We checked in late Monday night, (Tuesday 1AM actually), and went to the first available clerk. I gave him a $50.00 sandwich. He placed the bill between us and he said I could tip him after if I was pleased with the service.

He made a very brief call and then checked the computer while we were making small talk. He said he had a spa suite available, a double room upgrade, on the 40 ish floor over looking the strip and asked if that would be ok. I said that would be just fine. He also said that since it was so late he would waive one day of the resort fee, ($22.40). I handed him the $50 and went up to the room.

When I checked out early Friday morning I noticed that the other 3 days of Resort Fees, ($67.20), were also comped! What a bonus!!! Now I wonder if he knew it was a $50 at check in? Did he just assumed it was a $20 as the bill denomination was face down? Had he realized it was a $50 could I have gotten into a Players Suite? I guess I’ll have to go back and try it again!!!

We arrived around 2pm on Sunday and literally just went to the next open agent. No real line so it went very quickly. My husband handed her the sandwich stack, stated he was here for business but brought his wife along (me) for pleasure and wanted to see if there were any complimentary room upgrades available. She put the $20 on her keyboard and said “Is this for me?” And my husband replied, “Of course.”. She was very very friendly and started typing away. She showed us how he had booked a Park Ave room and she was upgrading us to a Madison Ave Premium View room.

We were thrilled it worked but when we went to the room we were even more excited. The room is very large, it’s a corner room on the 15th floor. The view is beautiful, mountains, strip, and even the roller coaster.

It’s Vegas and we looked at this as our first gamble. It paid off for us, we are going to enjoy the next 5 days even more now!

We checked in on Sat. around 1:30 pm on Labor Day weekend so we weren’t really expecting to get an upgrade on a holiday weekend. There was a pretty good line but it went fast and we were lucky to get a young guy. I handed him the “sandwich” and he said “Oh, is this for me?”, I said yes and asked him if there were any complimentary room upgrades available. He said that he could upgrade me to the next level room with a strip view also. I thanked him and off we went to enjoy our vacation thanks to frontdesktip.com!!

Front desk clerk in Feb 2016 …..place the twenty between the ID card and credit card…..and asked whatever you can do for me would be greatly appreciated ….the lady smiled and said no problem.

We arrived on Friday around 7pm and got directed to a female clerk. Exchanged greetings and pleasantries, then handed over my ID and bank card with a $50 in between. I asked about any complementary upgrades and she answered back “We don’t do that here”. I said okay and plucked my $50 back.

Flight arrived about 6:30 from Omaha, there was no wait in line. Handed the young clerk the sandwich. She smiled sheepishly and looked kind of shocked. Asked if the hotel was offering any complimentary room upgrades since my husband and I were celebrating our anniversary. She said she’d see what she could do. Upgraded us from a standard room to a Madison AVenue room with a very nice view of the mountains. Handed the $20 back to me and said it was complimentary and to have a nice anniversary! Score! 🙂

Checked in early, said I didn’t mind waiting until room was ready. Chatted for a bit about this and that while she was looking for a room that was ready. I asked for complimentary upgrade with a $50 in between my cards. She took off the daily resort fee but said she couldn’t do the room upgrade. She kept my $50 and that was that. It did save me money overall, but was not impressed. Next time, and I suggest a different hotel as well, I will just try a $20.

I had a basic room at NYNY, merely went to the first clerk available on a Monday afternoon, kindly put $20 between ID and credit card, and politely asked if any complimentary upgrades were available. She smiled, said she would check. First asked, if I was parking a car during my stay. I wasn’t. She then upgraded me to a room that had a nice view of the strip facing MGM, and parts of excalibur. Also a bigger room. Enjoyed it.

Check in was really busy but went up to the available clerk to check in. Sandwiched the 20 between id and credit card and politely asked. The clerk didn’t say anything so just thought he was being subtle with it being busy. Then I was told I was getting a Maddison Avenue room in the Chrysler building part of the hotel. Room did have views of the mountains/ red rock canyon in the distance

We checked in at 3pm on a Wednesday afternoon. Approximately 10min wait in the queue. Slid across 2x$50 notes and asked if there were any upgrades available. The clerk took the money and said she would see what she would do. While she appeared to try her best and seemed apologetic she ultimately gave us nothing and kept the tip. $100 down the drain, first gamble of the trip didn’t pay off!