Originally Posted by
BenjaminNicholas
Why not do yourself a favor, save the trouble and simply book the room you want (or, at the very least, book with FHR or Virtuoso and hope for the best).
If you have this philosophy, what on earth are you doing here on flyertalk? This site is all about getting the best bang for your buck, and using tips and tricks to get a result; if the $20 trick has worked for some folk then who are you to say it hasn't?