bmi diamond club - Can you still spend Diamond Club miles on BD flights?

I don't have many miles left and was going to let them go through to BA, but suddenly thought a weekend in DUB would be fun. I log in and can't even see LHR in the departures list, or DUB for that matter.

I thought we could still book BD domestics until the end of June. Have I missed the boat/aeroplane?

Yes you can - you will have to call DC though as the flights now have a BA code.

The remaining routes visible for online redemption seem to be Regional alone.

To clarify on DUB - and I spoke to DC about this - for people in the regions who are now connected by BA coded flights, you can no longer use the regular BD award chart, but need to use the Partner BA award chart. I wanted to do a final DUB-LHR-AMM redemption using cash and miles with the Gold biz for eco miles, but cannot any longer... :(

Just for completeness, if you want to fly the LHR-DUB route before 27/06 then it's the BD price you pay. Same applies to all routes before their move date to BA coding. To clarify, that's book and fly before move date.

But we can still book awards and collect miles on bmi Regional during the Summer, right?

Yup, you can.

I was looking into redeeming miles on some flights with bmi Regional this Summer, as their route network is oddly useful for a few things I want to do this Summer. However, using the online tool everything seems to be zeroed out until September, at least on flights in and out of Edinburgh.

I looked at the following routes: BRU-EDI; ZRH-EDI; MAN-ABZ plus a few others to just get an idea. Not much chance to do what I wanted in August. I also got the impression some routes might be Economy only, like Groningen to Aberdeen.

Would calling the call centre be likely to make a difference, I wonder?

I also looked at bmibaby, but they don't seem to fly to anywhere I want to go any more. They have removed Germany and GVA from the network.

Would calling the call centre be likely to make a difference, I wonder?


Yes. The online tool is pretty much zeroed out because redemptions need to be done by telephone.

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Just for completeness, if you want to fly the LHR-DUB route before 27/06 then it's the BD price you pay. Same applies to all routes before their move date to BA coding. To clarify, that's book and fly before move date.

Can we still book DME flights with impunity, given there is no date yet fixed for the switch to BA? An 'economist' c&m business fare is a bargain compared to the 40k BA want [and yes I know that it's now CW but for 4 hours the midhaul BD offering is perfectly fine]

Can we still book DME flights with impunity, given there is no date yet fixed for the switch to BA? An 'economist' c&m business fare is a bargain compared to the 40k BA want [and yes I know that it's now CW but for 4 hours the midhaul BD offering is perfectly fine]

For those who are miles rich the BA redemptions cost very little cash.

You can book a BA F return to DME for 60k + £40 (no additional taxes) - one of the best bargains with Avios particularly if you want to sample BA's F product.

The 40k CW redemption just has additional fees of £34.

That said if you want to use cash and miles with BD then you should be fine. If the BD flights stop operating they'll need to book you into CW on a BA flight.

Can we still book DME flights with impunity, given there is no date yet fixed for the switch to BA?

Basically, yes; and the same applies to the other routes not yet announced as moving to BA coding. The day, whenever that maybe, BA do announce a moving date, from that point on you will only be able to book them at BD prices for travel before the announced date.