"Apple (alt) Marriott code APC is a secondary Apple corporate code, alongside the primary APL code. Apple's primary code APL is documented as triggering heightened enforcement within 5 miles of Apple HQ in Cupertino — "hotels that handle hundreds of Apple travelers a week are intimately familiar with Apple corporate ID badges." The alt code APC may be routed through different GDS channels but Apple's code presence at Silicon Valley Marriotts is well-established. No APC-specific denial documented; enforcement pattern mirrors the primary APL code."

"I mean, it depends on the size of the hotel. Having one person on night shift for a Fairfield isn’t uncommon. The better hotels have more people working at front desk even at night simply due to the size and brand. I’d however say though, if the property has been notified of the guest’s check in time in advance, and part of deal of getting into night shift is to check people in at unusual hours like that, then it certainly does not sound right to me that the front desk agent cannot have the meal earlier or later out of that many hours of the shift."

"I work as a consultant and frequently ask for and use my client's rates (at their insistence, since I will be billing them back). I have been asked for ID maybe one time in 15 since February, when it was announced in this forum that rates would be ID'ed."