StarGoldLHR From Heard and McDonald Islands, joined Feb 2004, 1529 posts, RR: 1 Posted (7 years 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 1421 times:
Is this a climb down after alienating all their frequent flyers last year ?
I noticed in a bmi mailshot today that tiny fares now qualify for the tiniest of miles 0.25, but at least this puts them back in the game with BA etc..
Other fares qualify for .5 through to 3x depending on ticket class.
So far in 2008 45 flights and Gold already. JFK, IAD, LGA, SIN, HKG, NRT, AKL, PPT, LAX still to book ! Home Airport LCY
Runway23 From US Minor Outlying Islands, joined Jan 2005, 2043 posts, RR: 39 Reply 2, posted (7 years 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 1397 times:
This has been the case since the beginning of the year.
Also important to note that they earn miles not airmiles (the second being something run by BA).
ZKOJH From China, joined Sep 2004, 1516 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (7 years 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 1372 times:
what ever BD do theses days, there going to find it hard to turn around the mess there in! I dou't there Star Gold customer's are going to come running back to them,
Runway23 From US Minor Outlying Islands, joined Jan 2005, 2043 posts, RR: 39 Reply 5, posted (7 years 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 1348 times:
Quoting Boeingguy1 (Reply 4): Speaking of Star, when is the Star Alliance going to throw them out? BD Is one of the worst run airlines in Europe
Well seeing that bmi are part owned by Lufthansa and SAS I very much doubt that will be the case. However who knows, maybe bmi management will decide to leave themselves (and alienate the last few customers they have).
BCAL From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2004, 3384 posts, RR: 18 Reply 9, posted (7 years 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 1195 times:
Quoting IMatAMS (Reply 7): No it might not be a very well-run airline, but BD has a very important role in Star...
Why is Branson so keen to get an airline that loses £10m year? Why is Michael Bishop, BD's chairman, so reluctant to sell his 50 per cent stake? Probably because official recognition of BD's Heathrow landing rights, if it comes, could add £800m to the company's value. VS is paying through its nose for landing rights at LHR, and Star would not like to see its partner, who is LHR's second largest slot holder, walk away.
MOL on SRB's latest attack at BA: "It's like a little Chihuahua barking at a dying Labrador. Nobody cares."
StarGoldLHR From Heard and McDonald Islands, joined Feb 2004, 1529 posts, RR: 1 Reply 10, posted (7 years 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 1162 times:
Quoting Runway23 (Reply 2): airmiles (the second being something run by BA).
Actually Airmiles is a private company
"Regular flyers on British Airways are able to join the BA Executive Club and earn BA Miles. However, this is a completely separate scheme and should not be confused with AirMiles which is a customer loyalty programme."
and
"The AirMiles Travel Company not only offers flights on over 110 airlines (including British Airways, Virgin, Quantas and SAS), we also offer 25,000 hotels around the world as well as travel insurance and car hire. Through The AirMiles Travel Company, you can also book package holidays with the UK's top 100 tour operators."
A bit along the lines of Nectar and what used to be Air Canada's program
SA7700 From South Africa, joined Dec 2003, 2930 posts, RR: 20 Reply 11, posted (7 years 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 1077 times:
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Quoting IMatAMS (Reply 7): and soon SA passengers into LHR?
BD has been feeding SA pax into-and out of LHR for years. They have been "partners" before SA even decided to join Star. BD has also been codesharing with SA on SA's JNB-LHR-JNB and CPT-LHR-CPT flights for quite a while now.
Rgds
SA7700
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Lapper From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2002, 1507 posts, RR: 8 Reply 12, posted (7 years 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 1044 times:
Quoting StarGoldLHR (Reply 10): "The AirMiles Travel Company not only offers flights on over 110 airlines (including British Airways, Virgin, Quantas and
The web creater obviously hasn't asked the spelling of QUANTAS on A.net!!!
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