Originally Posted by NJUPINTHEAIR
I emphatically disagree.
I hereby call upon Marriott to either change the language as listed, or better, simply accept these certificates on AAA rates and other rates.
Chris,
With all due respect, "a publicly listed rate," is by its clear meaning a rate that is "publicly listed," nothing more, nor nothing less.
It strains the imagination, as well as the language under question, for you/Marriott to also include a proviso that a "publicly listed" cannot by its very nature, be one that requires the holder to demonstrate his/her eligibility for such rate. Why not??
I'll have to disagree there.
A "publicly listed rate" is one anyone, regardless of private memberships with any particular organizations, can look up and have booked for themselves.
AAA (and AARP, and companies that have the CORP discount), are private organizations. You must enter in the fact of your membership with one of those private organizations when booking the reservation, otherwise you won't get it.
All hotels are required to verify each guest's membership in those private organizations when they check in (although as we all know, that part doesn't always happen, but just because that one part doesn't happen in all instances, doesn't mean the rate is public).