"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 work for the front desk, at a Marriott, & have for the last 8 years .... So when it comes to room upgrades; it goes based on AVAILABILITY... sometimes no matter the tier, if we have it available - I will upgrade the guest. Now of course, higher tiered members get dibs on the upgrades first but after we go through the higher tiered members, Ambassador, Titanium, Platinum - then we go through the other ones. I cannot express this enough : BEING NICE & POLITE AT THE DESK GOES A LONG WA"

"My employer does not have a corporate rate but when I'm consulting for a company that does, I use theirs. I've only been challenged for identification once. In that one situation I explained the consulting arrangement, and the desk clerk accepted it without a badge or business card (neither of which I had anyway)."