Economy Class & Beyond

BMI Futures Week: So what happens if IAG gets the nod?

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With BMI futures week, I'm now going off into the wild possibilities of what might happen. This is based on the following: Gut feeling Prescience and things that have happened before. What we know: IAG Group is the preferred buyer for British Midland Airways, although Virgin  is making its usual noises. There's about zero  chance of being migrated to Miles and … [Read more...]

BMI Futures Week: It’s confirmed – NO Miles and More Status Match

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Those of you who were hoping to match to Miles and More from BMI Diamond Club - some very bad news for you (and if truth be told, I've sort of known this after chatting to a few people last week). From http://forum.airliners.de/index.php?showtopic=44637&view=findpost&p=607297 and translated by Google: The sale of bmi IAG (the parent company of BA) - shall be … [Read more...]

BMI Futures Week – Should I re-qualify for BD*G/BD*S?

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Well the clue of the post is in the title - Should you be aiming to re-qualify for Gold or Silver? Well the short answer is Yes. Because when BMI finally goes, it's pretty much a given status will be matched by the overtaking airline - be it IAG's British Airways or Virgin Atlantic. Based on the current timetables, here's my thoughts on when if to go for the full … [Read more...]

IAG on BMI Miles – We can’t tell you anything yet…

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Simon Calder of The Independent  has been writing about the changes about British Airways and Airmiles are making with the jump to Avios. But there is one nugget of information about BMI Diamond Club and it's future if IAG complete the purchase of BMI. And here it is in completion. "At this stage, IAG has signed a letter of intent to buy BMI and it is hoped that the deal … [Read more...]

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

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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…

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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...]

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

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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...]

The New Diamond Club Pack – umm.. Where does it say BMI?

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So a nice black package arrvied in the post for me today... but what's in it? Ah. BMI wishes to communicate with me. Oooh... Airport codes... and subtle bit of BMI Advertising. Oh bugger. Eco credentials down the pan with lots of little advertising things.  Nice idea, but a booklet would had been cuter, and no doubt easier to print. Still - that's our … [Read more...]

BMI Diamond Club – Big Changes ahead – for the BETTER.

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For those of you signed up with BMI Diamond Club as your Star Alliance Frequent flier programme, there are some BIG changes as of today. Lets go through them... The end of the Gold Upgrade Voucher (GUV's) - These paper based vouchers could be used to upgrade a ticket from Economy to Premium or Business dependant on routes. These have been replaced with Complimentary … [Read more...]