Ballys

224 Reviews
(877) 603-4390
3645 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV89109
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Ballys Hotel Las Vegas

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Recent Room Upgrades: 0% 0/0
All Time Upgrades: 87% 171/197

Room Upgrade Reports

Kevin
01/31/2013
Tipped:  $50 Upgraded to  South Tower Grand Suite  from  South Tower Classic 

Got in late to Vegas due to flight delays and arrived at Ballys around 11pm. Only a few people in line with 2 clerks working. Was planning on doing the $20 trick, but gave my last 20 to the cab driver, so only had $50\’s…so after her doing her thing, I passed over the $50 (didn\’t sandwich it, just discreetly with her seeing passed it over) and she said, \”Yes, I think I can help you…would you like a strip view?\” I said yes, and she said…I can give you a Suite in the south tower, high up with a great view, or a suite in the north tower…newer, but not a great view. I chose the south tower with the view. So I got the South Tower Grande Suite for 4 days for $50. Room was great…HUGE…sunken jaccuzi, great view.

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Bruce Gulbro
02/09/2020
Tipped:  $20 Upgraded to  Jubilee Room Strip View  from  Jubilee Room 

Original reservation was for an average Jubilee room in February with a 4pm check-in time.

Arrived early at 3pm with a plan to tip $20 in exchange for a Jubilee room strip view along with the waiving of the early check-in fee.

I also planned to tip an additional $20 to be upgraded to a Studio Suite, this would equal a tip of $40 in total.

My first $20 tip was easily accepted and resulted in the waiving of the early check in fee along with receiving a strip view room on the 27th floor.

My second $20 tip would have also been easily accepted except that Bally’s had no Studio Suites available in the Jubilee tower but I was offered a Studio Suite in the North Tower which I declined because of the noise from the Drais nightclubs. I held back the second $20 tip because of this.

All in all the strip view upgrade was worth the first $20 tip but probably will not stay at Ballys again because the Jubilee Tower has too much nighttime noise from the Paris casino outdoor music club along with the noise/music from the Bellagio Fountains.

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Mrs. Estevane
08/29/2019
Saved:  $$60 Tipped:  $0 Upgraded to  Jubilee Room  from  Jubilee Room 

We checked in on a Friday afternoon and it was busy. We didn’t get to target a clerk, but the one we got was nice enough. We handed him the sandwich and he began to type furiously. He handed me the $50 back and said that he wasn’t able to offer us an upgrade other than a high room with a view of the high roller because they were having a Seven Stars event at the hotel that weekend and that all upgrades were locked out in order to offer those rooms to those members, which is completely understandable. Even the Sunday brunch buffet was closed to only Seven Stars members. I felt bad taking the money back because it was offered to him as a tip, but he politely declined.

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Jane
04/02/2019
Saved:  $0.00 Tipped:  $50 Upgraded to  Unsure  from  Jubilee Room 

I put a folded 50 on top on my id and credit card, was very open about it. I stepped up to the registration agent, and she greeted me, and I was very upbeat with my greeting back! She asked for ID and credit card and I handed her my stack, and said is there any complimentary upgrades and she click the computer and then said let me go check, she went in the back room and came out and said unfortunately all our suites our sold out. Ill put you in a high floor room. In our updated tower. That is already the exact room I had booked.That to me is not an upgrade. Room is not good, I feel like that was a big waste of $50.00 (btw Im staying 7 nights so I thought the $50 was more appropriate for a lengthier stay) I guess it DID NOT work, ;(

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Julia m
03/22/2018
Saved:  $I don’t know but a kit Tipped:  $20 Upgraded to  Indigo Deluxe Room  from  Indigo Room 

Arrived at 7pm no one in the line – three clerks available – chose the younger female clerk as she was smiling. Placed my pre prepared $20 sandwich on desk saying that I wanted to enquirer about comp upgrade as I wanted a spa to make my husbands birthday weekend a bit special (it was his birthday). The clerk took the sand which without batting an eye Lid, saying she would be happy to see what she could do – she clicked a few keys on her keyboard and said things were tight because if the remodeling – she said she didn’t have a spa but did have a delux room with a whirlpool bath. I said thank you so much and she handed me my key cards and my credit and ID cards back. We had room in same tower but it was huge with separate show / his and hers bass bs and the whitmrl pool bath. Huge sliding window (unfortunately screwed shut and crap view out back of mostly parking garage) BUT definitely a better room than booked and so worth the $20 extra.
A MUST do trick at Bally’s and absolutely nothing to be embarrassed about!

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AG
11/09/2016
Tipped:  $20 Upgraded to  Indigo Tower Suite  from  Indigo Room 

Did exactly what others on this site have mentioned. Slipped in a $20 and got a suite upgrade from a regular room.

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Kim
07/10/2018
Saved:  $~$500 Tipped:  $20 Upgraded to  Jubilee Room  from  Indigo Room 

**We were actually upgraded to a Jubilee Premium Suite**

Checked in around 11am and there was about a 15 min wait to check in. Didn’t get the chance to target anyone unfortunately. We were called by an older woman (name started with R) and I greeted her with small talk and asked about her day. She was clearly flustered but put on a happy face and answered, asking for my ID after. Gave her the 20$ and asked if there was any upgrades she could give us since we were only there for 1 night. She was extremely grateful, ran back to talk to a supervisor for about 5 minutes. She came back with a smile and said we made her day, and for that, “I hooked you guys up”.

We go to our room and discovered we went from a small 300 sq ft room in the old tower we paid 70$ for, to a massive 1700 sq ft new tower suite with separate bedroom and living room, and a huge jacuzzi tub, with a great view of the Eiffel Tower. An amazing upgrade!!! My only sadness was that we were only there for 1 night.

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Richard
12/19/2019
Tipped:  $50 Upgraded to  Unsure  from  Jubilee Room 

Booked a Resort Studio Suite, was upgraded to the Resort Tower’s King Executive Suite

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Jay E
11/22/2017
Tipped:  $20 Upgraded to  Indigo Deluxe Room  from  Jubilee Room 

Was looking for a clerk who is smiling and somewhat enthusiastic. Ended up with the not so enthusiastic one. But after the $20 sandwich the mood changed instantly. She kept the $20 in open view on her desk, most of the other clerks who passed by did see the bill, so I’m not sure it’s reallt a discrete thing anymore at the Bally’s. Anyways, asked if there were complimentary upgrades, she said unfortunately we are all full (meaning she wasn’t able to put us in one of the suites). She then said she’ll have a look at what she can do, she went inside and 2 mins later upgraded us to the new tower in a deluxe room! Was a lot nicer room than the indigo ones we previously stayed in.

Definitely recommend this trick in Bally’s.

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Dave
05/27/2017
Tipped:  $20 Upgraded to  Unsure  from  Jubilee Room Strip View 

Checked in late on the Sunday night. Did not have a chance to select a specific clerk as there was only one working at the time.

We booked to Strip view rooms in the Jubilee Tower. We hoped at minimum to get rooms at the top of the hotel facing south to see the fountains.

We ended up on the fourth-lowest floor with one room facing north and one room facing south. We were not offered the chance to get the $20 back.

No go for us this time.

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