Lufthansa selger BMI til IAG

[Someone]

Fikk også mail fra BMI idag hvor det stod at man ikke lenger kan ta ut Diamond Club bonus reiser hos LH-gruppen etter 19 april, og at det jobbes med å kunne opptjene poeng hos BA så snart som mulig. Dog vil Star rettigheter gjelde inntill videre

[Tommy777]

Denne her? Litt av ett opplegg..

Dear Tommy

We'd like to advise you of some forthcoming changes to the bmi Diamond Club programme.

From 19 April 2012, the ability for Diamond Club members to earn Status and Destinations miles and to redeem miles will cease on the Lufthansa Group airlines (Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian Airlines, and Brussels Airlines).

Any redemption tickets issued prior to this date for travel will be honoured.

All Star Alliance status benefits will remain unaffected by this change.

We are working with British Airways to offer Diamond Club customers the ability to earn and redeem miles on British Airways and its oneworld partners following completion of the sale. We will do everything we can to communicate more detail as soon as possible.

Regards


Keeley Downing
Diamond Club Manager

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Tommy777

Denne her? Litt av ett opplegg..

Ja, bare håper det blir BA kort på meg før sølvstatusen min går ut

[Tommy777]

Originally Posted by Someone

Ja, bare håper det blir BA kort på meg før sølvstatusen min går ut

Samme her. Gull her i huset.

[Someone]

Og da har BA overtatt BMI, til en redusert pris siden LH ikke fant kjøpere til BMI Baby og BMI regional. Idag er BMI sini siste dag i Star

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/0...83J08G20120420

BA statusmatch og at man kan bytte BMI poeng til Avios 1:1 forstår jeg mailen rett

Dear Espen

I'm writing to advise you of some important changes to the Diamond Club programme following the sale of bmi to IAG, the owner of British Airways, on 20 April 2012.

As a result, there are some key changes to your Diamond Club membership, which I would like to outline below, which also includes an invitation from British Airways.

Announcement of bmi's exit from Star Alliance
A new partnership with British Airways
Business as usual for Diamond Club
1. bmi's exit from Star Alliance

I'd firstly like to advise that from 20 April bmi will no longer be a member of Star Alliance.

However, you will still be able to enjoy the following Star Alliance benefits associated with your membership tier level until 31 May 2012.

You will continue to earn membership status miles and earn and spend destinations miles on bmi and Star Alliance carriers (excluding Lufthansa Group airlines) until 31 May 2012
For all Star Alliance carriers you will also be able to take advantage of your bmi and Star Alliance status benefits, including lounge access, priority check-in and priority boarding until 31 May 2012
From 1 June 2012 any benefits associated with your tier membership and the ability to earn status miles and earn and spend destinations miles on Star Alliance airlines will end
Star Alliance award bookings made before 31 May 2012 will be honoured
For further information including changes to award bookings, retrospective claims and award flight bookings please visit flybmi.com

2. A new partnership with British Airways

We're pleased to announce that Diamond Club members will benefit from a new partnership with British Airways from 20 April 2012.

All members will be able to earn destinations miles on BA, for flights taken from 20 April 2012, and we will shortly introduce the option to spend your destinations miles on BA award flights
From today, Diamond Club Gold and Silver members will be able to access the British Airways lounges at London Heathrow and London Gatwick, when flying with bmi or British Airways - please present your Diamond Club Gold or Silver card on arrival to gain access
As part of the transition of bmi into British Airways, from 1 May 2012 British Airways is inviting you, as a Diamond Club member, to also join the Executive Club at your equivalent tier status level. Diamond Club Gold customers will be invited to become Gold members of the Executive Club and Silver members to become Silver, which will be in addition to your Diamond Club membership. Further details will follow shortly.

You will also be able to transfer your destinations miles to Executive Club Avios points at a rate of 1:1. British Airways will also be offering Executive Club customers the ability to transfer from Executive Club Avios points into destinations miles at a rate of 1:1. For example 100 destinations miles could be transferred into 100 Avios points and vice versa.

We are creating an online tool that will allow Diamond Club and Executive Club customers to undertake transfers, which will be available from 3 July 2012. We will contact you nearer that date to explain how the tool will work and how to access it.

3. Business as usual for Diamond Club

Although today we are announcing a number of changes to the programme, we would like to assure you that it is business as usual for Diamond Club, including members who have a bmi Credit Card Account with MBNA.

We very much appreciate your loyalty to bmi and hope that you continue to enjoy the benefits of Diamond Club membership.

For more information on the changes please visit flybmi.com

We look forward to welcoming you onboard again soon.

[Mjolnir]

Skulle ikke BMI Regional selges til et "anonymt" *host* Eastern *hark* ABZ-basert selskap?

[Discus]

I e-post skriver BA at de fleste BMI-flighter ila. kort tid kan kjøpes via ba.com, og opptjeningstabell for BA-kort er på plass:
https://www.britishairways.com/trave...s/public/en_no

[Someone]

Etter hva jeg leser vil de første maskinene males om allerede i mitten av mai og 330 maskinene forsvinner til høsten. Og at BA planlegger å annonsere hvilke ruten som forsvinner og hvilke som kommer når de legger frem Q1 tall 11/5

[vstenhjem]

Kanskje vi (endelig) ser en BA-inntreden på LHR-BGO/SVG/TRD.

[Chriscross]

Originally Posted by vstenhjem

Kanskje vi (endelig) ser en BA-inntreden på LHR-BGO/SVG/TRD.

Lov å håpe, men er redd Bgo forsvinner. Tipper at det enten blir dobling eller exit på Bgo. Svg med 2-3 daglige har jeg mest tro på (på bekostning av bgo).

[Someone]

Ser ut som om BA ikke har veldig høye forhåpninger om at heller ikke de vil klare å selge BMI Baby og BMI Regional og truer da å legge ned disse delene av BMI

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17817981

The new owner of BMI doubts it will be able to sell its loss-making BMI Baby and Regional units, putting jobs in those units under threat.

Hva som skjer med Regional vil jo ha en innvirkning på SAS sine code-share avtaler mellom CPH og EDI/GLA

[jefi99]

Originally Posted by Someone

Hva som skjer med Regional vil jo ha en innvirkning på SAS sine code-share avtaler mellom CPH og EDI/GLA

Bør SAS ikke gå i offensiven her og angribe bmi på de ruter hvor bmi flyver mellem UK og Skandinavien? Mest interessant er vel CPH-EDI og CPH-GLA, men vel også LHR-SVG hvis man kan finde Heathrow-slots.
EBJ-ABZ vil nok blive svær at drive for SAS, men det kunne formentlig være en perfekt rute for DAT.

[Helganes]

Originally Posted by jefi99

Bør SAS ikke gå i offensiven her og angribe bmi på de ruter hvor bmi flyver mellem UK og Skandinavien? Mest interessant er vel CPH-EDI og CPH-GLA, men vel også LHR-SVG hvis man kan finde Heathrow-slots.
EBJ-ABZ vil nok blive svær at drive for SAS, men det kunne formentlig være en perfekt rute for DAT.

SAS har allerede 2 daglige på SVG-LHR, det har de hatt i mange år.