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Old Dec 19, 2013, 9:27 am
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Hotel Website: The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Autograph Collection
Official List of Cosmopolitan Bonvoy Elite Benefits: https://www.cosmopolitanlasvegas.com/marriott-bonvoy-at-the-cosmopolitan-of-las-vegas

The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, the only charges that qualify for Points are as follows:
- Room rate, room service food and beverage, in-room movies, phone calls and in-room minibar purchases
- Points cannot be earned on any other purchases at hotel outlets or for hotel services

The Cosmopolitan is a "resort," so basically the only elite benny is a possible upgrade. Elites are not exempt from the resort fee

Resort fee is $39+tax effective 01/01/2019. Also as of that date, parking (self & valet) is complimentary for hotel guests.

Cosmopolitan is exempt from providing free wifi to Plats per Marriott's T&Cs, however it is included with the mandatory $39 daily resort fee so there is still no extra charge to any guest for using it.

Platinums receive:

* use of Platinum check-in area (to the left of main desks)

* Platinum arrival gift is $10FB coupon or 1,000 points

* room upgrade (space available) - better luck on mid-week stays than weekend stays. sometimes a 'sandwich' (ie, bribe) to front desk does the trick.

* free tea/coffee 6am - noon in the plat lobby check-in area

* Wicked Spoon: Marriott Rewards Platinums (and PPs) get to use preferred line and get 15% discount when staying at the property. Just show your MR Plat or PP card.
You can book through Virtuoso as well as Amex FHR for complimentary breakfast buffet at Wicked spoon.

Resort fee:

* $39 (+ tax) per day for resort fee, which includes gym access, local + long distance calls, Wifi, pool access. The resort fee is not waived.

Receiving Bonvoy Points for a Stay:

Many have reported needing to follow up to have Marriott Bonvoy points manually posted post stay (they do not typically post automatically.) A tip is to email [email protected] shortly after a stay asking them to manually forward your folio to Marriott Bonvoy for processing.

Hat tip to billycwhatup for this:

* Identity points and MR points can not be earned on the same stay

Other tips

The Terrace Suites are the most common room type and are classified as studio and one bedroom, with options for King, 2 Queens with or without a fountain view. They are essentially the same size, however (10 sq ft difference), but the layouts differ.

The King Studio Suite has a standard bathroom with shower and tub, a living room area with large sitting area and an L shaped sofa and the bed is in a separate area, though not separated.

The King One BR Suite has the same kind of living room area, with the bedroom separated by sliding doors and the bathroom is larger, with a "soaking tub".

If you get a terrace suite of any kind with 2 Queens, the living area will be smaller.

And unless your room type is described as "fountain view", you aren't guaranteed it, though Platinum status will get you upgraded on check in if they have one available.

If you book any of these room types and want to aim higher, I would try a giving the receptionist a 50$ "sandwich", and ask if any wraparounds upgrades would be available. If they say yes, there is a good chance that it will be a wraparound facing south-east or south-west, which for me would be a no go. Taste in view is personal of course, but for me the fountain-Eiffel tower view are so much nicer than the south facing views. Also when you would have the choice between a low level wraparound or high level terrace suite, I would still take the high level terrace suite, because a number of floors on the east tower are blocked by the big Bellagio sign. (see youtube vids).

If you really want a high level wraparound then you probably would have to pay, which can sometimes be not that much. If I'm not mistaken I think they offered me a wraparound at 150$ per night more, but we originally booked a 1 bedroom terrace room without view.

Last tip : If you would get the choice of wraparound I would definitely take a high floor east tower one, facing north-east. That would give you bellagio fountain + eiffel tower view, but also a good portion of the south strip.

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Old Jun 27, 2019, 4:41 pm
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Originally Posted by caseminole
Is there are good lounge there ?

Any luck or success rate w/room upgrades?

What type of welcome gift should I expect

also, as a Titanium Elite, if I book two rooms, does the upgrade apply to both rooms, or just the room that I am in?
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Old Jun 27, 2019, 5:00 pm
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And a link in post 2755 in that thread will answer most, if not all, of your questions. It's from a couple of days ago.
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Old Jun 27, 2019, 5:16 pm
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Originally Posted by dgreen12
And a link in post 2755 in that thread will answer most, if not all, of your questions. It's from a couple of days ago.
thank you!
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Old Jul 1, 2019, 5:43 am
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Originally Posted by COEWR2587
No. All terrace suites do not have fountain views. They need to have view or fountain in then name of the room type otherwise looking over city center
All "Terrace Suites" rooms do have fountain views. They only recently added the "fountain view" description to the Terrace Suites to let people know.

Originally Posted by hindolio
The names of the rooms are confusing to me, but as I stated a few posts above, I was upgraded from a Terrace Studio to a 1 bedroom Terrace Suite that had a nice view of the Strip, right across from Planet Hollywood and no fountain view. The next room to my left was a wraparound that did seem to have a fountain view. If you Google map the Cosmo hotel, it will make better sense. Hope that helps.
There are no 1 bedroom Terrace Suites, only Terrace One Bedrooms.

