I tried to give her the original $40, but she would only take $20. This is normally a $50 upgrade per night (so a $150 upgrade in all because we were there 3 nights). She immediately upgraded us from a Resort King suite to a Panoramic Double Queen Suite on the 62nd floor (there are 63 floors in the Encore) with an amazing view of the Vegas Strip. I asked her if there were any complimentary upgrades, as we told her we were celebrating a Bachelor-Party week for a friend who’s getting married (we weren’t). She politely split the cards, and placed my money back on the counter and said she couldn’t take any money until AFTER we finished check in. I slipped her $40 between my AMEX and drivers license. Luckily, we were given a nice femaie in her mid-20’s. There was somebody managing the line, so we couldn’t really target any particular agent. Checking out the rates online, this was a $90 per night upgrade, so we saved $360 total! Looking straight down, we could see the two Encore pools.

The view to the left was of the golf course, straight ahead was the Wynn, and to the right of that we could see down the strip. I ended up with a Tower Suite King on the 54th floor. I said something high and with a nice view of the strip. The woman asked where my wife was and I said she was still in the parking garage (which was true – she was too embarrassed to be with me when I tried this trick). I told her we were celebrating my wife’s birthday (which was actually a month away). She said she would check and asked if I was celebrating anything special.

She let the $50 fall on her monitor, where it stayed for the entire transaction. I handed the check in lady a $50 sandwich and asked if there were any complimentary upgrades available.

My package was 1 night comped and 3 nights at casino rate ($149/night) in a standard Resort King room at Encore, set up though my executive host (I am a Red Card holder and definitely not a high roller). This is definitely not the case! I checked in on a Sunday around 6 PM for a 4 night stay. There seems to be a ton of people saying the sandwich trick will not work at Wynn properties.

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