Wow...the bmi board graced by the Blonde Bomber...thanks for posting BB, great website, although this prg change might mean some updating for you !

There are two pieces of contradictory evidence here:

25% bonus for silver and gold members

If you are a silver or gold card member, you’ll also earn a destinations miles bonus of 25% of the miles you’ve flown during the month. This bonus will apply to all flights – bmi, Star Alliance, South African Airways, Virgin Atlantic and LOT.

AND

If I am a silver or gold member, will I receive a 25% bonus each month in status miles as well as destinations miles?

If you are a silver or gold card member, you will receive a 25% destinations miles bonus every month. Your membership status miles will be allocated at the rate earned.

Even though the second quote is more debatable than the first, I still think that the bonus for *S or *G membership will be paid on the balance of miles earned in that month. That is, if you are a *S or *G and you take a C class UK rtn for 2,400 you will get an extra 600 miles (ie 2,400 * 25%) rather than an extra 300 miles (ie 1,200 *25%).

Why? Three reasons.

Firstly, judging by the poor IT implementation of this change, bmi are unlikely to have made the change to distinguish between miles earned and miles flown for this purpose.

Secondly, BA appear to be offering the BA Gold enhancement on top of miles already earned, ie after COS bonus is applied and bmi are at pains to show how they are better than BA, this being one good reason.

Thirdly, to calculate a bonus on miles flown would lead to the deep discount tickets getting a disproportionately high bonus and bmi seem eager to avoid this.

Bottom line - proof of the pudding is in the eating so, we can ask bmi and get an answer but will never really know until the first set of points post in June !