"Paying a room on Corp rate GIVES revenue, NOT the other way around. Loss of revenue is when rooms are not sold. Can't agree with you there.[/QUOTE]
I read your comment and agree with you that revenue is not reduced. I should have said profits. Using a code that we are not entitled to use reduces the hotels profits which results in the aforementioned harm to the corporation, the shareholders, and its people. For example if I pretend to be an employee of the RC and use the employee code, booking a room at the RC SFO for $50 per night, the hotel looses money on my stay even though they are recieving revenue. It costs the hotel more than $50 per night to maintain the room and provide its attendant expected level of service. Another indicator that this is hurting the hotel, corporation, and its employees is that if the hotel management was aware of people using a code to which they are not entitled, they wouldn't accept their money for the use of the room. If we tell the hotel we are aware of space available using a specific code and without that special rate the hotel is going to lose our revenue for the night then the hotel might let us stay there. But we should not misrepresent ourselves to get the price we want.
In response to an earlier post. If your company encourages you to use their negotiated corp rate while on leisure travel you are likely entitled to use it. Unless the company has not negotiated with the hotel for the use of this code for its employees while on leisure travel.