$20 Trick - It works very well
Oct 5, 2011, 3:34 pm
#947
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Fiesta Henderson anyone?
I can find no $20 tip experience anywhere on the intergoogles....
http://www.fiestahendersonlasvegas.com/hotel/suites/
I can find no $20 tip experience anywhere on the intergoogles....
http://www.fiestahendersonlasvegas.com/hotel/suites/
Oct 5, 2011, 10:48 pm
#949
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Used the $20 trick at Paris a month ago. I think the key is careful selection of the front desk clerk. It is like picking a jury - certain types follow rules, others don't. Anyway, I had reserved the lowest category and was offered a renovated red room or Bellagio fountain view - he even took the time to show me photos of each option. I opted for a high floor view.
Oct 6, 2011, 10:56 am
#950
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Used the $20 trick at Paris a month ago. I think the key is careful selection of the front desk clerk. It is like picking a jury - certain types follow rules, others don't. Anyway, I had reserved the lowest category and was offered a renovated red room or Bellagio fountain view - he even took the time to show me photos of each option. I opted for a high floor view.
Last edited by thebat; Oct 6, 2011 at 10:57 am Reason: spelling
Oct 6, 2011, 2:39 pm
#951
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Oct 10, 2011, 4:17 am
#953
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Booked a 5 night regular room in Paris for my brother & aunt, using my total rewards rates. I had to check in because it was booked on my credit card. I slipped a 20$ between ID & credit card. Clerk was a young woman. At first she didn't talk much until she saw the 20$. "What is this?" I friendly explained that it was a tip for her, thinking the sandwich would fail since she was making a fuss about it... After I told her she could keep it, and before we were even talking about rooms, she suddenly became more friendly in the way she was talking to us... I hesitated a bit, then asked if any upgrades were available. She offered us a fountain view room on a high floor.
Then I checked in with my wife at the Cosmopolitan. Booked a 1 bedroom terrace room. Tried a 100$ sandwich because it was for 5 nights and wanted to try for a corner suite.She saw the tip, and offered us the same room but with fountain view on 30th floor. I asked for the corner suite, and she said it would normally be 150$ a night more, but could give it for 100 a night to us. I declined because they didn't have any fountain via corner suites available. She then gave me my money back. I did give her a 20$ tip for her trouble in upgrading us to a fountain view room.
Finally, we got upgraded for free to a terrace suite with fountain room on 35th floor, because there were 3 chinese people in our original room when we tried to get in it ;-)
Then I checked in with my wife at the Cosmopolitan. Booked a 1 bedroom terrace room. Tried a 100$ sandwich because it was for 5 nights and wanted to try for a corner suite.She saw the tip, and offered us the same room but with fountain view on 30th floor. I asked for the corner suite, and she said it would normally be 150$ a night more, but could give it for 100 a night to us. I declined because they didn't have any fountain via corner suites available. She then gave me my money back. I did give her a 20$ tip for her trouble in upgrading us to a fountain view room.
Finally, we got upgraded for free to a terrace suite with fountain room on 35th floor, because there were 3 chinese people in our original room when we tried to get in it ;-)
Oct 14, 2011, 2:17 pm
#954
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 183
Booked a 5 night regular room in Paris for my brother & aunt, using my total rewards rates. I had to check in because it was booked on my credit card. I slipped a 20$ between ID & credit card. Clerk was a young woman. At first she didn't talk much until she saw the 20$. "What is this?" I friendly explained that it was a tip for her, thinking the sandwich would fail since she was making a fuss about it... After I told her she could keep it, and before we were even talking about rooms, she suddenly became more friendly in the way she was talking to us... I hesitated a bit, then asked if any upgrades were available. She offered us a fountain view room on a high floor.
Then I checked in with my wife at the Cosmopolitan. Booked a 1 bedroom terrace room. Tried a 100$ sandwich because it was for 5 nights and wanted to try for a corner suite.She saw the tip, and offered us the same room but with fountain view on 30th floor. I asked for the corner suite, and she said it would normally be 150$ a night more, but could give it for 100 a night to us. I declined because they didn't have any fountain via corner suites available. She then gave me my money back. I did give her a 20$ tip for her trouble in upgrading us to a fountain view room.
Finally, we got upgraded for free to a terrace suite with fountain room on 35th floor, because there were 3 chinese people in our original room when we tried to get in it ;-)
Then I checked in with my wife at the Cosmopolitan. Booked a 1 bedroom terrace room. Tried a 100$ sandwich because it was for 5 nights and wanted to try for a corner suite.She saw the tip, and offered us the same room but with fountain view on 30th floor. I asked for the corner suite, and she said it would normally be 150$ a night more, but could give it for 100 a night to us. I declined because they didn't have any fountain via corner suites available. She then gave me my money back. I did give her a 20$ tip for her trouble in upgrading us to a fountain view room.
Finally, we got upgraded for free to a terrace suite with fountain room on 35th floor, because there were 3 chinese people in our original room when we tried to get in it ;-)
Oct 14, 2011, 7:01 pm
#955
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Oct 17, 2011, 2:43 am
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Oct 17, 2011, 2:36 pm
#959
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(where is the blushing emoticon? =^_^=
) But still, checked out does not mean cleaned and ready!
Oct 17, 2011, 2:37 pm
#960
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Fiesta Henderson anyone?
I can find no $20 tip experience anywhere on the intergoogles....
http://www.fiestahendersonlasvegas.com/hotel/suites/
I can find no $20 tip experience anywhere on the intergoogles....
http://www.fiestahendersonlasvegas.com/hotel/suites/