Where Are They Now? (Old BMI forum)
Jul 12, 2017, 11:52 am
#31
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: London, UK
Posts: 5,655
£600 worth of vouchers from (voluntarily) being bumped from the BD121 to the BD123, used to redeem MAN-LHR-ZRH-ORD-YVR in Swiss First. Had to have a BD flight to redeem the voucher hence the MAN-LHR at the beginning. ��
Jul 12, 2017, 1:37 pm
#32
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 3,925
I came rather late to the BM party but benefitted a lot from it. I got good advice from some of the regulars about where to credit my *A miles and quickly achieved a Diamond Club Gold Card. I managed to accumulate quite a lot of miles through flying and got a great redemption going to BKK and ICN experiencing F on both Thai (marvellous) and Asiana (not so good).
I also managed to get two years of Gold and one of Silver with BAEC when the take over happened.
I think I first flew on BM in 1976 from EMA to GLA. Not only was it a long time ago but I was not particularly interested in flying then so the memory is vague, but it was a propeller aircraft and we got a real English breakfast complete with fried eggs. Am I hallucinating about the fried eggs?
I also managed to get two years of Gold and one of Silver with BAEC when the take over happened.
I think I first flew on BM in 1976 from EMA to GLA. Not only was it a long time ago but I was not particularly interested in flying then so the memory is vague, but it was a propeller aircraft and we got a real English breakfast complete with fried eggs. Am I hallucinating about the fried eggs?
Jul 12, 2017, 2:09 pm
#34
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 6,349
Used to use BMI regularly down to Jeddah. Very good airline. BMI had a crew facility on the compound where I used to live.
Ironically they were one of the airlines we switched to when we gave up on BA around 2007. 5 years later it was rinse and repeat and I'm now in the final stages of running down the Avios inherited when the Diamond Club ceased to exist.
Ironically they were one of the airlines we switched to when we gave up on BA around 2007. 5 years later it was rinse and repeat and I'm now in the final stages of running down the Avios inherited when the Diamond Club ceased to exist.
Jul 12, 2017, 3:32 pm
#35
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Scotland
Programs: BA Blue
Posts: 1,360
I remember with great fondness the Lounge Angels at GLA and LHR and the great GLA crews. I attained BDLG only for it to become valueless.
God knows how many £200 compo vouchers for bumping from BD1 to BD3 (and sometimes a double dunt to BD5
). This amounted to many thousand £s against family travel.
I also remember the times when a simple GLA-LHR-GLA in C could earn over 10K miles....remember the bonus for over 55K miles in the year allied with frequent double or triple miles promos?
I look back at the BD forum with great fondness....great people contributing and the laid back outlook was very evident AH, great times!
God knows how many £200 compo vouchers for bumping from BD1 to BD3 (and sometimes a double dunt to BD5
). This amounted to many thousand £s against family travel.I also remember the times when a simple GLA-LHR-GLA in C could earn over 10K miles....remember the bonus for over 55K miles in the year allied with frequent double or triple miles promos?
I look back at the BD forum with great fondness....great people contributing and the laid back outlook was very evident
AH, great times!
Jul 12, 2017, 3:46 pm
#37
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: New York, NY
Programs: BAEC Gold, Delta Platinum, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Gold, AMEX Platinum (US)
Posts: 18,487
Lots of good memories! Cash and Miles was insanely good value. Never milked it for all I could as I probably should have done...so no Almaty or LH F trips for me.
A few things not mentioned:
-The ridiculous two or three question surveys that would come out so regularly and earn you a few thousand miles.
-625% mileage earning when you were above 55,000 status miles meant flying in US domestic F was practically free
-The "Celebs on BD" thread was a cracker, even for a celebphobe like myself...Jim Bowen on LBA-LHR anyone?
What was this? I earned huge mileage on Hilton stays as, if I recall, everything was 1000 miles per night, even el cheapo Hampton Inns et. al.
A few things not mentioned:
-The ridiculous two or three question surveys that would come out so regularly and earn you a few thousand miles.
-625% mileage earning when you were above 55,000 status miles meant flying in US domestic F was practically free
-The "Celebs on BD" thread was a cracker, even for a celebphobe like myself...Jim Bowen on LBA-LHR anyone?
What was this? I earned huge mileage on Hilton stays as, if I recall, everything was 1000 miles per night, even el cheapo Hampton Inns et. al.
