"Daimler Benz's Hyatt code (99800) is for the Mercedes-Benz parent company. Daimler has major presence in Stuttgart, Germany and significant US operations in Alabama (Mercedes-Benz US Manufacturing). Hyatt's European enforcement pattern applies: Park Hyatt Frankfurt/Munich/Stuttgart carry higher verification risk. FlyerTalk's Hyatt thread: "In Europe and some parts of Asia, proof has been requested 100% of the time." US domestic Hyatt Place: essentially never checked. Daimler later restructured as Mercedes-Benz Group AG."

"I agree with that, but I do think that Hyatt would garner a solid amount of business by offering a FT discount code. If Hyatt did this they would get some very good press here on FT and to my knowledge be the first large hotel/airline to offer such a discount to us. If the discount was decent enough...something greater than AAA discount, they would probably steal some biz from the competition. I belong to other forums where corporations do offer forum members a unique discount. Of course in the matter of minutes that code would be plastered all over fatwallet and slickdeals and no longer be unique."

"Just wanted to let you know that I tried using this code at Hyatt Regency Istanbul, and the guy asked me for ID. I explained that I was a contractor, but he wouldn't buy it and requested further verification. I told him to just charge me the regular rate, and I would get reimbursed. It was only a 25 euro difference per day."