"Qualcomm's Marriott code QUA is listed on AeroPenguin's Marriott code compilation. Qualcomm HQ in San Diego means properties there encounter genuine Qualcomm employees regularly. FlyerTalk's general Marriott tech-code enforcement: "Hotels within 5 miles of tech company HQ are significantly more likely to verify." Qualcomm has a smaller footprint than Intel or Cisco — less nationally recognized — so verification is primarily concentrated near San Diego. No specific QUA denial incident documented in public forums."

"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."

"I think the generic 'show corp id' designation means show the company business card. I think a lot of us don't have them or, if we do & we're not going to an office that we'd need to show them, leave them at home. I worked for some F500s that didn't require corp ids with shiny smiling faces on them & others that did; same with company credit cards. All, however, provided biz cards when working for them."