ALL Accor Platinum for Centurion: The New Hotel Benefit
Christian··5 min read
It happens rarely enough that the Centurion Card gains something instead of losing it. This week it happened: Centurion members now receive Platinum status in the ALL Accor programme. Register by 31 December 2026 and you get all the benefits of Diamond status, Accor's highest tier, for the first year.
On top of that, Membership Rewards points can now be transferred to ALL Accor. At a rate worth talking about. More on that below.
What you get
Platinum status, per the letter:
- 76% bonus points on stays
- guaranteed room availability
- upgrade to the next room category, subject to availability
- early check-in or late check-out, subject to availability
- Suite Night Upgrade
- lounge access
Diamond status, available only at the launch of the partnership, adds:
- 100% bonus points on qualifying stays
- free breakfast at weekends in participating hotels
- extended availability benefits when booking a room
The timing matters. Register by 31 December 2026 and the Diamond benefits run until the end of 2027. On 1 January 2028 the status automatically reverts to Platinum, with no need to re-register. Diamond is a welcome gift with an expiry date; Platinum is the actual, permanent benefit.
How to register
- Create an ALL Accor account. The membership number you need for registration is issued at all.accor.com.
- Register through the link in the Amex letter, using your ALL Accor membership number.
- Link your Membership Rewards account, if you intend to transfer.
One detail that trips people up in practice: the first and last name on the ALL Accor account must match the details on your Amex card account. If you dropped a middle name at Accor or used a different spelling, fix that before registering. With status partnerships like this one, that's where most stuck cases come from.
The points transfer, and why I'm skipping it
The rate is 3 Membership Rewards points for 1 ALL Accor reward point.
Accor redeems reward points at a fixed rate: 2,000 points equal 40 euros. So one Accor point is worth 2 cents. Three MR points therefore become 2 cents, which works out at roughly 0.67 cents per Membership Rewards point.
For comparison: a good transfer to an airline programme with a sensible redemption puts you well above that. The Accor transfer isn't a reward option, it's a fallback. It's convenient and it's predictable, but it's the weakest use your points can find.
My recommendation: take the status, leave the points where they are. There's a better use for them in my guide to maximising Membership Rewards.
Where the status actually helps
Accor is strong in Europe, with more than 5,600 hotels and over 45 brands in more than 110 countries. For anyone travelling widely within Europe, that fills a genuine gap that Marriott and Hilton don't, simply because Accor's density in European second cities is often higher.
The most valuable item on the list, for me, is guaranteed room availability. Weekend breakfast and late check-out are pleasant, but getting a room when a property is sold out is the kind of benefit you need exactly once and then never forget.
Stay realistic about the upgrades. Anything marked "subject to availability" depends on occupancy, not on status. I've written about how that plays out day to day in my comparison of hotel status through credit cards.
My verdict
A good benefit, and a rare one. It costs nothing, it runs by itself once you've registered, and Diamond through the end of 2027 gives you more than what remains afterwards.
Two things I'd do immediately: align the name on your Accor account with your card account, and don't push the registration to December. Diamond status hangs on a date, not on a stay.
The points transfer I'll leave alone. The status is the gift; the rate isn't.