Mirage Hotel Room Upgrades

Jackpot! Michel Got A Mirage Room Upgrade

Checked in around 11am and selected the first available clerk (there was no line). Handed the $20 sandwiched for each room booked (we had a total of 3 room). Asked if it was possible to get a tower deluxe room, possibly facing the pool (best views). She said that it shouldn't be a problem but had to come back in about 3 hours as the rooms were no ready. That was fine by me! Ended up getting the rooms on the 25th floor. 1 facing the volcano and 2 facing the pool, all with amazing strip views.

This was the second time doing this at the Mirage and it worked last time as well.

Jackpot! Tracey Got A Mirage Room Upgrade
Booked Via Expedia

The check in lines were failry long - so we jsut picked the shortest - all teh clerks were female. I put my $20 in my passprt with my credit card and passed her the info when she asked for id. I then asked if there were any rooms available as high up as we could get and with a strip view. She said we would have to wait until 3:00 to get into that room as it wasn't ready yet - we were okay with that since it was only 11:00.

Jackpot! Brian & Heather Got A Mirage Room Upgrade
Booked Via Orbitz

Arrived about 10 am and checked our bags out front and decided to try and check in anyway so we could go out and not have to worry about it later. Several guests were waiting in the check-out line so we went to the Invited Guests desk. I had been practicing in my mind for a week and had the "sandwich" ready. I smiled, presented the sandwich and explained it was our first time in Vegas for our 10th anniversary and asked if there was anything she could so to make it more memorable (both true...it is the trip for the anniversary...although is was a couple of months ago, I just couldn't take the time from work)
She laid the $20 on the keyboard and in less than 30 seconds said "How is a Tower Deluxe room with a strip view?" I thanked her quite sincerely and she explained our room wouldn't be ready until about 1pm and they could give us a call when it was finished. Most excellent.
The room was fantastic! We had to show our room keys to get to the elevator after a certain time of evening. The view was overlooking the atrium and volcano & strip.
We went out to dinner and came back to change, my wife squealed - "Did you do this?!!" I was in the bathroom and had no idea how to answer because I couldn't see what she was talking about. Could it be a trap? I came back out to see champagne service and a small bit of fresh fruit waiting for our return. Wow!
The room was very nice, quite classy for the average hotel room we're used to. The pillows don't match up to the hype I've read online, we both found them quite uncomfortable.
Otherwise, we tried the maid-tip-toiletries-upgrade thing - off the bat I drew a cut little picture and put $5 on it for her. Nada. Tried it the second day, just in case. Nothing. Third day we put the Privacy Please sign on the door and saved our money.
The sandwich worked perfectly! I would try it again without a doubt, It may or may not have been the $20 bill but it doesn't matter. I was a fantastic time and the room & champagne service were much more than we ever expected when we decided to take this little vacation.

Jackpot! Kukalaka Got A Mirage Room Upgrade

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!!

Jackpot! Joe Got A Mirage Room Upgrade

I booked this hotel through an offer I got from them via email for $45/night. The internet rate was $129/night, so this was a great deal. I decided to do a $50 tip sandwich since I was getting the room at such a great rate. The gal at check-in was very nice, and when she was the tip, instantly got on the phone and then was able to upgrade me to a Tower Deluxe room on the 25th floor overlooking the Strip (south view) and the awesome pools. Love the Mirage!

Jackpot! David Got A Mirage Room Upgrade

Checked at 8 PM. Really wanted a suite so I put $100 in 5 Bills of $20 in my passport. I gave the passport and CC to a female clerk and asked if there was any complimentary upgrade available. When she saw the cash you could see on her face that she's used to it and knew what I meant.
She put the cash in plain view and told me that she would look if anything was available. The problem is she didn't know exactly how much I was giving to her because she could count how many $20 Bills were in my passport. She made a phone call (I think that she faked it just to please but that doesn't really matter ) and told me she could give me a Tower Deluxe room and that all suites were full. I knew that she was lying about the suites being full so I insisted telling her I had seen on the reservation page that suites were still available. She then made another (probably faked) phone call and told me that she was sorry and that a Tower Deluxe was the only thing she could upgrade me to.
I gave up and said OK for the Tower Deluxe and that's when the best part comes: because I had insisted for a suite but was only given a Tower Deluxe SHE GAVE ME BACK THE $100. The Tower Deluxe cost was twice as much as what I had originally paid ! The room was awesome with a great view of the pool and part of the Strip on the 29th floor. Only complaint was that it had connecting doors and one mornig we were awaken by the moanings of our horny neigbours for one hour !
Overall the Mirage is a great hotel I highly recommend.

Jackpot! WYSIWYG Got A Mirage Room Upgrade
Booked Via Expedia

Michel got an upgrade! Arrived on a Monday around noon and the place was somewhat busy with each line about 3 people long. Slipped the crisp $20 between DL and CC and asked ask if we could get a premium tower room with seperate shower and "Pool view" (Didn't want to face the volcano). She let the $20 in full view and checked her computer... She found us a room on the 25th just as we asked. Elevator serves floors 24/25 only, so it was pretty fast despite the fact that only one was working for most of our stay. Thanks Mirage! And and also got a bottle of sparkling wine (Not champagne as it's not French).

Jackpot! Todd Got A Mirage Room Upgrade
Booked Via Travelocity

I chose the youngest, cutest female clerk. I walked up and started by making small talk (noticed she was from Chicago and talked about my layover there adn how I lived there when I was young). After talking a bit she asked for my id and credit card so I slipped the 20 between the two. She said "I will see what I can do." Then she asked what I was looking for. I told her since its my wife and my 5 year anniversary I was hoping for a high room with a volcano/strip view. After a long time typing, she said our room on 17th floor was the best she could do.

She also stated she would send a "gift" from the Mirage to my room as an anniversary gift. I was quite excited as I have never done this kinda thing before.

The view was not exactly what I was hoping for, as I really wanted a volcano view but what I got was nice! I was scared to get a view of dumpsters or just casino roof like some hotels give people who book the cheap rooms.

My only dissappointment was that the clerk said the "Gift" (champainge most likely) would be delievered the sometime over the 2nd or 3rd day of our trip but not the night of check in, which I was okay with. HOwever, it NEVER showed up. I never asked because I didnt want to get her in trouble or anything, but it was disappointing.

Jackpot! Matt Got A Mirage Room Upgrade

I slipped a $20 between my ID and CC and asked if any high level view upgrades existed. The nice desk clerk checked and I had a room on the 25th Floor

Jackpot! Krista Got A Mirage Room Upgrade

Checked in about 6:30pm, it was really busy. Handed the young woman my cc and ID with the $20 in between and said "we were really hoping for a complimentary upgrade if you have any available". She smiled and said "why yes of course, just let me check". She typed into her computer for a couple minutes, and excused herself to talk to someone else. She really tried to get us into a suite but none were available, so she got us a nice view of the strip instead. She tried to return the tip, but I insisted she keep it because she gave it a good 10-15 minutes of searching. The next day a complimentary bottle of champagne showed up in our room. The only thing that confused me is that she left the tip wide open on top of the keyboard while she searched, so I'm not sure what they're policy is on tipping and comp'ing upgrades. Guess they're not too strict?