Originally Posted by
MikeBU
agree that the list of publicly available rates was helpful at times, but maintaining a list of corporate codes is not really ethical. Let's be real... wouldn't it be more sensible to ask your employer for your employer's code? I don't buy the idea that someone is really entitled to use multiple corporate codes, but do not know what they might be. If you are a freelance consultant and are not employed by your clients, and you pay your own bills, I would propose that you are probably not really entitled to use that company's discount code.
As a consultant who works for many companies, my clients often request (or demand) that I book at their corporate rate. I pay my own bills but am usually reimbursed by the client. And no, my clients don't ever seem to know the rate code.
All that being said, it's very easy to make the reservation over the phone by simply calling Marriott and asking for the corporate rate for "X" corporation. I have never had any difficulty doing this at any time.
So really, I have to agree that there is no overwhelmingly strong reason why we need a list of all corporate rate codes.