"Thank you for sharing! Random question - I got free night rewards for signing up for a credit card. I struggled to find a place I wanted to go where the rewards were eligible and ended up just settling for a few nights in San Francisco in Union Square. Since I used rewards, will I automatically get the worst room available at check-in?"

"In the US, verification is rarely asked for, but in Asia and Europe, corporate ID has been asked for every single time. Consultants tried to use codes and were required to produce valid company ID at check-in."

"I have a close friend who is a GM at a Marriott property in a fairly large US city (top 25 metro population). Their opinion is basically, "Hey, it's business. I'm not turning away a paying guest if they don't have the right ID." In this person's younger days as a front desk agent, they enjoyed catching people trying to use a corporate rate that the guest was not entitled to. As they became higher up and saw the books, occupancy rates, etc... Corp ID's became far less important than filling rooms."