ALL Accor+ Explorer Membership Discussion

[kangarooflyer88]

Only if you fly a lot of International.
No domestic earn in Australia

Surely you earn on Virgin Australia and Qantas flights, no?

 

[markis10]

If you are hoping for crazy upgrades as a Platinum, I'm sorry to burst your bubble but that's probably not going to happen. I've stayed at everything from Sofitels to ibis budgets and everywhere in between and generally your Platinum status will get you a corner room, perhaps on the top floor of the hotel. Sometimes you get a slightly more spacious room. But if you are banking on an upgrade to a suite (particularly if you haven't used a suite night upgrade certificate) it's frankly not going to happen.

A Quick Look at various “how do Accor treat you as an elite guest would suggest your experience is the exception rather than the rule, as I have pointed out previously eg

Pullman Cologne
- Name of the hotel: Pullman Cologne

- What is your ALL status? Platinum

- Were you (or for multi-stayers were you generally) happy with the hotel/stay? Yes, very happy

- Which room did you book and which upgrade did you receive? Booked a Domblick Deluxe room and received a suite deluxe on the top floor

Last year I received upgrades from standard rooms at the Novotel CAN airport, Novotel Shenzhen, Novotel Hong Kong Century, Swissotel Foshan and Novotel Glen Waverley

 

[antycbr]

Last year I received upgrades from standard rooms at the Novotel CAN airport, Novotel Shenzhen, Novotel Hong Kong Century, Swissotel Foshan and Novotel Glen Waverly

I had to laugh at this - three greater China properties and then … Glen Waverley.

 

[markis10]

I had to laugh at this - three greater China properties and then … Glen Waverley.

I am a frequent visitor to those locales, I am also a habitual Ibis customer but suites at ibis are usually non existent as they are at the Mercure Haneda, another regular haunt.

 

[SYD]

Surely you earn on Virgin Australia and Qantas flights, no?

No.

Something about only when part of an international booking. Weird!

 

[jase05]

Surely you earn on Virgin Australia and Qantas flights, no?

Nope. Only earns QPoints when part of International itinerary.
For domestic only flights QF earns absolutely nothing whilst VA earns Avios only