Originally Posted by
prmetime
It is complicated but it worked for me (with help from this thread and persistence). Make sure you can use points for this stay as not all Accor hotels will. Firstly, sign in to your account and then choose book with points before starting the process. Once you've added in your dates and chosen you room type, look for a tab near the top - the default seems to be package but toggle to standard. This gives more options including booking a flexible stay with points. I'd post pictures but you need points to do so and I've just used mine up booking a stay earlier this week. Good luck.
Thanks, and I don't seem to be seeing that option, but I'd clicked through the exact same approach a few times, and once it did show the option to use points (but it didn't pull my corporate rate ID). Seems like the corporate rate ID for a chain discount or negotiated rate overrides the option to use points, as even if I filter on hotels where I can use points, it still doesn't show the option as long as the corporate rate ID is attached.
These points are worth even less than I thought. Similar to what margarita girl is seeing, it looks like I'd have to forego any negotiated rate or discount in order to actually use the points, so the points are actually worthless on the booking I'm looking at.