Dec 19, 2013, 9:27 am
Last edit by: dgreen12
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.
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.
Las Vegas Cosmopolitan Hotel [Master Thread]
Jun 1, 2021, 3:51 pm
#3061
Join Date: Jul 2004
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Yeah you can get identity credit for marquee etc regardless of whether you charge to room... as for getting marriott points though, I am just skeptical of actually getting credit on the bonvoy side
Jun 1, 2021, 8:16 pm
#3063
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Live: IWI; Work: DCA/Everywhere; Play: LAS/SJU/MLE
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Posts: 6,670
The catch of course is that YMMV on everything... on my last stay I got Bonvoy credit for a little over $1000 in spa and F&B that was charged to the room, though I totally wasn't expecting it. (I credited the pool cabana to Identity but charged everything else to the room.)
But the fact that pool spend isn't supposed to be Bonvoy-earning spend is a reason why I wouldn't personally risk crediting it to Bonvoy.
Jun 1, 2021, 10:14 pm
#3064
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 205
Either way, Identity points are much more valuable, so people should definitely be going for those
Jun 1, 2021, 11:08 pm
#3065
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Live: IWI; Work: DCA/Everywhere; Play: LAS/SJU/MLE
Programs: AA EXP, DL PM, Hyatt Glob, Marriott Ambassador/LTP, Nat'l Exec Elite, LEYE Gold
Posts: 6,670
With Identity, assuming no status, you get $50 in points for $1000 in spend. With Bonvoy, a Titanium would get 17,500 points for $1000 in spend. Everyone has their own valuations, but I pick Bonvoy at those rates, but will continue to credit pool spend to Identity.
Jun 2, 2021, 12:43 am
#3066
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 205
If you plan on staying at Cosmo again, much better to go for Identity points - that $4k in spend would net you at minimum around $1600 in free rooms and $200 in resort credit, beats 70k marriott points any day (which wouldn't even be enough points for 1 free night at Cosmo via Marriott).
Jun 2, 2021, 4:40 am
#3067
Join Date: Apr 2021
Location: Manhattan, Palm Beach Island, San Francisco, Boston, & Hong Kong
Programs: Lifetime United Global Services, Delta Plat, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Ambassador, & Hilton Diamond
Posts: 3,165
Except once you spend $4k towards Identity (not hard to do) you'll hit their gold tier and get 4 comp nights (worth up to around $300-400 bucks each), no resort fees (worth $52/night), free parking, and a bunch of other perks (in addition to the $200 in credit you'd get for the spend itself).
If you plan on staying at Cosmo again, much better to go for Identity points - that $4k in spend would net you at minimum around $1600 in free rooms and $200 in resort credit, beats 70k marriott points any day (which wouldn't even be enough points for 1 free night at Cosmo via Marriott).
If you plan on staying at Cosmo again, much better to go for Identity points - that $4k in spend would net you at minimum around $1600 in free rooms and $200 in resort credit, beats 70k marriott points any day (which wouldn't even be enough points for 1 free night at Cosmo via Marriott).
Jun 2, 2021, 5:25 am
#3068
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Live: IWI; Work: DCA/Everywhere; Play: LAS/SJU/MLE
Programs: AA EXP, DL PM, Hyatt Glob, Marriott Ambassador/LTP, Nat'l Exec Elite, LEYE Gold
Posts: 6,670
End of the day, my comp offers from Cosmo have been very generous based on play anyhow, 4 nights in a Terrace 1BR with F&B credit, waived resort fees, and free valet... again a YMMV situation, but strictly comparing points to points without considering the status perks, it's a better deal for most Bonvoy elite members to choose Bonvoy points over Identity points for Bonvoy-eligible spend.
*of course, you could put *just* the room on your folio and credit that to Marriott for the EQN, and then pay for everything else off-folio and give your Identity card each time to get Identity credit for those transactions one at a time, but (1) you'd likely lose out on some of the 6x/$ credit card points that way, and (2) that sounds like a pain.
