Originally Posted by
IncyWincy
Properties in Asia are strict, Japan one of the strictest. They often insist on verification by contacting headquarters of the corporation.
Remember that they have a copy of your passport at check in and credit card details. They will charge you the balance for rack even after you have checked out, which they are entitled to do.
That's pretty extreme, I've stayed in quite a few properties in Japan as well as elsewhere in Asia and around the world on my corporate rate (one I am eligible for) and they have absolutely never "contacted headquarters." I don't even know how to do that and I work there. They will also never charge you after your bill has been settled and you have checked out, that is borderline absurd.
The question of the ethical nature of this is an entirely different topic, but 99% of time there will not verify. In fact, the only time I've ever been asked to provide some support for my corporate rate was when I walked off the street into a hotel and asked them to book me on it. Even in that case, a business card sufficed.