Originally Posted by ShamRoc
Just checking some weekend fares BRU-LHR mid Sep 17:20 ex BRU (Fri) is €88 and 06:45 ex LHR (Mon) is also €88 which with taxes and BMI add-ons is €247.73 return (or 169 pounds!)
Hardly TINY! I thought TINY meant lo-cost. It is just a plot to reduce the number of Gold and Silver DC members and an excuse to close or combine lounges. We had these and lower fares in "normal" times.
A general question, do BMI read the exchanges on this site?
Some of the Brussels flights at weekends currently have crazy prices attached to them (for the last flight back on Sunday 9 October BMI want £88 plus taxes, compared to SNBrussels (operated by BA) charging 18 Euro plus taxes). This may be due to a smaller plane being used by BMI (Embraer 145), in which case it is silly planning on BD's part, but other than that I can see no rational explanation.
BMI are managing to be significantly more expensive than Eurostar, who themselves seem to have been ratcheting up fares of late.