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Old Jan 22, 2019 | 4:27 pm
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Originally Posted by samwise6222
I carry both and I usually gave a heads up to hotels about my predicament: "reservation in drivers license name, marriott rewards in drivers license name, different name in passport - can I check in with my drivers license?"

Other places like China took my passport and changed the res name to match the passport name, and they changed it back right before checkout to make sure it correctly posted to my account.
well that would make more sense because showing a US drivers license to check in in a foreign country would be a little odd...
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