Instant Accor ALL Gold Status for Qantas Frequent Flyers

Instant Accor ALL Gold Status for Qantas Frequent Flyers
Many Qantas Frequent Flyer members are being gifted ALL Gold status. Image: Qantas.

Qantas Frequent Flyer members with Silver, Gold, Platinum or Platinum One status are being gifted Gold status with Accor Live Limitless (ALL), the loyalty program of Accor hotels. This offer is also available to Bronze members of the Qantas Frequent Flyer program who hold Points Club Plus or Chairman’s Lounge membership.

To claim the free Accor ALL status upgrade, eligible Qantas Frequent Flyer members simply need to register by 12 August 2022. This can be done by clicking the “claim your gift” link in the email sent by Qantas, or by registering on the Qantas website.

Upgrade to Accor Live Limitless Gold status
Qantas emailed eligible frequent flyers today with this offer. Image from Qantas email.

Accor will then process the upgrade to Gold status within four weeks of the offer end date, i.e. not later than 9 September 2022. To register for this offer, your Accor ALL account must be linked to your Qantas Frequent Flyer account.

Qantas Platinum One members have also been offered the opportunity to upgrade to ALL Platinum status by staying at least one night at an Accor hotel.

It’s not entirely clear how long the Accor ALL Gold status would remain valid for, as there is no mention of this in the offer terms & conditions. But we would assume that it would remain valid until at least the end of 2023.

To retain your status into 2024, you would likely need to meet the usual requirements of earning ALL Gold status during the 2023 calendar year. Specifically, ALL Gold normally requires members to stay at least 30 nights or spend the equivalent of €2,800 (~AU$4,000) per calendar year.

Note that you generally need to book hotels directly with Accor in order to receive ALL status benefits and earn elite qualifying nights at Accor hotels. Bookings made with third parties, including Qantas Hotels and other online travel agents, do not qualify.

What you get with Accor Live Limitless Gold status

The following hotel brands are affiliated with the ALL loyalty program:

Accor hotel brand logos
Hotel brands participating in the Accor ALL program.

When staying at these hotel brands, ALL Gold members can receive the following benefits:

  • Priority check-in
  • Early check-in or late check-out (subject to availability)
  • Welcome drink
  • Guaranteed room up to 3 days before arrival
  • Complimentary upgrade to next room category (subject to availability)
  • Bonus points on stays

Some AFF members have expressed concern that this offer could dilute the benefits of ALL Gold status for existing members due to the very large number of Australians being offered this status match. That’s because some of the key Gold status benefits are subject to availability – and there’s less availability to go around if everyone has status!

The Qantas partnership with Accor

Qantas Frequent Flyer last year introduced a new partnership with Accor ALL, offering reciprocal benefits to members of both programs in the Asia-Pacific region.

Accor has already been operating many of Qantas’ airport lounges for over a decade.

As an ongoing offer, Gold and Platinum members of Virgin Australia’s Velocity Frequent Flyer program can also get a complimentary one-off status match to an equivalent tier in either the IHG One Rewards or Hilton Honors loyalty programs.

 

Join the discussion on the Australian Frequent Flyer forum: Free ALL Gold Status for QF Silver or above, Points Club Plus

The editor of Australian Frequent Flyer, Matt's passion for travel has taken him to over 70 countries… with the help of frequent flyer points, of course!
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Seems like a decent offer?

While something for nothing is always nice, ALL Gold doesn't count for much. A welcome drink is about all that's guaranteed. Which I guess is why Accor are happy to hand out that status for the tens of thousands of QFF members who would be PCP/Silver or above.

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How long do they gift you the ALL gold for?

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While something for nothing is always nice, ALL Gold doesn't count for much. A welcome drink is about all that's guaranteed. Which I guess is why Accor are happy to hand out that status for the tens of thousands of QFF members who would be PCP/Silver or above.

Gold also includes:
Early or Late checkin/out
Upgrades

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Early or Late checkin/out
Upgrades

Where available.

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How long do they gift you the ALL gold for?

I was just trying to work this out. The T&Cs don't mention anything about this, so I assume you'd receive it for the same amount of time as someone earning ALL Gold status the normal way - i.e. until the end of next year. I could be wrong though.

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I was just trying to work this out. The T&Cs don't mention anything about this, so I assume you'd receive it for the same amount of time as someone earning ALL Gold status the normal way - i.e. until the end of next year. I could be wrong though.

I’m sure someone will report back once their bump up comes through.

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I had previously linked my ALL and QFF accounts when the arrangement came out some time ago. I have just registered via the link above and I suppose I will now be automatically upgraded to Gold.

For me, it is actually a good incentive to migrate myself across from IHG to ALL.

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Just received an email from QF gifting Accor - Live Limitless gold status to match my QF gold status. Unexpected and welcome!

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I received one too, just now. Have registered for it. Let's see.

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Also received mine - just renewed my accor plus membership a week ago... lol (still personally prefer Hilton > Accor).

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