I had the money tightly snug in between my credit card and ID. When I gave it to clerk he knew exactly what was up. Immediately tucked it behind his sleeve and began typing away. I got moved from a pyramid room to a Premium West end tower room. Worked like a charm.

I tried this and it worked …sort of. We stayed 4 nights, Thursday- Monday. The lady said that if it was one or two nights it would be free but we could upgrade to a suite for 25$ a night. Then she gave us a 20$ motel credit too.All in all it worked out pretty well since our room cost was about 40$ per night before the upgrade.

We booked 3 nights in Feb 2019, it was our first Vegas trip together as a couple. My boyfriend told me about this $20 trick and I thought he was crazy to actually do it at first, but he thoroughly did his research. We waited in line for about 20 mins (around noon) and were called over by a male employee with a cheerful smile, so we were feeling pretty good. Sandwiched the bill between the cards and handed it to him, my boyfriend asked if there were any complimentary upgrades available, you know the deal. He set it off to the side and got right to it. We originally booked the most basic room but he upgraded us to a newly remodeled tower room with a soaking tub (not jetted) and a strip view- this upgrade is typically an extra $20 A NIGHT! The tower is quite luxurious and looks great with the remodel. The staff member said “thanks for the tip!” after some small talk and sent us on our way to the elevator. Overall we were extremely happy with our experience and felt like total ballers.

Did the $20 sandwich. Kindof messed it up since my girlfriend was the one handing the ID, but I was the one talking. Clerk knew the jig and gave us an upgrade. Worked really well even though we fumbled a bit

Put $20 in passport, check in person was very friendly and offered us a complimentary suite and vouchers for buffet for 2. Not that scary!

My friends and I like to drive in from LA late at night to avoid traffic. I booked a standard 2 queen pyramid room using my MLife points, so my room was $39 (w/o resort fees). It was my 3rd time doing the trick so I felt pretty confident and played the part when checking in. Simply gave her my ID and card with the $20 in between, and did not even have to say anything besides asking how she was doing. Given it was 1am on a Thursday night and we were checking out the next day, if any rooms were open they were not going to be used that night. She told us what room we booked, and where she was going to put us. We were upgraded to a suite with a hot tub on the 20th floor, and also waived our $15 parking. Pretty good deal if you ask me.

my dad and I checked in on Friday 11/22 at 11am, having paid for an early check in. There was a long line, so I had no choice of clerk. The clerk was a bald man in his 20s or early 30s. I smiled and greeted him. I didn’t use a sandwich, I put down 50 bucks and said “This is for you, anything you can do for us I’d really appreciate”. The clerk wasn’t thrilled, and said “I’m not gonna lie to you man, I dont have anything”. I had to convince him that I considered it a gratuity and that I wanted him to have the money anyway.
He told me that instead of the pyramid room on the second floor, he could put me in a premium pyramid room on the 22nd floor, which I accepted. Looking at the website, there’s only like a $6 difference in cost. I’d have been better off keeping my $50 for the craps tables.

Didn’t target any specific Clerk. Me and my friends arrived at about 8:30 pm. We had to wait about 10-15 minutes in line.
I kindly asked if we can get a room on a higher floor.
I’ve booked 2 pyramid rooms (through a special offer) and got upgraded to 2 pyramid deluxe rooms.

The clerk asked for my ID and credit card. I had the $20 ready and between the ID and the card. I handed them to her and she immediately slid the $20 back to me. I said “I was hoping you could check to see if there are any complementary upgrades available” and she said “there are upgrades available but you will have to pay the difference”. She seemed to be offended and did not make any small talk with us and was not friendly at all. She never asked why we were there, which happened to be for our 20th wedding anniversary. So I was hoping we could get something comped, but we didn’t get anything. Very disappointing.

Thought I had no chance, Vegas was busy line was insane for check in due to EDC being on that weekend. Initially the lady found the $20 sandwiched between ID and credit card, she placed it on the counter and said sorry I can’t do much as we are so busy. I left the bill there and said no problem that’s for you! she was friendly and chatty and she suddenly said she managed to upgrade us to a suite facing the strip. Amazing!