Costing $399 per year, or complimentary for American Express Platinum cardholders, Accor Plus Explorer membership comes with numerous advantages including a free annual hotel night and up to 50% off dining at Accor properties. These benefits are available in around 22 countries in the Asia Pacific region, including Australia and New Zealand.
If you stay regularly at Accor hotels in the Asia Pacific region, an Accor Plus subscription program could save you money and offer additional benefits. Accor brands include Sofitel, Novotel, Mercure, Pullman, Mantra and Ibis.
This explains highlights the benefits of Accor Plus, and whether it’s worth it.
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Overview of Accor Plus benefits
These are the benefits of joining…
Dining discounts
Accor Plus members enjoy up to 50% off food when dining at Accor hotels throughout the Asia Pacific. There are different tiers of discount depending on how many people are dining (including the member):
- One person gets 25% off the bill
- Two people get 50% off the entire bill
- Three people get 33% off the entire bill
- Four people get 25% off the entire bill
For parties larger than four, divide 100% by the number of diners to calculate the Accor Plus discount. For example, you get 20% off the bill if there are five people.
Members also get 15% off drinks in Asia.
You don’t have to be staying at the hotel to access the discount. You just need to show your Accor Plus membership card before getting the bill.
Unfortunately, there are exceptions. Some hotel restaurants don’t provide the dining discount. A full list of excluded hotels is available on the Accor website.
Get a complimentary annual hotel night
One of the key benefits of Accor Plus is the annual “Stay Plus” certificate. You can redeem this for a complimentary night each year at participating hotels in Asia Pacific.
You can use Stay Plus for standard rooms (without extra payment) or premium rooms (with a cash co-payment). This is great for confirming a higher-category room, which you can’t often do online with other hotel free-night certificates.
As there’s no specific value attached, you’re much better off using Stay Plus certificates for expensive stays. This ensures you get more value out of your certificate.
However, hotels can limit the number of Stay Plus nights available. So, you won’t necessarily be able to use your certificate to book any night at any hotel. The AFF forum has a thread discussing the availability of Stay Plus nights.
Discounted hotel nights with Red Hot Rooms
Additionally, Accor Plus provides access to exclusive “Red Hot Rooms” deals. With these offers, members can book rooms at significantly reduced rates.
Accor publishes a list on their website of current Red Hot Rooms. You’ll usually find more deals when booking with about 1-2 months of your stay.
The discounts on Red Hot Rooms are substantial, with up to 50% off in certain locations. The hotels offered vary, but you can often find high-end hotels with heavily discounted rooms.
The rooms offered under the promotion aren’t necessarily the base options, either. For example, the Pullman Singapore Orchard offer above is actually for the Deluxe Superior Room, rather than the base level Classic room.
You’ll also get up to an extra 10% off the discounted member rate when booking other Accor hotels.
Get 20 bonus status nights towards your Accor Live Limitless tier
Since August 2023, Accor Plus members also get a bonus of 20 Status Nights each year with the Accor Live Limitless (ALL) program. That’s enough for guaranteed Accor Live Limitless Silver status, which normally requires 10 Status Nights or a spend of €800 per year.
The bonus Status Nights also give you a solid fast-track towards reaching Gold status, which requires 30 Status Nights annually. This means you can get ALL Gold status by staying just 10 nights per year in Accor hotels.
The benefits of ALL Silver status aren’t exactly groundbreaking, but do include some niceties like late check-out and a welcome drink when staying at any Accor-affiliated hotel (including at some brands and in some countries that don’t participate in Accor Plus).
Other benefits
Members can also get early access to certain events and experiences.
A full list of benefits is available on the Accor Plus website.
Which hotels participate in Accor Plus?
Membership benefits are available at many Accor hotel brands, but only in the Asia Pacific region.
The following hotel brands participate in the program:
The benefits are available when staying at the above hotel brands in the following countries in the Asia Pacific region, with some exceptions:
Not every Accor property participates in Accor Plus. You can see the list of excluded properties on the Accor website where you won’t get to use your benefits like the dining discount or Stay Plus certificate.
Is Accor Plus worth joining?
Many Australian frequent flyers believe Accor Plus is worthwhile, particularly for the annual free hotel night, room discounts and dining discounts. Depending on where you redeem the free night, the value of that benefit alone could cover much of the $399 annual subscription.
But, as with any subscription, it’s only good value if you actually use the benefits. You would need to be staying at least semi-regularly at Accor hotels in Australia, New Zealand, Asia and/or the Pacific Islands to maximise the benefits and discounts.
For example, if you don’t often eat in hotel restaurants, the dining discount might not give you any benefits. But if you’re a pretty flexible traveller, you could make great use of Red Hot Rooms and the Stay Plus certificate – getting you excellent value for the membership fee.
How to get complimentary Accor Plus membership
For Amex Platinum cardholders, complimentary Accor Plus membership is a popular benefit since it was introduced in 2018 – not least for the free hotel night. This also comes with the standard benefits, including 20 status nights, room and dining discounts.
The American Express Platinum Card
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- Earn
- 2.25
- Signup Bonus
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225,000 bonus Membership Rewards points¹
Apply by 8th Apr 2025
- Annual Fee
- $1,450 p.a.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Accor Plus members can use their benefits at the following hotel brands: Banyan Tree, Sofitel, Sofitel Legend, SO/Sofitel, Fairmont, MGallery, Art Series, Mondrian, Pullman, Swissôtel, Angsana, Mercure, Grand Mercure, Quay West, Peppers, The Sebel, Mantra, Cassia, Novotel, BreakFree, Ibis, Ibis Styles and Ibis Budget. (The benefits are not available at Ibis hotels in China, and Ibis Budget hotels outside of Australia, New Zealand and Japan.)
Accor Plus benefits are available when staying at participating hotels in the Asia-Pacific region. The eligible countries are Australia, Cambodia, China, Fiji, French Polynesia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
Accor Plus members get a free annual hotel night certificate, dining and room discounts, 20 bonus Accor Live Limitless status nights each year, and invites to events.
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