Never say no to Elite extensions

A few months back, I had an opportunity to sign up to one of those free Platinum statuses that Accor Le Club offers every now and then. To be honest, I've not stayed at an Accor property since, and was naturally expecting my status to lapse. I hadn't prepared for the bit of French hospitality that surprised me earlier this week.

I received the following mail from Le Club:









A whole new year to enjoy your Elite status











Dear Mr Miles & Even More, 

You are clearly one of our most loyal clients, and so we are pleased to inform you that we will renew your Le Club Accorhotels Platinum card for another year. With your card, you will continue to benefit from the same great service and advantages that you have grown accustomed to during your stays at Accor hotels! 

Your new Le Club Accorhotels Platinum card will be sent to you within 2 weeks days after the expiration of your current card at the following address: 

...

If this address is incorrect, please take this opportunity to update it now in your account.

Please destroy your old card when the new one arrives. Your old card will no longer be accepted by our hotels or by our partners. 

For your next stay, why not take advantage of the many Le Club Accorhotels promotional offers. You'll find lots of opportunities to earn points and rewards even faster! 

Don't hesitate to contact our Customer Service department for more information.

See you soon, 
Your Le Club Accorhotels team


Quelle agréable surprise! Now you don't look a gift horse in the mouth, and so I'm going to STFU and await my card. On an aside, I don't have the platinum card from the previous registration in my hand yet, since I need to have completed one stay at least (which I hadn't). Lets see if they live up to their promise and send me the card now!

Accor Platinum, while not consistent in terms of what it offers (since they have multiple brands), can be a useful status to have, particularly with unlimited room upgrades (very useful) and late check-outs (almost mandatory, in my case). And of course, 4 points per Euro spent, as opposed to 2 for Classic, 3 for Silver and 3.5 for Gold levels. Here's the full spiel.

Conclusion

Nothing much to conclude per se, except that it is always worth signing up for such offers. At best, you will use them, and at worst, there's a bit of email to be sorted out and deleted. Plus, Platinum with Accor also helps to some extent in matching status with other programs, though not the biggies.


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