DC closing : Summary of questions to be answered
Oct 15, 2012, 8:25 am
#93
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: London
Programs: BA, VS, HH, IHG, MB, MR
Posts: 26,871
Except, of course, after 1 January only UK residents will get their miles back - everyone else will have had their accounts closed and so will lose the refunded miles.
Oct 15, 2012, 8:36 am
#94
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Little dot in Asia
Programs: AA-EP, TK-*G, HL-DM, HY-GLO, MR-LTP
Posts: 25,932
Question - I have a couple of *A award tickets issued thru DC for travel from Dec - Apr 2013. If I am to cancel them, who do I call after the end of Oct? And beyond? Would the miles then be redeposited back to my DC account for transfer to Avios? What if I still have miles in DC after Jan 01, 2013?
My address is in the UK.
Thanks.
My address is in the UK.
Thanks.
Oct 15, 2012, 12:10 pm
#95
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: N.Wales, UK
Posts: 933
Who do i call to cancel a reservation? I'm told (today) that BMI refunds dept is already closed. Is there a BA number to call?
Oct 19, 2012, 12:58 pm
#96
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: eastern Europe & NC
Posts: 4,527
BA's best deals on redemptions is their Reward Flight Savers, but those require ''collecting'' at least one Avios within 12 months.
My question is whether the transfer of DC miles counts as ''collecting'' Avios? If not, what is the simplest way to ''collect'' an Avios? I note that BA's sole car rental partner is Avis, a rental company I rarely use, and their hotel partners seem more limited than most airlines.
My question is whether the transfer of DC miles counts as ''collecting'' Avios? If not, what is the simplest way to ''collect'' an Avios? I note that BA's sole car rental partner is Avis, a rental company I rarely use, and their hotel partners seem more limited than most airlines.
Oct 23, 2012, 5:33 am
#98
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Montreux CH
Programs: FB Platinum, M&M FTL, BA Blue
Posts: 11,621
I finally managed to get accepted from the MBNA credit card, and hope to get the 20,000 miles for it. However, I have a first name and a middle name, and I use the middle name as my main forename normally, so my DC account is in that name. But my 2 other UK credit cards use my first name with middle initial, just the way they were set up all these years ago.
I reckon I managed to get the card because I made my names on the application identical to the other UK cards. The basic question is, if there is a problem getting the miles, is it still possible to follow up with a letter to the usual Diamond Club address? Or is claiming missing miles going to be an impossibility after 27th October?
I reckon I managed to get the card because I made my names on the application identical to the other UK cards. The basic question is, if there is a problem getting the miles, is it still possible to follow up with a letter to the usual Diamond Club address? Or is claiming missing miles going to be an impossibility after 27th October?
Oct 26, 2012, 2:58 am
#99
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Mostly UK
Programs: Mucci Extraordinaire, Hilton Diamond, BA Gold (ex BD)
Posts: 11,209
The link to the MBNA credit card is broken now, once diamondclub.org launches will it be possible for new people to sign up for the MBNA credit card or will diamond club effectively be closed to new members?
Oct 27, 2012, 1:10 am
#100
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Germany
Programs: LH FTL, BA Bronze
Posts: 830
Miles refunded as DC Miles or as Avios?
I'm clear about all implications of the DC closure for myself except this one:
If I cancel an award ticket in March 2013, will I receive a refund in DC Miles or in Avios? I'm afraid that if I will be refunded in DC Miles and the miles transfer tool to the Executive Club will have stopped I will be left with a mountain of DC Miles that would be absolutely useless to me as I could only ever use them with bmi Regional.
If I cancel an award ticket in March 2013, will I receive a refund in DC Miles or in Avios? I'm afraid that if I will be refunded in DC Miles and the miles transfer tool to the Executive Club will have stopped I will be left with a mountain of DC Miles that would be absolutely useless to me as I could only ever use them with bmi Regional.
Oct 27, 2012, 2:21 am
#101
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: ABZ
Programs: BA Bronze, A3*G, TK*S
Posts: 764
You can't spend Diamond Club miles on bmi regional flights any more (or won't be able to as of the next couple of days; I can't remember the date it changed). So presumably the transfer tool will remain active on diamondclub.org for a while.
Oct 27, 2012, 4:52 am
#102
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: CNF
Programs: Priority Club, TAM Fidelidade, BAEC, Marriott Rewards
Posts: 2,184
If you expect to cancel in March, you'd better change your address to somewhere in the UK. Otherwise, your DC account will close on 31 December and you'll receive only cash refund, not miles.
If you change your address, you'll get the DC miles, which you will be able to transfer to Avios.
If you change your address, you'll get the DC miles, which you will be able to transfer to Avios.
Oct 27, 2012, 9:42 am
#103
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: London
Programs: BA, VS, HH, IHG, MB, MR
Posts: 26,871
If you expect to cancel in March, you'd better change your address to somewhere in the UK. Otherwise, your DC account will close on 31 December and you'll receive only cash refund, not miles.
If you change your address, you'll get the DC miles, which you will be able to transfer to Avios.
If you change your address, you'll get the DC miles, which you will be able to transfer to Avios.
It says you lose everything, cash and miles, even if UK based.
Urgent clarification required from Nicci.
Oct 27, 2012, 11:13 am
#104
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: UK oop north
Programs: BMI Diamond Club RIP,BAEC Silver
Posts: 1,692
If untrue then it is shocking incompetence,
Either way, don't get rattled by our new "friends"? I have my last DC redemption flight in May so this matters a great deal to me.
ICC mourned once again and I never thought I'd say that!
Last edited by YorkieFlyer; Oct 28, 2012 at 8:31 am Reason: spelling
