"Do hotels that accept this code ask for a company ID? i wanted to use this code at the Park Hyatt Tokyo, but I don't work for General Electric."

"I actually used to work for the Park Hyatt Sydney several years ago, in sales and marketing. Every year corporate rates are negotiated based on the number of room nights from the previous year. I can assure you that the abuse of these codes will not go unnoticed. While a chainwide code may apply, it wouldn't be difficult for IBM to see that rates were being used at a property they may not utilise, such as the Park Hyatt Sydney due to the high average room rate, and realise that the code was being abused. They will also notice a significant spike in room nights booked."

"We just have to book under our corporate rate in Concur regardless of rate. Example in Columbus, OH our 2 preferred properties are Hilton downtown and Hilton Polaris those rooms can be $400+ a night. If I book at the Hyatt House at $199-$225 also part of our general corporate rate off BAR it will tell me I’m out of compliance for not booking our preferred hotels even though they are more. I override this all the time but that’s how it works."