Economy Class & Beyond

LH: Lufthansa shows it cares… by devaulating your miles

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Miles are a flexible currency, and like any currency, the value of them tends to go down as well as down. And in the case of Lufthansa Group flyers you'll learn about miles depreciating, with Miles and More suffering a 20% devaluation from next year. Affected Airlines: Adria, Air Dolomiti, Austrian, Croatia Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa (and affiliated airlines), LOT, … [Read more...]

OS: Releases new seat. And it’s a vision of hell.

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Some people like them, but I'm not a fan. Austrian Airlines (as well as Lufthansa and BMI) show off their new Europe Seat. And oh dear. How thin does this look?And spin forward to 50 seconds or so, and you'll see thisImage - Austrian Airlines, grabbed from Video. Oh dear. Silm seats, zilch padding, and it does look... ermm. Yes well.Can anyone say uncomfortable? … [Read more...]

BD: Business Traveller Mazagine interviews Herr Prock-Schauer

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For those of you in Diamond Club land wanting to see what the future hold, head to http://www.businesstraveller.com/news/bmi-update where their team has been interviewing Wolfgang Prock-Schauer about some of the changes coming to BMI.I'll be publishing my analysis a bit later on this evening - but there are little titbits of information for those who are worried about the … [Read more...]

BD: Wha? You actually *fly* BMI? 10% off sound any good?

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This in from Business Traveller, and it's another 10% off flying BMI.Your magic code is: 10BMIFLIGHTSPECIAL You need to have made your booking before midnight November 25, with your travel completed between January 1-31, 2011.Valid only on BMI metal flights (ie, Flown by BMI for BMI, not Codeshares, Wet leased services or BMI Baby)And of course, it's valid on the BASE FARE only … [Read more...]

BD: We aplogise for the slight delay to our service to Tripoli… .

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You can never blame BMI being too hopeful. It seems there are issues regarding the proposed London Heathrow and Tripoli (Libya), with with the 1st December 2010 start date now pushed back 21st February 2011. BMI cites that the delay is due "to complete the necessary regulatory procedures and other operational preparations".So yes, it's the joy of red tape again. Or they can't … [Read more...]

S7: Joins OneWorld, makes Star Alliance’s life a bit more of a pain

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S7 Airlines have today formally joined the OneWorld Alliance, making it the 12th member to join.With S7 joining, it also brings in another airline - Globus Airlines who will join OneWorld as an affiliate. With this move, OneWorld's coverage will now serve 90 extra destinations extra in 28 countries, with 55 new cities within Russia and the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent … [Read more...]

Trip Report – Mixed Classes, Infinite fun and/or Madness: The Autumn Run with United Airlines

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Mixed Classes, Infinite fun and/or Madness: The Autumn Run with United Airlines LHR-ORD, ORD-LAS, LAS-LAX-SFO-DEN-LHR   For those of you who have forgotten, this is my semi-regular audit to see how things are with United - if the service has improved, deteriorated or other. Whilst not perfect, it provides entertainment, amusement and of course, iPhones in sick bags … [Read more...]

BD: A small operating profit… but lots of costs….

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Lufthansa has released the latest numbers for it's group and figures. Now I'm honestly not interested in the big numbers of LH Group, but instead looking at how little BMI is doing.And it's small encouraging signs mainly, A 3rd Quarter operating profit of €3million has been made. However, don't cheer too much, as a Q123 loss of €90 million was made. Ouch. Most of … [Read more...]

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