A|Club will rename to Le Club Accorhotels
Mar 24, 2012, 9:43 pm
#17
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Barcelona, Catalunya
Posts: 2,108
I have always read it like that... until now of course... 
And on the new name: IMO the name was the only good thing in the program. Simple, short and international. No idea why they wanted to change it (while they had so many other things they could change to improve the program).
Mar 28, 2012, 1:36 pm
#18
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Germany
Programs: ALL Platinum
Posts: 128
Mouvango (France) as partner gone?
So it is March 28th and I had a short look on the all "new" Le Club Accorhotels. Okay, all my points have been transferred. Could have been worse.
I still don't understand the whole thing. The name was multilingual, the card looked better than a lot others and better than the new one. Okay, the benefits were a lot smaller compared with other cards. Think about the years and far more money it costs to get a name remembered in public! One could have gone further with the already somehow established name A-Club ... Ask your friends, who do not travel that much, they will perhaps know the hotel brands (at least in Europe, where Accor is really big) but they will not know the name Accor. So, was the whole change really worth it?
Alors (we now speak french :-)), no changes in benefits, had a look at the partners as well: Mouvango is not to be seen. Mouvango - a very small version of something like the new "Avios" in the UK or the even far bigger "Payback" in Germany. When in France and having lunch or dinner on the l'autoroute at Courtepaille I used to show them my A-Club-card. In recent times far more Courtepaille-staff even knew what to do with this card (1 A-Club point for 2 Euro spent).
Grrr, Accor, for me, this whole name change could be a chapter in one of Stephen Clarke's books...
I still don't understand the whole thing. The name was multilingual, the card looked better than a lot others and better than the new one. Okay, the benefits were a lot smaller compared with other cards. Think about the years and far more money it costs to get a name remembered in public! One could have gone further with the already somehow established name A-Club ... Ask your friends, who do not travel that much, they will perhaps know the hotel brands (at least in Europe, where Accor is really big) but they will not know the name Accor. So, was the whole change really worth it?
Alors (we now speak french :-)), no changes in benefits, had a look at the partners as well: Mouvango is not to be seen. Mouvango - a very small version of something like the new "Avios" in the UK or the even far bigger "Payback" in Germany. When in France and having lunch or dinner on the l'autoroute at Courtepaille I used to show them my A-Club-card. In recent times far more Courtepaille-staff even knew what to do with this card (1 A-Club point for 2 Euro spent).
Grrr, Accor, for me, this whole name change could be a chapter in one of Stephen Clarke's books...
Mar 29, 2012, 11:35 am
#19
Moderator, Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles & Accor ALL
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: BRU
Programs: TK*G, Accor ALL Platinum
Posts: 7,590
Is it just me? I have to say I don't like the new Le Club section on the Accor website at all, all very confusing on where to find programme info and previous stays. Surely this can all be kept on one page?
Mar 29, 2012, 12:48 pm
#20
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Melbourne
Programs: Aclub Platinum, Marriot Rewards Silver
Posts: 38
They should have at least fixed the Accor mobile website to have a "desktop version" button, as the mobile version is buggy at best on iPhones. I will no longer be able to do anything Accor or AClub/ Le Club related except from laptop which is quite annoying.
Mar 30, 2012, 1:00 am
#21
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Barcelona, Catalunya
Posts: 2,108
I agree. I very much preferred the old pages. I know that this is the typical reaction for new web pages, but in this case I really took me a while to find my current number of nights and points.
Mar 30, 2012, 8:33 am
#22
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Paris, France
Programs: AF/KL Flying Blue Platinum for life/Club2000 Ultimate, Accor ALL Diamond
Posts: 21,928
Personally, I like the idea to have everything on single web site/page and a single login/password. OK, it takes a few minutes the 1st time to get used and find the info, but I believe we'll get used to it very quickly 
Mar 30, 2012, 1:02 pm
#23
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Internet
Posts: 865
Mar 31, 2012, 5:02 am
#24
Moderator, Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles & Accor ALL
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: BRU
Programs: TK*G, Accor ALL Platinum
Posts: 7,590
So it is March 28th and I had a short look on the all "new" Le Club Accorhotels. Okay, all my points have been transferred. Could have been worse.
I still don't understand the whole thing. The name was multilingual, the card looked better than a lot others and better than the new one. Okay, the benefits were a lot smaller compared with other cards. Think about the years and far more money it costs to get a name remembered in public! One could have gone further with the already somehow established name A-Club ... Ask your friends, who do not travel that much, they will perhaps know the hotel brands (at least in Europe, where Accor is really big) but they will not know the name Accor. So, was the whole change really worth it?
Alors (we now speak french :-)), no changes in benefits, had a look at the partners as well: Mouvango is not to be seen. Mouvango - a very small version of something like the new "Avios" in the UK or the even far bigger "Payback" in Germany. When in France and having lunch or dinner on the l'autoroute at Courtepaille I used to show them my A-Club-card. In recent times far more Courtepaille-staff even knew what to do with this card (1 A-Club point for 2 Euro spent).
