Guide to Accor Plus Membership

Ibis and Pullman hotels at Brisbane Airport
Ibis and Pullman hotels at Brisbane Airport. Photo: Accor.

If you stay regularly at Accor hotels like Sofitel, Novotel, Mercure, Pullman and Ibis in the Asia Pacific region, the Accor Plus subscription program could save you money and offer additional benefits.

Costing $399 per year, or complimentary for American Express Platinum cardholders, Accor Plus Explorer membership comes with numerous advantages including a free annual hotel night and up to 50% off dining at Accor properties. These benefits are available in around 22 countries in the Asia Pacific region, including Australia and New Zealand.

Since August 2023, Accor Plus members also get a bonus of 20 Status Nights each year with the Accor ALL program. That’s enough for guaranteed Accor Live Limitless Silver status, which normally requires 10 Status Nights or a spend of €800 per year.

The bonus Status Nights are also a solid fast-track towards reaching Gold status, which requires 30 Status Nights annually. This means that Accor Plus members can get ALL Gold status by staying just 10 nights per year in Accor hotels.

Accor Plus benefits

Key benefits of Accor Plus Explorer membership include:

  • A complimentary night each year at one of over 1,000 Accor hotels in Asia Pacific (although room availability can be limited)
  • 10% off the best available room rate at participating Accor hotels
  • Access to “red hot room” deals & early access to global Accor promotions
  • Up to 50% off food when dining at Accor hotels in Asia Pacific
  • 15% off drinks bills in Asia
  • Automatic head-start of 20 Status Nights each year in the Accor ALL loyalty program

The benefits of ALL Silver status aren’t exactly groundbreaking but include some niceties like late check-out and a welcome drink when staying at any Accor-affiliated hotel (including some brands and in some countries that don’t participate in Accor Plus).

A full list of benefits is available on the Accor Plus website.

Which hotels participate in Accor Plus?

The benefits of membership are available at many Accor hotel brands, but only in the Asia Pacific Region.

The following hotel brands participate in the program:

  • Banyan Tree
  • Sofitel, Sofitel Legend & SO/Sofitel
  • Fairmont
  • MGallery
  • Art Series
  • Mondrian
  • Pullman
  • Swissôtel
  • Angsana
  • Mercure & Grand Mercure
  • Quay West
  • Peppers
  • The Sebel
  • Mantra
  • Cassia
  • Novotel
  • BreakFree
  • Ibis, Ibis Styles & Ibis Budget

And the benefits are available when staying at any of the above hotel brands in the following countries in the Asia Pacific region:

  • Australia
  • Cambodia
  • China
  • Fiji
  • French Polynesia
  • Hong Kong
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Japan
  • Laos
  • Macau
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Mongolia
  • Myanmar
  • New Zealand
  • Philippines
  • Singapore
  • South Korea
  • Taiwan
  • Thailand
  • Vietnam

Is Accor Plus worth joining?

Many Australian Frequent Flyers believe Accor Plus is worthwhile, particularly for the annual free hotel night, room discounts and food and beverage discounts. Depending on where you redeem the free night, the value of that benefit alone could cover much of the $399 annual subscription.

But, as with any membership, you would need to be staying at least semi-regularly at Accor hotels in Australia, New Zealand, Asia and/or the Pacific Islands to maximise the benefits and discounts.

For Amex Platinum cardholders, nonetheless, complimentary Accor Plus membership has been a popular benefit since it was introduced in 2018 – not least for the free hotel night.

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I'd say the Sofitels(in Sydney Darling Harbour, Melbourne, Brisbane) are all good and worth a try.

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Are there any threads or resources with the best restaurants to get bang for buck with this card in Australia (particularly Sydney)?

Assume you have already found the restaurant search tool on the Accor Plus site? Here is the directory for Sydney.

I recently joined Accor Plus through Amex and did a bit of research - these were a few of the more appealing restaurants that I'll hopefully try at some point this year:

Tayim Restaurant & Bar - Harbour Rocks Hotel, Sydney (menu)
Q Dining - Pullman Quay Grand Sydney Harbour (menu)
Bacar - Pullman Sydney Olympic Park (menu) - they also do a weekly $79pp 3 course special which you can see on their Facebook page
Atelier By Sofitel - Sofitel Darling Habour (menu) - planning to try this one during Vivid
Pumphouse - Novotel Darling Harbour (menu) - this one's really only on my list because it's walking distance from work

Also, I noticed there are previous threads about signing up for membership in Fiji or the Philippines to get discounted membership rates. Has anyone had success with this recently, or any other tips?

I don't know about Fiji, but I believe buying in Malaysia is cheaper than the Philippines. LoyaltyLobby did a good comparison of all the Accor Plus rates here:

If you are looking to redeem Stay Plus nights at high-end properties in Australia I think the Indonesian Explorer Plus tier (two free night certs for $281 USD) is pretty hard to go past.

