Asked if there were any complimentary upgrades available, the gentleman shook his head and said no. Did not make eye contact with us at all. He did place us on the 31st floor, (out of 32). The lobby was very busy, so I don’t know, perhaps he just couldn’t discuss it.

I had seen that the success rate at the Monte Carlo was pretty low, so I wasn’t expecting much. Had my ID and credit card with a $20 in between. Handed it to the front desk clerk and asked if there were any upgrades available. She then checked some and proceeded to give me upgrade pricing. I then said we’ll keep the same class room, but could she get us high up, facing the strip. We wound up getting a room with a great view of the strip on the 31st floor. With the construction going on in the back of the hotel, that was very important. She did ask if I wanted change for the $20, but I told her to keep it. Might have gotten the same upgrade without the tip. No way to know, but, to me, it was easily worth that $20 to secure the room we wound up getting. Room wasn’t ready for another few hours though.

Stayed at the MC 3 times, this being my 4th. Never tried “the trick”. This time at check in I simply said “I’d like a room on a high floor, in the 300 wing” while handing her my Credit Card with a $10.00 bill. She took it and asked if I would like a strip view as well. BINGO!

Monte Carlo: A+

Came in on Saturday night. They were not busy at all. Had a young guy in his 20’s at the desk. I asked him if here able to do anything about the rooms there and if there were any upgrades available and and made it obvious i was slipping cash under my amex and ID. I asked him again if he was sure he could not do anything, and he apologized and returned the my card with the cash.

Got the $20.00 back from naive clerk. She may have caught on later and gave me the strip room for that. I am not sure.

me – “do you offer comp upgrades?”
her – “No”

Told the young lady we were in town for our wedding and 3 day honeymoon. I asked if any upgrades were available…… she checked…. and then gave us a strip Spa Room on the 23rd floor. I offered the $20 tip with my ID and CC but she refused and said it was her pleasure.

Have tried twice here, both times with a C-note showing, no luck both times. The second time, the (female) clerk said “nothing in life is free”

I then got the room 10 miles away facing a building site where they started at 6am every day. DONT BOTHER HERE!!!

I got denied @ Monte Carlo 5/12-5/14.

Handed over my $20 w/ credit card and asked if there were “any complimentary upgrades available”. The lady proceeded to tell me the cost to upgrade to the suites at regular price. I said “no it’s okay, thanks though” and she was nice to give the $20 back. My gf had a good laugh but thanked me for trying lol.

Maybe next time!

Just stayed at the Monte Carlo and tried the $50 deal. Worked well — but a bit different than the plan. Flashed my $50 but was told the price for upgrading. Tried again and asked if he could do any better. I ended up in a Monaco Suite (750 sq ft) for $37 more per night. Since it was not a free upgrade, but a somewhat cheap upgrade, I ended up tipping the front desk agent $10.

It seemed well worth the extra money for a much nicer, much larger room. And on top of that, the agent gave us free spa passes (four passes at $22 each).