Jun 8, 2021, 1:29 am
#3069
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 21
I just stayed via FHR last week right after the "full re-opening" of LV June 1st. They've slightly expanded the breakfast benefit since the last post to include Wicked Spoon again, making this a much better deal than the pre-covid that only gave Wicked Spoon. We took advantage of Eggslut when lines were only ~20min 
To be fair, FHR will charge the "standard rates", and at the time there were some good discount offers that made it nearly equivalent with the 75/day credit on a 2 or 3 night stay assuming it was all used. I had 200 Amex travel credit to spend however so I just wanted to get that out of the way... plus the 4pm late checkout really is killer. Marriott Plat only gives 2pm, and I'll probably only have Gold in the future which gives 1pm vs the standard 11am...
I managed to get upgraded from a 1br to 1br fountain view, pretty reasonable and I think I like the 1br layout better than the basic suite anyway. Added identify number at the Autograph Lounge for earning on room charges and they posted without issue after a couple days. Also had them add Marriott number so I could get 15% spa discount and that had no issue either just like before. Small sidenote that you have to do this at check-in if you book FHR... I tried doing it ahead of time with the text line but they claimed I couldn't add either number since it was a third party booking. Lounge staff had no issue. Possible only regret is that I didn't get the identity points for room charges which would have put me in Gold status... guess I'll just have to go again soon
To be fair, FHR will charge the "standard rates", and at the time there were some good discount offers that made it nearly equivalent with the 75/day credit on a 2 or 3 night stay assuming it was all used. I had 200 Amex travel credit to spend however so I just wanted to get that out of the way... plus the 4pm late checkout really is killer. Marriott Plat only gives 2pm, and I'll probably only have Gold in the future which gives 1pm vs the standard 11am...
I managed to get upgraded from a 1br to 1br fountain view, pretty reasonable and I think I like the 1br layout better than the basic suite anyway. Added identify number at the Autograph Lounge for earning on room charges and they posted without issue after a couple days. Also had them add Marriott number so I could get 15% spa discount and that had no issue either just like before. Small sidenote that you have to do this at check-in if you book FHR... I tried doing it ahead of time with the text line but they claimed I couldn't add either number since it was a third party booking. Lounge staff had no issue. Possible only regret is that I didn't get the identity points for room charges which would have put me in Gold status... guess I'll just have to go again soon
Jun 9, 2021, 6:12 pm
#3070
Join Date: Jun 2021
Posts: 1
Anyone know if Marriott Gold or Amex FHR will allow us to use the expedited line at the Wicked Spoon? Otherwise I could make a reservation online, but they require prepay and not sure if the hotel will be able to apply our daily free breakfast credit if I've paid online.
Jun 9, 2021, 8:53 pm
#3071
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 21
Anyone know if Marriott Gold or Amex FHR will allow us to use the expedited line at the Wicked Spoon? Otherwise I could make a reservation online, but they require prepay and not sure if the hotel will be able to apply our daily free breakfast credit if I've paid online.
Jul 3, 2021, 6:53 am
#3072
Join Date: Apr 2021
Location: Manhattan, Palm Beach Island, San Francisco, Boston, & Hong Kong
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Posts: 3,165
Is it possible to get Bonvoy points for a FHR stay?
Jul 3, 2021, 9:20 am
#3073
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Charlotte, NC, USA | CLT, formerly LHR & AMS (with just a bit of PSP)
Programs: BAEC Gold, Hilton Diamond, BonVoy Titanium, (soon former) Caesars7*, (former) Wynn Black, HR "Icon"
Posts: 8,172
Unfortunately it's only Platinum and up, with FHR not getting it. They actually check your Marriott status at the buffett entrance and don't go off what's on the folio. You need to charge to folio to get the credit so I don't think reservation prepay will work either.
