How to transfer Accor Rewards points to airline partners

An important feature of the Accor Live Limitless program is the ability to convert Rewards points into frequent flyer points.

The feature is useful for those who stay at Accor properties infrequently and may have a preference to use their points to top-up their preferred frequent flyer account.

All your favourite frequent flyer programs are included, such as:

• Qantas
• Virgin Australia
• Singapore Airlines
• Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
• Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
• United MileagePlus; and
• Emirates Skywards

The basics of converting Accor Rewards points

For most programs, 2 Accor Rewards points are equal to 1 frequent flyer mile or point (we will use ‘miles’ in this article where possible to better differentiate them from Accor Rewards points).

The minimum transfer for most programs is 4,000 Rewards points to 2,000 frequent flyer miles.

There are some exceptions, with Qantas and Velocity being the two most applicable to Australians where points are converted more favourably—1 Rewards point equals 1 Qantas or Velocity Frequent Flyer point. A minimum transfer of 2,000 Rewards points applies for Qantas while it is 4,000 Reward points for Velocity.

Participating airlines with Accor Live Limitless

You can convert your Accor Rewards points into miles with 32 different airlines.

The ones most relevant to point hacking Australians are listed in this table (click the links for the guides to each program):

Frequent Flyer Program	Accor Rewards Points to Airline Miles/Points
Qantas Frequent Flyer	1 to 1
Virgin Australia Velocity	1 to 1
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer	2 to 1
Cathay Pacific Asia Miles	2 to 1
Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan	2 to 1
United Mileage Plus	2 to 1
Avianca LifeMiles	2 to 1
British Airways Executive Club (Avios)	2 to 1
Emirates Skywards	2 to 1
Etihad Guest	2 to 1

Here are the rest of the participating programs, which are all 2:1 unless otherwise noted:

• Aegean Airlines
• Aeroflot Bonus
• AeroMexico Club Premier
• Air Canada Aeroplan
• Air China Phoenix Miles (2:1.6)
• Air France/KLM Flying Blue
• Azul – TudoAzul
• Delta SkyMiles
• Finnair Plus (2:2)
• Hainan Airlines
• Iberia Plus (2:2)
• Japan Airlines
• Jet Airways
• Korean Air Skypass
• LATAM
• Oman Air Sindbad (4:0.75)
• Qatar Privilege Club
• Royal Air Maroc Safar Flyer
• TAP Air Portugal
• THAI Airways
• Turkish Airlines

Steps for converting Accor Rewards points into miles

Just follow these steps to convert your Accor Rewards points into your preferred frequent flyer miles.

1. Visit the Accor airline partner page.
2. Click on the name of the frequent flyer program you would like to convert points to
3. Scroll down, and click on the button that says, ‘Convert your Rewards points’.
4. You’ll be prompted to login if you haven’t already.
5. You can then choose the number of Rewards points that you want to convert

Note that it can take up to 6 weeks for the conversion to take place, so make sure you leave plenty of time if you’re planning to use this method as a top-up for award travel. All transfer requests are irreversible.

Earning airline miles directly instead of Accor Rewards Points

It is actually possible to earn airlines miles directly from an eligible stay, rather than Rewards Points. You do this by setting up an automatic conversion, rather than a manual sweep, as is shown in the steps above.

However, in most cases, it is advantageous to earn Rewards Points and later convert them to airline miles – the earn rate is exactly the same, and there are often bonuses on Accor Rewards points that you won’t be eligible for if you opt for automatic earn of miles instead.

The only time we recommend you consider an automatic conversion is if you know your stay is a one-off, and you don’t think you’ll ever earn at least the minimum 2,000 or 4,000 points needed for a conversion.

Otherwise your Accor Live Limitless account functions as an excellent flexible points programme, where you can either use for frequent flyer miles as above, or for a discount off future stays at a fixed rate.

Frequently asked questions

Summing up

As with any good hotel rewards program, the ability to convert points into frequent flyer miles is an excellent feature, providing flexibility with how you choose to redeem your hard-earned points.

In the table of major airline frequent flyer programs earlier in this article, click each link to see the benefits of each frequent flyer program and their various sweet spots to see if any could suit your future travel plans.

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