Originally Posted by Chellyx
https://www.cosmopolitanlasvegas.com...t/rooms-suites
according to the cosmo website there is no „terrace suite“ only terrace suite fountain view. The Marriott Site doesn’t include fountain view in the name, but otherwise lists identical room specs (sq feet, etc) as the cosmo site. Is there actually a room type that’s terrace suite, no view, and only bookable through Marriott?
Many people confuse the names of the rooms cause they are very similar. It actually used to be harder before they put "fountain view" to distinguish it after many complaints. But IRT to only "Terrace Suite" rooms, all of them have fountain view. Then they changed the tower names to get people more confused.
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Old Jul 21, 2019, 5:38 pm
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Seems these guys are getting a bit shady. I've stayed a dozen times before and never had an issue. I booked a room for 4 nights next week about 2 months ago. I got an email today saying that I have to pre-pay the entire amount by tomorrow or they are cancelling my reservation. Rate never said that when I booked. Does not say it now. And I called the Plat line and they confirmed that my rate is NOT pre-payment.

I figured maybe they were sold out for next week and looking to kick out the cheaper rates, however, just looked and they have a WIDE range of rooms left, and actually at a LOWER rate then when I booked!

I replied to their email and told them to go ahead and cancel. I'll stay someplace else. Goodbye Cosmo!
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Old Jul 21, 2019, 6:21 pm
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Originally Posted by lucycan
I replied to their email and told them to go ahead and cancel. I'll stay someplace else. Goodbye Cosmo!
Awww You should have showed up, let them walk you and collect the Ultimate Reservation Guarantee.
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Old Jul 21, 2019, 10:17 pm
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That is a bit shady. Like you said, it's most likely due to them having higher demand. I see 2 large conventions going on in town, and one of them is being held at the Cosmo with estimated 9K attendees (American Contract Bridge League). Regardless, that's not right. I would've done the same thing, given the many options on the strip.
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Old Jul 31, 2019, 12:39 am
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Originally Posted by 1Konsultant
Hi! I tried to do a search but couldn’t anything posted on this (apologies if I missed!).

I am staying at the Cosmo with some friends in October for Halloween and have the option of booking a City Room or the Terrance Suite (both with 2 queens). The difference is $400+ over 3 nights (Thu-Sun), or 33% of the stay. The City Room is clearly the “deal,” but we want to be in the Terrance Suite if possible.

Has anyone had luck with the front desk upgrading from the City Room to the Terrace Suite? I’d ideally love a Terrace Suite with a fountain view, but I’m guessing that’s pushing my luck?

Any advice on what to book or maybe some real talk about what’s (not) possible at the Cosmo would be much appreciated? Thanks!
You'll likely get an offer for upgrades via email a few days before your stay. The upgrade offers are fairly reasonable. If you hold platinum status you'll get upgraded on top of your upgrade. We went from a 2 queen terrace room to a 1bd terrace suite with fountain view for something like $30/night.

One other thing, we booked 2 seperate reservations (each one providing a $50 pool credit incidentally), one for the aforementioned 2bd queen for 5 nights. The other reservation for a Fri-Sun city room ( the weekend rate for the 2 queen was crazy expensive) and when checking in I asked if we could keep our assigned room over the weekend. One phone call to the room manager and confirmed we could, with no additional charge.

We have found that, despite not receiving our usual perks as platinum members, the Cosmo is by far the nicest, and busiest casino on the Strip. It definitely has the best vibe. And so far some of the friendliest, most gracious service we've received anywhere.

Btw, I'm writing this from my bed with a view of the Eiffel Tower and the LINQ High Roller. Excellent property.
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Old Jul 31, 2019, 12:43 am
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Originally Posted by caseminole
Is there are good lounge there ?

Any luck or success rate w/room upgrades?

What type of welcome gift should I expect

also, as a Titanium Elite, if I book two rooms, does the upgrade apply to both rooms, or just the room that I am in?
Upgrade only ever applies to 1 room.
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Old Jul 31, 2019, 6:45 pm
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I'm currently booked in a Terrace Studio. If I'd like a room in the boulevard tower am I likely to get it by just asking at check-in? Is this the kind of request I should "sandwich?" If so how much is recommended?
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Old Jul 31, 2019, 7:20 pm
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Originally Posted by MarylandGuy
I'm currently booked in a Terrace Studio. If I'd like a room in the boulevard tower am I likely to get it by just asking at check-in? Is this the kind of request I should "sandwich?" If so how much is recommended?
IMO, not worth a sandwich just to be in the Boulevard tower. And IME, there's usually more availability in Boulevard tower than Chelsea due to Marquee, as least for the lower floors. I've always asked my host to put me in Chelsea, but every now and then I get assigned Boulevard at check-in and I just kindly ask to stay at Chelsea instead. Never an issue. And depending if it's on a weekend, you definitely want to be on a higher floor. If not, you may hear all the noise from Marquee.
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Old Aug 6, 2019, 1:12 pm
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Does the former SPG Amex card earn bonus points here as a Marriott property or am I better off using my CSR card?
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Old Aug 6, 2019, 7:48 pm
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Originally Posted by unavaca
Does the former SPG Amex card earn bonus points here as a Marriott property or am I better off using my CSR card?
Room charge, room incidentals (like minibar) and room service earn Bonvoy, general dlning and spa etc...no earn
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Old Aug 6, 2019, 8:56 pm
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Originally Posted by unavaca
Does the former SPG Amex card earn bonus points here as a Marriott property or am I better off using my CSR card?
SPG AmEx earns 6 bonvOY points per US$ spent at the property. CSR earns 3 UR points which is probably worth the same value, but more flexible.
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Old Aug 6, 2019, 9:03 pm
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Originally Posted by Tanic
SPG AmEx earns 6 bonvOY points per US$ spent at the property. CSR earns 3 UR points which is probably worth the same value, but more flexible.
Again, only earned on room charge, room incidentals and room service. NOT applicable to general property spend.
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