"Sprint's Marriott code SPR is a telecom code. Sprint (now part of T-Mobile) had major HQ in Overland Park KS. Properties near that corridor still encounter Sprint-branded employees during the merger transition. hotelcorporatecodes.com lists SPR with "⚠️ Sometimes" verification. Telecom codes are in the medium-enforcement tier — more commonly audited than retail, less than consulting/finance. No SPR-specific denial incident found in public forums."

"I have a close friend who is a GM at a Marriott property in a fairly large US city (top 25 metro population). Their opinion is basically, "Hey, it's business. I'm not turning away a paying guest if they don't have the right ID." In this person's younger days as a front desk agent, they enjoyed catching people trying to use a corporate rate that the guest was not entitled to. As they became higher up and saw the books, occupancy rates, etc... Corp ID's became far less important than filling rooms."

"I have stayed 100s of times with various corporate rates (including Japan) and the only hotel that has asked is W hotels. Even then they didn’t push much. I have been a consultant for 20 years and many clients require you to use their rates when they are paying the bill. The hotel doesn’t have an up to date list of every employee that works for a company globally. The woman at the W said “I don’t really care, just show me anything on your phone that says your name and that company. You can type an email now “."