I agree with the OP. There has to be a more reliable system. Although it seems to have gotten better over the years, I would say it still happens to me roughly 5% of the time.

Even the posters who report 1 time out of 100... why is that satisfactory? I hate the feeling of checking in to a hotel, late at night, exhausted, having to get up in just a few hours, and wondering if the key will work... It's the 21st century... the keys should always work.

hurlimann