"GE's IHG code is directly mentioned in FlyerTalk: "The GE code brings a Holiday Inn rate down from $114 to $84." A more recent thread warns: "In the past two years, IHG has been very careful in checking on people using IBM and GE corporate rates. Not only corporate ID is required, also an email from IBM or GE to confirm staff identity in extreme cases." GE's documented 70% discount at InterContinental Chicago makes it a high-audit-trigger code at luxury IHG properties. Holiday Inn Express tier: low risk. InterContinental/Kimpton tier: high risk, consistent with the brand-tier pattern across all IHG properties."

"I had the same experience with the IBM corporate rate. When I went to IBM sites to install machines they always said stay at one of these hotels and tell them you need the IBM rate. Always worked and saved a lot of money and I always got full credit with the hotels frequent stay program."

"Yesteryear it wasnt so risky sinc ethe CX policy was Day of @ Check-in time, so as long as you got there before the CX time was past, then if carded all you had to say was OK CX the res then. That doesnt exist any longer as its now 24 hrs before if not earlier, so no ID they simply will charge the CC you used when you made the res , forget about Disputing it as the hotel will produce the res and their CX policy and that you used a code that you werent entitled to use"