As we know bmi was sold lock, stock and barrell to BA (or rather International Airlines Group as they prefer to be known). They had to take bmibaby – the low cost version of bmi – with the bathwater, the bmi slots at Heathrow. Now comes news from the BBC that bmibaby will stop all…
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BA AND bmi Gold ? – watch out for the Status ‘Match’
Quite a few people I know are both BA Gold and bmi Gold. Most of them were hoping that BA would do a nice job for these people, after all they have value to both BA, and had value to bmi before the purchase. Instead BA is going to Status Match, but then remove of…
bmi flights to and from Casablanca
Some weeks ago bmi ran a ‘Fly Business For Economy’ promo and at the same time sent me a 30% discount code. I decided to grab an extra Hyatt stay and a few extra United miles. The return ticket booked in to P class and allowed seat selection at time of booking which was helpful.…
Does BA understand how bmi works? Certainly not for its corporate customers
BA commented yesterday about its purchase of bmi and what it means for frequent flyers of both airlines. However, there is a little ad at the bottom of the BA page – which caught my attention: The irony here is that bmi has not operated the Corporate Rewards scheme since 1 September 2010, when it…
On their last day, bmi finally announce the future for Diamond Club members – some good news!
Annoucement in the secure area of the web site, but the highlights are: * Status Match to BA * Transfer Avios to/from Destination Miles * Access to BA lounges at LHR/LGW for Diamond Club members from today * Continuted Star Alliance lounge access until 31 May * Earning Star Alliance miles (except LH) until 31…
BA confirms NO OnBusiness points for bmi flights unless booked under BA flight number
I wrote last week that bmi was leaving Star Alliance’s business earning scheme Company Plus but that BA’s scheme (OnBusiness) had yet to confirm the position in terms of earning for bmi flights. Well today arrives an email reply in responce to my question about earning on bmi, from OnBusiness and it’s not good news: Dear…
Virgin to appeal decision to approve bmi sale to BA….too late?
BBC is reporting that Virgin are indicating that they propose to appeal the EU’s decison to approve the sale of bmi to BA. All seems very late to me, bearing in mind that the deal is supposed to be complete this Friday. I suspect it is more to do with trying to get the EU…
bmi to leave Star Alliance Company Plus – even for bookings made before the purchase by BA
Company Administrators received an email from Star Alliance Company Plus (the business earning scheme for certain Star Alliance airlines). This informs us that bmi tickets will no longer SACP earn points for bmi flights after 19 April. Many organisations will already have tickets purchased in advance which now will not earn points. It is clearly…
BBC reports that bmi could shed 1,200 jobs on completion of sale!
The bad news at bmi keeps coming. BA have said that the acquisition could cost 1,200 jobs. It is unclear where those jobs will be lost, but clearly the sale of some slots is likely to lead to less cabin crew and pilots. I suspect the loss of Diamond Club and I suppose bmi’s reservations…
bmi clarifies Lufthansa announcement on end of relationship
Yesterday evening, bmi sent an email to their Diamond Club members. This is the text: Dear MilesFromBlighty: We’d like to advise you of some forthcoming changes to the bmi Diamond Club programme. From 19 April 2012, the ability for Diamond Club members to earn Status and Destinations miles and to redeem miles will cease on…
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