Seems a minor issue, compared to the CEO's of the largest US bank and largest brokerage recently telling costly (to the investing public who took them at their word) deliberate lies, and an executive at the largest US vehicle manufacturer, doucmented doing the same thing:
http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showpos...2&postcount=33
Coming at a time of a "big push" for "smaller government" and "privatization", touted by some, as "solutions" to societal woes, this criminally deceptive conduct by the leaders of the largest US businesses is especially troubling.
Are these executives and their firms, participating in the "noise" for privatization and deregulation?
There are bigger issues to concern yourself with, and you need not worry because the fact that you asked if you were acting in a questionable way, places you heads above the "scions of industry" who just last month, assured us that they were all squarely back on the path to profitability.
There are much deeper hotel discount opportunities using this:
http://biddingfortravel.com/ ....it is a site that lists which hotels in each priceline bidding area are likely to be participating, reviews of the hotels, and more importantly, bidding strategies and recently successful bid prices posted by other site participants and moderators.
As a backup, this site also has served me well:
www.hotwire.com
Both methods have many times gained me much lower rates and comparable or higher quality accomodations than corporate discounts have.
I suggest initially bidding only on 4 star or higher hotels/resorts, if available, and then limiting your bidding to a 3 star minimum rating. With the discounts, the cost savings justifies this bidding advice, especially since you can't be 100 percent certain where the response to your bid will obligate you to stay.
Instead of sweating whether you are being deceptive for personal gain, the above methods are fun to try, armed with the advantage of the results of others, before you bid