Originally Posted by
fugoryjack
I am so excited I can hardly stand it. Someone just booked my hotel with a code from this list, but they picked a code that hasn't been in use since 2002 and just was never purged. It was so easy spot. If he's lucky, he really does work for this company and didn't feel like calling the travel department to make his reservation. If he's not, he won't have the proper ID and will pay the going rate. Stay tuned. I'll let you know how it works out.
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I'd say welcome to FT, but since you've only had one post which is the above & have already been suspended
If you do come back, welcome to FT. Hopefully you'll contribute to the Marriott forum. We've had a # of Marriott hotel managers contribute in a positive manner over the years.
THIS thread has 99% publicly available codes (the exception being the few that we're getting clarification on from MarriottConcierge), so I'm a bit confused as to why you're stating someone booked a code 'that hasn't been in use since 2002 & they better work for the company'.
Presumably Marriott's website wouldn't allow a code that wasn't valid to be booked. If it WAS allowed by Marriott's website & the rate rules did NOT specifically state 'id required' & he has a printout of the rate rules, whoever booked the code has a pretty good case IMO for having the rate honored.
If it did state id required, then yes whoever booked what sounds like a corp rate should either have id or be willing to pay rack rate or have a back-up reservation elsewhere. Of course if it's a property that has specific local corp codes, they should probably check them more than once every 8 years
For publicly available codes, people don't need to worry about getting 'busted' & can use them because they're yup - publicly available.
Cheers.