Turtleman said:plchan said:PopTart777 said:think this trick will work elsewhere as well?
actually i am so interested to see if it would even work in hotels in oversea.
i am going to visit taipei, taiwan, and hongkong. I plan to use my hotel pt for a room, but would love to get an upgrade too.

chinese are pretty stingy... so i don't think it will ever work.

i am not offended but isn't this racist?

Does it work for all part of USA? I am going to NYC next week, any clue?

have read all the previous posts, cannot find a topic beside Las Vegas

Ericsan13 said:Anyone try this when boarding a cruise ship?!?!

I think your rooms/cabin on cruises are arranged prior to your arrival so I don't think it would work.

Turtleman said:horizon6 said:SkinnyWalletCom said:Turtleman said:plchan said:PopTart777 said:think this trick will work elsewhere as well?
actually i am so interested to see if it would even work in hotels in oversea.
i am going to visit taipei, taiwan, and hongkong. I plan to use my hotel pt for a room, but would love to get an upgrade too.

chinese are pretty stingy... so i don't think it will ever work.

i am not offended but isn't this racist?

yes

hey that ain't racist if im chinese myself and im speaking the truth.

All the hotel owner in Taiwan keep a tight watch on the room capacity, you only get the room that you booked for. Don't ever think about
tipping the clerk and try to get a free upgrade, because the manger or someone is always there watching...
Why I know ? because my friend work at Westin in Taipei, and they don't do any upgrade or get tips in Taiwan either. JFYI

I see. Since I am going to use my starwood hotel points, i can get any rooms i want to (too many pts from working my previous job). Or just mention my previous employer and I hopefully I could get an upgrade (with my hotel status.. etc)

Irish need not apply.

/Just sayin'

Hi,
We just returned from LV today, Dec. 17th.
Stayed for 4 nights at the Aladdin ($49/n from FW post, Thanks!).
Arrived very late, @ 11:45 Pm, Monday, Dec. 12th.
Asked front desk clerk if any "complimentary upgrades" were available.
She said no strip/Bellagio fountain views were available but we could have an upgrade to a larger room. I guess we were upgarded to what is called a resort room.
I did give her a twenty but she upgraded me before even seeing the twenty.
I gave her the twenty to show my appreciation & with best wishes for a Merry Christmas.

Got back yesterday from a 4 day trip in Vegas (Tue check in - Fri check out) at The Orleans. Discretely handed the check-in girl a $20 and politely asked if an upgrade to a suite would be possible. She seemed to indicate it might be. When she checked with her manager, she said she couldn't do it for free and it would be $100 extra a night. I never asked for it to be for free, but she definitely knew what I wanted. She discretely handed me back my $20 and I gave her $5 anyway. Two things I'll point out here: I was staying off the strip on one of the darkest weeks of the year, BUT I was booked for a very cheap rate ($18/night). So YMMV, big time. I hope this doesn't discourage people from continuing to try. This has been a good thread.

Turtleman said:horizon6 said:SkinnyWalletCom said:Turtleman said:plchan said:PopTart777 said:think this trick will work elsewhere as well?
actually i am so interested to see if it would even work in hotels in oversea.
i am going to visit taipei, taiwan, and hongkong. I plan to use my hotel pt for a room, but would love to get an upgrade too.

chinese are pretty stingy... so i don't think it will ever work.

i am not offended but isn't this racist?

yes

hey that ain't racist if im chinese myself and im speaking the truth.

All the hotel owner in Taiwan keep a tight watch on the room capacity, you only get the room that you booked for. Don't ever think about
tipping the clerk and try to get a free upgrade, because the manger or someone is always there watching...
Why I know ? because my friend work at Westin in Taipei, and they don't do any upgrade or get tips in Taiwan either. JFYI

this doesn't 'prove' chinese are stingy. this is about not being able to bribe the hotel people. It proves no shady games but honesty! but funny though... i wonder if it's the same thing with China hotels. it would be funny because you can bribe the police but you can't bribe a hotel?

Now, Chinese who come from low means and live in USA may (obviously) show symptoms of being stingy. What can you expect?
All immigrants had their stage. Especially when you come from a land where the govt. doesn't allow you to reap rewards of ambition? where you can't own your own land/property?

Now, if you see one of these people who have a big bank acct but still live in poverty to 'save money', that's stingy.

Ericsan13 said:GSPC said:Does it work for all part of USA? I am going to NYC next week, any clue?

If you read the back of the $20, it says it excludes NY.

Come to think of it..i do believe you can get around this by giving a Ten and 2 fives...but i can not promise that