"HotelCorporateCodes.com rates Marriott WEL as "Sometimes" for ID verification. Marriott tends to verify more than Hilton or IHG. The SF Marriott properties — near Wells Fargo HQ — were specifically mentioned as properties that cracked down on corporate code abuse. No WEL-specific denial documented in public forums. Business cards have been reported as universally accepted when verification is requested."

"I always see people saying that they aren’t able to do mobile check in. I’ve only stayed at two Marriott hotels where I tried to do mobile check in ( both of them never been to before) and they both let me without having to go to the front desk which I was really happy about because I had lost my ID and didn’t know how I was going to check in. Also I think I only had about 20 nights at the time, I usually stay with my boyfriend because he’s titanium."

"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"