Le Club AccorHotels has Accor Plus program for members in Asia-Pacific (read more here) that gives discounts for stays in the regions combined with accommodation and F&B certificates.
Then there is this Ibis Business program for members worldwide that applies, yes you guessed it right, for ibis stays everywhere. It can make sense to buy it even if you never plan to stay at this Accor brand because it comes with Le Club AccorHotels Gold status.
You can access Accor’s website for ibis Business here.
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Here are the benefits of Ibis Business:
- 10% discount on 2 rooms booked for the same stay,
- 10% discount on breakfast
- A guaranteed room available if you book at least 48 hours before your arrival.*
- 10% discount in the restaurant and bar, even when you aren’t staying at the hotel
- Additional 5% discount on the major promotions run by ibis brands
Conclusion
The price of the Ibis Business card is dependent of the account address of your Le Club AccorHotels membership. Seems that the price in less developed countries is 99 euros for 2 years while 159 euros in others.
A LoyaltyLobby reader dropped me an email and pointed out that it was probably worth reminding other readers about this way of retaining status with Accor for those that have theirs demoted at the turn of the year.
Gold Accor Status = Not worth 99€. It has no benefits that are guaranteed. All at whim of hotel.
Get the silver status for the only guarantee ( of a soft drink )
Or you could status match to Hilton ….
Couldn’t agree more. Gold Accor Status = €0 worth IMHO.
I tried the one year Accor Business membership once. What happens is that at the end of the CALENDAR YEAR, regardless of how many more months your Accor Business membership that you purchased for 1 whole year still has to run, ACCOR AUTOMATICALLY REMOVES THE GOLD STATUS. I phoned Accor Customer service who told me this is exactly how it is working. Even if you buy it for 1 year in November, your Business membership continues 1 whole year but THE GOLD MEMBERSHIP IS NO LONGER VALID FROM 31st DECEMBER. Seriously. and no apology, no compensation, no “sorry” from Accor.
Really.
Who do you think I’m staying with now? Do you think it’s Accor? 🙂 Nope.
I agree that the accor platinum isn’t worth a penny extra, both gold vs silver, you get the room upgrades, and if you travel a lot but at the cheapest rates, it’s not so difficult to get the € 99 back in rewards points… the only thing… is there a workaround when you have an account in a so called “developed country”, to only pay the € 99?
This is what I see on the site, no mention of 99€ or 159€ for 2 years
“€90 a year to enhance your ibis experience at over 1800 hotels worldwide (£65 for UK residents)”
£65=73€
I cannot see “complimentary upgrade” in benefits section of IBIS Business, which is always mentioned when you check the benefits of Le Club Gold Member. So, is it included? Also, are these benefits applicable to Sofitel, MGalley as well….or IBIS only?
It’s rubbish, In a year of giving Accor quite a lot of stays, I only ever saw any difference in the price for my having IBIS Business, no more than 2 times. And that was with a lot of searches, as well as a decent number of bookings. IMV it’s a con. You get the usual 5% or so and no more, most of the time.
What you DO get with IBIS Business, is the price they quote you is pretty much the same but the cancellation condition lets you cancel mostly till early evening the same day depending on the hotel. So you can still cancel on the day of arrival mostly even though the rate you got for IBIS Business seems similar to rate for worse (e.g. 2-3 days ahead needed) cancellation conditions. That I will admit, Accor does actually provide as a benefit for the IBIS business card IME.
No other benefit was noticed and they did not deliver what was paid for as in my posts above.
Dear John,
I paid Euro 90 for ONE YEAR for a RENEWAL of the Ibis Business Card in Oct 17. There was no two year offer at all. My IBIS card now shows expiry next year. But unfortunately, the Accor Gold card continues to say expiry 31st Dec 2017!! What should I do to get this anomaly sorted? Writing to Accor has not helped. Is there any link that LL can provide to expedite this? Any such assistance will be much appreciated.
See my post above. that happened to me to. Suddenly the Gold status I had purchased with the 1 year membership, was cancelled by Accor. I phoned them. Accor Customer service confirmed what I told you above, is the way it’s working. No apology, no attempt to change it, no attempt to offer what they promised. Really.
That was the last straw. I have moved every single stay that I can, to 2 other hotel groups who are fair dealing, have some sort of customer service and generally honour what they promise. Too many poor experiences with Accor that Accor Customer Service just didn’t care about.
In other words the best time to buy would be in January to get full value?