Exactly what I do and in addition, I haven't put a card on my room since I got a 'your card may have been compromised.' letter back 10ish years ago. This means I can't use online checkin, but at the same time, I like the contact with the desk cm's and it often works in my favor to make a face to face contact with them. This trip I had 2 Bwv nights but they weren't the same category - I'd been piecing it together. So the guy is super nice and I say, 'I'm also staying here tomorrow night.' He says, let's see what we can do, and I said, oh it's 2 different views - I figured you really couldn't help me much.
And I followed that up with, I'm actually willing to take whatever you can give me as I won't be in the room much since I'm hanging with family this trip. So he says, so the same room is most important? And I said, yes, absolutely. He said let me work on it and I'll give you a call. Thanks, see you later and I left. I started back to my car and the guy called me before I made it down the hallway more than a few rooms (going to parking lot) and says you've got room 20xx and it's ready now! Great room!
I love all my cast members at BWV and I recognize many this trip as I've been here 3 times in 4 months. Usually year to year there are many new faces. I think most really go the extra mile to make our stays comfy but I have also come across a few random characters.