The end of Diamond Club! [MBNA CC earning ceased 30 Sept, Avios transfer 30 Nov 2016]
Nov 27, 2016, 2:53 am
#331
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: North of Carlisle
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 1,538
There's a mention of the Diamond club on HFP this morning
http://www.headforpoints.com/2016/11...oses-tomorrow/
http://www.headforpoints.com/2016/11...oses-tomorrow/
Nov 27, 2016, 9:17 am
#332
Join Date: May 2012
Location: London & Penzance (UK)
Programs: BA Bronze, KrisFlyer Silver
Posts: 347
So, as a bit of a humble pie moment I have to say my fears about BA's call centre were unfounded. Less than 90 seconds to get through, transferred to web support inside a minute or two and then a very helpful technician who worked through force-reset passwords to fix my account. Took a while but all pretty efficient. Diamond Club miles safely converted and overall impression of BA enhanced (in the normal-English sense of the word).
Nov 27, 2016, 9:38 am
#333
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Quite close to NQY
Programs: BAEC Silver,clubcard,clubcard plus, BA Amex................ And Mucci x3 ;)
Posts: 9,488
So, as a bit of a humble pie moment I have to say my fears about BA's call centre were unfounded. Less than 90 seconds to get through, transferred to web support inside a minute or two and then a very helpful technician who worked through force-reset passwords to fix my account. Took a while but all pretty efficient. Diamond Club miles safely converted and overall impression of BA enhanced (in the normal-English sense of the word).
Good effort.
Thanks for posting the update. Glad it worked out
cs
Nov 28, 2016, 6:27 pm
#334
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Oxford, United Kingdom
Programs: BA GGL, NH SFC, IHG Diamond, Radisson VIP, HH Diamond, SPG Gold
Posts: 835
Is there any way to transfer bmi Avios to BAEC without calling the customer service? I have no time for the next couple of days as will be engaged in meetings.
I tried several internet browsers, none of those worked. I always got "Combine my Avios is not available at the moment. Please try again later"
I also sent a message to BAEC but no response at all.
I tried several internet browsers, none of those worked. I always got "Combine my Avios is not available at the moment. Please try again later"
I also sent a message to BAEC but no response at all.
Nov 29, 2016, 4:09 pm
#335
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: London
Programs: Mucci. Nothing else matters.
Posts: 38,644
I tried to transfer **6,842 miles, but I was told that I had insufficient to complete the transfer. So I then tried to transfer **6,841 miles, which went through immediately with no hassle.
I wanted a screenshot for posterity of my last lonely mile that refused to go to BAEC, but what did I see? "Account balance: 0".
Aah, bmi - we love you yet.
Nov 29, 2016, 4:33 pm
#336
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
Yes, another with a hold-out single bmi mile that doesn't want to leave its cosy Diamond Club home! I'm suspicious it's more a 0.5 mile that is getting rounded up by some systems and down by others!
Nov 29, 2016, 4:39 pm
#337
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: London
Programs: Mucci. Nothing else matters.
Posts: 38,644
But it is ironic, given the precision with which Diamond Club tells us when a particular transaction posted. For example:-
04-Jul-2016 MBNA Consumer Credit Card on 04-Jul-2016 08:50:19.647
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Nov 30, 2016, 4:02 pm
#341
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: SW London
Programs: BAEC Silver; Hilton Diamond;a miscellany of other hotel non-statuses
Posts: 3,607
I wonder if I'll ever forget my DC membership number 
. I still recall my old 13 digit Barclaycard number from ~20 years ago, and other totally useless sequences of digits. Maybe I'll sit there babbling them away in a few decades... 4-8-15-16-23-42...
. I still recall my old 13 digit Barclaycard number from ~20 years ago, and other totally useless sequences of digits. Maybe I'll sit there babbling them away in a few decades... 4-8-15-16-23-42...
Dec 1, 2016, 1:43 am
#342
Moderator: British Airways Executive Club, Marriott Bonvoy
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Englandshire
Programs: SPG LT Plat, BA G, BD*LG, MG Blue+ ...
Posts: 16,033
RIP
In accordance with the notice given to members of the Diamond Club on 31 August 2016, closure of the Diamond Club took effect on 30 November 2016.
Any Destinations Miles that were not transferred to Avios in the British Airways Executive Club have now expired
Any Destinations Miles that were not transferred to Avios in the British Airways Executive Club have now expired
Dec 1, 2016, 1:50 am
#343
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: London, U.K.
Programs: bmi British Midland International Diamond Club
Posts: 3,370
I had 512 miles remaining in my account having transferred the bulk of my balance last month. Yesterday I couldn't log on to ba.com and I only remembered to try again just after midnight. No luck! D'oh!
Dec 1, 2016, 5:26 am
#344
Join Date: May 2006
Location: 5 miles from EMA
Programs: BD, BAEC Pleb, VS Pleb, Accor Pleb, HHonors Gold, Big White Season Pass
Posts: 5,904
So long DC
You were the start of an addiction
I travelled to far flung places
In premium cabins
For few miles
And now your demise is complete
We will never see your like again
You were the start of an addiction
I travelled to far flung places
In premium cabins
For few miles
And now your demise is complete
We will never see your like again
Dec 1, 2016, 5:53 am
#345
Community Director
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Norwich, UK
Programs: A3*G, BA Gold, BD Gold (in memoriam), IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 8,478
In honour of the final demise of BD & Diamond Club, would anyone be interested in a final, final, never to be repeated, once-in-a-lifetime offer of a DO, in time-honoured BD tradition at the Glasshouse Stores?
If we can pull enough people together to make it worthwhile (and I'm assuming there may be others who've moved to A3 M+B we could lure in), I'm sure there may be a couple of mods here who occasionally hung around the BD board who would try and make it happen ...
If we can pull enough people together to make it worthwhile (and I'm assuming there may be others who've moved to A3 M+B we could lure in), I'm sure there may be a couple of mods here who occasionally hung around the BD board who would try and make it happen ...