I’d be careful what corporate codes you book without proof that you work for whatever company.
At my hotel, if you book a date you don’t qualify for, I jack the rate to whatever retail rate is for that day. You don’t want to pay it, I’ll cancel the reservation.
i'm struggling to think of a time a hotel asked me, and i've definitely had a couple years worth of life spent in them.
i rented a car in mexico city specifically to keep my points alive. do i speak spanish well - no, did they speak english well enough - most definitely. this was frustrating because i did not even want to take the car, just have rental activity, because i have a fair bit of points and can rent things a full month. i told them i was just doing this for points, didn't want the car, etc. just put in the system i picked it up and returned it an hour later. i think i got priced 5 ways across 2 visits, it ended up being expensive nonetheless, and hertz told me to go fuck myself and that international non-corporate owned locations earned no points. a bit confusingly i logged on just now and have nearly 17k points, had i known they had not already expired i would have done a fake rental when home for the holidays. maybe i will do one in SFO when visiting for work.