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Old Dec 26, 2025 | 5:19 pm
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hessinger
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Originally Posted by schuko
Interesting! Do you need a Chinese card or address to make use of this? Wonder if status benefits apply the same. Time to brush up on my Mandarin
I checked into a booking today from Ctrip to test it out, and yeah my benefits were respected. Received an upgrade, and lounge access (platinum) and the typical fruits.

I don’t have any Chinese cards myself, at least ones I use, so I book with a foreign credit card bound to Alipay, there is a 3% fee for doing so though with a few exceptions for some specific foreign banks like DBS (Singapore)

For the record I’m not Chinese but I have previously lived in China and had Chinese accounts and banks.

I do find this a little disheartening that the discounts here on Ctrip are even more than being an Accor Plus member.

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