Originally Posted by
Kremmen
On earn:burn ratio, Accor earning you 5%-8.8% (2.5%-4.4% at Ibis, etc) is worse than just using one of the general hotel booking site schemes (hotels.com, etc)
That statement is erroneous, the hotel booking sites use part of their commission to fund their schemes, you can book direct, use a cash back site and also do the same, with added value of the Accor earning and status benefits on top of the 8% cash back, so its closer to 16-17% in reality.