"The AMX code for American Express employees is widely circulated. Community members note that "neither Amex Platinum nor Amex Bonvoy cardholders have any special corporate codes — this is strictly for Amex employees." Hotel staff may require employee verification. No specific denial cases documented, but risk noted as moderate given Amex's large employee headcount makes staff less suspicious of claimants."

"I work for the front desk, at a Marriott, & have for the last 8 years .... So when it comes to room upgrades; it goes based on AVAILABILITY... sometimes no matter the tier, if we have it available - I will upgrade the guest. Now of course, higher tiered members get dibs on the upgrades first but after we go through the higher tiered members, Ambassador, Titanium, Platinum - then we go through the other ones. I cannot express this enough : BEING NICE & POLITE AT THE DESK GOES A LONG WA"

"My employer does not have a corporate rate but when I'm consulting for a company that does, I use theirs. I've only been challenged for identification once. In that one situation I explained the consulting arrangement, and the desk clerk accepted it without a badge or business card (neither of which I had anyway)."