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At the planet’s best hotels, not all guests are created equal. But how do you know where you rank in the world of high-end hospitalit­y? Award yourself one point for each of the perks you’ve enjoyed.

WALL STREET HOTEL New York City

A staff member gave you one of the brushedbro­nze and mother-ofpearl key fobs hanging behind the check-in desk for free. (The hotel charges non-VIPs US$250 a pop.)

HOTEL BARRIÈRE FOUQUET’S New York City

Developer Joshua Caspi (or the general manager) gave you one of the 200 chrome-dipped roses the hotel commission­ed from New York-based Israeli artist Nir Hod.

ESPERANZA, AUBERGE RESORTS COLLECTION Los Cabos, Mexico

General manager Marc Rodriguez presented you with one of the 250 bottles of ultrapremi­um tequila that he commission­ed from a small-batch distillery located in Jalisco.

POST OAK HOTEL Houston

Tilman Fertitta, who also owns the Rockets, or general manager Steven Chou invited you to have a drink in the secret oak-panelled room near the top of the 38-storey tower that houses the hotel.

RAFFLES THE PALM Dubai

Andrea Fortuna, the in-house furniture master, personalis­ed a gold-leafed item (a hand-carved mirror for women, a wooden hanger for men) that you were gifted on arrival.

ONE&ONLY GORILLA’S NEST Ruhengeri, Rwanda

At check-in, you were given a hand-carved eucalyptus walking stick made by artisans from Harinda Art, a 50-person collective that’s focused on providing single mothers with employment.

PALACE ELISABETH Hvar, Croatia

The management offered to book you into the 13th-century edifice’s 90sqm penthouse suite – which isn’t listed on the hotel’s inventory.

ALILA NAPA VALLEY St. Helena, California

The wines you shipped home after your California day-drinking sojourn arrived with a custom-monogramme­d glass that’s given to only a few lucky guests.

IL SERENO Lake Como, Italy

You booked a suite, but the management upgraded you to the nearby Villa Pliniana, a 16th-century, 17-bedroom palazzo on its own private sevenhecta­re estate.

HALCYON, A HOTEL IN CHERRY CREEK Denver

A bartender gave you the code that unlocks reservatio­ns for a three-week period at its on-site speakeasy, B&GC, which is located undergroun­d and can accommodat­e up to just 36 guests.

AIRELLES Courchevel and Val d’Isère, France

On one of your ski trips in the past few years, either of these properties has given you a jacket embroidere­d with your initials, the

VIP circuit’s blackdiamo­nd gift.

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