Thread by @drgrudge

🚨 #HDFC to Accor ALL (Accor Live Limitless) is now live

A thread 🧵 as how #Accor transfer is a fantastic partners

How about ~Rs 1.8 value per point? 🔥

Accor Hotels Basics

▶️ One of the largest hotel chains with over 5300 hotels
▶️ They have brands right from luxury like Raffles and Pullman to budget segment like ibis
▶️ Can transfer points to airline miles! (we will deep dive below) 😀

HDFC transfer Basics

ℹ️ We can transfer in 1:1 ratio for Infinia and DCB
ℹ️ offers.reward360.in/infinia/miles_… - Portal to transfer
ℹ️ (Officially) it takes 5 days for the transfer

🚨 Valuation of Accor Point

2,000 points = 40 Euros
2,000 points = Rs 3586 (as per rate now)
1 point = Rs 1.79

So our base rewards for HDFC Infinia/DCB is 5.92%! 🔥

These Accor points could be used for charges at an Accor Hotel:

✔️ room charges
✔️ food and beverages
✔️ spa
✔️ anything that could be billed to the room (not 3rd party services)

ℹ️ We should use in multiples of 2k points

🚨 Airline Partnerships

They have three privilege partners where we can earn both Accor and Airline points.

1️⃣ Accor ➕ Qatar

▶️ 1 Avios per €1 at Accor
▶️ 1 Accor Point per $2 on Qatar

2️⃣ Accor ➕ Qantas

▶️ 3 QF point per A$1 spent at Accor

3️⃣ Accor ➕ Air France

▶️ 1 AF point per 1€
▶️ 1 Accor Point per €2 on AF/KL

🚨 So we can get both Accor and airline miles for stays at Accor.

Also, we can get a status match with Qatar!

Accor Gold ➡️ Privilege Club Silver (oneworld Ruby)

More details: t.ly/4v-e

🚨 Airline Transfer

💡We can even transfer to airlines (like Marriott to Airline in 3:1 ratio)

1:1 Ratio
▶️ Virgin Australia
▶️ Qantas
▶️ Iberia
▶️ Finnair
▶️ Air France

2:1 ratio
▶️ Korean Air
▶️ Cathay Pacific
▶️ Air China (40:32 ratio)
▶️ Emirates
▶️ Delta
▶️ JAL
▶️ LATAM

🥳 So, this is even better!!

✔️ Can do 1:1 to Avios (via Iberia) 😀
✔️ Opens up new partners like Qantas and Virgin Australia at 1:1 and many more at 2:1

🔥 Qantas - Bangalore to Sydney in business class is 94,900 miles plus Rs 12,250 (Economy - 35k miles)

This is such a good development having much more airline partners than expected! 😈

I haven't even listed all partners in the above tweet. Some partners like JAL can be good at a 2:1 ratio too.

🚨 How to get Accor Status (without staying 😁)

➡️ Accor Gold
Buying ibis Business Card for €90 gets you Accor Gold
✔️ Match to Qatar Silver
✔️ Early check-in/late check-out
✔️ Upgrade

➡️ Accor Silver
Buying Accor Plus or complimentary for Axis Reserve (plus 2 free nights) 🔥

That's it folks! 😀

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