New Features, Bugs & Surprises on the red & black flybmi.com
Sep 19, 2007, 4:47 pm
#31
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: London, UK and Southern France
Posts: 18,367
I can't seem to find the calendar competition for gold members nor the DC magazine anywhere on the new site.
Sep 19, 2007, 6:49 pm
#32
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Join Date: May 1998
Location: Massachusetts, USA; AA Plat, DL GM and Flying Colonel; Bonvoy Platinum
Posts: 24,233
A few things:
1. Slow, as noted several times already.
2. When I try to change UK/English to US, it bounces back to UK. Won't say in US. (In the old site, if I changed to US, access to my DC account went away. Instead, they had text about getting *A partner credit for bmi flights. Had to go back to UK to get at it. Maybe not switching at all is an improvement.)
3. There is a long list of countries for one's home address, including the US, but a much shorter list (which does not include the US) for business address.
4. When updating my profile, why can't I just go to the screen(s) with the information I want to update? Why must I slog through all of them?
5. After going through all those screens and confirming, I got "The bmi website is currently unavailable due to maintenance." Did it go down in the second or two between my clicking the button and its sending a reply? Possible, but so unlikely that I suspect a bug in the site. (When you hear hoofbeats near Hyde Park, you don't immediately think "oh, zebras.")
1. Slow, as noted several times already.
2. When I try to change UK/English to US, it bounces back to UK. Won't say in US. (In the old site, if I changed to US, access to my DC account went away. Instead, they had text about getting *A partner credit for bmi flights. Had to go back to UK to get at it. Maybe not switching at all is an improvement.)
3. There is a long list of countries for one's home address, including the US, but a much shorter list (which does not include the US) for business address.
4. When updating my profile, why can't I just go to the screen(s) with the information I want to update? Why must I slog through all of them?
5. After going through all those screens and confirming, I got "The bmi website is currently unavailable due to maintenance." Did it go down in the second or two between my clicking the button and its sending a reply? Possible, but so unlikely that I suspect a bug in the site. (When you hear hoofbeats near Hyde Park, you don't immediately think "oh, zebras.")
Sep 20, 2007, 1:33 am
#34
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: BHD/DUB
Programs: BA Gold, TK*G, EI Elite
Posts: 7,622
Something I would like to have seen on the new website, was the ability to book a multi-city itinerary on one PNR like you can on EI, even EZ can do that now. e.g. DUB-AMS,BRU-DUB or in this case on BD, BHD-LHR,LHR-DUB.
At least it saves you a CC charge.
At least it saves you a CC charge.
Sep 20, 2007, 2:32 am
#35
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Manchester, England
Programs: Bonvoy LT Plat, HH Diamond, IHG Plat, BMI Gold (RIP)
Posts: 8,024
Just noticed the following statement on the homepage:
"We are currently in the process of launching our new website so you may experience a delay with viewing some of the pages during this process. Thank you for your patience and understanding and we hope to have normal service resumed as quickly as possible."
At least they are admitting that there are problems and that this isn't to be the expected optimum performance of the site!
"We are currently in the process of launching our new website so you may experience a delay with viewing some of the pages during this process. Thank you for your patience and understanding and we hope to have normal service resumed as quickly as possible."
At least they are admitting that there are problems and that this isn't to be the expected optimum performance of the site!
Sep 20, 2007, 3:05 am
#36
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: UK
Programs: Mucci, BA LTG + GGL, SPG LTP, HHonors Diamond, IHG Spire Ambassador
Posts: 12,695
TITLE tag is fixed at least 
^ It's still rather slow though to log in to my account...
^ It's still rather slow though to log in to my account...
Sep 20, 2007, 3:19 am
#37
Moderator: British Airways Executive Club, Marriott Bonvoy
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Englandshire
Programs: SPG LT Plat, BA G, BD*LG, MG Blue+ ...
Posts: 16,035
Sep 20, 2007, 4:10 am
#38
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: England, though not on purpose.
Posts: 3,563
But seriously, I can't seem to find a way to change seating now on an existing booking. I can change everything else but not seating as far as I can tell
Sep 20, 2007, 4:22 am
#39
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: London. Edinburgh, Cornwall
Programs: BA GGL, British Midland Lifetime* Loser
Posts: 7,950
Sep 20, 2007, 5:10 am
#40
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
Programs: Mucci, BMI*G, M&M SEN, FB Gold, PC Plat, Father of GhettoIFE
Posts: 3,972
It seems as though the "Manage My Booking" component is now accepting PNR's and spitting out bookings now! ^
HOWEVER.. you still can't view them from your MyBMI profile
One fix at a time it seems! (and its still sluggish....)
HOWEVER.. you still can't view them from your MyBMI profile
One fix at a time it seems! (and its still sluggish....)
Sep 20, 2007, 5:17 am
#41
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: London
Posts: 3,500
Surely they have overlooked the best idea for this month's star prize...
Sep 20, 2007, 5:24 am
#42
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: London. Edinburgh, Cornwall
Programs: BA GGL, British Midland Lifetime* Loser
Posts: 7,950
Even worse, I think it was one of our reader offers 
Sep 20, 2007, 5:41 am
#43
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: BHD/DUB
Programs: BA Gold, TK*G, EI Elite
Posts: 7,622
I take it no FT'er had the distinction of winning the Fondue Set a few months back
Sep 20, 2007, 5:52 am
#44
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Kent, UK
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 266
One change I made was to select "other" for title. I was looking for Dr but there was only a choice of Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss, or Other.
The email came addressed as follows (I'm not kidding):
Dear Other Groggy,
Thank you for updating your details etc...
Now can I state clearly I am not one of the "Others", I am not connected with the Dharma Initiative, I never flew Oceanic Airlines and I have never even been on the "island"!
Sep 20, 2007, 7:02 am
#45
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Sitting down
Posts: 557
Mileage award chart pop-up window not wide enough to display whole page and won't allow re-sizing. So you have to scroll left and right to read it (or open a duplicate window).