Loyalty

Earn both Avios and ALL Accor Reward points (Cross Rewards)

Travelling with Qatar Airways or staying at Accor is rewarded in both loyalty programs at the same time.

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By linking their Qatar Airways Privilege Club and ALL Accor Live Limitless accounts, members of both loyalty programs collect Reward points in addition to their regular Avios points when traveling with Qatar Airways and earn Avios in addition to their Reward points when staying at an Accor hotel. I’ll tell you how to take advantage of this cross-benefit, even if you’re a member of another Avios-based program such as British Airways Executive Club, Iberia Plus, Finnair Plus, Vueling Club or AerClub.

Earning Avios + Reward points

Qatar Airways and the Accor hospitality group let you accumulate both Avios and Reward points on:

  • every Qatar Airways flight
  • every stay in an Accor hotel.

A double reward that’s easy to earn: as always, all you need to do is provide your Privilege Club card number for Qatar Airways or your ALL card number for Accor.

Earn Reward points when travelling with Qatar Airways

1 ALL Accor Reward point is offered for every USD 2 spent on a flight marketed and operated by Qatar Airways (QR). When calculating the amount paid, checked baggage, meal, seat selection and upgrade are taken into account, but taxes are excluded.

Reward points are credited in addition to the Avios that Qatar Airways Privilege Club members usually receive for their travel.

In the hotel loyalty program, 1,000 Reward points have a fixed value of EUR 20. If the current exchange rate is EUR 0.90 to USD 1, then 1.1% of pre-tax Qatar Airways expenses are rebated in the form of a discount at Accor hotels.

Earn Avios when staying at Accor hotels

Avios points are awarded for every EUR 10 spent at Accor hotels, according to the following chart:

Earn Avios for a stay with Accor
Accor hotel brand Avios points
Adagio Access 2 Avios
Adagio 4 Avios
Ibis, Ibis Styles, Mama Shelter 5 Avios
Other Accor brands 10 Avios

These Avios are awarded in addition to the Reward points that ALL Accor members usually receive for their stay.

Please note that if the stay does not qualify for any Reward points under the Accor Live Limitless program rules, no Avios will be credited.

A condition of prior and recent international activity applies to stays at Accor hotels in the member’s country of residence (according to the address registered in ALL Accor): to earn Avios for a domestic stay, the Qatar Airways Privilege Club account must have logged a Qatar Airways flight or a stay with Accor abroad in the previous 12 months. In other words, a United Kingdom resident will earn Avios at Accor hotels in the UK only after flying with Qatar Airways or staying with Accor outside the United Kingdom, and such a flight or international stay having to be repeated annually.

Linking Qatar Airways Privilege Club and ALL Accor accounts

To earn Avios and Reward points simultaneously, members of Qatar Airways Privilege Club and ALL Accor Live Limitless loyalty programs must link their accounts via the partnership presentation page on the ALL Accor website (“get started” button).

The member’s first and last name must strictly match between the two accounts for the operation to be successful.

Accounts are linked for a minimum period of twelve months. It will not be possible to link the ALL Accor account to another carrier (such as Air France KLM for both Flying Blue miles and Reward points accumulation) before this period has expired.

Once Privilege Club and ALL Accor accounts are linked, Avios and Reward points are automatically credited within 6 weeks of a flight or the end of a hotel stay.

Flights and stays booked before linking the Privilege Club and ALL Accor accounts, if they have not yet been completed on the date of linkage, are eligible for Avios and Reward points.

For new participants in this Qatar Airways Privilege Club and ALL Accor Live Limitless cross-reward offer, Avios relating to domestic hotel stays made between the linking of the accounts and the first international activity (QR flight or Accor stay abroad) occurring before 31 December of the same year will be credited retroactively.

Travelers who are not already members of the two loyalty programs are well advised to become one in order to benefit from the extra generosity offered by the partnership between Qatar Airways and Accor.

Double dipping with other Avios schemes

Members of British Airways Executive Club, Iberia Plus, Finnair Plus, Vueling Club or AerClub can take advantage of the partnership between Qatar Airways and Accor by joining the Qatari carrier’s frequent flyer program to earn more Avios and Reward points, then transfer the Avios earned in Privilege Club to their usual program.

Keep in mind, however, that Qatar Airways flights credited in Privilege Club cannot be used to reach or renew a status in British Airways Executive Club, Iberia Plus, Finnair Plus, Vueling Club or AerClub, as Qpoints for progressing through Privilege Club tiers cannot be exchanged for their equivalent in other programs.

Have you linked your Qatar Airways Privilege Club and ALL Accor accounts to collect Avios and Reward points simultaneously?

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