Economy Class & Beyond

BD: Morocco Moves Zone

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Intresting news from BMI with Morocco moving redemption zone from Zone 5 to Zone 2.Instead of costing 40000 miles for a Y class round trip with all the taxes, this now drops to 12000 miles instead. Of course, for Diamond Club Gold holders, Gold Upgrades or CUVs can also be used to bump up to business.A logical move this is - least of all it is being served by Short Haul … [Read more...]

NYC: Positioning in – Which is more stupidly priced… KL or WW?

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I'll be getting onto the meat of the run tommorow, but today, I'm going to discuss how to postion in. And the stupidity of some airlines.To commence this run, I need to haul-ass to Amsterdam. From Birmingham, that boils down to two options - KLM or BMI Baby. Now, I'm a minited AirFrance/KLM Gold. And for fun I popped in a query into their fare engine for a single flight from … [Read more...]

BD: The Road to Miles and More… is on hold – Diamond Club to remain through 2011 at least.

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For those of us who use BMI's Diamond Club as our frequent flyer programme, the ongoing dark cloud of "Will it merge into Miles and More or not" has been a big question.Well after a meeting, the following news is out - and it's good:Now that bmi is a part of the Lufthansa group of airlines, we are evaluating being part of Miles & More in the long term. A final decision has … [Read more...]

What? Another Trip in a few days?

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Afraid so.I'm opening up a new travel tag called NYC. And yes, it EXACTLY where you think it is.However, there is a very big ulterior motive to this trip. And yes, it is photography based.But you'll find out what that is soon enough... Over the next few days, I'll be building up to the trip (with of course, live reporting when I find a free hotspot).For now, I'll leave you with … [Read more...]

BD: Updates Earning Tables for BMI Metal flights – expect more changes…

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British Midland International have been busy and are applying new earning rates to their flights.And for those who know, this is another step on the road from Diamond Club to Miles and More with booking codes slowly aligning up with the bigger programme. The new booking classes will be on sale from 8 February 2011, for travel on or after 1 April 2011.Source: BMI.   … [Read more...]

Egypt: FCO Lays on additional charter flight

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With everything that's going on, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has made the following announcement:A charter flight will leave Cairo on Thursday 3 February to enable further British nationals to leave as unrest continues.The flight from Cairo to Gatwick is to supplement commercial flights already being provided by British airlines.This flight is not instead of commercial … [Read more...]

BD: As GLA goes, new destinations are added to SVG, BGO, CMN and RAK

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Well it didn't take long for British Midland International to announce what it was going to do with the slots and aircraft released from the loss making London to Glasgow route.New routes from London to Stavanger (SVG), Bergen (BGO), Casablanca (CMN) and Marrakech (RAK) have been added to the route mapDaily to Bergen and Stavanger and four-times weekly to Casablanca from … [Read more...]

Cairo: BMI and BA update travel advice, FCO advice constant.

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Well, we all know the press are reporting how things are in Egypt.BMI has updated it's booking advice and flight times for BD771/BD772 for the next few days. See http://www.flybmi.com/bmi/en-gb/flight-and-airport-info/flight-information/travel-news.aspx#294 with a stop in Beurit for a crew change. Rebookings are being accepted to the end of March. British Airways in the … [Read more...]

BD: GLA-LHR – AXED

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A lot of rumor has been going around, and alas, it appears to be true with British Midland International axing the Glasgow to London RouteConfirmation comes from the Glasgow Evening Times The route leaves British Airways to run the Glasgow to London route, with BMI pulling out saying it is quitting to focus on more-profitable long haul services.A spokeswoman said: … [Read more...]

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