Enough with the fraud please

first of all, and using IBM as an example

what if I'm an authorized IBM vendor, consultant, contractor, etc.. I would not carry an IBM badge yet would likely be able to stay on the IBM rates

where I work, this is not only allowed, our authorized travel booking service will book our rate for the consultant, contractor, or vendor

sure each agreement is different but my "guess" is that the larger firms will have similar type deals

I don't think that our consultants travel with their agreements either to prove that they are working for us.

my point is, its not always fraud if you do not work for the company

people yelling fraud on here are trying to put the big panic on for all the newbies.