Economy Class & Beyond

The formal invitation from British Airways to Diamond Club Elites…

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I talked about this a lot yesterday when the BMI Diamond Club to British Airways Tier Match. Well for those of you who haven't done it yet, check you inbox - you might find an invite like this: Text Version: As part of the transition of bmi into British Airways, from today (1 May 2012), British Airways is inviting you, as a Diamond Club member, to also join the … [Read more...]

BMI to BA Tier Matching is GO!

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Well it looks like someone jumped the gun and thinks today is the 1st May. For those who have BMI Gold or BMI Silver status, you can now do a Tier status match. For those who haven't joined Executive Club, head to http://www.britishairways.com/main/execenrol/?campaignCode=ECBMI1 to enrol. Once you've done that, head to http://www.ba.com/tiermatch and you'll get this … [Read more...]

IAG doubts it can sell BMI Baby or BMI Regional off

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Things are not looking rosey for BMI Baby and BMI Regional at the moment. The two subdivisions of BMI were meant to be sold off before the IAG takeover by Lufthansa, but they failed to be sold. IAG is not interested in owning the two units who operate to very different markets - BMI Regional operating high value regional routes, whilst BMI Baby operates the low cost model … [Read more...]

Airplane Art Special – A BMI Retrospective

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It's Sunday, and it's time for a very special Airplane Art This week, it's the British Midland International fleet from 2007 to 2012 as photographed by my fair hands and fair cameras. As you probably know,BMI is now part of International Airlines Group and will be merged into the British Airways unit over the next few months. As a result, there's a strong chance that the … [Read more...]

Dates for your diary…

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As BMI is taken over by IAG and becomes part of British Airways, here's a list of dates that are important: As of now: Diamond Club members can earn on BA Flights and vice versa. BMI has formally exited from the Star Alliance Diamond Club Members can access BA lounges at LHR and LGW Big upcoming dates 1st May - Diamond Club to BA Executive Club status matching … [Read more...]

The Winners of the BMI Purchase

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Earlier today, I looked at the losers of the sale of BMI to IAG. Lets be more congratulative and look at the winners The big winner is of course International Airlines Group and its subsidiary British Airways who have got a total of 42 pairs of slots to play with at London Heathrow.  As well as that they get the staff, facilities and aircraft too. Lufthansa although a … [Read more...]

The Losers in the BMI Sale

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Whilst Diamond Club members  are probably sitting pretty and IAG has a bunch more slots, there are some big losers in the sale of British Midland International: Lufthansa. Oh dearie me. Lufthansa really bit off more than it can chew when it was forced to buy BMI from Sir Michael Bishop (and that's silly of Lufthansa to agree to the push/pull sale agreement in the first … [Read more...]

IAG takeover of BMI complete

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Well, it seems Lufthansa has some cash, and International Airlines Group has an airline, with slots at London Heathrow. IAG Has posted a press release stating as much at  http://www.iagshares.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=240949&p=irol-rnsArticle_Print&ID=1685377 The plan remains to integrate BMI Mainline out of London into British Airways. However there is a question of … [Read more...]

BMI Sale complete: 1:1 Avios CONFIRMED, BA Lounge Access GRANTED

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Well the big news is that the sale of BMI is complete. I'll look into that in a shake, but here's the news from Diamond Club: I’m writing to advise you of some important changes to the Diamond Club programme following the sale of bmi to IAG, the owner of British Airways, on 20 April 2012. As a result, there are some key changes to your Diamond Club membership, which I would … [Read more...]