"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 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!"

"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."