Friday, August 07, 2015

Early check in fees are not at Mlife

Okay, I did get a chance to call the Luxor, and there is no early check in fee or late check out free (often you can extend an hour) It is based on availability. They did have a fee policy, but they discontinued it.
There is a fee if you want to arrange a guaranteed room check in early. That is $20 and that is what is listed on their internet site. But if you just stumble in from the airport at noon and they have a room, you are good to go to it early.
If you move from hotel to hotel in Vegas pack a small bag with medicine, VP strategy sheets, swimming trunks. Then if they can't check you in early, you can check your luggage and still do what you want.
Board friend Joe wrote about the Downtown Grand. They checked him in and said they would phone him when the room was ready. They did that, but at the time there was a line of 25 people just so he could get his key.
So, hope to check in early; if they  have available rooms at Mlife you get them.

I usually call and extend my checkout time an hour at no cost. That gives me less time to have my luggage with the bellman at the next spot. In fact, if I have any travel time between casinos, I check out at say 1PM  and am at the next place fairly close to check in time.
The rules at Mlife are not the same at CET.

 I know of a fellow, for example, who was staying for a convention at the Rio with his wife in an expensive upscale room and wanted to downgrade for a few more solo nights after she went home. The room was ready, but they wanted $20 for him to move his luggage to it. He talked them down to $10. 
Checking luggage with the bellman is great, but it does require a complete and careful packing up.
I've been booking the D and the Four Queens back to back most of my trips. It is a very short walk, so I walk over with no luggage and do the bed bug check.

Then I pack out some things, put them in the next room, and then go back for other things. There is no requirement for fitting everything in the suitcase perfectly. Often I make three trips. Both places will put me in as soon as the room is ready unless I want a particular room at the Four Queens.  In that case, I often do have to pack carefully and wait. Sometimes it is worth the wait for the room of my choice.
Once the D put me in at 9 AM. No issues. No fees.

That probably won't happen at Mlife places. Some report being charged before noon.  But noon or after they should pop us in an available room with not early check in fee.

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