"VISA's Marriott code VSA is a financial technology code. VISA HQ is in Foster City CA (San Francisco Bay Area). Finance/fintech codes at Bay Area Marriott properties carry moderate scrutiny. hotelcorporatecodes.com: "⚠️ Sometimes." VISA has 20,000+ global employees — significant but manageable for hotel verification at full-service properties. No VSA-specific denial documented in FlyerTalk. Standard finance-sector Medium calibration applies."

"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 don't do mobile check-in if I'm wanting to upgrade. I check the app before I go in to see if any suites are available to book during the duration of my stay. If there is I just say "Would it be possible to get upgraded to an available suite with my platinum benefit?". Of course this is typically at the hotel that I stay in about once a month for 3 day at a time for work. The front desk pretty much knows me and know that I am fairly low maintenance."