Mirage Hotel Room Upgrades

Jackpot! Ashley Davis Got A Mirage Room Upgrade
Booked Via Travelocity

We arrived at the Mirage about 10am. There were lines, but not terribly long ones. We tried checking in at that time, did the sandwich trick, and asked very politely "we were wondering if you could check and see if there are any complimentary room upgrades available?" She was a very nice younger lady, and she said she would be very happy to do that for us. She explained the rooms were full now, but gave us a card to redeem at the express check in line in "2 or 3 hours." We were thrilled. I mentioned it was my birthday, after the fact, and they threw in free champagne. We booked a standard room, and ended up with a tower deluxe room, overlooking the strip and the volcano. We were on the top floor, 30th, with private elevators, and a jet tub with his and her sinks, and a flat screen TV. Best 20 dollars spent in Vegas!!

Jackpot! Kevin Got A Mirage Room Upgrade

We got to Mirage early and checked bags. Around 11:30 we got in line, gave the young lady the 20 dollar sandwich. She spent 15 minutes securing us the double queen suite room on D, and we were good to go.
It was Sunday, and we asked her what she could to to upgrade us.

Jackpot! RS Got A Mirage Room Upgrade
Booked Via Hotwire

We are a family of four. I had booked a 4 star hotel through Hotwire, which turned out to be Mirage. I was positive that I would be given a low room overlooking the casino/lobby roof. So I drove in a bit early at around 1:30 p.m. Since I had a got a sweet deal on Hotwire, I was willing to pay a bit extra. I waited for a early 20'ish female who seemed a bit cheerful when compared to the rest of them. When asked for my card and ID, I gave her the sandwich and ensured that she could see both the $20 Bills. I told her it was our anniversary and if we could get a complimentary upgrade. She said sure, put the 40 in her pocket right away.

THE RESULT: She was willing to give a Jacuizzi king bed suite. But since I needed 2 queen beds, she gave me a tower suite on 27'th floor. The room was nice, wonderful strip view, spa jet tub, free internet and freee passes to the habitat :) Overall I was quite happy with the deal!

Jackpot! Monique Got A Mirage Room Upgrade

It was about 3pm on a Saturday, not a long line at all, all clerks were female. Put the $20 between my CC & license, asked if there were any complementary upgrades. She said yes, she could upgrade us to a tower suite, but we needed 2 beds, so we had to settle for a standard room with a view. Next time I'll make sure we only need 1 bed to get the most band for our buck.

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.