Get 2,500 Avios per stay with Accor (Novotel, Sofitel, Ibis) to 31st December

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• Paul Irving says:

  9 Oct9 October 12:05

  Do you have to be set us to convert automatically to Avios as I see no other way.

• Andy says:

  9 Oct9 October 20:10

  When putting in your Avios number is it the whole 16 digits or just the last 9 ?

  • Ross Parker says:

    10 Oct10 October 09:45

    All of them I think/hope

    • Andy says:

      10 Oct10 October 10:08

      Thanks. I belt and braced it.

• PB says:

  9 Oct9 October 21:26

  When using the automatic conversion of points to a partner it will trigger than all points in Accor accounts shall be converted to that partner, at the poor rate Accor-Avios.

  If one has a significant amount of points with Accor aimed at booking hotels, this auto conversion may not be interesting at all.

• Stephen F says:

  10 Oct10 October 06:55

  Happy Days! Just booked Mercure Norwich Dinner Bed & Breakfast. Thanks Raffles, 2.5k richer now!

  I am Accor Platinum, anyone know what benefits if any to expect?

  • Paul Irving says:

    10 Oct10 October 12:58

    Did you have to have your account set to auto conversion.

    • Stephen F says:

      10 Oct10 October 16:37

      Yes its on auto conversion as far as I know (i.e. my Avios details were there when I checked this morning)..Id better take a look again to see if theres a checkbox

      • Stephen F says:

        10 Oct10 October 16:39

        yup on autoconvert

        • Stephen F says:

          12 Oct12 October 15:53

          Err I have just cancelled our stay as the Mercure Norwich is a flea pit according to reviews (the majority of them and there are lots), and on a horrid industrial estate. My wife would never forgive me for putting us through that for 2500 Avios. Will maybe try a different hotel!

  • Elena says:

    10 Oct10 October 13:36

    Don’t expect much benefits, I find that non of the brand except Sofitel have recognition of the Platinum status.

    One Ibis i think game me one free drink voucher once.

• Steve Blower says:

  10 Oct10 October 22:51

  Rob, I am really struggling with this.
  A while ago, somehow after a lot of trial and error, I got Iberia in there as an automatic conversion earning partner.

  Now I am looking for
  you must select Avios (not British Airways Executive Club) as your earnings partner

  all I can see is conversion partner.

  Is that the same thing?

  • Rob says:

    11 Oct11 October 10:34

    I honestly do not know. I will have a dig around. I was in Doha when the post went up and was not able to investigate on the day.

• Clive J says:

  12 Oct12 October 14:44

  I need a Gatwick hotel for a night in December so thought I’d try the Sofitel and get some Avios But now I have to add my name to those bewildered by the confusing Le Club Accor website. I have also been trying to find a way to set my earning preference to Avios, without sucess. There is an FAQ which says “Can I earn airline miles on my LCA card”. The answer is “You only earn LCA points when you stay at an Accor hotel but you have the possibility to convert them into airline miles”. So the inference is that you can’t set an earning preference.

  But then in the T&C’s of this offer it says “Select Avios as your earning preference WHEN MAKING THE NECCESARY ADVANCED RESERVATION”. So I tried that, but nowhere during the booking process was there a way to add an earning preference.

  So I phoned customer service (they offer a helpful call back service) and asked them how I should do that. They seemed confused and tried to book the room for me over the phone telling me how many LCA points I would earn. I told them I didn’t want LCA points I wanted to take advantage of the Avios offer. They hadn’t heard of the offer and couldn’t find it in their system. They hadn’t even heard of Avios, I had to spell it for them !!

  In the end I gave up. I’ll set my auto-conversion to Avios and will see what happens, or go to the Hilton.

• DrTom says:

  13 Oct13 October 22:58

  My stay last weekend tracked as “Le Club Q4 Bonus” with an extra 5,000 points. I’m presuming that this is the 2,500 Avios as the conversion ratio is 2:1.

  The automatic conversion hasn’t been triggered yet – presumably as the threshold hasn’t been met.

  What would be interesting is if these points could now either be spent on others, or converted to Iberia Avios at the better exchange rate – thus giving even better value for this promotion.

  • Rob says:

    14 Oct14 October 09:24

    You could try switching your conversion preference to IB!

• Ross Parker says:

  14 Oct14 October 15:51

  Not sure I believe this, but I think I’ve just got a cracking deal for Friday evening. Having already booked 5 trips on this offer for business travel to Brussels between now and Christmas, it came into my mind when I needed a South London hotel room for a Friday night meet up with some old friends. Using the Happy Monday offer I managed to get a room for £40 at the Ibis Styles Southwark Rose, with wifi and breakfast. The added bonus is that I called after reserving and they agreed to a 4pm checkout as a Platinum benefit. Absolutely excellent deal. If this offer works with Ibis Styles (which I imagine it should) there’s 2,500 Avios in it too. Thanks for improving my life again Raffles.

  • Quan Zhou says:

    15 Oct15 October 12:50

    I booked two rooms at the Southwark Rose for 12th Oct under Happy Monday promotion. Today the points are posted and I am shocked by the points I have earned. The points are listed as: 14/10/2014 14/10/2014 Le Club Q4 Bonus 0 5000
    14/10/2014 14/10/2014 LCAH SEPT. OFFER 2 0 3000
    12/10/2014 13/10/2014 ibis Styles London Southwark Rose 1 54
    14/10/2014 14/10/2014 Le Club Q4 Bonus 0 5000
    14/10/2014 14/10/2014 LCAH SEPTEMBER OFFER 0 1000
    12/10/2014 13/10/2014 ibis Styles London Southwark Rose 1 54

    Thank you very much Raffles for sharing the deal!

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