suite in the new tower. Felt we could have done better if we waited, but since this was our first time at the Mandalay hotel, we accepted. For $20, it was definitely worth it.

No Dice For farhid shazad at Mandalay Bay...

Was told had to pay for better room.

Jackpot! amv Got A Mandalay Bay Room Upgrade

I tried the $20 trick exactly as described, picked a woman who who I thought would be helpful. She said she'd try to do a upgrade, but told me it was difficult because of the length of my stay. I checked in on a wednesday, I was checking out on the coming monday. I tried checking in at around noon, she said housekeeping hadn't cleaned most of the rooms. She said later things might open up. I gave her $20 for seeming to try. The next day I came back to see if any upgrades were available. I was there for a convention(the show was at Mandalay Bay), so I mentioned a complimentary upgrade might be nice if I have to take some prospects back to room to discuss business. Woman directing people tried to steer me towards someone who she thought would help me out *wink* The woman seemed very businesslike, said no-comp upgrades available, did the $20 trick, and she didn't seem to care. Asked for line passes, said no passes. I let her keep the $20, since she seemed to give me the evileye when I asked for the upgrade.

Jackpot! Mimi Got A Mandalay Bay Room Upgrade

My husband and I were very polite and friendly as we checked in. We made small talk, "What a beautiful hotel," to establish contact with the male deskclerk. My husband asked if there were any comp upgrades (as he presented his CC/$20/DL) and the answer was, I can't give you a suite, because we are so closely watched, but I can give you a nicer room than you have, with a nice view.

We said thanks and he said thanks for the gratuity. We proceeded to our room to find a very large room, king bed, huge marble bath, but the best part was the view up the entire strip; esp at nighttime.

No Dice For Pat at Mandalay Bay...

We checked in with an older woman named Nancy because there were no young men working at the check in desk. We handed her the $20 sandwich and she gave us a disgusted look when we asked if there were any complimentary upgrades. She said no and handed us the money back. We tried to remain friendly and asked if any buffet passes were available and by this time we felt really embarassed because she was getting very annoyed with us. We got no upgrades but she agreed to allow us to add a third person to the room with no extra charge. We requested a cot be sent up from housekeeping. The normal charge is $20 a night but we tipped the guy who delivered it $5 dollars and he gave us the cot for free. He informed us that we could get a free refrigerator delivered to our room if we needed to store any medications.

Jackpot! Bill Got A Mandalay Bay Room Upgrade

At first, I thought it wouldn't work. I had checked the website and saw the hotel was sold out one night of my stay.

But I tried it anyways, and it worked great!

Jackpot! CV Got A Mandalay Bay Room Upgrade

My wife and I scouted out the people at the front desk and found someone who was ideal, a 25-30 year-old male. I asked him if there were any complimentary upgrades and he stated he did not think so. I handed him the credit card and driver license with a $20 in the middle that was noticeably sticking out. When he saw this, he asked me to hold on for a minute. After some typing, he told me that for an additional $25 a night I could be upgraded to a suite at THE hotel which would have cost $110 a night. My wife and I gladly took the deal. The suite was amazing! I will definitely do this again next time we go back to Vegas!