No candles, no microwaves. We didn’t even spend much time in the room. An hour to get ready, about 10 min to charge a phone, and then back to sleep. Left early.

They claim no, but I think that’s the only explanation.

No balconies in the rooms! (24th floor). I wish I had somebody I could suspect.

I will ask for maintenance records and see if they can provide anything. Though at this point it seems like I’ll be providing my defense more for my bank and less for them. It’s possible that there was something in a trash can from a prior visitor - it wouldn’t have been from us.

They appear to be leaning on this smoke sensor as it’s proof. I have no reason to lie on this board - I was there celebrating a friend’s 40th birthday - we had 4 people with us - none of us smoke (cigarettes or marijuana) or vape. The group I was with probably wouldn’t be known as the life of any party (my wife laughed when I told her this story, knowing the group I was with). And myself, I’ve probably smoked a cigarette 2 or 3 times in my life - tried it with friends in high school once, and maybe one or two other times at college parties. I am not a fan of smoking. The only thing I can think of is that we were sitting at a Blackjack table shortly prior stopping in the room, and somebody sitting behind the table had a cigar. Maybe the close proximity to that cigar smoke was picked up on some clothes and that kicked off an alert.

Conceptually, I like the idea of closely monitoring for cigarette smoke - I personally hate smoke - this seems like a money grab versus actually trying to enforce a no smoke policy.

I wish this wasn’t frustrating me so much, but I am being dinged by some clearly imprecise technology.