"Consulting firms like Kearney sit in the same tier as Deloitte and Accenture — one Fishbowl Lifetime Titanium member (1,500+ nights) estimated corporate code ID checks at roughly 0.5–1% of US check-ins. A three-letter ticker-style code like ATK has moderate forum circulation, keeping it in the standard Medium tier. In Europe and Asia verification is requested close to 100% of the time; in the US it is almost never enforced outside luxury full-service properties."

"My last couple of corporate RFID cards had no company name on them for security purposes. My current company doesn’t do business cards. I use my Bonvoy card for corporate travel to get the points. I’d have to write them an email standing at the check in desk, I guess."

"I swear the front desk employees are trained to resist and encouraged to lie. They try to save the rooms for members with higher status or complainers. I've booked King rooms and they'll assign me a double or a queen. The first rep will tell me they're fully booked and there's nothing they can do. But once transferred to a manager, King rooms magically appear!"