I went to the LINQ right before Christmas from December 22nd to the 24th. I am pretty sure they had a lot of empty rooms as the total cost of my stay was only $113.38 for a King studio. I checked in around 6 PM so it was pretty busy so I did not target the clerk. After asking for a complimentary upgrade, I was upgraded to a studio King with a view of the High Roller.

i approached the desk with the $20 sandwiched between my id and credit card. he saw it, and immediately told us something along the lines of he can’t be bribed. so i had to put away the $20. i explained that we were a couple and would prefer a room with a king bed instead of the cheapest 2x double bed room we booked. he gave us a deluxe king with a view of the pool. and i gave him back the $20 which he begrudgingly accepted.

Booked a nonsmoking double, no particular view. Went to the front desk (25min wait in line Saturday 2pm-ish), gave id, cc, and $20 folded on top. Asked if we could possibly get a complimentary upgrade. She stated we don’t do complimentary room upgrades but we can check to see if there are any upgrades available with a fee. Nothing available, she upgrades us to a higher level room with a pool and high roller view, but still same nonsmoker double bed. Gives me back the cards and tip.

I was hoping for two queens or a suite option but a view is better than not. She gave me back the tip as well… so really was complimentary!

Was checking in for the weekend on a Thursday night. Got to IP around 10:15 or so and after a short wait in line got the oldest female clerk at the desk. Gave her the $20 sandwich, she was surprised, took the bill out and put under her calculator. She then said she was appreciative and would she what she could do. Since it was a weekend she couldn’t give me the full suite, but could give us the Mini Suite if that was ok. Since we were paying $137 already for the full weekend of 4 nights, the bump up for the mere $20 trip, So for $157 for the mini suite for the full weekend, was well worth it. great website and thanks.

Checked in Monday night for a 4 night stay. Had booked a cheaper room with double beds a month ahead of time. I asked if they had any rooms with a king bed available. Clerk checked and said there wasn’t a room with a king bed he could put us in for 4 straight nights unless we wanted to upgrade to a suite with a strip view. He went in back to “talk with manager” (quotations because I never saw the manager so who knows), he came back and said he could upgrade me to that suite for $40 a night. I ended up paying for the upgrade and he gave my $20 back. Not sure how much of a deal the upgrade was, but I originally got a great rate on the double bed room so it was worth it IMO.

I did “the sandwich” with $30 and asked if I was eligible for a complimentary upgrade. The woman at the desk said that she was unable to take the tip until after she assigned me a room. She offered a nicer room for $30/night. It wasn’t worth it to me, so I took my money back and checked out like normal.

I tried to do the $20 trick didn’t work. They only gave me options to upgrade for $40 for a love suite a night and all this expensive upgrades. I didn’t take it but they moved me to a remodeled room. No upgrade, she gave me back my $20 though.

Wife and I arrived at IP around 10:15 or so on Thursday night. Line was maybe 6 people deep. 2 younger employees and then a woman in her mid 60’s maybe. Got to front of line hoping for one of the younger employees, but we got the older woman. Went up and handed her the $20 sandwich and asked if there were any upgrades available. She pulled out the $20 surprised but appreciative and put that on the side by her calculator. She pulled up on the computer to see what was available. Clerk told us we weren’t able to get the full suite due to the upcoming weekend but if we were ok with the Mini Suite Luv Tub she could do that. We of course said yes since our Deluxe room was comp’d pretty cheap at $137 for the 4 night weekend stay. She got us booked for the Mini Suite, was pleasant the whole time, answered a few other questions and tip worked great. Thanks for the idea, plan to alway use on my yearly Vegas trip.

This was my first time using the $20 sandwich trick. I didn’t target any specific clerk, just went random. Handed my folded $20 with my drivers license and credit card, and asked, “Do you have any free Rom upgrades?” Within two minutes the clerk upgraded us to the King Suite from a Deluxe room. Tip, ask, and you shall recieve!

Had a late flight that had us arrived around midnight on a Sunday.

Tipped $50 (Between I.D. And CC) and asked for upgrade.

Went from basic room booked on Travelocity and got king suite

2bath, Living room, and bedroom. Worth it to me