Is AccorPlus membership worth buying in 2019?

I think there are other paid programs that offer more value than this one. I recently accessed my free night and I still had to pay an extra $25 for the room. I always found Accor hard work to find good deals.

The 50% off dinner can be selective with some properties not offering it, it’s the reason I stopped paying for this one.

I think the comparison between AccorPlus and InterConti’s Ambassador program is a bit off - AccorPlus is primarily a paid in advance dining discount (Sheraton used to have Sheraton Privilege and I think there were others), while Ambassador is a paid status level that is about hotel benefits.

I have paid for this for around 6 years now. The free night has always been pretty easy to use. Yes sometimes you pay a bit extra for the room you want but never had an issue using. The food and drink discount helps with my business travel and also when travelling with the family. We have stayed at Novotel in Bali and when drinking/eating round the pool for 5 people the discount is very handy.

I’ve paid for this a couple of years then got it with amex platinum. I probably break even but we have a sofitel in our town and use the dining discount a lot. The staff there probably think we are cheap going in there all the time for lunch. The 50% discount is substantial and the restaurant is very nice but pricey.

I've never had AccorPlus, but I have had Accor Platinum for the last five years and quite frankly I am very disappointed (even disillusioned) with the Le Club loyalty program overall. I retained Platinum for 2018 after they made earning Platinum significantly more difficult than in previous years. I thought they would improve the benefits but other than adding complimentary breakfast in the Asia Pacific (something that I've had to repeatedly chase up) they have made few improvements to the program. At the beginning of 2018 I decided I'd had enough of the Le Club program and decided it just wasn't worth it. At the end of 2018 I had stayed 30 nights (enough for Gold) but most of my stays were just redeeming points I had earned in previous years. In 2019 I plan to actively avoid Accor unless they have a particularly compelling offer.

I agree with most of the comments here - they have a great network of hotels across Australia - will be even better when they integrate Mantra into their system (c'mon guys, it can't be that hard!!!!).

Every Accor hotel I’ve stayed in in Australia has been tired and run down. I can’t say I’ve stayed in many but I’ve stayed in enough to know to avoid them.

So over Accor in every way...

I have Gold membership status with Accor Plus but won't be renewing it this year. In the past couple of years I have found it difficult to get discounted rooms throughout Europe and parts of Australia and as mentioned by others, their hotels for the most part are more expensive than deals accessible to me via other web sites. I have not even been able to use the "one free night" this past year as every hotel I have stayed at is not a "free night" hotel. I was in Spain in October and could not use the free night there nor the dining 50% off plus was not given an upgrade as was supposed to happen if you are a Gold member. I have also found the sales are not as frequent as in the past and when they are on they never seem to be on sale in hotels I want to stay in. I get the impression Accor now only offer sales for their hotels that are not doing so well? Quite disappointed with their product, it was better years ago.

It's probably worth pointing out that to achieve Silver the absolute minimum spend is 800 euros but in reality most people would be spending much more than this. Status points aren't earned on taxes or services charges which are typically 10-20% depending on the country. So most people would need to spend 900-1000 euros. You also earn half the status points at Ibis so therefore most people staying just at Ibis would need to spend 1800-2000 euros to reach Silver which is an obscene amount considering the scant benefits. You also don't earn status points when redeeming points. When you consider the threshold for platinum, the amount of spend required is obscene. The minimum spend for Platinum is 5600 euros (and double this if staying at Ibis). If you add in taxes and some point redemptions it is possible you could spend 13,000 euros (that's over $20k!!!) and still not reach Platinum. It's almost embarrassing! Also, my experience is that incidentals like mini-bar and spa, restaurant, etc are often involved separately and I am sure deliberately and inadvertently hotels don't credit points for many of these expenses. Trying to chase up missing points is time consuming and frustrating.

Loyalty programs don't work for people like me who travel to different cities rather than the same ones as location dictates which hotel I will to stay in rather than travel afar to just be loyal to a particular hotel group. I've found no group is in all cities on all continents making it difficult to gain status in my case.

It is difficult to book a free night on short notice or Friday/Saturday night; particularly with sofitel or pullman. Discounts for meals are only applicable in oz & asia. Not a good value if compare with other programs.

Renewing for about the 11th year. Living in Asia it's great value, with a number of hotels giving 50 per cent off on wine as well as dinner. Using my free room this month in Singapore. Each year we have Christmas dinner at the Pullman in Khon Kaen with champagne, and a few other nights as it's the best buffet in regional Thailand.