Originally Posted by
yosithezet
The fact that it says this does not guarantee that you will be asked for ID. I've been asked for corporate ID when traveling on partner or customer business and using their rates. I've had issues three times. The first time was in Beijing and I ended up paying rack rate. The second time was in Hong Kong I ensured someone from the partner company met me when I checked-in. They had an argument with front desk and eventually I was charged the correct rate. The last time was in Montreal. I was traveling with a partner and our joint prospect. The partner had arranged all the travel and simply given me the confirmation codes. When I checked in they asked for ID. I showed the partner document with the reservation details. They didn't care and marked the room at rack rate. A few hours later the partner arrived and verified that I was with them. The rate was then reduced to the correct price.
So two cases in Asia and one in North America. As always, YMMV.
While it's true that there's no guarantee that they will ask you for your ID at PH, this is Japan we are talking here. A nation where waiters tell you NO when you want to switch something from your set menu for something else
You see, it's very difficult for an exception to be made in Japan, because everything is listed so well, and people get into troubles for bending the rules. Sure, you can play the "dumb gaijin" card, but the fact that Japanese do everything by the book will tell you that they will follow everything listed in the rate description, 100% of the time.
Do you think Hyatt is stupid? When a corporate code can knock 20,000~40,000 YEN off the listed price, you'd bet they would make sure you are eligible. That's a lot of money to let go.