Bellagio
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Bellagio Review Highlights
Recent Hotel Deals & Upgrades
Recent Room Upgrades: 0% 0/0
All Time Upgrades: 80% 181/227
We went with the $50 trick. Checked in at 11:00am with Aga, a very nice clerk. She was very appreciative of the $50, and actually offered us a suite. That would have been great, but the suite had now direct view of the fountains. We opted for the lower upgrade of a fountain view room, since the wife really wanted to watch the fountains from the room. She gave us a gift certificate for free perfume at one of the shops. She was surprised that we didn’t take the suite, but understood. Great experience. This was my first attempt at the trick, and didn’t feel weird at all.
Booked a Bellagio Suite, husband folded a twenty between ID and Credit Card. Put it on the counter and the clerk saw it as Husband asked if there were any suites with a lakeview. He left the cards and bill on the counter and said he would look. Nothing. He went to the back to probably ask someone and was gone a few minutes. Came back and said no. All booked, supposedly. He took the card and ID, leaving the bill on the counter. He gave us a high floor with a nice view of the pool and mountains though.
Husband folded a twenty between card and ID and asked if there were any upgrades. Had booked a deluxe room (no view) and wanted a lakeview. Lady took the cards and money, slipped the bill into her pocket discreetly and quickly, then proceeded to check the system. No lakeview, but offered us a Salone Suite instead with a partial view of the strip. We said yes.
Did the trick, with the twin placed between my ID and AMEX…started to ask the clerk for an upgrade and he interrupted me with a ‘stop’ hand gesture, and told me not to say anything. We just talked as he filled out the Line Pass card for the restaurants for me, then as he gave me my keys to the room, said ‘enjoy your lake view’…very nice!
It was a busy check in and had to wait about 15 minutes for this snotty upscale women complaining about something. The manager was right behind our clerk the whole time. I just said that “seems busy today huh!” I then asked if there were any complimentary upgrades available. She didn’t hear me so I had to say it again (I was a little nervous) I put the twenty in between my id and credit card like everybody else. She typed in for a minute and said that she has a fountain view available. After the check out she left the twenty on the counter and asked if I needed any change! I said that is for you hun. The manager and her were super cool. My wife and I were excited and it was a great view.
I wouldn’t recommend giving $50 a room for only two nights.
Checked in at 11:00am while everybody else seemed to be leaving. I handed her a $50 in hopes of upping the stakes a little. I asked her if there were any comp. upgrades. She left the desk and asked her supervisor. Came back and said that this was her first upgrade and had to ask how to do it (been there three weeks). I suggested that she should go for a suite since it was her first upgrade. Lakeview upper floor was the most that she was authorized to do. Nice and very polite. Great room. 20 would have gotten the same thing but 50 was worth a try.
Just like the others have done. I put the 20 between my CC and ID and gave it to the clerk. He put the 20 aside and started typing away.
Got a Lakeview room with an awesome view of the fountain shows!
went on a comp’d tournament. arrived at 8:30 am asked for an upgrade and an early check in. within 45 minutes she called my cell and my room was ready.
Had a reservation for 2 queen bed standard non-smoking room. Slipped the clerk a $20 between the Credit card and ID and asked if there were any complimentary upgrades available. Typed for a while, and gave me 3 options:
1. Jr. Suite with 75 square feet more room and a king and rollaway.
2. Lakeview smoking room with 2 queens
3. Lakeview non-smoking with a king and rollaway.
Took option 2 as neither of us wanted to sleep in a rollaway, and not worried about smoke.
I was in at the Bellagio for a sales rally and my company had already booked and paid for my room weeks in advance. Upon check-in, I handed over the twenty between my DL and credit card. The woman behind the desk took the twenty and placed it aside without acknowledging it. After searching for my reservation, she said to me, “Currently we have you with a pool and garden view, is there something else you were looking for?” When I asked for a lake view, she responded that at this time of day (1 PM), those rooms are extremely rare. But she checked anyways, and a minute later this is what she said: “Sir, I hope you plan on doing some gambling because this is your lucky day! This is the first time I’ve ever seen a lake view room available at this time of day.” She booked me on the 18th floor with a perfect central view of the lake. It made my trip!