Is it worth it to have a crack at Platinum?

[Dr Bob]

So I've managed Gold for 5 of the last 7 years (usually by only a few hundred points) but now I find myself about 1500 off Platinum curtesy of Sofitel 3 rooms for 4 nights at great rate in January for family birthday then 5 (unwanted) nights for +1 in Pullman while I had surgery for complicated appendicitis in February. So that had Gold sown up for next year then along came COVID & the gifted 3,500 points. I've had 2 nights at the local Mercure while house & sheds got pest sprayed and suddenly I'm nearly Platinum. I figure I can take a week off & do a roadie to SA now that we can drive from Mildura across the top corner. So could plan 3 nights in the Barossa (haven't been there for 35 years) in the Novotel, down to Kangaroo Island (never been & have just read a trip report) for 4 nights at the Mercure then 2 or 3 nights in Adelaide before back home. That would seal Platinum but normally I wouldn't be doing a trip like this (but longer) till next year so is Platinum worth it?

 

[JimmyH]

Dr Bob,

If you sign up for the fast track to platinum, stay one night, and I think you will be there!

https://all.accor.com/promotions-offers/fasttrack-offers/fast-track-for-fctg-exclusive-clients.en.shtml?hasPromoCode=true&promoCode=FTC5S7G10AS7AG100124400720AA&lang=en

 

[Dr Bob]

Thanks JimmyH, I've already registered for fast track but at present I'm about 30 nights shy of the 60 needed for Platinum so will need to stay more to get the status points.

 

[oz_mark]

Dr Bob,

If you sign up for the fast track to platinum, stay one night, and I think you will be there!

https://all.accor.com/promotions-offers/fasttrack-offers/fast-track-for-fctg-exclusive-clients.en.shtml?hasPromoCode=true&promoCode=FTC5S7G10AS7AG100124400720AA&lang=en

From what I have been reading, Accor have been quite the sticklers on the" Make their reservation via Flight Centre Centre Travel Group" group part of the promotion.

 

[jase05]

From what I have been reading, Accor have been quite the sticklers on the" Make their reservation via Flight Centre Centre Travel Group" group part of the promotion.

I was wondering if that was the case.
My parents are Gold members and have registered for fast track. They have stayed 8 nights since and haven’t received the bonus yet

 

[Dr Bob]

Well I made it. Got the congratulatory email from Accor on Christmas Day.
So it didn't go accordingly to first planed and I ended up planning 4 different trips before I hit the enter key. SA was looking very good & nicely planed until they got their 2nd COVID so the plug got pulled there. Tassie was always going to be a bit iffy with the ferry so I didn't waste much time on that. So it was back to Qld (second time in 4 years) with Brisbane & the Sunshine Coast & maybe Dubbo Zoo on the way up or back. Plenty of Accor up there. Checking the permit requirements the dreaded question / in the last 14 days have you been in Victoria -- Not Melbourne but anywhere in Victoria just 2k across the river into Wodonga 2 to 3 times a week -- so Queensland is out.
Plan D up the highway to Sydney, it's safe now, 4 nights at the Swiss, lunch at the Harbour front Seafood restaurant & a special lunch at Aria then up to the Blue Mountains (never been) for 2 nights at the Fairmont Resort and home via Young and a box of cherries . Just got out in time before the northern beaches outbreak. So Platinum I am and now if next year returns to some sort of normal and with the double status points for next year I might nearly stay platinum for 22 & 23.

 

[PineappleSkip]

Merry Christmas from Accor, and congratulations dodging a border bullet!

cheers skip