"Applied Materials' code APP appears in Marriott corporate code lists but has minimal community discussion. A FlyerTalk comment notes that some codes "are old and may not be valid, and some may require ID of some sort," and that rates are "widely offered and hard to check ID" particularly when extended to company retirees. Applied Materials is a major Silicon Valley semiconductor equipment company; Bay Area hotel density reduces the novelty of tech company codes in that market."

"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 occasionally try to get the corporate rate for a company I'm visiting in the area (for sales/consulting). Only once has a front desk clerk asked me to prove my eligibility, and she was satisfied by me giving the name and telephone number of the person I was visiting."