Originally Posted by
carnarvon
The message is " Your reservation cannot be completed in this country, please click here, if you wish to make changes to your reservation. "
Trying again, I just ignored it and clicked on "Book your hotel". I took me to the hotel booking page.
Change the URL to be the same as the country of residence in your profile
If ia!m correct in your case you are in france and url below should work
https://www.airfrance.fr/FR/en/local...HotelAction.do
Originally Posted by
carnarvon
I have one and could select a hotel. Prices were the same as on Accor website (including the missing LCAH member discount which you have to claim from the hotel after completion of the booking)
So its working or not ???
Originally Posted by
carnarvon
It took me to "https://airfrance.hotelandbook.com/store/index.html#/en/home"
Yes thats it , i forget the hotelandbook stuff
Originally Posted by
carnarvon
Now I have one question.
Where is the catch? Do you have any idea?
There is no such thing as a free lunch, so why those extra miles if the rest remains unchanged (LCAH points & elite benefits etc)?
Simple ! Its a partnership ! Both are winning ! AF can offer extra services to their customer for "free" , and Accor can catch the big base of AF customers without "extra investment"
However if you dont offer some incentives like lower prices then its not attractive for the AF customers . Then in this case the "candies" are miles that Accor will "pay" to AF cause customers made booking trough this channel
Is it clear now ???
Originally Posted by
carnarvon
And how come is this is so little advertised?
The same as error fares i guess
if all frequentflyers , which are often staying in hotels start to book by this way , its not going to be interesting for them . My guess is that this partnership is done also to attract lower profiles
Originally Posted by
carnarvon
Not bad, but I am concerned there are unknown aspects. Do you have a lot of experience whit this kind of booking? Once you have booked, do you see the booking in your LCAH profile?
One booking per week during couple of months , is it enough ?
If iam logged in AF and LCAH in the same time , the website will do the job and my booking will appear in Accor's system instantly , as you are booking through them (remember this page/link is managed by LCAH specially for AFKL)
In my case i couldnt get a lot of miles from it because of budget cap in my current company . In my previous job i could book mercure/novotel without any issues , as i just need a good reason to do so. In the end i reached status quite fast and converted a lot of LCAH miles to FB
Now as i spending more time in bizness trips with a limited and monitored budget, therefore i always book apparthotels like adagio or mercure cause its cheaper , they have kitchenettes and i can cook as i want
Originally Posted by
carnarvon
If I had not booked already (prepaid rate; cannot cancel), I would have got close to 2000 miles for two rooms for one week. Definitely more than what the flight will generate.?
The same with other partners . I often book flights/hotels/services by FB partners and end up with more miles than a regular AF/KL booking . For example 2000 miles for less than 200€ , and when you add up flights + stays + bonus its possible to enjoy the promo awards ..... if the selection of the month is not a joke as usual