"In North America I've been asked a single time in the 15 years I've been using Corp rates (for a few years I'd use them on multiple stays per week). My trick is to approach the counter in a friendly way, ask how they are doing, maybe ask an easy question about the hotel (where's the gym?) and connect with them (boy it's hot out there today!) They are happy to have met you, it is a pleasant experience, and you go on your merry way. I'm also Titanium for life and currently have Ambassador, but I've done this when Gold and Platinum. For that one time they asked I said I had actually just started and didn't have my business cards yet, but should have them for my next stay and they let it go. I was never asked by that hotel again (Courtyard Bellevue on an Accenture rate.) Doing a mobile check-in will also shorten the time spent. Just have your ID and card ready to speed things along."

"lol, my front desk managers *hated* any time I asked them to cover AYS. They’d go out to the desk and help no problem, but I always got some kind of attitude asking them to hop on the phone for my break. I worked at a ~650 room property and was regularly scheduled by myself for AYS second shift."

"FlyerTalk community specifically notes the MMM code as "the go-to code for the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, described as extremely reliable at local Courtyard and Residence Inn properties, with a low risk rating." One user documented using an IBM rate for 14 years at 80-100+ nights annually and "never once being asked for an ID." Another stayed 500+ nights and was never asked. The 3M code is regionally well-known near 3M's Minnesota HQ."