Get quadruple Accor hotel points at the new Novotel Heathrow

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• Stu N says:

  8 May8 May 08:58

  OT but Accor related. I have just over 2,000 Accor points that expire at the end of next month. No plans to stay so
  (1) can I convert them to a €40 voucher without booking a related stay
  (2) Do I have to have a stay booked as well?
  (3) Can the stay be later in the year – i.e. after points expiry date?

  • Peter K says:

    8 May8 May 10:15

    1. Looking on the accor website, no.
    2. It seems yes.
    3. Yes.

    • Mark says:

      8 May8 May 16:12

      Watch out for this too – if you try to cancel & rebook later, the points will have vanished very quickly. I got caught out that way, but Accor did reinstate when I asked nicely!

      But you can extend the expiry date via their Club Opinions scheme. (Oh yes you can!)

  • Alan says:

    8 May8 May 12:51

    (4) Sign up to their “opinions” survey site, complete a survey and extend the life of your points.

    • Stu N says:

      8 May8 May 15:27

      Ah, forgot about that option. I’ll give it a go at weekend but vaguely remember trying that and it didn’t work.

      I also tried and failed to get the “neat trick” to transfer balances below threshold to IB via auto convert….

      • Alan says:

        9 May9 May 00:14

        Agree it extends expiry, but can take months to come through (plus I find I’m often screene out or offered a much longer survey for a piddling number of points). Eventually got it sorted and seem to be posting now, but sadly not much of a ‘quick fix’

• Mikeact says:

  8 May8 May 09:11

  At last, an excellent direct route to a great destination.

• Chris A says:

  8 May8 May 09:39

  Good news indeed, though it would have been great to have an additional BA F option for SA.I presume BA will be able to charge pretty much what they want for cash tickets as per Cape Town.

• N says:

  8 May8 May 09:40

  OT – Just to continue a question asked yesterday re using two PP cards to get 3-4 people into a lounge, I asked at the TXL lounge (is it the worst PP lounge?!), and the lady said she’d be happy to let in me +3 if I had two PP cards in my name…

  • Rash says:

    8 May8 May 09:55

    Thanks for checking. I’ll report back if Manchester Escape lounge have any issues with this on the weekend

  • Alan says:

    9 May9 May 00:15

    I’ve done it twice now – caused a bit of confusion the second time but they allowed it. Both times I was bringing two guests so let them put me + 1 guest on one card and me + 1 guest on another – so they got 4 lounge entries for 3 people. I didn’t try chancing my arm to do it any differently (partly as it didn’t make any difference to me!) but would be nice if a lounge would allow 4 people over 2 cards.

• Tom says:

  8 May8 May 09:41

  The champagne deal is terrible value. If you wait for a sale at one of the supermarkets (often in the pre-Christmas run up), Veuve, Bollinger and LP NV can be had for no more than £25 a bottle. In the case of LP and Veuve, sometimes less, and I’ve even got Bollinger for around £21 a bottle. On the basis of £25 a bottle each, that makes the 24,000 for a three pack around 0.31p per Avios.

• Cheshire Pete says:

  8 May8 May 09:46

  Does the Accor x4 offer work on existing bookings?

• Roger I* says:

  8 May8 May 10:29

  LHR-DUR: 🙂

  Daytime flight back: 🙂

  Which LHR terminal: T3 like CPT or T5 like JNB?

  Are direct flights loaded? Just tried revenue booking for November and only connections are bookable.

  • signol says:

    8 May8 May 10:49

    Bookable from tomorrow (Wednesday) according to a local SA newspaper.

  • N says:

    8 May8 May 12:19

    T5 according to HfP article

• signol says:

  8 May8 May 10:44

  Excellent news, will make visiting the in-laws so much easier!

  • Chris A says:

    8 May8 May 10:45

    One needs all the help they can get!

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