Originally Posted by DFWsakp

This is a thread about a US hotel and this is extremely common these days in the US to check in online
And about providing a Passport ... Nobody carries a Passport in the US even if you check in with the Front Desk. Your location says Alaska, but looks like you have never set foot in a US hotel in decades.
Either you are a troll who has rarely lived in a Hotel OR you are some special case.