"The Hyatt BP code does not appear in any specific FlyerTalk verification-failure thread. Hyatt's general verification framework applies: Park Hyatt properties are the strictest, with documented cases of guests threatened with rack rate conversion (e.g., "they made me find proof of eligibility or they were going to charge rack rate" at Park Hyatt Tokyo). BP is a high-name-recognition company whose code circulates broadly online, increasing exposure risk."

"I agree with that, but I do think that Hyatt would garner a solid amount of business by offering a FT discount code. If Hyatt did this they would get some very good press here on FT and to my knowledge be the first large hotel/airline to offer such a discount to us. If the discount was decent enough...something greater than AAA discount, they would probably steal some biz from the competition. I belong to other forums where corporations do offer forum members a unique discount. Of course in the matter of minutes that code would be plastered all over fatwallet and slickdeals and no longer be unique."

"I would strongly advise the use of a corporate discount code that you are not entitled to. No doubt that IBM would receive a summary of all reservations made under their code and at what property, and no doubt lurkers on here would be well aware of unauthorised use. In essence it amounds to fraud and I would not want IBM or Hyatt's legal department against me."