stifle

Looks like the loophole's been closed!

G2244

Excellent, that was what I was hoping. I may actually be able to pull that off. Especially since I have 12 full months (not calendar year based).
EDIT: Upon further investigation I don't think this is true. When I log into my account the Status miles (as Silver) are showing as 0. So it appears to hit Gold, I would need to get to 16K first, *then* also get an additional 38K to hit Gold. I hope I am incorrect on this, but it certainly appears that is the case.

I think so. I must have been one of the last ones in. I later tried to sign up Mrs. G2244 but it wouldn't work.

stifle

I wonder will BD go through the accounts opened with the promo and nix them...

saint_em

It's been more than 24 hours since I opened my account and while I can log in using my membership number I can't add it to a booking I made yesterday afternoon (after signing up).

I'll be cross if they do get rid of my account - I only booked flights with them because I got the Silver membership!

sigma421

This is fairly normal. When I signed up it was about 3 days before I could add it to a booking. I wouldn't panic yet.

saint_em

Ah, thanks for that. I should have figured having read this board that things would take longer than they said!

anngi

Can someone confirm if it's closed or not. Seems IDC6SM now does blue.

mith

If they are smart, they should just change the conditions to the one from last year (silver on signup for 3 months - if flown more than 4000 miles within this time you get to keep silver for the year...)

kwildnj

I was able to log in to my account within minutes of signing up. If your accout number doesnt work, try using your e-mail address.



And as for the accounts being recinded, i have called BMI's Diamond Club Customer Service twice since signing up (once to see if my welcome kit could be expedited, and today to request additional luggage tags) and they reviewed everything, saw I was silver, and left it at that.


I am doing a "print screen" of my status page, as I have a UA flight Thursday, and want to be able to check my bag for free. I will try and report back how that goes.

HIDDY

Depends on who it was targeted at in the first place I suppose.

If you had to be a Mongolian goat herder living in Ulan Bator to qualify then I expect it'll be quite easy for them to suss out who doesn't qualify.

kingofbeans

Please do. Someone I signed up has a flight next week they want to enjoy silver benefits on! Also, what happened with your expedited welcome kit request? Are they doing it?

Cheers.

vindaloo

Normally when you hit silver for the first time (which I did last week the expensive way) your membership year resets to the date when you passed 16,000 miles and simultaneously your "balance" of status miles is reduced by 16,000, so my account currently shows as silver but with just a handful of status miles (because my last flight took me slightly over 16,000). This is effectively the position you're in, i.e. your silver year has just started and you have no status miles.

Because I'm now silver, next time I hit 16,000 status miles (assuming I do so within 12 months) it will not reset to zero but will continue increasing until I pass 12 months of silver membership (at which point my status miles will revert to zero and I'll begin another year of silver) or I hit 38,000 miles (at which point it will subtract 38,000 from my balance and I'll start a new year as gold). I don't see why your situation would be treated any differently from mine, so if you're aiming for gold I think you've saved yourself having to rack up the first 16,000.

saint_em

I can log in fine, using my both my account number and email address, I'm just having a problem adding my account number to a booking I've since made.

If it still won't work by Thursday I'll give them a call as we're flying on Saturday.

G2244

Interesting. So maybe my plan for Gold could pan out after all. Thanks for the details on this. Now back to planning a few good mileage runs...

fulhamish

Damn. That's me, and I missed it.