I used it once at the Courtyard in Marina del Rey.

I refused to be put up at the airport, and everything else in Marina del Rey was full except....

THE RITZ-CARLTON!!!

They gave me $100 cash, a phone card, paid for my first night at the Ritz, and secured the same rate ($102) that I was going to pay at the Courtyard.

Needless to say, I didn't complain.