question about the $20 hotel trick

ive seen several ppl on various forums talk about slipping the front desk person a $20 behind your id and getting a free room upgrade.  ive never dont this before and was wondering what type of upgrades are normal.  i already have a suite at the mgm booked, would they upgrade me to a bigger suite? or does the $20 'only' work for ppl who book a basic room.

thanks

i have only used it from basic room to get upgraded,  but it is what it is.  20$ risk on a 3 or 4 night stay probably isnt sgoing to be much.  also if they cant upgrade you they wont keep your cash.  have a great trip, i always do the 20$ trick, and i always get some kind of upgrade, which works out to be only a couple buck a night.  heading down in 2 weeks and will use it again.

This topic has been discussed three, four or even perhaps five different times.  If you don't want to read through the forum then use the search function.  There are some pretty good tips in some of the prior threads regarding this subject.  Everywhere between what to ask to where the best upgrades are located.  BOL!

Also it does not hurt to make up some BS excuse for the upgrade like it's your anniversary,special occasion etc..This gives the clerk a possible out if questioned by a supervisor as to why this guest got an upgrade that probably wasn't warranted..

i tried this at the venetian a few years ago and worked great, got an upgraded room with a strip view.  Did not work last year at the wynn though.  Going back to vegas again this week staying @ venetian, will try it again

From friends and family experience it's somewhere of a 50% success rate.

did it on a sunday night at PH first weekend of march madness this year and got upgraded from a basic room to the Panorama Suite.. Room was absolutely amazing and so worth the 20.