New York New York
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All Time Upgrades: 63% 25/40
The cashier asked if I need change for 20$.I said if any upgrade possible ,I would appreciate it. She smiled and gave the upgrade
I talked to the first clerk available. I gave him a $50.00 sandwich and asked if there were any complimentary upgrades available. He handed it back and said if I was happy with the service after check in, he would be happy to take it then.
He double upgraded me from the basic Park Ave room to Spa room on the 41st floor with a strip view. He also said he would cover one night of the $20.00 Resort Fee because I checked in late, (2AM).
I’m wondering if he noticed it was a $50.00 sandwich not a $20.00 when I checked in because when I checked out all of my Resort Fees were comped, not just the first day. Was the extra days just a mistake or was he topping off comp because he received a lot more than he thought. If that was the case, had he known it was a $50, would I have ended up with a suite???
Got to nyny at around 3:00 on a Thursday. There were 4 women working check out two older two younger. I got a younger gal which I was glad. Walked up put sandwich on desk and asked are there any complimentary upgrades available for my stay. She said let me see what I can do. Presto she upgraded us and gave us a corner strip facing room. I thanked here left the 20 on the counter said that is for you and she thanked me. I will definitely try this again.
Very busy Monday night. Upgraded to larger room with view of NHL Stadium & mountains!
We arrived at 7:00pm on a Friday night. Surprisingly, the check in line was super short which is odd for a Friday night. I asked the clerk if there were any complimentary room upgrades, and she said that there wasn’t at that time, but we could check back the next day. We liked our room so we did not check back the next day. Plus, I would have had to tip again since I’m sure I wouldn’t have gotten the same person. I was hopeful that the clerk would take off some of the other charges such as the resort fee, but she did not. She just took my $20 and gave us nothing in return.
$20 sandwich trick got us upgraded to the 43rd floor with a view in the Empire Tower at the New York New York on a Monday 3 nite stay. Followed the script exactly.
Went to the front desk, spoke to a friendly woman. She asked for my passport, then my bank card so I just gave her the bank card and said any upgrades will be appreciated. And gave a cheeky smile.
Was 5 of us, 2 rooms, 1 double bed in each with a sofa bed
Upgraded us to a strip view, 2 rooms connected to each other with a strip view. Really happy.
One thing I didn’t expect was the resort tax is per room per day so total was $600 but we signed up to the players points so hopefully by the end we will get them removed.
Got into the hotel around 1 am, so it was technically 1/27/13. Stood in line behind 2 other parties and got the next available clerk who was a SE Asian woman in her mid-20s. She was not overly friendly. Handed sandwich and asked if there was any possibility of a complimentary upgrade to a suite. She never really responded to that question and took all the cards and the $20 and placed them all at the top of her keyboard. She double checked our room reservation on her computer and re-confirmed that we were booked for a standard Park Ave room. She asked what bed type we wanted and if we wanted smoking or non. We told her we wanted a King non-smoking room. She replied, unfortunately, we do not have any Park Ave rooms that are King non-smoking, so I can upgrade you to the Madison Ave street view. I was a little disappointed because it sounded like we would have gotten the upgrade anyway w/o the $20. The room itself was on the 19th floor, relatively low, and facing the roller coaster so we could hear people screaming. The room was dingy and tired, the carpet had seen better days and I never went barefoot in the room. The toilet had a weird black stain in the bottom – looked like a fat permanent marker – and the shower was like being under a watering can. Overall, I was disappointed. We had better luck when we left NYNY and checked into Mirage 2 nights later and got a fantastic room I was really happy with.
Checking in to NY-NY around 3:30pm. After standing in line for about 20 minutes, I was ready to try the $20 tip trick. I handed the clerk the sandwich with $20 easily visible and asked if there was an upgrade available to a Spa or Marquis Suite. She typed for a few seconds and said the Spa Suite was $25 per night and the Marquis Suite was not ready yet.
I told her to forget it and she continued to check me in flipping the $20 with the cards but not touching it with her hands. She finished and handed me back my cards and money the same as I gave it to her.
Flight landed at 8:30 AM so went to check in early and was greeted by Monica. She was great and very nice. I told her that my wife and I were there to celebrate our first anniversary and I was looking for an upgrade to a suite and slipped her the $20 between my license and credit card. She noticed it and set it on the desk while she worked to look for upgrades. She told me that suites would only be available for an additional fee/day, but that she could offer me a complimentary upgrade to a Madison Avenue room, so I took it. She then returned the $20 because the upgrade was complimentary. She was very nice. Maybe $50 may have been a better play.