As well as US Airways leaving Star Alliance today, TAM has also left as it continues its merger with LAN. However, Star Alliance is offering something it isn't offering for US Airways - a Status Match to some Star Alliance Carriers You'll be able to match TAM Red or Diamond status to the following: Air Canada Aeroplane Air China Phoenix Miles Air New Zealand … [Read more...]
BMI Diamond Club member? Want Star Gold Back? Air Canada is matching
The matching opportunities seem to be increasing for BMI Diamond Club members who want Star Alliance Gold or Silver back. Already, there are reports of Aegean Airways, Turkish Airlines and Aer Lingus matching - well it's now the turn of Canada with their offer. Head to http://aircanada.com/uk/en/offers/aeroplan/earn_miles/earn_miles.html You'll need to join Aeroplan … [Read more...]
What’s in… the Turkish Airlines Status Kit?
As a lot of you know, BMI has left Star Alliance. Now whilst I matched to Lufthansa Miles and More Senator, lets be blunt - unless I'm extremely creative 100,000 miles to re-qualify for SEN is going to be an impossibility. So I have to look to other possibilities - and Aegean and Turkish Airlines seem to be matching BMI status for status. Although Aegean has a lower … [Read more...]
The formal invitation from British Airways to Diamond Club Elites…
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!
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...]