One thing that jumped out to me in:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum81/HTML/001677.html

was the poster's mention of "locking in a long term rate" at a hotel.

Because of the nature of my work, I often travel to the same city for four or more weeks in a row. But I've never heard of getting a better rate at a hotel over the long term.

I would be very interested in hearing other people's experiences on this, especially:

- What's the minimum stay length you've had to be able to lock in a rate?

- What kind of discounts have you been able to get?

- What types of properties would this apply to - the Courtyards/AmeriSuites of the world, or better properties?