Time to spill the beans on DC/bmi errors in your favour?
Jan 22, 2013, 5:41 am
#46
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 262
The same happened to me on one of the triple / quadruple status miles promotions a couple of years ago. Can't remember exactly how many extra miles I got but it definitely helped me reach DC Gold. These promotions were excellent anyway, and doubling up again made this one fantastic. Almost posted about it at the time but then figured it might be better not to bother.
Jan 22, 2013, 9:32 pm
#47
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: KT7
Programs: BA & BD Gold Once Upon a Time
Posts: 530
It was perfectly possible to rack up huge quantities of miles relatively quickly even just by flying. Remember also bmi's love of giving out triple miles to people flying FlexY. If you were doing a FlexY return to Dublin once a week that would be 7,450(ish) miles a week. These offers were on about 50% of the time so that's 220,000 miles a year.
The there's the people who settled 6 figure tax bills on their bmi Mastercard, the hugely generous Hilton transfer rate (you can add another 50,000 a year there without much difficulty), say another 3,000 e-store miles and a paid trans-atlantic trip in business (around 20,000 miles return if you've cleared 55k). That's more than enough miles to take you 'and a friend' in First to some far flung reach of the world at the end of the year.
The there's the people who settled 6 figure tax bills on their bmi Mastercard, the hugely generous Hilton transfer rate (you can add another 50,000 a year there without much difficulty), say another 3,000 e-store miles and a paid trans-atlantic trip in business (around 20,000 miles return if you've cleared 55k). That's more than enough miles to take you 'and a friend' in First to some far flung reach of the world at the end of the year.
If I'd have done the travelling on BA I'd have been lucky if I made a family holiday to AMS in Y.
Colleagues would fly BA and wonder why I was getting on that little plane on the next stand. The chance to fly CDG-BKK in TG suites that's why! I miss the little Embraers and earning/redemption potential, but that said, not much else.
Jan 24, 2013, 1:28 pm
#48
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Bucks and London
Programs: BDLG, BAEC Silver, Skyteam pleb, HH Gold, Hyatt Gold, Club Carlson Gold
Posts: 337
My 40th Birthday present from bmi
Dear All
One that really touched me was as follows:
Got Mrs. 20-Horse named on my account so she could use my miles for the flights for my Surprise 40th Birthday holiday.
She worked with the ICC to get Virgin Upper Class returns for 2 to Delhi, but they said they would not deduct the miles until after she had told me about the trip - so that I would not twig where I was to be taken. They were true to their word.
My Birthday came and she presented me with the wonderful tiger watching trip she had planned and then I lost the plot 2 days later when it dawned on me that she had spent, I think, 200,000 miles on the flights!
She phoned the ICC and told them they could take the miles from Mr. 20-Horse's account as she had told me all about it - what an honest girl she is!
3 days later, Donington Hall called me and said, Happy 40th Birthday Mr. 20-Horse, we won't be taking the miles, have those flights as our Birthday present to you.
Brought a lump to my throat and a tear to my eye. Completely spontaneous gesture and it welded me to bmi for good.
Truly amazing.
All the best.
20-Horse
One that really touched me was as follows:
Got Mrs. 20-Horse named on my account so she could use my miles for the flights for my Surprise 40th Birthday holiday.
She worked with the ICC to get Virgin Upper Class returns for 2 to Delhi, but they said they would not deduct the miles until after she had told me about the trip - so that I would not twig where I was to be taken. They were true to their word.
My Birthday came and she presented me with the wonderful tiger watching trip she had planned and then I lost the plot 2 days later when it dawned on me that she had spent, I think, 200,000 miles on the flights!
She phoned the ICC and told them they could take the miles from Mr. 20-Horse's account as she had told me all about it - what an honest girl she is!
3 days later, Donington Hall called me and said, Happy 40th Birthday Mr. 20-Horse, we won't be taking the miles, have those flights as our Birthday present to you.
Brought a lump to my throat and a tear to my eye. Completely spontaneous gesture and it welded me to bmi for good.
Truly amazing.
All the best.
20-Horse
Jan 26, 2013, 2:45 am
#52
Moderator: UK and Ireland & Europe
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Biggleswade
Programs: SK*G, Lots of Blue Elsewhere
Posts: 13,611
I will admit to having a number of errors in my favour, from mile credits to unorthodox routings, but, like others, don't want to go into specifics, not least to protect those who also did a great job of helping me out when things didn't quite go to plan.
How many people ever actually went to UUS or VVO?
(I did manage to get to Uzbekistan on a European redemption, but that was with Flying Dutchman...)
How many people ever actually went to UUS or VVO?
