i have, on occasion, and on points stays, asked hotels where i was a frequent guest to NOT go nuts authorizing a huge amount...i said i won't use RS, i won't watch movies and shut the phone off.....only once did the hotel refuse.....(and funnily enough that was at a CY where I would have gotten free calls and free internet and i told them i wouldn't be there long enough to eat!! LOL)

(i was waiting for clients' checks to clear and didn't want a huge authorization on a CC when I was power-traveling! )

that said, it's probably an exception...