Originally Posted by
hotel_user
I think it is easy ( well sort of ) to "Game" Accor Silver, Gold and Platinum with a combination of targeted spend and taking some of the cards they offer. However Diamond is just spending in one way or another. I am convinced that some CC somewhere give out Platinum .... obs not the UK on Amex.....
My point was it is still comparatively harder to apply the label “free loader “ (if one were to insist on using this term) in the context of diamond and, perhaps, to lesser extent plat, than some other programs (eg Hilton is pretty blatant in this regard).
And even so a nominal spend threshold exists for plat — so Accor can reconcile benefits offered vs “effort” to obtain status.