Absolutely. Everyone does that or thinks it is ok. What people are questioning is- I work for company X, contracting for company Y, but company Z has a great rate, so I will use that.

But apparently the questioners all cheat on their taxes so are not allowed to express their moral/ethical qualms with the above.

This.

Argggggh! Stop it already. We all know that some people use -- or try to use -- corporate rate codes that they may not be entitled to use. Nobody condones that. But it happens. Will anybody go to prison for doing that? I don't think so. But let's stop sniping at each other, making accusations about other people's internal moral compasses (or lack thereof), etc. Just stop. Corporate codes aren't all that difficult to figure out. Some people will take advantage of that. Is that a terrible sin? Who knows? Make your own judgment about such things. But argue with each other someplace else.

I'm going to let the previous discussion remain, but any further comments along those lines will be deleted. There is nothing new here.

Bruce
Moderator

Here's another one, with semi-legitimate usage:

I travel on business, and decide to take my girlfriend with me. It turns out that the best rate is her company's, which she's allowed to use on leisure travel. So we use that one.

Not sure why you would consider that SEMI-legitamate???

Because I'm getting reimbursed by my company, so in one sense it isn't a leisure stay.

(Just to make things interesting, it's also using my MR# because I have more status.)

[This is all purely hypothetical, of course.]

It's "her" rate and for her it's a leisure stay. The fact that neither of you pay for it is irrelevant.