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Saying sorry – the Diamond Club way

26/02/2010 by Kevincm

A few days ago, a mystery transaction appeared in my BMI Diamond Club account for 1000 miles. Now a 1000 miles is always useful... but whyfor? Well a carefully worded apology came from Donnington Hall explains it all.."Over the last couple of weeks you may have noticed we've been experiencing some problems with the Diamond Club login on our website. To protect your data and … [Read more...]

Meanwhile, Lufthansa has a strike on the horizon (Lufthansa Strike)

19/02/2010 by Kevincm

So if you've been laughing at BA and it's upcoming strike action decision, spare a thought for those who are flying Lufthansa and GermanWings next week.The German flag carrier and the "Vereinigung Cockpit” (VC) Union (Pilots union) are locked in a dispute that is leading to full strike action, schedule to run from 22 February 2010 to 25 February 2010 for both Lufthansa … [Read more...]

*** Update *** BMI Diamond Club members area now working.

09/02/2010 by Kevincm

Took long enough though.... Although to be honest, it's fixed some of the issues that were there before ... and none of the others... … [Read more...]

Meanwhile back in Diamond Club Land (not fixed yet) …

09/02/2010 by Kevincm

A fix is meant to on the way today for access to BMI Diamond Club accounts which have now been on limited access for 6 days. Meanwhile, BMI are getting a free dose of sarcasm from its members on what exactly they think of BMI IT/E-Commerce Departments at http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/bmi-diamond-club/1044881-cannot-log-dc-down-fix-tecnhical-error-8.html. Rather than post … [Read more...]

Diamond Club Problems – To fudge up a database once is careless, to fudge it up multiple times takes class…

08/02/2010 by Kevincm

It seems BMI's is having one heck of a little SNAFU with the online Diamond Club. When you try and log in, you might see this Not good to see - after a day. Not good to see after two days. Worrying after three days. We're now on FIVE days. There have been rumours of some datacentre issues, and other data issues, but again, the communication from BMI has been … [Read more...]

Lufthansa: Pay by PayPal or it’s an extra £4…

05/02/2010 by Kevincm

One of the things that REALLY do annoy me is credit card fees when you book flights.  What was a fee for processing a card is rapidly turning into a profit centre. Today's example of this is Lufthansa's £50 single UK-Germany fare. Here's how it's built up: Ok - apart from the fuel surcharge rip off and the fact I want to go to Frankfurt - not somewhere in … [Read more...]

Promos: BA Go Dr Evil, InterContinental twists the knife on HHonors…

04/02/2010 by Kevincm

British Airways - 1 Meeeillion Miles! British Airways are running a Dr Evil contest, with the chance to win 1,000,000 (1 Million) miles, and also an upgrade to BA Gold Details at www.ba.com/bamillionaire Notes: UK Residents only Must register as a UK Executive Club Member (Euro/World Members excluded this time) Deadline: 9th February 2010 IC Group … [Read more...]

Flying United Discounted Business (Z Fares?) Good News – 200% Earning From *TODAY*

01/02/2010 by Kevincm

So if you're one of these odd people who choose to book Z fares on United, and trying to maximise mileage in Diamond Club, from todayish (01/02/10), United fares now earn 200% of the base mileage in BMI Diamond Club scheme. Whilst not the greatest option over the pond, it's not a bad option by any stretch of the matter (as I found out by accident)- and for 200% Diamond Club … [Read more...]

BMI Blue+ or above? Used the LHR-TLV route? How about a Status Match?

26/01/2010 by Kevincm

El-Al are offering a status match with BMI for those abandoned after the BMI LHR-TLV service was terminated For Blue+, there is an upgrade to Gold.  800 points to retain within 6 months, and you'll get gold for another year For Silver and Golds, you'll be matched to Platinum, requiring 2000 points to retain status within 6 months,   and you'll get Platinum for … [Read more...]

The Fallout of the changes at BMI…

19/01/2010 by Kevincm

Well it's been a good few hours since BMI has announced its latest method of death spiral. Lets take a closer look to see how this is going to happen - step by step (I've excluded the end of Manchester Long Haul for this exercise). Wet-Lease to Lufthansa Italia/Lufthansa Mainline - A sign on the beginning when an A319 were shifted away from BMI Mainline duties to help … [Read more...]

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