Thanks very much, UK flyer.

Sorry, should have mentioned the ticket class. It's economy all the way -- sadly our corporate travel confirmation form doesn't actually mention the letter class so I can't really tell if it's full economy, discount economy, or you're-the-first-one-we-throw-overboard-if-we-start-to-plummet-into-the-sea economy or what so I'll certainly be wary of that.

I didn't actually realise Silver membership was so easy to get, at least on BMI. 16K miles seems very generous (and obviously easier for a low-volume flyer like me to maintain). Interestingly, assuming full economy my flights MAY just squeak me in for silver on EuroBonus too. According to WebFlyer's distance calculator MEL/BKK/CPH/AAR/CPH/BKK/MEL is 20001 miles. I wouldn't quite want to bet the house on that actually matching the FF program's own calculation though.

Also, I understand that BMI's points basically don't expire... that's a huge attraction to me. Redemption is obviously much harder if I don't have an Australian airline to use but with no expiry, then maybe I can afford to wait until Virgin Blue joins *A, if that ever happens!

Thanks again UK flyer, looking into BMI a bit further (which I hadn't) that certainly sounds attractive -- I think I'll go with them in the absence of other advice.