"Oracle's IHG code appears in FlyerTalk's "List of IHG Rate Codes" thread. A FlyerTalk moderator explicitly cautioned: "Unless you're employed by one of those companies, I would avoid using these codes at all. They do often ask for ID." IHG enforcement is tier-dependent: InterContinental and Kimpton properties enforce eligibility most strictly while Holiday Inn Express shows minimal enforcement. One FlyerTalk user documented IHG refusing to honor a rate without ID and offering to cancel the reservation after the cancellation deadline."

"Yesteryear it wasnt so risky sinc ethe CX policy was Day of @ Check-in time, so as long as you got there before the CX time was past, then if carded all you had to say was OK CX the res then. That doesnt exist any longer as its now 24 hrs before if not earlier, so no ID they simply will charge the CC you used when you made the res , forget about Disputing it as the hotel will produce the res and their CX policy and that you used a code that you werent entitled to use"

"Electronic Data Systems (EDS) IHG code (136905) follows the same profile as EDS Marriott — a widely-circulated code from a company now absorbed into HP/DXC Technology. FlyerTalk's IHG Rate Codes thread: "A moderator explicitly cautioned: unless you're employed by one of those companies, I would avoid using these codes at all. They do often ask for ID." EDS employee credentials (badges) no longer exist post-HP acquisition, which could complicate verification. IHG InterContinental: likely to ask; Holiday Inn Express: rarely."