My brother and I were out for a two-day getaway. Checked in early (about noon), it was fairly busy. Check-in person was a 30-something lady, gave her the sandwich and she returned my $20 immediately saying that the Carson tower was sold out and there were no upgrades available. There was an older woman nearby who looked like a supervisor, so perhaps she wasn’t willing to look in one of the other towers because of that.

Asked for an upgrade was told no , but I could purchase one for $20 for my two night stay. Got a view overlooking the pool.

Young Asian women she was the 1st clerk available. It was around 4pm. I put the 20 between my ID and Credit Card said if there were any free upgrades to a larger room it would be apreciated. She saw the 20 and kind of hesitated(I think her superviser was standing behind her) and said ah in a kink of suprised manner. She then started typing and showed me a Rush Tower Standard Room. I told her that it didn’t have to be in the Rush Tower(this was what I was afraid of because my object was to get a larger room(suite) not a fancier room to the same size. She then went back to typing and said she had a Jr. Suite in the Rush Tower. I said that would be fine and thanked her for her efforts. Let me tell you that room was anything but Jr. . It was huge the Bathroom area alone was bigger than most hotels standard rooms. The Bathroom contained a seperate room for the comode. Two sinks and two lighted mirrors on opposite sides of the room, a rain shower that could have held 4 people , a seperate bathtub and a large walk in closet. The living area had two 40-46 inch flat screen TVs and a large L shaped Couch. All and all it was well worth the 20

Checked in about 4pm and went to first available clerk.

Was booked into the Carson tower (the farthest tower from the casino floor) at the special WSOP poker rate for 21 days so I was skeptical as to whether the sandwich trick would work but I tried it.

I asked if there were any complimentary upgrades available and after a few seconds of typing on his keyboard he asked which tower I would prefer. I asked for the “Gold” tower, whose elevators open directly onto the casino floor.

He booked me into a Gold Club Luxury room whose upgrades over a Carson Tower room included a Keurig coffee maker, wrap around sofa, double bathroom sink/vanity, free fruit & newspaper each morning, free bottled water, and mini-fridge. The value of the newspaper alone for 21 days was $42.

An upgrade from the Carson tower to a regular Gold Tower room is worth about $30/day and the upgrade to a Gold Tower Luxury room another $30-$40/day.

Overall I would estimate my upgrade was easily worth $1200. Not bad for a twenty dollar bill.

We arrived mid afternoon after a real long flight from the east coast. While in line i made my sandwich and checked out the front desk staff. I noticed 2 really friendly ones. I let someone go ahead of me to i could get one of them. When i walked up i called her by her first name, there name tags also mention where they are from. I brought up a trip i had last year there. after some small talk she asked for my licence. While giving it to her i asked if they had any room upgrades availible. About 2 minutes later i went from a Rush Tower to a Spa Tower Suite. It was a great 4 night trip.

No target. Took which came up as the line is long. 4pm. Took my $20 said I got a nice veiw and I remained in Carson tower eight rusty tub and room hadn’t been cleaned either then had no towels all week. Next time no Nugget.

At approximately 2:30 p.m. at the Rush Tower check in desk, was 2nd in line when I arrived. There were two clerks and I got a 20-30-something woman.

Handed her my $20 sandwich and she tossed it on the counter like she was allergic to it in one move, before I could even say anything. She did this before she even entered any information in the computer

I was booked in Carson tower and got Carson tower. Luckily my room was competed due to play from a previous stay. So it was no skin off my nose, free is free.

Booked a room over the phone with the hotel about 3-4 weeks in advance. Told the reservation gal we were coming for our anniversary. Called a day before we arrived to “confirm” our reservation and that we would be arriving late evening. Upon arrival, to the new Rush tower, there was one gal checking in before us, and we only had to wait for a few minutes. It was almost midnight on a Sat night, the front desk clerk was male 24-30 ish, (only one clerk at the desk) and I handed him DL and CC, said good evening. He was busy typing and then he picked up the phone and dialed, spoke for a few minutes, hung up, typed some more, picked up the phone again, spoke to somebody, typed more. Couldn’t hear what he was saying due to background noise, he looked up and said he would be upgrading our room! We went from the Rush tower to the Gold tower. Room on the16th floor…had to use the room key to access the floor…felt really special!
I didn’t have to say anything to him for the upgrade. I wonder if it was because I mentioned it was our anniversary or because I made the reservation with the hotel.
Will definetly try that method again!

Got to hotel at 11. Check in isn’t until 3. I didn’t “target” any worker, just got who I got. I smiled and said hello. Asked if there were any rooms available for early check in or any complimentary room upgrades and set my “sandwich” on the counter. She grabbed my id and $20 discreetly and said she’d check. A minute later she said ok, looks like you booked Carson tower but we’ve put you in the Rush tower, bigger room. Gave me a bunch of coupons and my keys and we were off. I thanked her but without making a big show of it. Room was amazing! 4 hour early check in and great room upgrade!

I checked in at 2:30 AM on a Sunday night. When I got to the front, before I even had a chance to ask for an upgrade, the clerk said they were all booked and they would be upgrading me to a 1500 sq ft Spa suite from a regular room. Stayed in it for two nights. Best upgrade ever!