(I did manage to get to Uzbekistan on a European redemption, but that was with Flying Dutchman...)
Jan 26, 2013, 4:40 am
#53
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: London, UK
Posts: 5,658
I don't mind posting this as it isn't really an error. I was lucky enough to get £600 worth of BMI MCOs for taking VDB on LHR DUB, waiting two hours for the next flight. The aircraft went tech and they had to swap it for another 319 with five less seats.
One of the T&C's on the vouchers was they could only be used for BMI flights. Fair enough.
However, PTS were happy enough for me to use them in part payment for a C&M redemption doing MAN-LHR (BD), then LHR-ZRH-ORD (LX F), then ORD-YVR (UA F).
So there was a BD flight, and it was on 236 ticket stock, and everything worked out rather nicely.
One of the T&C's on the vouchers was they could only be used for BMI flights. Fair enough.
However, PTS were happy enough for me to use them in part payment for a C&M redemption doing MAN-LHR (BD), then LHR-ZRH-ORD (LX F), then ORD-YVR (UA F).
So there was a BD flight, and it was on 236 ticket stock, and everything worked out rather nicely.
Jan 26, 2013, 12:01 pm
#54
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: BNE
Posts: 2,622
Needed to fly from BKK-CMB but wanted to try out the SQ F lounge at SIN T3 so managed to get the ICC to book an award ticket for me BKK-SIN-CMB on SQ F.
SQ dropped F from the SIN-CMB route and it looked like I was going to have to miss out on that lounge and fly SIN-CMB in C instead.
I knew I was trying my luck and was more than ready to be laughed at and told to get lost but I rang the ICC and they were happy to route me SIN-BKK-CMB on SQ F and TG C. Thus making my 'one way' routing BKK-SIN-BKK-CMB!
SQ dropped F from the SIN-CMB route and it looked like I was going to have to miss out on that lounge and fly SIN-CMB in C instead.
I knew I was trying my luck and was more than ready to be laughed at and told to get lost but I rang the ICC and they were happy to route me SIN-BKK-CMB on SQ F and TG C. Thus making my 'one way' routing BKK-SIN-BKK-CMB!
Jan 27, 2013, 3:22 am
#55
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: HKG
Programs: Marriott Ambassador (Titanium Lifetime), BA Gold, Ex-Hertz 5* PC, Ex-HH Diamond, Ex-BD*G
Posts: 3,064
I did a return to KHV for 3 days, was quite interesting and different, gave me a chance to try some of the Siberian express, and in April the river was just starting to unfreeze. Was also the only time I ever flew LH F, somehow paying all miles and the 10k surcharge wasn't so painful when the cost was only 25k miles per passenger 
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I will miss the great value (not mistakes) that got me trips to AMM,TBS and EVN on reward flights when gold, which still feel like bargains.
.I will miss the great value (not mistakes) that got me trips to AMM,TBS and EVN on reward flights when gold, which still feel like bargains.
Jan 27, 2013, 4:47 am
#56
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Newcastle, UK
Programs: BA Silver, IHG Gold, Hilton Gold, Hertz 5*, Avis Preferred Plus, Amex Plat
Posts: 2,080
Jan 28, 2013, 6:37 pm
#57
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: YYZ
Posts: 6,138
I forget the zone numbers but I did a GIG-MIA-YYZ (6 month stopover at home) then YYZ-BGI in J which was calculated as an intra-South America/Caribbean trip.
I also flew from YYZ-CPH-SFJ (Greenland) and back when DC had Greenland placed in the same zone as North America, again as an intra-zone award.
I racked up about 100K miles 1700 miles at a time with Hertz, about 100K with Hilton, and quite a bit from flying (I was BD Gold for years).
I was also a member of a number of "families".
It was fun while it lasted, and I never did set foot on a BMI aircraft.
I also flew from YYZ-CPH-SFJ (Greenland) and back when DC had Greenland placed in the same zone as North America, again as an intra-zone award.
I racked up about 100K miles 1700 miles at a time with Hertz, about 100K with Hilton, and quite a bit from flying (I was BD Gold for years).
I was also a member of a number of "families".
It was fun while it lasted, and I never did set foot on a BMI aircraft.
Jan 28, 2013, 8:30 pm
#59
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: NE & SE Asia, N America
Programs: TG ROP Gold, Lifetime OZ Diamond Plus, BA Gold
Posts: 3,105
Same here, never flew BMI, nor used any of the vouchers I received. Accumulated somewhere in the neighborhood of 5 million miles over the years, 99% of which were via flying and associated bonuses. The remainder via non flying bonuses and a few car rentals and hotel stays.