Credit to View From the Wing
also today's
USA Today Story
(edited with corrections from comments)
This may be a good time to get a bmi Diamond Club membership in case the program stops new members.
According to a bmi email sent out to members, BA Avios will be transferable to bmi beginning July 3. BMI, of course has left *A and redemptions can only be done on *A through 5/31.
Assuming the bmi award chart isn't gutted, this opens up some appealing uses for Avios ! bmi currently has 27.5K + 170pound coach/ 37.5+255pound biz awards to Europe.
For now, other than leaving *A, there's no word on whether bmi's partnerships will continue. From July3 to a certain time some partnerships may survive (including the irony that points could be redeemed on Virgin Atlantic).
bmi Award Chart