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The Offer
- Bilt rent day for January 2025 is as follows. Get an Accor Live Limitless status match
- Bilt Blue: Free ALL Silver status
- Bilt Silver: Free ALL Silver status, or ALL Gold status for 5,000 points
- Bilt Gold: Free ALL Silver status, or ALL Gold status for 2,000 points
- Bilt Platinum: Free ALL Silver status, ALL Gold status for 2,000 points, or ALL Platinum status for 5,000 points
Our Verdict
Status is valid until December 31, 2025 and you can keep it through December 31, 2026 by completing the following:
- Silver status: Three qualifying nights
- Gold status: Eight qualifying nights
- Platinum status: No shortcut, but if you don’t meet the normal requirements for Platinum you’ll receive a soft landing to gold status through 2026
Kind of lame that you have to spend points for the better status.
accor has a fixed-point value of 2cpp. So points will always be worth 2 cents and bookings are dynamic based on that. So without a point transfer bonus you’re not really good much value out of transfers. (Bilt does seem to give slightly better value than Citi and Cap 1 though.)
The T&C says that the higher level will activate upon the transfer of points. For example, if Gold Bilt you could “…activate your Accor Gold status request with a transfer of 2,000 Bilt points to ALL Reward points…” Does this sound like it isn’t “costing” 2,000 points but just triggers with a transfer of 2,000 points to your ALL account?
That’s how the flying blue status match works as well so that’s what I expected.
Can someone educate us on what we need to do in order to get the ALL silver? I am a lowly Bilt blue. Do I need to register my ALL account number somewhere?
@William Details on the benefits of each Accor category may be helpful for readers:
According to Accor, ALL Silver gets a welcome drink and late checkout. ALL Gold gets what ALL Silver gets, plus early check-in and an upgrade. ALL Platinum gets what ALL Silver and ALL Gold gets, plus lounge access and a suite upgrade.
I’m currently BILT Gold, so I get ALL Silver, if I register, and could purchase ALL Gold for the equivalent of $20 in BILT points (at 1:1 breakeven valuation, not the 1:2 inflated valuation). Is it worth $20 for the ‘possibility’ of an early check-in or an upgrade? In my opinion, it is not; these benefits are subject to availability, so depending on the particular property, they can just ignore the benefits. Also, this brand is mostly overseas, so domestic US travelers will find it hard to use these benefits. Lame, indeed.
haven’t seen transfer extravaganza for a while
>imagining Accor and its program to be worth anything
ALL Silver is barely worth applying for. Late check out subject to availability (not guaranteed), a welcome drink, and the ability to use the priority line at check in. Gold offers upgraded room subject to availability. The highest tier Diamond only offers complimentary breakfast in Asia and on weekends elsewhere.
Combine your BILT Rewards tier status with Capital One Venture X points for Accor hotels.
Or Citi TYP