"US Government Hyatt rate (69333) follows the same mandatory verification requirement as all US government hotel rates. GSA policy requires federal employees to present valid government-issued photo ID at check-in for government rates. Hyatt's own policy documentation: "Government rate eligibility must be verified with a valid government ID at check-in at all Hyatt properties." Unlike corporate discount codes where enforcement varies by property, government rate verification is contractually required at all participating Hyatt properties."

"Very interesting, I didn’t know or think about the clauses, even though that seems very obvious now in hindsight. I work for Deloitte, so I’ve always wondered if other rates are eligible for us to use (Microsoft, Google, Nike, etc.) as contractors/consultants since we work with them on longer projects. I know and always see that the rate descriptions typically say “must be employee of company or present company badge/ID” or something of the sort. But besides that, my issue is that even if these individual properties have specific clauses in their corporate contracts mandating whether or not the rate can be used for personal travel, as well as by contractors/consultants, how are we supposed to see or know those clauses? PHS does not say in their corporate rate description (at least not for Deloitte and for several others) that they won’t honor non-corporate booking channels."

"I had this actually happen to me when I used my company rate in China. I couldn't show them my company portal because our company's SSO didn't let us log in from China (or have work stuff on my personal phone), and I'm fully remote so I didn't have my badge. They asked me for my email and sent an email to make sure it didn't bounce back before checking me in."