Jul 12, 2017, 3:58 pm
#38
Moderator: British Airways Executive Club, Iberia Airlines, Airport Lounges and Environmentally Friendly Travel
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: London, UK
Posts: 22,212
Jul 12, 2017, 10:31 pm
#40
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Phuket
Programs: SQ *Gold, BA, QR, EY, Hilton Diamond, IHG Plat, Marriott Gold, Amex Plat
Posts: 5,268
The great memories in this thread have prompted me to post here (even as a self-imposed BAEC Forum exile 
).
Amazing multiple redemptions on, amongst many others, NH F, LX F, TG F, LH F & getting the entire SQ Suites cabin all to myself on SIN-LHR when the aircraft changed to an A380 service :-:
Very happy days indeed. These days I am happily invested in QR, EY & SQ (with a very small shout to BA - but only in F!)
).Amazing multiple redemptions on, amongst many others, NH F, LX F, TG F, LH F & getting the entire SQ Suites cabin all to myself on SIN-LHR when the aircraft changed to an A380 service :-:
Very happy days indeed. These days I am happily invested in QR, EY & SQ (with a very small shout to BA - but only in F!)
Jul 13, 2017, 12:42 am
#41
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Kent, UK
Programs: M&S Elite+
Posts: 3,652
You miss it most when it's gone. Somehow BMI's network worked for my flight needs, so I was easily gold for many years. I was on the last FNA-LHR flight. Upgraded as usual on the return with miles. That was a battle since just about everyone had gone by then. BA abandoned that route, like so many other useful places. So my travels are mostly Star Alliance (TK) now. I am still working my way through the Avios that I had from DC and the ones I gained from the sadly departed BMI Amex.
Jul 13, 2017, 3:54 am
#43
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: London and Zurich
Programs: AA, BA, Mucci: Sir Roger des Directions Routières, PCR
Posts: 13,609
Memories, memories.
My favourite was the credit card cash transfer that earned DC miles.
I don't think too many got the snailmail invitation. I did, and transferred almost my entire card limit of just below £30k on a daily basis to and fro. I was in Canada at the time and wasn't sure whether all would work. It mostly did though not entirely friction-free. Some transfers were queried as suspected duplicates. If I were ever to do it again, I'd vary the amounts.
These were the best value miles I ever earned.
My first 'bmi' miles were on London City Airways from LCY to the near continent in the 90s, credited to Virgin Freeway.
Anybody else remember the Billy Elliot event?
My favourite was the credit card cash transfer that earned DC miles.
I don't think too many got the snailmail invitation. I did, and transferred almost my entire card limit of just below £30k on a daily basis to and fro. I was in Canada at the time and wasn't sure whether all would work. It mostly did though not entirely friction-free. Some transfers were queried as suspected duplicates. If I were ever to do it again, I'd vary the amounts.
These were the best value miles I ever earned.
My first 'bmi' miles were on London City Airways from LCY to the near continent in the 90s, credited to Virgin Freeway.
Anybody else remember the Billy Elliot event?
Jul 13, 2017, 5:04 am
#44
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: PMI
Programs: BA,LH,CX,EK SPG,IC mainly and a few others
Posts: 1,862
Great airline, great program. I managed to get LT Gold just before BD got taken over.
I must have had at least 30 R/Ts (for 4) in J LHR-DME with them paying 6000 miles plus cash per pax if I remember correctly. Used to be the best plying that route those days. And to top it we often used to get 6000 miles compensation per sector for non-functioning/ non-existing IFE. And somewhere down the line even redemption flights on BD metal started earning status miles.
I must have had at least 30 R/Ts (for 4) in J LHR-DME with them paying 6000 miles plus cash per pax if I remember correctly. Used to be the best plying that route those days. And to top it we often used to get 6000 miles compensation per sector for non-functioning/ non-existing IFE. And somewhere down the line even redemption flights on BD metal started earning status miles.
Jul 13, 2017, 5:34 am
#45
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: LBA
Posts: 358
I still have an Excel spreadsheet on my computer for calculating the Diamond Club miles needed for redeeming flights - can't bring myself to delete it!
Also have some Tutbury crystalware in the cabinet (anyone else remember these?) from the very early days of Diamond Club.
Best redemption for me was Lufthansa First Class MAN-FRA-DTW, we deliberately booked a longer layover at FRA to experience the Lufthansa First Class terminal with private passport control/security and personal transport to the plane.
Happy memories!
Also have some Tutbury crystalware in the cabinet (anyone else remember these?) from the very early days of Diamond Club.
Best redemption for me was Lufthansa First Class MAN-FRA-DTW, we deliberately booked a longer layover at FRA to experience the Lufthansa First Class terminal with private passport control/security and personal transport to the plane.
Happy memories!