You should. Just a note, if you are NOT using AMEX-specific credits (or there is no special value-prop for using AMEX FHR) -- it is often better to book under the Stars/Luminous Program. Off the record, that also sets you with greater priority for the upgrade. But, upgrades are so tough now due to occupancy (Cosmo is very busy) that it probably barely matters. Just something to keep in mind.
For reference, this was my latest list for Stars/Luminous that I share with clients:
Luxury Benefits 2021:
Applicable for: Luminous Exclusive (Travel Agent Only Rates)
- Autograph Lounge Check-in (open 8am-8pm, subject to change)
- ***Upgrade on arrival, subject to availability (One tier upgrade subject to availability. Premium Suites excluded (Wraparound Terrace Suites and above)
- **Complimentary buffet breakfast "Invited Guest Line" daily for two guests per bedroom
- $100 USD Food & Beverage credit OR Spa services credit to be utilized during stay (not combinable, no cash value if not redeemed in full, Food & Beverage credit not applicable at the following venues: Marquee Dayclub & Nightclub, Beauty & Essex, Zuma and Juice Standard. Credit not valid for gratuity. Guest must post Food & Beverage outlet charges to their room folio to receive the credit. )
- Early check-in/late check-out, subject to availability
- Complimentary Wi-Fi
In the interim, the alternative breakfast amenity will be offered:
$75 daily breakfast credit, available to be used at the following locations on the applicable dates restaurant is open: The Henry, EggSlut, District Donuts at Block 16, and Room Service
Also, Titanium Benefits:
Updated May 14, 2021
Titanium benefits are as follows:
· 75% bonus points on stays
· Access to the Autograph Lounge (includes coffee, tea & water service)
· 1-tier room upgrade (subject to availability during check in)
· 1,000 points or $10 food and beverage credit
· Priority 2PM late check out (subject to availability)
· Expedited seating at Wicked Spoon Buffet (subject to availability; reservations are strongly encouraged) including a 15% discount for up to 4 people (excluding alcohol)
· Non-hotel guests with Marriott Bonvoy Titanium Elite status receive expedited seating (subject to availability; reservations are strongly encouraged) and payment only at Wicked Spoon Buffet
· 15% discount on Sahra Spa, Salon & Hammam services (excluding Day Passes & retail purchases)
Jul 3, 2021, 9:47 am
#3074
Join Date: Apr 2021
Location: Manhattan, Palm Beach Island, San Francisco, Boston, & Hong Kong
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Stars/Luminous bookings can be granted access if they ask their travel agent (for the Stars/Luminous booking) to request it.
You should. Just a note, if you are NOT using AMEX-specific credits (or there is no special value-prop for using AMEX FHR) -- it is often better to book under the Stars/Luminous Program. Off the record, that also sets you with greater priority for the upgrade. But, upgrades are so tough now due to occupancy (Cosmo is very busy) that it probably barely matters. Just something to keep in mind.
You should. Just a note, if you are NOT using AMEX-specific credits (or there is no special value-prop for using AMEX FHR) -- it is often better to book under the Stars/Luminous Program. Off the record, that also sets you with greater priority for the upgrade. But, upgrades are so tough now due to occupancy (Cosmo is very busy) that it probably barely matters. Just something to keep in mind.
Jul 3, 2021, 10:29 am
#3075
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Charlotte, NC, USA | CLT, formerly LHR & AMS (with just a bit of PSP)
Programs: BAEC Gold, Hilton Diamond, BonVoy Titanium, (soon former) Caesars7*, (former) Wynn Black, HR "Icon"
Posts: 8,172
Upgrades are a bit YMMV and it is so imporant to emphasise that occupancy is really high at Cosmo. But, yes, Stars>BonVoy Elite Status. Some of this also depends on the travel agent relationship with the property. Once again, more YMMV. Overall the Stars/Luminous program is excellent and is very much supported highly by almost all properties. It's a premium program, and my experiences working with clients and booking people has been just that. We focus a LOT on Vegas, so have more data-points in Vegas than any other city.