New Accor rules on gaining and keeping status now in place – be aware

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• Andy says:

  5 Jan5 January 12:00

  I wonder if this could be a decent article for HFP, looking at the benefits that you can receive from owning shares in hotel chains?

  I see that for IHG there is “hotel discount promotion – this benefit is not available to nominee shareholders” listed on share.com and you only need 1 share to receive the benefit. An old FT thread suggests it’s usually 5% off but with no points or nights credited to your account, so a bit rubbish, but it could be interesting to get an overview in case there is some value at other hotel brands.

• Daz says:

  5 Jan5 January 13:09

  To be fair and I’ve not seen the criteria for it yet but Accor did take some big names under its wing and I can understand them reigning in the ability to make the top tier fairly easily.

  You can just imagine the deal and upgrade most HfP readers could get at the Raffles in Singapore or the Fairmount; or even the upgrade at the Metropole in Hanoi. I will see what happens in December, until then I’ll be churning up my Plat benefits like a goodun.

  • Alan says:

    5 Jan5 January 21:04

    I left it until 31/12/16 to trigger the offer to 2 upgrade certs and Fairmont and Swissotel via Accor Plat – they’re valid for a year, tried to at least give myself the maximum chance to make use of them!

• Daz says:

  5 Jan5 January 13:19

  O/T. I’m looking to burn some IHG points soon and do a bit of a ‘Rick Stein’ can anyone give a heads up on the basic rooms at the following:

  IC Bordeaux
  IC Porto
  IC Barcelona

  I know Rob did a review of he IC Bordeaux but can’t remember if he had he basic room for points.

• Smid says:

  5 Jan5 January 13:43

  One of the few times my platinum status would have been any use would have been at the Pullman Auckland on Christmas day this year. However, they’d dropped me down to silver a few weeks before….

  Apart from that it has been good in the sofitel for the executive lounge, but we can get in that with the priority pass.

  So its sods law that I actually booked somewhere where it was really useful before I realised my status was gone, but apart from that, the 4-5 years I’ve had the status it has been pretty useless. A couple of few drinks which I get as silver anyway.

  So no great loss, and won’t be making any attempt to requalify. I value hiltons much more highly, I can get into some of those cheaply and get upgraded to get lounge status. I have to pay a fortune to get in a pullman/sofitel, to get a lounge in the few of those which have one.

• barafear799 says:

  5 Jan5 January 14:08

  think I need to become a shareholder.

  I clicked on the link above – so one share for around 37 Euros, plus 9 euros +VAT dealing fee – around 47 Euros – say £40.

  Gold Status……

  I have been dropped from gold to classic!! Like others, I earned my status (Platinum for one year before dropping to Gold) through the very generous promos they had on about 2 years ago – highlighted on this website.

  So can’t complain too much – but will miss room upgrades, drinks vouchers, late checkouts….all of which I enjoyed on my stay at Novotel Paddington on 1st Jan (before Accor’s IT systems had updated!) – and it was a Happy Monday rate, part paid with points.

  • Keith says:

    5 Jan5 January 17:24

    If I read correctly Gold status would only be valid for one year though and then it would revert to normal rules. Still not bad though….

• barafear799 says:

  5 Jan5 January 18:41

  clearly the French stock market seem to like Accor’s “new rules” – their shares have gone up from around 33 to 38 Euros in the last month (albeit generally stocks have risen)

• Alan says:

  5 Jan5 January 21:33

  Interesting – my Accor Plat was due to run out mid-way through the year but the updated website now has it valid until 31/12/17 – excellent!

• Peter Taysum says:

  6 Jan6 January 00:18

  I cancelled a SOFITEL stay, had confirmation but due to “an error with our systems” they took the money for one night. I got the money back (not sure if through them paying it back, or my bank reclaiming it as fraudulent activity, as I reported it as such).

  Accor won’t get my custom again.

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