zehbra

uh oh, that would be slightly uncool..

But for those having attained CdA before that change: the card doesn't have a valid-until date, so in theory you could just show this card forever. In my experience, a lot of systems/hotels have no clue how to deal with CdA anyway, so the card might be enough to convince them of plat status

Anyway, so far it's still platinum according to my account..

gguniss

Still Platinum per my account, but in latest promotion e-mail it said Gold, which I at that time suspected to be just tech. problem.

zehbra

Status in emails varies widely for me.. From classic to silver to plat. Anyway, maybe the accor lurker can shed some light on this?

IMH

Thanks for letting us know.

Maybe at some point Accor will tell us more (including when/whether this will kick in for current CdA Platinums).

yorkboy24

Confirmed that it's now Gold here: http://www.accor.com/fr/finance/espa...ionnaires.html

ZenWorld

If existing CDA is downgraded to Gold, I think it is really time to reconsider the investment.

While I still have Amex Platinum which in theory should put me back to Accor Platinum, but as I understand, they cannot touch the Accor Advantage Plus account, and I presume, they cannot touch the CDA account as well.

So I will have to get 3 accounts?
-Accor Advantage Plus
-CDA
-Normal Account and use Amex Platinum to upgrade to Plat.

I think easiest way is to let existing CDA holders keep their Plat. If not, I cannot imagine keeping 3 Accor Accounts.

vd0t

I hope they don't downgrade current CDA accounts! The biggest difference between gold and platinum is lounge access (which would be missed).

Hellek

I am mostly worried whether hotels manage to get it right if there are two levels of "Club des Actionnaires". A few weeks ago a hotel only gave me my free drink voucher after I asked for it. They explained "your status says Club des Actionnaires - we did not know what benefits are associated to that level". It was then that I showed my Platinum card, generally I don't do it because I assume that their IT systems inform them about me anyway (i.e. it would be highly unlikely to get an upgrade if they don't know about it beforehand). Now if there are two levels of CdA, how are hotels supposed to know the difference?

I would be good if Accor would change the status descriptions to things like "Platinum (Club des Actionnaires)" and "Gold (Club des Actionnaires)" so that hotels know what to do. Particularly since CdA members still might obtain Platinum by staying a lot at Accor properties (i.e. in my case 140+ nights last year) so systems must be able to handle that case.

Dogmatick

Noooooooo I'm in the middle of buying my shares......

I'm only doing it for the lounge access...

stargold

Then I guess the obvious answer is to stop the process?

zehbra

or hope for the shares to keep rising as they have done in the past few months... Also, gold status should give a complimentary room upgrade which should also lead to lounge access in some hotels.

IMH

That's just one reason why it's probably not realistic for any of us to expect to retain Plat based on share ownership alone.

But we can still hope... Accor doesn't always choose the sensible option. Welcome to FlyerTalk, Hellek!

KATERGOO

I have just called the CDA. They told me all Club des actionnaires accounts will be downgraded to gold in june .

We can still enjoy the benefits of our platinum card until then.

IMH

Thanks for making that effort and letting us know.

The news shouldn't really come as a surprise, of course. It's been more than five years since the CdA was first mentioned here and it has been discussed in several other places online in (at least) French, English and German over the past few years.

I would have preferred an increase in the required shareholding, but the change from Platinum to Gold will probably be sufficient to deter people from buying shares just for this benefit.

KATERGOO

If a shareholder has collected over 25000 points, he/she might be able to switch to the "normal" program and retain Platinum status. That would be good !