"Deutsche Bank's Marriott code DBK is a major European financial institution code. FlyerTalk European hotel enforcement threads note: "European Marriott properties near financial centers (Frankfurt, London, NYC) are among the most likely to verify corporate codes." Deutsche Bank's Frankfurt/London/NYC presence is well-known to hotel staff in those markets. hotelcorporatecodes.com: "⚠️ Sometimes." US domestic outside financial centers: low enforcement. Europe: medium-high enforcement."

"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 have been asked to show some proof couple of times. I normally show my corp id but credit card with employers name on it has worked, too. As would probably just showing my laptop with employer e-mail account or whatever. My impression has been they are happy with just about anything that proves I'm working for the company whose rate I use and why wouldn't they."