Join Date: May 2008
Location: Orange County, CA
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Tipping the Front Desk Clerk for Upgrades
There is a thread about this in the Vegas forum and the consensus is that it sometimes works with $20 and often works with $50 slipped to the front desk clerk.
Of course, vegas is a whole different animal compared to other destinations. What do you all think about tipping people at luxury hotels to get upgrades? Please do not count Virtuoso and FHR upgrades.
Any personal experience stories would be great.
As for myself, I have never attempted the "bribe", but I ALWAYS ask politely and with a smile on my face. My success rate is a little <50%.