Very busy, got first person we saw. Told young man that it was our 20th Anniversary and asked if there were any possible upgrades for us. Didn’t slip the $20. All he gave us was the option to upgrade to a better room, but having to pay the extra $$$ for it. Sadly, they didn’t even have the original room we booked and offered us a handicap room. Got into room and everything is lowered and not as nice as a normal room. Had to call and get moved to a 2 queen room instead of King room.

We booked a resort King through Mlife at a reduced rate for 2 nights and a comped third night for Labor Day 2019. We checked in on Saturday at 11:30 am because that’s when we got into town. I used the priority check in line because I have the Mlife credit card and the line was much shorter than the regular line. Handed over my $20 between my license and credit card along with my Mlife rewards card and just asked if any complimentary upgrades were available.

The young lady replied “of course” and asked if we had stayed with them before. I told her we had and we’ve only stayed at the Mirage when we’ve visited Las Vegas.

She put us on the 24th floor with a view of the strip and the volcano, a soaking tub, and more square footage than the rooms we normally get on the lower floors. Not a huge upgrade and worth the $20.

I have done the $20 trick 5 times in vegas, this was a good upgrade.
Stayed at the Mirage in August 2019 and checked in on a Thursday at 5:00. Not super busy at check in but was 3rd in line so i got the first available clerk. Had the $20 between ID and CC and as soon as the young female clerk saw it she new the game. I had booked just a regular resort king room. The cheapest i could find. I asked if a tower king was available and it was not as they were all booked. She apologized and asked me to wait a few minutes so she could try a few other things. She came back and said that she can get me on a high level floor (we were on 16) with a strip/volcano view and she waved all the resort fees without me asking. The Strip view is an upgrade on the hotel site which i am indifferent on. I wanted Tower Rooms for the private elevator and up graded amenities. However, I was very happy with the waiving of the resort fees which are $40 a night. For 3 nights I saved $120 for the $20 tip. That is $100 cash win right from the start and then what ever they value the Strip View at which is no big deal to me. Very Happy with the deal.

Went to the Mirage over Spring Break -First week in April 2019. Female clerk helped us. Slipped a $20.00 – asked for a complimentary room upgrade . Said none were available. Instead she gave us a noisy room- no strip view near the elevator. Was so noisy from the machine on the elevators, had to move to another room. Given another lousy room with view of the mountains. No strip view. Highly disappointed.

Didnt target any clerk in particular since you were just directed to whoever was available it was really busy since it was on memorial day weekend got there on Friday around 430 I had reserved at resort king room and I was upgraded to a resort tower king which was cool I was on the 24th floor also the clerk waived the parking which would have been 30 dollars for 2 days so that was cool! In total saved around 110 dollars 🤗🤗

The check in line had a person who directed me to an open clerk. Luckily it was all the way to the end on the right hand side. It was 3PM, right at check in time. I asked the clerk to check if there were any room upgrades. Initially booked standard 2 queens room. Received the strip/volcano view as an upgrade. On the booking website, it was only about an additional $10. Not worth the tip.

Did not target a clerk. Check-in at 4pm. Female clerk looked, asked manager, said they were full. Tuesday 12/15/2015, checking out Friday which is the very low season.
We have stayed at the Mirage several times during this time of year for our anniversary. Usually they send up a bottle of champagne. This time they did not. We have not stayed at the mirage since.

Went in with the intention of giving $50. I followed the routine and gave him the $50 and asked if there were any complimentary upgrades.
This was a Monday afternoon check-in for a five night stay. Two of the nights were already comped through mlife to begin with and the other 3 were at a very reduced rate.
The man returned from the back room and said “Unfortunately there were no ‘complimentary’ upgrades, however he could provide me with a one-bedroom suite for the bare minimum of $25 a night. I jumped at the chance, it was a total of $125 to go from a standard resort room to a one bedroom suite on one of the top couple of floors. By my estimation I saved between 600-1000 dollars depending on how you want to look at it.

There was a line, so we got whoever we got. I handed her the $20 sandwiched and asked if there were any complimentary upgrades available, she first mentioned there wasn’t anything available. No big deal. Then she asked if we wouldn’t mind waiting a few hours to check in. We didn’t mind, and she got us a room on floor 25, overlooking the volcano and the strip, with an elevator only servicing the 24th and 25th floors. Was a great stay.

I checked in on Monday afternoon. The guy was unable to upgrade us to the suite, but did get us on 24th floor with the beautiful view of the strip. He did appoligize and say that no suite rooms were available .. at that time I asked if there were any tickets available (buffet or habitat). He went back and was able to comp us 4 free secret garden & dolphin habitat passes. We were planning to see that with our kids anyways … each ticket is $24 so this was an incredible deal. Sometimes you just have to ask 🙂