MrBizJet

Hi,

My brother-in-law is staying at an accor hotel. Can I provide my accor# for his stay... and if so, will he be able to take advantage of my premium status?

note that I will not be present for the stay.

starflyergold

The card is not transferable. The T&Cs (section 5) state:

zapres

There is no way to book "on behalf" of another family member (e.g. spouse)?
Or is there any way to share points or SNUs with another ALL account, e.g. if spouse has separate account?

flyertalker00143

No, you can book multiple rooms when travelling with your relatives and earn points on up to 2 rooms but you have to stay with them.

Status benefits are not transferrable. There is no benefit or point pooling with Accor.

Maestro Ramen

Ive booked and paid for family members stays (without me). Not sure if it's very legit but I am paying after all...

So far got the points, but Im not demanding the status benefits when I do this

flyertalker00143

The card is no longer physical unless requested by Plat members and above, hotels are no longer asking for it to be shown upon checkin but it doesn’t prevent them from asking for ID in some countries on a random basis.

Some members caught cheating have already been banned, the problem being that you earn points while not staying.

Maestro Ramen

FYI recently I booked a room for my mother at the local Ibis before her early train the next day, and I did get status night and points for it.

I paid over the app but did drive her there and helped her check-in in person. They didn't give a welcome drink (as they often forget) but because it wasn't me staying I did not insist.

Doesn't feel like I did anything wrong tbh, especially since the discount is the same whether you are vanilla or silver, but please don't dob me in to the Accor police

hotel_user

This is ( I think ) only for Accor Plus members, but you can gift "member for a day" certificates ....

I cant find any details or a link - but there are three available per year - obs you don't get any points etc ...

feel free to correct me if my memory is bad.

CHCflyer

I stay in enough hotels to not want to use my points for hotel stays. However, I think one of the benefits should be to gift stays to family members. I have about 200 nights in hotels so far this year between Accor and Hilton and I am drowning in points I don't really need, so gifting them to my kids would be a nice option.

Koby

I do not think that that is a problem. (And I'm pretty sure that I have done that in the past...) It's like booking a airline ticket, using miles, for someone else.

But the OP want to pay for someone else, get the points on that stay, and have the "guest" receive the benefits. That is something completely different.

Wilas

I've been able to successfully email hotels directly and ask that they would make an exception to the rules to help me get a well-appointed stay for friends and family members. This has worked at all levels of Accor Hotels for me, from luxury to economy stays in a few different countries. It just depends on the hotel management.

In most cases, they treated my friends/family members well and gave them all the benefits my status would have given me. I even got the reward and status points as well!

Many hotels will refuse do to this but it never hurts to ask. Ultimately, they do want people staying at their hotel!

CHCflyer

I agree to the latter point you make and this is not to be encouraged.
However, I booked my son a place at an Ibis during his uni years and the hotel were very upset about this, threatening to deny him the stay and contact Accor about the abuse of points (I was ignorant of the fact that I could not gift the night's stay - no excuse). They could permit gifting of stays without the benefits if the cost of a free breakfast is too onerous in these hyper-profitable times for hotels.

Koby

Well, it seems that I am equally ignorant, because I just checked the T&Cs and Accor does indeed not allow us to pay for someone else using points.
As I said, I have done this in the past. But now I'm not so sure anymore if that was at Accor (maybe in a previous "version" of the Accor loyalty program), or in another chain altogether.

Sorry for the confusion.

IMH

To add a data point from this month:

I booked a room at a UK Ibis for two people and paid in advance: most in points and the balance with my credit card. Changed plans and snow meant that my spouse would arrive in the afternoon but I wouldn't make it until very late, if at all. I therefore checked in online (something I otherwise avoid) and my spouse arrived at the hotel without me. They were given a stark choice: either wait until I arrived to access the room or convert the points booking to a cash booking and pay the amount due.

The duty manager made it clear that there were no other options. After payment was made, two room keys were issued but a drinks voucher was denied -- "the member can claim it when he checks in later".

Apparently all in accordance with the ALL rules, but it really did feel overly strict.

Maestro Ramen

Wow, I would complain.

Way to make a valued customer feel like garbage.