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  Hotel StrategiesHotel Loyalty Program Reference Guide

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Quick Guide

  • With few hotels in the United States, and no credit card to quickly earn points, Le Club Accor is not one of the most popular hotel loyalty programs.
  • The program will get more interesting in mid-2018, when it absorbs the Fairmont Hotel reward program.
  • Unlike most other hotel programs, Club Accor is a fixed-value points system. You can use points instead of cash, even in small quantities, to pay for some portion of your hotel room. Points are always worth about 2 cents each.
  • It is very easy for someone who occasionally stays in Club Accor hotels to spend the points they earn.

Club Accor Brands

Accor hotels is one of the largest hotel chains in the world, and is particularly strong in much of Europe. However, they operate very few hotels in the United States.  Accor also owns Fairmont hotels (Fairmont, Swisshotel, and Raffles). Fairmont still has its own loyalty program, but it will eventually become integrated with the larger Club Accor program in mid-2018.

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Award Chart

The Accor Points program uses fixed value points. You usually earn 2.5 points per euro spent at their hotels. When you make a reservation, you can use 2,000 points to get 40 euros off the room rate. This equates to points being worth about 2 cents each, and earning points worth 5 cents per dollar at Accor hotels. Stays at Ibis and Mama Shelter only earn 1.25 points per euro, stays at Adagio only earn 1 point per euro, and stays at Adagio Access only earn .5 point per euro.

Another decent way to use your Accor points is to transfer them to Iberia, British Airways, Finnair, Qantas, or Virgin Australia. Accor normally gives you .5 airline miles for every point, which works out to about 4 cents per mile. But, with the airline partners listed above, you get 1 mile per point instead, letting you buy miles for 2 cents each. For British Airways, you’ll need to transfer to Iberia first, and then on to British.

Member Benefits

Award nights count towards earning elite status. You’ll even get credit for rooms booked on 3rd party websites. Boost Your Hotel Status.

Classic (entry level)
    • Members-only rates.
    • Free Wi-Fi.
Silver (10 nights or 2,500 points)
24% bonus points on stays, and provides the following benefits:
    • Welcome drink.
    • Late checkout, when available.
Gold (30 nights, or 10,000 points)
48% bonus points on stays, and adds the following benefits:
    • Room upgrade, when available.
    • 72-hour room availability guarantee.
Platinum (60 nights, or 25,000 points)
76% bonus points on stays, and provides the following benefits:
    • Lounge access.
    • 48-hour room availability guarantee.

For now, Club Accor Gold or Platinum members who sign up for Fairmont President’s Club accounts, will get two free room upgrade certificates.  Club Accor does not usually provide status matches or challenges. Boost Your Hotel Status




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