The (bmi) Diamond Club - BAEC Avios Transfer Tool : Report successes / issues
Jul 13, 2012, 5:42 pm
#151
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apologies in advance as I haven't had the time to read through this whole thread... I'm trying to transfer my BMI miles to BAEC. I have an existing BAEC account from when I lived in the UK until 2005. The address is a UK one.
When I go to do the transfer, I get the error message saying the accounts don't match. I'm guessing this might be because the two addresses are different? (One UK one AU.)
So I try to change my BAEC address to my current one, but it gives me a 'your region is not eligible for membership'.
Thoughts?
When I go to do the transfer, I get the error message saying the accounts don't match. I'm guessing this might be because the two addresses are different? (One UK one AU.)
So I try to change my BAEC address to my current one, but it gives me a 'your region is not eligible for membership'.
Thoughts?
Jul 13, 2012, 5:58 pm
#152
Join Date: Jan 2006
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You can't have a BAEC account in Australia. You can change your BMI address instead. Also make sure the e-mails, names and date of birth are the same in both accounts.
Jul 14, 2012, 2:58 am
#153
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
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The transfer tool worked fine for me. Just transferred 420,000 BMI miles. Boy, am I glad BA took them on one for one. I call that a result!
Jul 14, 2012, 10:45 am
#154
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Does anybody know if it is possible to transfer from Diamond Club to Iberia Plus without passing through BAEC?
Just wondering as a friend of mine has a Qatar Airways flight coming up and only has an Iberia account. So I duly recommended that she open a DC account to get something for the QR flight, and then transfer across, but avoiding the intermediate step of BAEC would save some hassle...
Just wondering as a friend of mine has a Qatar Airways flight coming up and only has an Iberia account. So I duly recommended that she open a DC account to get something for the QR flight, and then transfer across, but avoiding the intermediate step of BAEC would save some hassle...
Jul 14, 2012, 11:29 am
#155
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Jul 15, 2012, 10:21 am
#156
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The "combine my avios" tool does not show up under my manage my account page. I checked that email, names and address both reflect equally across both sites. Any suggestions on what I am missing? Cheers
Jul 15, 2012, 10:30 am
#157
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Have you tried entering APIS/passport info on the BA site? That seemed to do the trick for some.
Jul 16, 2012, 8:41 am
#158
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Jul 16, 2012, 3:13 pm
#160
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Jul 16, 2012, 6:24 pm
#161
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Not necessarily - it depends if you're trying to hit a target spend on the BA Amex for a companion voucher or not. Otherwise the 1.5 Avios/pound earning rate on the MasterCard is pretty good given the lack of annual fee & generally more widespread acceptance of MasterCard vs Amex!
Jul 17, 2012, 2:17 am
#162
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None of us know for now - as long as DC exists and the BD->BA transfer tool is working I'm quite happy with that situation though! I think they'll need to at least give a couple of months notice though for us to have time to stop spending and credit existing miles across.