Well this is stupid and facetious...

 

Question to anybody that uses Corporate Codes regularly... I am curious what percentage of stays you've been asked for employment ID of some sort? The Microsoft code provides too large a saving for the hotel I am about to book in the US for me not to consider it!

 

Enforcement is up to individual property/rate/agent.

 

Yes, they do. I do think these Corp codes are region and hotel specific. I came across a luxury brand's code when I mistyped our corporate code and here are some comparison. Pls do not IM me for the code.

Park Hyatt Tokyo = $313+ vs Chainwide rate at $933+ (so, I lied....not exactly $200 per night)
Vendome = $575+ vs. $1493+
Park Hyatt Seoul = $230+ vs. $309+
Grand Hyatt HKG = $306+ vs. $380+
Park Hyatt Milan, PH NYC and many others US properties that I checked = displayed chainwide normal rates.

 

Globalist through >60 nights a year for over 5 years now. I have legitimate access to a corporate code, and my employment has only been verified at two properties.

• Hyatt Regency Hong Kong, Tsim Sha Tsui - Asked on check in. Presented my business card which was accepted.
• Park Hyatt Sydney - Corp rate reduces rooms from 4 figures to $300~ a night. The property liaises directly with my companies travel desk to verify employees. Had a colleague who resigned, which resulted in the PH sending an email cancelling an upcoming booking as she was no longer authorised to use the rate.

 

I've only used corporate codes twice. Was never asked for anything at Hyatt Regency Waikiki, but was asked for proof of association at check-in at Park Hyatt Tokyo (which I did provide).

 

What are the requirements for using a corporate code? For example, if I am joining a company a month after the hotel stay, and have previously been with the company before, is that ok?

 

Corp discount is for business related travel. For big companies with large discounts, they may have a different code for person travel, usually with a less generous discount.

So if you are not working at the company, and not traveling for that company, the answer is pretty clear.

 

this is nonsense. i travel all the time to places like Andaz Maui and Hyatt Tahoe and Alila Marea on my corporate rate and have never been quizzed on if i’m attending important business meetings on the beach. how comical.

 

Not comical. As someone who had visibility over Hyatt contracts, some contracts stipulate a code for official company travel and another for leisure. It's for your company travel department for reporting.

 

Andaz Maui asked for company ID last week. I was using my company's leisure rate code which was about 1/3 the "Member Rate". I wonder if the level of discount is considered when asking for proof of eligibility.

 

a business card or even just a relevant email adress proving the corporate domain will always be sufficient to validate eligibility for a corporate rate. the idea that a professional needs a letter from his manager stating the business nature of a trip is ludicrous. to all those who have a reasonable grip on reality, have zero pause that hyatt won’t allow you to stay on a corporate rate associated with your real life employer when the true nature of the travel is leisure.

 

What you described is not how a business travel only rate is actually enforced. To your point, the hotel is not going to know Jane Doe is John Smith�s manager even if presented with an email approval.

For contracts that do specify business travel only and is actually enforced, arrangements have been made between business and specific properties that hotel will check the name of the travel agency the booking was made from and are on the look out that these business travel only corporate rate should only be honored if made by a certain travel agency. That business� travel agency will not make bookings without approval from travelers manager.

level of discount/email address/if booked by agency/history of past abuses with that rate etc YMMV

 

Andaz in Tokyo recently moved to requiring coordination with management to authorize rate use.

PH in Tokyo still satisfied with badge.

Per HR rate is valid for personal use, but it appears that specific hotels are starting to validate ahead of time, or require booking through corporate portal (yuck).

Drops the rate to about 25% of what the member rate is so I guess it makes sense in some circumstances.

 

Yeah that's kind of the entire point isn't it? This entire thread is only here for people trying to scam and use corporate rates they aren't entitled to. It serves zero purpose other than that. People on legit corporate travel? Yeah they need have no worry in pretty much any situation but that is not what is being discussed here 99.9% of the time. If you actually work for a company and have business cards, badges, emails, and can get communication with your company if needed, you'll never have any issues regardless of what silly nonsense is being mentioned here but no one here is ever asking about that. We all know every single person here is asking about fraud and how/if/how likely it is they all get away with it. Let's abandon the pretense please with the pseudo legitimate discussion as if anyone believes that's the issue being inquired about.