First, prior to making any reservations, enroll in Mlife. Once enrolled in Mlife and have activated your online account, you can make reservations at Mlife.com, which should offer you the lowest rates. I was able to get a 20% discount off of the regular room rate on Mlife once I logged in to my account.

Second, make sure you've got your Plat or Diamond status matched to Mlife.
I strongly encourage every HGP platinum and diamond to take advantage of the Mlife status match prior to checking in to any Mlife hotel. You will be status matched to Mlife Gold (HGP Platinum) or Platinum (HGP Diamond) which will allow you to check in to the hotel in the VIP line - a HUGE timesaver.
If you haven't status matched prior to arriving in Vegas, your first stop should be the Mlife desk for the status match. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR HYATT CARD. They will want to physically see your Hyatt card. If you are a member (not Platinum or Diamond), they will only give you sapphire, their lowest level.

Third, room rates. Weekends and special events days are much higher than weekdays. Weekday rates are great for mattress runs.


Check-in. There are two places for Mlife VIPs (anything above sapphire) to check in at Luxor. In the main reservation lines, there's a couple of counters on the far right exclusively for Pearls and above. This is much faster than standing in the long check-in line.
The second place to check in is downstairs, near the walkway to Excalibur. There's a regular line for Tower check-ins and a VIP lounge. You'll see signs that will take you to the VIP lounge. They are only open during normal business hours so I never used the VIP lounge to check in.


Resort Fees: $18 plus tax as of today; always subject to change. There was no suggestion of them waiving that fee, nor did I ask. My room rate was already very cheap so I wasn't going to waste any time or energy trying to get it waived.

Rooms: I had two different one night stays at Luxor. I booked Pyramid deluxe queen (cheapest rate) both times. As an Mlife Platinum, I was upgraded to a Pyramid King Suite and a Tower Deluxe King. Upgrades are subject to availability, but I got the impression that they would upgrade Mlife Plats/Noirs if at all possible. Staying just one night helps quite a bit on getting upgrades.
I strongly recommend staying in the Tower over the Pyramid. The rooms are older and in desperate need to an update in the Pyramid. If you want a view of the strip, tell them at check-in and they will put you in an East Tower room. I was on the 13th floor and had a partial view of the strip; the Excalibur blocked out some of the view.

My wife and I both preferred the Tower room over the Pyramid suite. I would have no issues staying in the same Tower room again.


Gambling: Watch out for blackjack tables that pay 6/5 on blackjacks. They've also got tables that pay 3/2 with the same rules.

Final note: This is a great property for a mattress run. My room cost was $57.79 all in ($33.60 room rate) and $58.69 ($34.40 room rate). For the night in between the Luxor rooms, we had an Excalibur room which is another excellent mattress run choice.