ID Requirements on Corporate Rates
 

What is the recent experience at Marriott with corporate rates and being asked for ID to prove you are eligible?

I have been harassed in the UK but the is all I know. How is the US? South Florida?

Gov't rates - sometimes
Corporate rates - never

Just my experience.

I wouldn't advise trying to a use a corporate code unless you are prepared to show ID. That's FRAUD, your Marriott Rewards account can be forfeited.

I agree with imverge re fraud - plus, I have been asked. If you are asked, you will have to show a corporate id that features both your name and the corporation name.

Do you have anything evidential to back this up? I have NEVER heard of MI freezing your account, rather folks being forced to pony up the full rack rate if they do not qualify for the rate that was booked.

--DD73

It's been a long time since I've been asked for my government ID on a government rate. Just finished a stay at the San Juan Marriott at the government rate, and was not asked for ID. Disappointing. (Not the stay, just the lack of ID requirement.)

IMHO and sure there may be an instance somewhere out there but again IMHO 99.9% of the time for corporate rates you are fine.

Its more like chicken little saying the sky is falling for the comments below. And the fraud thing is the biggest crock of crap yet. If you guys show me a case where using a corp code at Marriott has resulted in a fraud conviction then I'll come back and edit this to state you both are correct

So for the chicken littles of the world of course they will worry about it; the rest of the non paranoid world are not worried about a fraud case being brought against them.

:rolleyes: V

Just because someone isnt caught while speeding doesn't mean it wasn't against the law

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Originally Posted by TrojanHorse (Post 9379538)

.....you are fine.

Its more like chicken little saying the sky is falling for the comments below. And the fraud thing is the biggest crock of crap yet. If you guys show me a case where using a corp code at Marriott has resulted in a fraud conviction then I'll come back and edit this to state you both are correct

So for the chicken littles of the world of course they will worry about it; the rest of the non paranoid world are not worried about a fraud case being brought against them.

:rolleyes: V

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when you type fraud into a thesauraus the response(s) are: deception; dishonesty...

I do not worry about a fraud conviction, I just do not care to be a person who lays claim to something to which they are not entitled. Not certain how you feel that translates into a paranoid chicken little...but then again, the great thing about opinions is that everyone is entitled to one.....

But speeding has an ordinance specifically making it illegal. I have yet to see a news link stating the FBI came in to bust a rogue customer at the front desk and haul them off to the pen.... :rolleyes:

Just exactly where is this illegal?

--DD73

You do realize that Marriott can see exactly what corp code you used for every single stay posted to your Marriott Rewards account?

The real question is and all that matters, requires a simple yes or no. Are you entitled to use the rate?

FRAUD is a deception made for personal gain. The specific legal definition varies by legal jurisdiction. Fraud is a crime, and is also a civil law violation.

In criminal law, FRAUD is the crime or offense of deliberately deceiving another in order to damage them – usually, to obtain property or services unjustly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraud

This is from the Marriott Rewards Program T & C :

In the case of fraud or abuse involving Marriott Rewards, point credit, mileage credit, reward use, or a participating hotel, Marriott and its travel partners have the right to take appropriate administrative and/or legal action, and all frequent flyer miles or points and certificates earned through Marriott Rewards may be forfeited and the account closed.

So whether they DO take legal action is arguable, the point is that they CAN. But more importantly, as imverge correctly stated in her OP, your account may be closed if caught.

But I am still not clear - whether you can be arrested or not, your account frozen or not - if you are not entitled to a rate, why would you be taking it?

Look, I'm not trying to cause trouble...but there are ways to qualify for a corporate rate if you really want to.

I can get really complicated about it if I want to, but the easiest thing to say if you do not have an ID for the company whose corporate rates you use, is to tell the desk "I have a meeting with Company X tomorrow and they recommended this hotel to me and stated they had special rates here." 99.9 percent of the time this will do fine if you're asked, which is as close to never as close can be.

Again, they never ask though.

Let me get this straight, an employee who is doing their job, to the best of their ability asks you for ID to confirm rate eligibility and you claim your being "harassed"? :rolleyes: