Exploring the ALL Accor Signature Absolute Membership: Is It Worth the Investment?

[gambit]

I will take plus, But I not sure whats the right time to take signature. Under blackfriday or to start in Jan

I have kind of a similar scenario, at one point of time I thought to just buy Absolute for one month and then cancel, just to get discounted points! And make the decision to buy full membership in Jan.

Another approach is to buy full membership on Dec 1 (Brazil time) so that we lose status points for only a month!

I am thinking to go with latter.

 

[NikunjP]

just for general information--
For Accor hotels, booking room nights last minute during the first 14 days prior to check in are expensive (regular prices or more than regular prices)

But around 30 days prior to check-in you will get the lowest rates. (Upto 30% cheaper than regular prices)
More than 30 days prior to check in, the rates will be the regular prices.
Everyone kindly give your inputs on this debatable topic

In some cities I have found ,hotels have lowest price on Saturday & Sunday because it's holiday & hotel don't get many guest who is staying for business purpose.

 

[sahilgulati5]

I will take plus, But I not sure whats the right time to take signature. Under blackfriday or to start in Jan

Take signature on dec 1st or 2nd. U will loose only 1000 status points.. since u r going to stay next yr 20nights approx u should take plus on same day as signature so by next yr end u should be platinum which will continue till dec 26

 

[vinrey287]

Take signature on dec 1st or 2nd. U will loose only 1000 status points.. since u r going to stay next yr 20nights approx u should take plus on same day as signature so by next yr end u should be platinum which will continue till dec 26

Thanks for quick response. I'm planning the same, hopefully all will work out

 

[DevilDog]

Renew it online whenever you get a good deal or discount.
These offline agents on phone need to be paid a salary and need to earn commission

Accor Plus is much cheaper through an agent compared to online. Speaking from personal experience

 

[drsel]

Accor Plus is much cheaper through an agent compared to online. Speaking from personal experience

Was it less than 9000 Accor points for Explorer?
This is my experience.

 

[DevilDog]

I had paid cash, yes it was lower than the points to INR value when converted

 

[BBbetter]

Take signature on dec 1st or 2nd. U will loose only 1000 status points.. since u r going to stay next yr 20nights approx u should take plus on same day as signature so by next yr end u should be platinum which will continue till dec 26

20 nights doesn’t matter for signature. What is important is the spend - approx €800 cash spending needed to reach platinum. This is on top of your signature commitment. And this is if you get signature on Jan 1st.

If you get signature on Dec 1st, on top of spending for signature, you need to spend €1200 to reach platinum. This is a disadvantage but if you want to lock in the room rates early in Dec, getting signature early can help.

 

[TEOTIA]

Hi guys, i have a query regarding reaching Gold on the basis of nights. I am silver member and on 24 nights and going to achieve 6 nights on 29th december. As the nights credit after 3-4 days after the stay and existing nights reset on 31st December. Would i be able to achieve the 30 nights and gold status?

 

[nrj1007]

20 nights doesn’t matter for signature. What is important is the spend - approx €800 cash spending needed to reach platinum. This is on top of your signature commitment. And this is if you get signature on Jan 1st.

If you get signature on Dec 1st, on top of spending for signature, you need to spend €1200 to reach platinum. This is a disadvantage but if you want to lock in the room rates early in Dec, getting signature early can help.

Is buying signature between Jan 1st to 31st Jan the same thing? or buying exactly on Jan 1st has some benefit?