A couple of Labor Days ago, my partner and I were upgraded to a magnificent suite at the Mayflower in Washington DC (Renaissance). Very grand right down to the fireplace. What made it even nicer was that we were celebrating our 1 year anniversary and returning to the same get-together where we had met the previous year in Cleveland. I was Platinum but had never stayed at the Mayflower before and we were taking advantage of a very good weekend rate. We threw ourselves an anniversary party and invited the whole conference. Oh the liquor bill!