"Apple (alt) Marriott code APC is a secondary Apple corporate code, alongside the primary APL code. Apple's primary code APL is documented as triggering heightened enforcement within 5 miles of Apple HQ in Cupertino — "hotels that handle hundreds of Apple travelers a week are intimately familiar with Apple corporate ID badges." The alt code APC may be routed through different GDS channels but Apple's code presence at Silicon Valley Marriotts is well-established. No APC-specific denial documented; enforcement pattern mirrors the primary APL code."

"I work as a consultant and frequently ask for and use my client's rates (at their insistence, since I will be billing them back). I have been asked for ID maybe one time in 15 since February, when it was announced in this forum that rates would be ID'ed."

"I now always make it a matter of course to carry documents (business cards of my contacts, e-mails requesting my visit etc.) from my host company when I travel. This has always proven sufficient for the few times I've been challenged by the front desk clerk."