"Toshiba's Marriott code TOS is for the Japanese electronics and infrastructure company. Toshiba has significant US operations in multiple sectors (memory, power systems, elevators). hotelcorporatecodes.com lists TOS in the 'Sometimes' verification tier. Japanese company codes at US Marriott properties carry standard tech-sector Medium risk; in Japan and Asia, Marriott properties are more verification-active. No specific TOS denial documented in public forums. Standard Medium calibration applies."

"I work for the front desk, at a Marriott, & have for the last 8 years .... So when it comes to room upgrades; it goes based on AVAILABILITY... sometimes no matter the tier, if we have it available - I will upgrade the guest. Now of course, higher tiered members get dibs on the upgrades first but after we go through the higher tiered members, Ambassador, Titanium, Platinum - then we go through the other ones. I cannot express this enough : BEING NICE & POLITE AT THE DESK GOES A LONG WA"

"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."