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Assume you have already found the restaurant search tool on the Accor Plus site? Here is the directory for Sydney.

I recently joined Accor Plus through Amex and did a bit of research - these were a few of the more appealing restaurants that I'll hopefully try at some point this year:

Tayim Restaurant & Bar - Harbour Rocks Hotel, Sydney (menu)
Q Dining - Pullman Quay Grand Sydney Harbour (menu)
Bacar - Pullman Sydney Olympic Park (menu) - they also do a weekly $79pp 3 course special which you can see on their Facebook page
Atelier By Sofitel - Sofitel Darling Habour (menu) - planning to try this one during Vivid
Pumphouse - Novotel Darling Harbour (menu) - this one's really only on my list because it's walking distance from work

I don't know about Fiji, but I believe buying in Malaysia is cheaper than the Philippines. LoyaltyLobby did a good comparison of all the Accor Plus rates here:

If you are looking to redeem Stay Plus nights at high-end properties in Australia I think the Indonesian Explorer Plus tier (two free night certs for $281 USD) is pretty hard to go past.

Thanks a lot for the tips! I hadn't seen the restaurant search tool so that helps a lot.

I wonder if anyone with an Australian address has had success signing up for the Indonesian or other country's membership? Do you need to put in an address in that country? I assume their system will know your current mailing address based off your existing Accor membership details. Will be good to know for renewal time!

Cheers

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Thanks a lot for the tips! I hadn't seen the restaurant search tool so that helps a lot.

I wonder if anyone with an Australian address has had success signing up for the Indonesian or other country's membership? Do you need to put in an address in that country? I assume their system will know your current mailing address based off your existing Accor membership details. Will be good to know for renewal time!

Cheers

As far as I am aware, your mailing address need to be in the country of purchase.

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Signed up for the Mrs in 2019 via Accor Indonesia. We got 2 nights stay plus.

I put down the australian address in the application form. We didn't get the psychical card but have been able to use the Digital Card at a number of AU restaurants (combined with my card for 4ppl 50% discount) without any issue.

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Assume you have already found the restaurant search tool on the Accor Plus site? Here is the directory for Sydney.

I recently joined Accor Plus through Amex and did a bit of research - these were a few of the more appealing restaurants that I'll hopefully try at some point this year:

Tayim Restaurant & Bar - Harbour Rocks Hotel, Sydney (menu)
Q Dining - Pullman Quay Grand Sydney Harbour (menu)
Bacar - Pullman Sydney Olympic Park (menu) - they also do a weekly $79pp 3 course special which you can see on their Facebook page
Atelier By Sofitel - Sofitel Darling Habour (menu) - planning to try this one during Vivid
Pumphouse - Novotel Darling Harbour (menu) - this one's really only on my list because it's walking distance from work

Even with the hotels open, I've found QDining and Atelier pretty random with their hours, sometimes open for lunch, not dinner, sometime open for both, sometimes not open at all that day, sometimes open for dinner not lunch. Bacar is pretty reliable with their opening hours.

Barretts Restaurant at the Pullman Magenta (Central Coast) is good too.

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It's pretty tough going in Melbourne I have to say. So far it seems only No35 at Sofitel and Miss Mi at Movenpick are open for business in the CBD at the moment.

Now on the subject of Miss Mi, I can't speak highly enough of the food, service and ambience.

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It's pretty tough going in Melbourne I have to say. So far it seems only No35 at Sofitel and Miss Mi at Movenpick are open for business in the CBD at the moment.

Now on the subject of Miss Mi, I can't speak highly enough of the food, service and ambience.

Good to know about Miss Mi. Will pop in when I am on day release.

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Has anyone joined through Indonesia, Accor Plus Explorer Plus Membership - 4100000 IDR?

Roughly A$403 with 2 free nights? Instead of $399 through Australia with 1 free night.

It doesn't seem to have a problems with my Melbourne address and am likely to pay but thought I'd ask the thoughts of the community first.

Also, my leisure travel is generally limited to school holidays. Are the free nights and 50% discounts available during that time?

Thanks in advance.

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Has anyone joined through Indonesia, Accor Plus Explorer Plus Membership - 4100000 IDR?

Roughly A$403 with 2 free nights? Instead of $399 through Australia with 1 free night.

It doesn't seem to have a problems with my Melbourne address and am likely to pay but thought I'd ask the thoughts of the community first.

Also, my leisure travel is generally limited to school holidays. Are the free nights and 50% discounts available during that time?

Thanks in advance.

It seems the Indonesian site is offering discount at the moment @ 3485000.

Slightly off topic, does anyone know if 10% stay discounts can be applied after booking?

Thanks

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