"Marriott luxury properties near financial hubs like NYC and SF have dedicated rate integrity teams. The SF Marriott was specifically noted for cracking down on corporate code abuse. HotelCorporateCodes.com rates Goldman Sachs as "Sometimes" for ID checks. No documented full-rate charges found in public forums, but Asian properties are more likely to ask; US properties inconsistent. Business card typically accepted when asked."

"I mean, it depends on the size of the hotel. Having one person on night shift for a Fairfield isn’t uncommon. The better hotels have more people working at front desk even at night simply due to the size and brand. I’d however say though, if the property has been notified of the guest’s check in time in advance, and part of deal of getting into night shift is to check people in at unusual hours like that, then it certainly does not sound right to me that the front desk agent cannot have the meal earlier or later out of that many hours of the shift."

"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."