Quinn was former Secret Service - that explains the stick up his ass....but I have to tell you, to get a government rate at any hotel, you do have to show your gov't ID or gov't MasterCard....
"...to get a government rate at any hotel, you do have to show your gov't ID or gov't MasterCard...."
I travel for govt business a lot and never had to show the ID once. By the way, it is not true that govt rate is always the cheapest rate. Sometimes it is not.