"Hotels located within a 5-mile radius of Apple HQ in Cupertino are significantly more likely to verify. These hotels handle hundreds of Apple travelers a week and are intimately familiar with what corporate ID badges look like. The APL code delivers solid discounts in the Silicon Valley market. No specific rate denial incidents documented, but employee verification may be required."

"I had to change my email to my personal email account. My IT sucks, I have had so many joe.smith1 to joe.smith9 at my corporate name dot Com. Why I like to get my folio in person and on my email. Miss a receipt and your expense report gets rejected. Only been asked once for corporate proff, but I am nice to the staff and explain what's going on before they get a chance to ask. IT still has not figured out how to link everything to Concur for hotels. And it's a huge company"

"I wanted a higher room floor at a Seattle area hotel. I requested it at the front desk when checking in. The front desk thanked me for being a platinum member and told me that the hotel is fully booked and no “upgrades” to a higher floor for me. The girl behind me checked in and she was thanked for being gold, and they gave her a free upgrade to a suite and let her choose which room she wanted! I asked about the upgrade and they told me it’s random. I spoke to the manager and the manager said lots of rooms available and she gave me 5 rooms to choose from. 🤷🏻‍♂️ In the end, I got my upgrade. Had to fight for it."