Any last minute benefits or actions to take advantage of?
Oct 13, 2012, 8:01 am
#16
Join Date: Oct 2011
Programs: BMI Diamon Club
Posts: 318
If you get a BMI credit card, and DC is winding up at the end October, will you still get the intro bonus miles?
Still considering If I should pay for the fancier card, to get me enough Status Miles to bump me in to Silver
Still considering If I should pay for the fancier card, to get me enough Status Miles to bump me in to Silver
Oct 13, 2012, 9:19 am
#17
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: UK
Programs: BA S, VS S, SQ G, HH D, IHG D/A, Marriott G, Radisson G, Hertz PC
Posts: 3,945
However, Diamond Club customers will still be able to earn destinations miles by using the bmi Credit Card and can transfer these into Executive Club Avios at an attractive rate, using our transfer tool. Find out more about transferring your miles here.
Oct 14, 2012, 3:11 am
#18
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 262
The bumph on the web site says it may take up to 35 days for the miles to post, which is obviously too long. Also, I applied earlier this year and I remember having to chase the miles because they didn't arrive within 35 days of account approval as advertised (although they turned out to be only a day or two late, and I don't think my chasing was what prompted their arrival).
Having said that, I think you'd have a decent case for arguing that if they're still advertising the status miles as a benefit of signing up (which they are) then you should still get them and therefore the silver status. If it's now too late to get the status miles then they should remove this from the list of benefits of getting the card.
If you have over 12,000 status miles then I think it's worth risking it, as long as having BAEC silver is something you would consider valuable. If it doesn't work out then I think you have a strong case for, at the very least, getting a refund of the annual fee on the basis that the main advertised incentive for getting the paid card rather than the free one didn't actually exist.
Having said that, I think you'd have a decent case for arguing that if they're still advertising the status miles as a benefit of signing up (which they are) then you should still get them and therefore the silver status. If it's now too late to get the status miles then they should remove this from the list of benefits of getting the card.
If you have over 12,000 status miles then I think it's worth risking it, as long as having BAEC silver is something you would consider valuable. If it doesn't work out then I think you have a strong case for, at the very least, getting a refund of the annual fee on the basis that the main advertised incentive for getting the paid card rather than the free one didn't actually exist.