"Are you in a hurry?"
Mar 7, 2011, 10:01 am
#1
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"Are you in a hurry?"
Arrived in BHD late last night but had a thirty minute wait for my ride from the terminal. While mooching about the deserted check-in hall, I noticed a large A-frame sign at the head of the BMI check-in area. It read:
Is this BD dealing with overbooked flights? I presume that if I saw this sign out late in the evening, it meant the last flight out of BHD was over sold, and people happy to wait until next morning were being solicited?
Just seemed to me as though the title for the placard was the wrong way round. If I am in a hurry, then I'm probably not going to be interested in being bumped....
Are you in a hurry?
Would you like to earn £100 in cash or £200 in travel vouchers plus a guaranteed seat on the next flight? If so please advise a member of bmi staff when you check in.
Would you like to earn £100 in cash or £200 in travel vouchers plus a guaranteed seat on the next flight? If so please advise a member of bmi staff when you check in.
Just seemed to me as though the title for the placard was the wrong way round. If I am in a hurry, then I'm probably not going to be interested in being bumped....
Mar 7, 2011, 10:50 am
#3
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: BHD/DUB
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With the reduction in service to as little as four flights on weekends mixed with ERJ service, this is going to be a regular offer. I know bums in seats doesn't automatically mean profit but I can't remember the last time I was on a BHD-LHR-BHD flight, any time of day, any day of the week, that wasn't full.
Mar 7, 2011, 3:10 pm
#4
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Arrived in BHD late last night but had a thirty minute wait for my ride from the terminal. While mooching about the deserted check-in hall, I noticed a large A-frame sign at the head of the BMI check-in area. It read:
Is this BD dealing with overbooked flights? I presume that if I saw this sign out late in the evening, it meant the last flight out of BHD was over sold, and people happy to wait until next morning were being solicited?
Just seemed to me as though the title for the placard was the wrong way round. If I am in a hurry, then I'm probably not going to be interested in being bumped....
Is this BD dealing with overbooked flights? I presume that if I saw this sign out late in the evening, it meant the last flight out of BHD was over sold, and people happy to wait until next morning were being solicited?
Just seemed to me as though the title for the placard was the wrong way round. If I am in a hurry, then I'm probably not going to be interested in being bumped....
Mar 7, 2011, 4:02 pm
#5
Join Date: Jan 2005
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Mar 7, 2011, 4:54 pm
#6
Join Date: Dec 2004
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If I didn't have to be in London at 09:00 on a Monday I'd be doing it every week
Mar 8, 2011, 11:40 am
#7
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Mar 8, 2011, 4:48 pm
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Similarly if you ever want a free train ticket from Dublin to Belfast, watch out for the fairly regular substitution of non-Enterprise commuter train stock (via Translink or Íarnród Eireann's websites) and buy a first class ticket. IE will refund 100% of the fare if first class is unavailable on a RoI-originating service.
Mar 9, 2011, 3:14 am
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