How To Do The Hotel $20 Room Upgrade Trick

I stayed at a hotel 2 weeks ago.. had it reserved at the AAA rate. I just asked the nice lady at the front desk what the cheapest rate she could possibly give me would be, and she quoted me a rate $34 less. It never hurts to ask..
 
I've been thinking for some time that 2005 has been an abysmal year for deals when compared to 2-3 years ago, when it seemed there were great deals every other day. This so-called "deal" is the final proof.

Spoofed
 
***UPDATED Room Upgrade Trick***

1. Call ahead and know the availability of the hotel during your stay.
2. Go to your hotel check-in desk clerk. (be "extra" friendly)
3. When they ask for a credit card, have THIS clearly visible with the credit card and ask if they can give you an upgrade.
4. They won't say no.

Cheers
 
i have a GREAT idea... how about you give me $20 and i'll surf the net and find you a hotel deal :p
 
so basically you are bribing the clerk. :hmm:
 
Nice mallardboy, I like your idea. Lol.

Clearly the whole idea was humorous, everybody just calm down. I thought it was hilarious!! Lighten up the holidays are coming!
 
Geez, humor IS lacking this morning. I thought it was pretty funny even if :spoofee: meant it as a "real deal" ;)

Hey guys, a better deal would be slipping a $20 to an airline checkin-in clerk for a free 1st class upgrade. If that does not work, you take it back and use the same $20 at the hotel on arrival. Now if that does not work, you use the by-then-worn-out $20 at the buffet line. LOL
 
He3x said:
... I heard this $20 trick worked for Las Vegas' buffet line, but I never tried since I think it teaches dishonesty.
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I am curious to know what kind of "upgrade" you would get at a buffet...especially that would be worth $20? I now live in Vegas...the "tipping" capital of the world! Yes, the $20 usually will work. Before moving here, we would come up here almost once a month and probably about 80% of the time, the $20 trick would work, especially if they had the availability. I would never recommend booking a room in Vegas thru a travel agency or discount travel site though. For one...if you intend to gamble at all...you are disabling yourself from possible comps on room charges. I am not sure about other places, but here in Vegas, no one's job is in jeopardy for accepting a "tip" for services. Here in Vegas, any job in the casino is open to tipping.
 
Go up to the front desk guy

Hold your credit card and place a loaded 9mm right next to it with the barell pointing at the Font desk guy.

Slowly ask if there is an upgrade available. Once he gives it to you ask him for his watch and wallet as well.

Say thank you and walk away.


Works all the time for me
 
And when you face a cop, be sure to put that $20 under your drivers license.
 
mallardboy said:
***UPDATED Room Upgrade Trick***

1. Call ahead and know the availability of the hotel during your stay.
2. Go to your hotel check-in desk clerk. (be "extra" friendly)
3. When they ask for a credit card, have THIS clearly visible with the credit card and ask if they can give you an upgrade.
4. They won't say no.

Cheers
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LOL I love it, thanks mallarboy :bigok:
 
dehawk said:
Go up to the front desk guy

Hold your credit card and place a loaded 9mm right next to it with the barell pointing at the Font desk guy.

Slowly ask if there is an upgrade available. Once he gives it to you ask him for his watch and wallet as well.

Say thank you and walk away.


Works all the time for me
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LOL Best thread in spoofee ever! LOL
 
I worked the front desk at a Comfort Inn ($50ish basic roadside hotels). Over the years I have applied and refined what I learned there At a small hotel, without dedicated reservations staff, the price of the room is *ENTIRELY* up to the person behind the counter. Especially if the hotel is guaranteed to not sell out that night. I will never again walk in and take the offered rate. Ignoring when I use priceline, it has been years since I have walked into a hotel and offered 25% less than the advertised rate and been turned down.
 
Worked for me at the Alladin in Vegas, $20 got me a nice upgrade, looked up room later on expedia and the one I got was going for $80 more than what I paid.
 
Maybe Vegas is a completely different planet, but this post seems right on the money. I work in a hotel/casino (in the casino part), and there are few people in the place who aren't allowed to accept tips. People tip for good service, right? Tips are what move Vegas! Ever tipped an usher or maitre d' at a show or restaurant for good seats? Same thing! Hotel staff -- if they have the authority to change your reservation -- will most likely do so, without "fear of losing their jobs," as earlier posters have suggested. If you work in a hotel and have to either upgrade the friendly guy who's taking care of you or the a-hole yelling at you because his room isn't ready for check-in at 8 am, who would you choose? And if you can get a suite or deluxe room for $20 (total, not per night!) above what you paid for your probably already discounted standard room anyway, what's wrong with that? I think it's a great Spoofee deal -- get something you want for a fraction of the cost.
 
This isn't a 'deal' or a 'trick'. It is tipping for a special request and entirely dependent upon the attitude of the tip-ee toward being bribed. Most hotels would view this as a fireable offense. Most restaurants as well.

Any host at an upscale hotel or restaurant would scoff at $20 anyhow.
 
I like this tip.... never hurts to try. What is $20 in Vegas when you come there to spend hundreds or not thousands on gambling and other activities.
 
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