Accor tends to have very high cash back rates for bookings made on its own website if you click through one of the affiliate sites. The rates are similar to what I have collected out of my Priority Club stays. I have previously written a general article about getting cash back for all of your travel bookings that you can access here.
Accor wants to drive booking into its own websites instead of people booking trough services like Booking.com or Expedia. The good way to encourage this is to offer attractive cash back rates to incentivize more direct bookings.
Bookings that are made on Accor’s website after clicking through a cash back link are eligible for stay credit and points. They are treated exactly likely any other stay booked on any of the Accor’s websites.
If you are not collecting cash back for your Accor bookings, you are really leaving cash on the table.
I have found that usually MrRebates, TopCashback & Quidco are offering the best cash back ratios. Sometimes, however, there are offers from Ebates, ShopAtHome and TopCashback’s UK site that are better. My advise is to sign up for all and check the pay out rates at the time you are doing bookings and choose the one with the highest cash back percentage at the time.
Here are current cash back rates for Accor bookings (Please note that the cash back rates fluctuate a lot and these were in place at the time of writing this article):
MrRebates (at the time of writing 5%)
MrRebates is offering 5% cash back on all Accor brands for bookings made through clicking the site. MrRebates pays using PayPal. You can sign up for MrRebates here.
TopCashback US site (at the time of writing 8%).
I have used a TopCashback a lot late, as they have been offering very competitive cash back percentage. The cash back on all Accor brands was 8% at the time of writing this piece. TopCashback pays using PayPal. You can sign up for TopCashack here.
Quidco UK site (at the time of writing 2% to 10%)
Quidco is a UK site that I have used but haven’t yet been able to cash out yet (more of this later). They have variable cash back rates for different Accor brands. You can sign up for Quidco here.
The only drawback of the Quidco is that they require you to have a UK bank account IF your pay out is greater than 25GBP. Smaller amounts are paid out by PayPal. (I need to open a UK bank account when I am there next time.)
TopCashback UK site (at the time of writing 3.03% to 16.16%)
This is the UK version of the US site that was launched first. They have variable pay out rates for Accor brands. They pay using PayPal but may require a bank payment for some merchants or if they think that you are using the website outside of the UK (this according to their website). You can sign up for TopCashback UK here. It may not be the best idea to use this UK website, if you don’t have access to an address in the UK and/or bank account.
Keep track of your purchases
You should always keep track which cash back site you used to click through to make the booking, the cash back rate at the time, and your reservation number. You won’t see any cash back before you have actually had your stay even if you prepaid it. Sometime you may have to follow up to get these posted correctly, although it has been rather smooth sailing for me in the recent past.
Conclusion
It is always nice to put some extra cash in your pocket for hotel stays that you would book regardless. Accor has been offering very generous cash back rates for a while. If there are any worthwhile cash back sites using for Accor bookings, juts drop me an email or leave a comment below.
There is likely a small sign up bonus for all of these sites and I may also get a small bounty if you sign up using any of the links above.
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John,
I’m Brazilian. Am I eligible for these cash backs as I don’t have a US address and cank account?
Keep up the great work!
Regards,
Denis
You don’t need a US bank account for the sites that pay using PayPal. They just make a payment to your PayPal account in USD and PayPal then converts it to Reais.
can we benefit from a promo in conjunction with the cashback ?
you mentioned that we have to click thru a link on MrRebates to initiate the cashback but this link cannot include a promo code like regular promo URL ?
unless the promo code can be added after ?
You may be able to get the cash back with the promo by first clicking through Accor and then clicking through to via i.e. MrRebate on the same browser and then completing the reservation on your original window.
Hey John, thanks for good tips! Can we get the cashback if we make a reservation with a condition to pay at the hotel? I think for bank/credit site won’t give the cashback but not sure about the others.. Also, what if we get the best price guarantee match? I am guessing not, as that will be a separate transaction?
There is no requirement to pay in advance to get cash back for your hotels stays. These just won’t pay before your actual stay.
I have received cash back for stays that I have utilized BRG, but this may not be case always.
Non UK resident. I think you should clarify that you have to sign up with a UK address to topcashback. Co. UK in my case I used this site but did enter my za address i booked my summer holiday using them. They just closed my account and I lost 400 pounds…. I did contact them they are not willing to pay me out.
Thanks for the feedback. I have added wording that using the UK website likely won’t work if you don’t have UK address and/or bank account.
Well just use a UK address and it should work. I just find it highly irritating they tell you about the UK only thing after I spend 5000 pounds with them. And furthermore are not willing to pay out to me.. Claiming they will return commission to the other line retailer.. Yeah right. They say I should have been reading the t and cs… It does not say anything g though they will not pay me out or that they will cancel my account… Anyways I lost a bag of money here and topbackcash was at no assistance to me….
Try opening a complaint with http://www.oft.gov.uk/
I am sure that you would prevail at the end. Certainly they are not refunding anything to the online retailers.
Hello John,
Thank you for your information. I have a question about cashback.
If I make bookings on Accor’s websites via Mr. Rebates or Topcashback, etc, but I choose to pay when I check-in (Some rooms with higher prices have free cancellation policies so we can pay at the hotel). In this case, will I still get the cashback? Or only if I book and pay on the internet can I get the cashback?
Thanks for your help!!!!!
Should work. Just remember to document really when the time and the portal you used to make the purchase. As you are not prepaying, the info may drop off if the stays is months away. You may have to do a retroclaim for the cashback.
Thanks. So I have to keep records of my payments (the receipt) as well as the records of my bookings on Accor’s websites?
Can you help me with another question? I was wondering if I books two rooms using my Accor account (one is for me, and another is for my friend/family) and pay at the same time for the two rooms, can I earn hotel points for these two rooms? I assume the answer should be yes. But here comes another trickier one, if we pay separately when we check-in at the hotel (i.e. I pay my room via my card, and my friend pays his room via his card), but because I book two rooms under my account, can I still earn the points for these 2 rooms?
Thank you soooo much!
Don’t know the answer for this second question.
yes you can get points as long as the booking shows your name