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Does the $20 sandwich trick work in other cities?
May 11, 2012 at
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I already have a premium room booked at ShowBoat, but if it's just you and the desk clerk, I would be OK with asking Does the $20 trick work here?
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I had a comped room to Bally's in AC for Mon & Tues, 9/12/11 & 9/13/11. $20 trick got me upgraded to a 2 room suite on the 46th floor of the Bally's Tower with views of the ocean and the city. Spent monday night in the jacuzzi watching Monday Night Football on the TV in the bathroom! I am just a gold status rewards card holder.
a. you're spending a few days as opposed to an entire week
b. you're NOT booking for the weekend/major holidays
c. you're booking a room on a weekday/ off-season.
P.S- i Stayed at Bally's, was meeting my girlfriend after 6 months. She was flying later in the evening from London. They had champagne and flowers sent to our room. Oh and they upgraded us to an amazing deluxe room with a beautiful view of the Bellagio fountains and the strip. They even waived the internet fee off of our bill.
Anyhoo... Anybody tried this in NYC or Boston?
I'm not too sure this is going to work there.. I think it's more of a Vegas thing...
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1. If you're paying a corporate rate or better, spending just 1-2 nights, and slip the clerk a $50 (it's NYC after all, $20 is pittance)
2. If you're paying a decent rate (no net rates, i.e. Orbitz, Hotwire, Priceline, or group tour rates), staying just a few nights (not more than 3), are very friendly to the desk clerk and slip them $50.
3. If you have a genuine problem in your room and you're very nice about your complaint. In this circumstance skip the desk clerk, ask for a manager or assistant manager.
Overall, be nice. If you're nasty to a desk clerk in NYC you may find yourself in a room up against an elevator (my fave revenge was to put them in a room next to the elevator used by 24hr room service) or the AC units, or an ice machine, or in a room where the door hits the bed and the window is barely a 1' portal. Squeaky wheels don't always get the oil. Sometimes they get kicked.
1. If you're paying a corporate rate or better, spending just 1-2 nights, and slip the clerk a $50 (it's NYC after all, $20 is pittance)
2. If you're paying a decent rate (no net rates, i.e. Orbitz, Hotwire, Priceline, or group tour rates), staying just a few nights (not more than 3), are very friendly to the desk clerk and slip them $50.
3. If you have a genuine problem in your room and you're very nice about your complaint. In this circumstance skip the desk clerk, ask for a manager or assistant manager.
Overall, be nice. If you're nasty to a desk clerk in NYC you may find yourself in a room up against an elevator (my fave revenge was to put them in a room next to the elevator used by 24hr room service) or the AC units, or an ice machine, or in a room where the door hits the bed and the window is barely a 1' portal. Squeaky wheels don't always get the oil. Sometimes they get kicked.
Thanks for the tip!
1. If you're paying a corporate rate or better, spending just 1-2 nights, and slip the clerk a $50 (it's NYC after all, $20 is pittance)
2. If you're paying a decent rate (no net rates, i.e. Orbitz, Hotwire, Priceline, or group tour rates), staying just a few nights (not more than 3), are very friendly to the desk clerk and slip them $50.
3. If you have a genuine problem in your room and you're very nice about your complaint. In this circumstance skip the desk clerk, ask for a manager or assistant manager.
Overall, be nice. If you're nasty to a desk clerk in NYC you may find yourself in a room up against an elevator (my fave revenge was to put them in a room next to the elevator used by 24hr room service) or the AC units, or an ice machine, or in a room where the door hits the bed and the window is barely a 1' portal. Squeaky wheels don't always get the oil. Sometimes they get kicked.
Thanks Op!!
1. If you're paying a corporate rate or better, spending just 1-2 nights, and slip the clerk a $50 (it's NYC after all, $20 is pittance)
2. If you're paying a decent rate (no net rates, i.e. Orbitz, Hotwire, Priceline, or group tour rates), staying just a few nights (not more than 3), are very friendly to the desk clerk and slip them $50.
3. If you have a genuine problem in your room and you're very nice about your complaint. In this circumstance skip the desk clerk, ask for a manager or assistant manager.
Overall, be nice. If you're nasty to a desk clerk in NYC you may find yourself in a room up against an elevator (my fave revenge was to put them in a room next to the elevator used by 24hr room service) or the AC units, or an ice machine, or in a room where the door hits the bed and the window is barely a 1' portal. Squeaky wheels don't always get the oil. Sometimes they get kicked.
But I used a $30 sandwich even in NYC and got a suite for a single night...lol
Things like this sounds best to be done with a female partner as she can seduce the male clerk