Grrr, Accor, for me, this whole name change could be a chapter in one of Stephen Clarke's books...
I still don't understand the whole thing. The name was multilingual, the card looked better than a lot others and better than the new one. Okay, the benefits were a lot smaller compared with other cards. Think about the years and far more money it costs to get a name remembered in public! One could have gone further with the already somehow established name A-Club ... Ask your friends, who do not travel that much, they will perhaps know the hotel brands (at least in Europe, where Accor is really big) but they will not know the name Accor. So, was the whole change really worth it?
Alors (we now speak french :-)), no changes in benefits, had a look at the partners as well: Mouvango is not to be seen. Mouvango - a very small version of something like the new "Avios" in the UK or the even far bigger "Payback" in Germany. When in France and having lunch or dinner on the l'autoroute at Courtepaille I used to show them my A-Club-card. In recent times far more Courtepaille-staff even knew what to do with this card (1 A-Club point for 2 Euro spent).
Grrr, Accor, for me, this whole name change could be a chapter in one of Stephen Clarke's books...
Mar 31, 2012, 6:40 am
#25
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Singapore
Programs: BAEC Gold, Hh Gold, NH*G, SPGP, SQ-CC
Posts: 1,381
Mar 31, 2012, 6:04 pm
#26
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: CDG, FRA
Posts: 1,600
Let them use the new name 2 or 3 years, until the next manager will introduce A|Club back or choose a completely new name and design.
Somehow the marketing team has to show what it is paid for.
For the customers, as usual : no change, no improvements.
Somehow the marketing team has to show what it is paid for.
For the customers, as usual : no change, no improvements.
Apr 2, 2012, 1:35 pm
#27
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Germany
Programs: Marriott Plat., HHonors gold, IHG Plat., Accor gold, IC Amb, Hertz #1 club, Sixt plat.
Posts: 359
So it is March 28th and I had a short look on the all "new" Le Club Accorhotels. Okay, all my points have been transferred. Could have been worse.
I still don't understand the whole thing. The name was multilingual, the card looked better than a lot others and better than the new one. Okay, the benefits were a lot smaller compared with other cards. Think about the years and far more money it costs to get a name remembered in public! One could have gone further with the already somehow established name A-Club ... Ask your friends, who do not travel that much, they will perhaps know the hotel brands (at least in Europe, where Accor is really big) but they will not know the name Accor. So, was the whole change really worth it?
Alors (we now speak french :-)), no changes in benefits, had a look at the partners as well: Mouvango is not to be seen. Mouvango - a very small version of something like the new "Avios" in the UK or the even far bigger "Payback" in Germany. When in France and having lunch or dinner on the l'autoroute at Courtepaille I used to show them my A-Club-card. In recent times far more Courtepaille-staff even knew what to do with this card (1 A-Club point for 2 Euro spent).
Grrr, Accor, for me, this whole name change could be a chapter in one of Stephen Clarke's books...
I still don't understand the whole thing. The name was multilingual, the card looked better than a lot others and better than the new one. Okay, the benefits were a lot smaller compared with other cards. Think about the years and far more money it costs to get a name remembered in public! One could have gone further with the already somehow established name A-Club ... Ask your friends, who do not travel that much, they will perhaps know the hotel brands (at least in Europe, where Accor is really big) but they will not know the name Accor. So, was the whole change really worth it?
Alors (we now speak french :-)), no changes in benefits, had a look at the partners as well: Mouvango is not to be seen. Mouvango - a very small version of something like the new "Avios" in the UK or the even far bigger "Payback" in Germany. When in France and having lunch or dinner on the l'autoroute at Courtepaille I used to show them my A-Club-card. In recent times far more Courtepaille-staff even knew what to do with this card (1 A-Club point for 2 Euro spent).
Grrr, Accor, for me, this whole name change could be a chapter in one of Stephen Clarke's books...
Apr 2, 2012, 3:43 pm
#28
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Germany
Programs: ALL Platinum
Posts: 128
The entire Mouvango Network seems to have disappeared, the website http://www.mouvango.com/ is down at the moment.
I only see 15% discounts (wow, never heard of this!) for "F1" and "etap" (have you read "etap", not "Ibis budget"!) hotels).
So have they deleted any Mouvango-information or am I just blind?
Apr 3, 2012, 9:53 am
#29
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 197
why don't u guys improve the club!? Just add some more benefits for yr best customers (Plat)... just have a look at the competing programs like ICH RA or SPG Plat+...
Apr 3, 2012, 10:41 am
#30
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Switzerland
Programs: AY Plat (OWE), Bonvoy Gold, ALL Silver
Posts: 3,038
On a more serious note, now our beloved A-Club f(l)ora has moved down the list on FT so no longer a quick click but rather scroll and click