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Originally Posted by polak
Mandarin Oriental looks super high end. There's no casino but it does still get a fair bit of traffic with the mall and Aria right next door doesn't it?
I stayed at Vdara which doesn't have a casino either. It's nice to not have to walk through a massive casino every time you come and go when you're not looking to play and if the mood does strike, just like with Mandarin Oriental, you can hop over to Aria.
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Nice thing about Vdara is you can go down a staircase right by the front doors and cross into the back of Cosmopolitan too. It's a great location.
Last time we stayed there, I booked a slightly upgraded "view" room as a treat. The view was meh (back side of another building) so I asked at the desk if we could get a bit higher floor. Instead they upgraded us to a 1 BR Penthouse. 56th floor, pimp as hell. Will probably never get a room that nice again.
I tried the "$20 trick" a few times back when I started going to Vegas, and it was always given back to me with no upgrade. Now I'm just super friendly at check-in (and play and stay at MGM properties as much as possible) and it is amazing the upgrades you sometimes get.