In the past, I’ve written guides about how to redeem points with some major hotel loyalty programs, like Hilton Honors, Marriott Bonvoy, and World of Hyatt.
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I view Accor points as my ‘sensible’ points - a way I can save real money but obviously not one where you can ever get outsized value. The funny thing is I think it actually saves me more real money than some of the aspirational programs, since I’d never pay the actual cash price for most of the high end hotels that can be fun with e.g. Hyatt.
Couple of quick points:
*Avios is 1:1 if you go into Iberia Club and not BA, Qatar or Finnair
*when 50% transfer bonuses are running, moving into Club Eurostar from cross-channel rail tickets is actually a decent deal (niche, I admit)
*branding seems to be 'ALL Accor' now, not Accor Live Limitless, although in typical Accor fashion they never announced it
One thing about Accor that is often overlooked are the bonus offers. 4x base points (10x per euro essentially) is very common, albeit for specific - often generously wide - geographic regions. If you can take advantage of those bonuses, you can make out like a bandit, even with base earning.
Also, and someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe Accor has a double dipping scheme in place with Flying Blue where you can earn Accor points AND Flying Blue points, similar to how the old Delta-SPG partnership used to work.
And in typical Accor fashion ‘ALL Accor’ doesn’t make much sense as it’s akin to saying ‘Accor Live Limitless Accor’
Qatar Airways allows double dipping also.
And they will match Accor status so that a flight with QR for someone with Accor Platinum or Diamond will give you QR Gold (subject to an annual quota)
They used to match Accor Diamond to QR Platinum but sadly from 2026 that gets downgraded to Gold (same as what Accor Platinum gets)
That’s a good point. Like, PH Paris for 40K? Deal. Same room for $1,500? No freaking way. Accor… 80€ off for redeeming points that are about to expire towards partial payment on a stay? Meh, fine. Like you’re not covering Sofitel in Mo’orea with just Accor points unless you’re burning a plethora of pointies.
Not the best redemption, but you do you. C1 will never approve me anyway… LOL/24.
Huh? “I generally wouldn’t recommend transferring Citi points to Accor without a transfer bonus, since it’s easy to do better than that.” How’s that? Please share with the group. Only 3 programs transfer to Accor, but BILT has its constraints. And transfer bonuses are rare (nonexistent with cap1). Also the euro is worth more than USD.
Add to my Christmas wish list, US Bank makes Accor a transfer partner… at 1:1. lol.
If you are American and/or if you are used to getting points from credit cards, I understand why Accor is very unsexy.
However, as someone based in Europe, I find Accor to be the best option by far.
They have hotels at all price points, while the American hotels tend to have very few affordable options. They also have a programme that is easy to use and easy to benefit from.
It's not entirely true that "the absolute best transfer ratio is 1:1, which is with Air France-KLM Flying Blue."
For those based in Australia (and potentially other regions too - I don't know what the restriction is), you can transfer to Qantas Frequent Flyer at a rate of 1:1.25 - in other word 2,000 ALL points becomes 2,500 Qantas Frequent Flyer miles. Plus, if you link your QF and ALL accounts and you're QF Gold or above, you also earn 1 ALL point for every A$4 spent on Qantas flights, which both tops up your ALL points *and* helps to keep your points alive even without any actual Accor stays.