http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gib

I don't quite know why OP needs a hotel room for them though.

I occasionally get asked for my AAA card. The first time was when I was in the UK & I had left it at home because I knew I wouldn't be driving. They gave me the 'one-time exception' (probably helped I was elite status), but ever since then if I book a AAA rate even if overseas I bring the card w/ me. The Prague Marriott insisted on copying the card; I insisted they had the right to look at it in order to verify it was valid/me, but that they weren't going to copy the AAA card/it's not Marriott policy to do so.

Cheers.

Greenery!!!! Where you been, man?

Larger corporations often give employees corporate credit cards, which makes it very obvious that we qualify for the corporate rate. Only twice have I been asked to show a business card and one time the desk clerk actually went on line to check that my company, "ABcdefgh" was actually part of the "AB" family of companies. We use the "AB" rates.

So am I the only one thinking this is a BS post

No, the 'on probation' part gave it away.

Why would someone gain pleasure from posting unnecessarily? I'm not commenting on this OP, rather the idea in general.

My read is it's a real post by someone trying to be incognito.

Who cares? It's an unremarkable question on a subject that many, many people wonder about. And we've answered it. What's the point of getting inside the OP's head?

Bruce
Moderator

When I used to work for F50 & F500 companies we used our personal cards & submitted for reimbursement. One of the F50s eventually implemented a corp card, which became problematic when they hadn't paid the bill on time & the card was declined :D I do think some of the larger corps have corp c.c.'s, but my guess is there are still many that don't. I had corp id (needed to enter the buildings where I worked), but I left that at home when I was on the road. So many times the only i.d. I would have, (if asked - never was), would indeed be a biz card or they could have called my boss if it was during working hours.

Cheers.

I think it more likely refers to this (from Wikipedia):

Gibs, short for giblets (pronounced "jiblets"),[1] is a humorous term referring to the variably-sized body parts ("guts"), fragments, and offal produced when non-player characters or game players are damaged or killed in video games. To "gib" one's opponents (pronounced "jib") is to hit them with such force (often with explosives) that they rupture.

Urban Dictionary is your friend tu understanding the linguistic curiosities of the young, hip or urban.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gib

2. Google It .....!
22. Given that the word "chav" has been ruled politically incorrect by the government for fear that these knife wielding hoodlums may become offended, thus the creation of the word "gib" was born. Originating in Cheltenham, the same town that created the word chav (Cheltenham Average), gib is the new way of bypassing political correctness (until it's band) and is an acronym for "Genetically Inferior Beings"...the gibs will never know.

Now that we are suitably off-topic did anyone else see what great rates this code gets at certain RC properties - wow. I won't be using but wish I could.

What is the code?

It's probably not too hard to figure out ;), but corp codes aren't posted publicly in the Marriott forum so if someone posts it the mod will just delete it.

Cheers.