Join BMI Diamond Club and get 9,000 miles immediately! - Merged threads

[DJ737]

bmi Diamond Club - 9000 miles for joining

Hi there

Currently bmi will give you 9000 miles for joining their Diamond Club program.
That's enough for a round trip award ticket within zone 1 from UK.

Don't know if you have to have a UK address for this deal, but as i have a couple i can use, I didn't bother to check.

Cheers
DJ737

 

[Mal]

Re: bmi Diamond Club - 9000 miles for joining

Thanks for the link, although do I really need another FF membership that has a very low number of points in it?

According to the T&C, I can't see a UK address requirement. Doesn't mean they won't add one though.

"free flight terms and conditions

* This promotion is only valid for new members joining diamond club. Only one enrolment per individual will be accepted for membership of the diamond club programme.
* Any duplicate diamond club accounts will be closed and promotional miles deleted.
* The 9,000 destinations miles will be added to your diamond club account within 3 working days after you have joined diamond club.
* 9,000 destinations miles is sufficient for 1 return direct flight with bmi or our Star Alliance partners in the UK, or between the UK and Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Republic of Ireland, Switzerland. All flights are strictly subject to availability.
* Standard diamond club terms and conditions apply.
* All taxes and charges are payable."

 

[serfty]

Saw this on FT:

• OT: Join BMI Diamond Club and get 9,000 miles immediately! - FlyerTalk Forums

Yup, its as simple as that - as long as you're not already a member.

Go to www.flybmi.com and follow the link. 9,000 miles will be deposited in your account within 3 days.

9k is enough for a Y ticket to Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Lux, Netherlands, Ireland or Switzerland, or a J ticket (with a £105 co-pay) to the above plus Malta, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey etc. The only condition is that you can do it on a direct flight from the UK with a *A airline, as connecting flights cost more.

Any Opinions on how this may relate to Oz based FFer's?

 

[serfty]

Sorry, just saw this: http://www.frequentflyer.com.au/com...diamond-club-9000-miles-12044.html#post156370

However, I believe this is the better forum for this information.

 

[Mal]

Re: Join BMI Diamond Club and get 9,000 miles immediately!

I feel bad tonight....

http://www.frequentflyer.com.au/community/open-discussion/bmi-diamond-club-9000-miles-12044.html


For Australians, from everything I've seen and checked out it looks like it is a goer! The challenge for me is working out if I want yet another FF membership that I'll rarely (if ever) use. I could get a comp of Status with them though which I'm thinking about.

 

[serfty]

There is the possibility of achievable Status Matching; however that may be a "once only" so it requires some forethought on how one would use such status.

I recall a thread 2 or so years ago where NWA status matched; and they did! Not sure if any got a benefit from it though.

 

[Mal]

Re: bmi Diamond Club - 9000 miles for joining

I tried to sign up late last night, but got the error "Website Unavailable" after submitting all of my details. This error has been commonly reported over at Flyertalk. I don't believe it went through as I didn't get any emails etc after signing up and my login I created didn't work.

Tried again this morning with the same error

 

[oz_mark]

Re: bmi Diamond Club - 9000 miles for joining

I had the same problem when I tried to sign up. (Not sure what I was going to do with 9000 miles though!)

 

[sr81]

Re: bmi Diamond Club - 9000 miles for joining

Just signed up and asked them to status match.

Will let you know when/if the points and status match turns up.

 

[Mal]

Re: bmi Diamond Club - 9000 miles for joining

Tried to signup tonight for the third time. When I plugged in my details, it said I already had an account. So logged into it.

0 points and no activity. Supposedly that should change to 9000 within the next 3 days, or at least that's what the FT experts are saying. Others apparently saw the 9000 points pretty much straight away, so perhaps it has all gone wrong.

Edit: Logged out of my account on BMI, then re-clicked on the link from their homepage for the offer. Logged into my account on the offer screen, then confirmed all of my details again from what I had put in earlier and submitted. It then logged me into my BMI account with the following entry:

19/01/2008 BD Free Flight Offer - 9000 Miles Credit 0 0
19/01/2008 BD Free Flight Offer - 9000 Miles Credit 0 0

So according to the BMI experts, this will convert to 9000 points overnight/in the next few days.

 

[oz_mark]

Re: bmi Diamond Club - 9000 miles for joining

Tried to signup tonight for the third time. When I plugged in my details, it said I already had an account. So logged into it.

0 points and no activity. Supposedly that should change to 9000 within the next 3 days, or at least that's what the FT experts are saying. Others apparently saw the 9000 points pretty much straight away, so perhaps it has all gone wrong.

Edit: Logged out of my account on BMI, then re-clicked on the link from their homepage for the offer. Logged into my account on the offer screen, then confirmed all of my details again from what I had put in earlier and submitted. It then logged me into my BMI account with the following entry:

19/01/2008 BD Free Flight Offer - 9000 Miles Credit 0 0
19/01/2008 BD Free Flight Offer - 9000 Miles Credit 0 0

So according to the BMI experts, this will convert to 9000 points overnight/in the next few days.

I got through the six or so pages only to be told the server was being maintained, and on subsequent attempts, told I had an account. No amount of coaxing, or following Mal's 9,000 point recipe above worked. Maybe it has gone wrong !!

 

[openseat]

Re: bmi Diamond Club - 9000 miles for joining

It only took me two goes to get the miles.

Diamond Club looks pretty generous if you have to fly on Star Alliance.

 

[Mwenenzi]

Re: bmi Diamond Club - 9000 miles for joining

Worked for me on the third try. Each attempt was about 12 hrs apart. Unfortunately many Air NZ discount flights (LGSKP buckets) do not earn miles. Earning on NZ, as a * airline, would be the most use for me.

 

[oz_mark]

Re: bmi Diamond Club - 9000 miles for joining

It only took me two goes to get the miles.

Diamond Club looks pretty generous if you have to fly on Star Alliance.

Hmm, maybe it just doesn't like me. Were you two goes on separate accounts, or on the same one?

 

[Febs]

I know it depends entirely on flight and redemption plans, but is this a reasonable StarAlliance FF program? For someone who might infrequently (say, once per year or less) travel J on SQ?

Cheers,
- Febs.

 

[JohnK]

Tried to signup tonight for the third time. When I plugged in my details, it said I already had an account. So logged into it.

How many times did you provide credit card details? Interesting to see whether the membership fee get charged more than once.

I know it depends entirely on flight and redemption plans, but is this a reasonable StarAlliance FF program? For someone who might infrequently (say, once per year or less) travel J on SQ?

I think it is a very reasonable *Alliance FF program. For the infrequent flyer it is much better than SQ or TG and on par, possibly better, than OZ or UA.

 

[oz_mark]

How many times did you provide credit card details? Interesting to see whether the membership fee get charged more than once.

Credit card? Joining fee? Those things didn't even come up during the application

I think it is a very reasonable *Alliance FF program. For the infrequent flyer it is much better than SQ or TG and on par, possibly better, than OZ or UA.

Certainly as an infrequent *A user, SQ or TG were of little benefit to me, expiring before I got anywhere. At the moment I am UA, but if BMI is any good I can go there

 

[JohnK]

Credit card? Joining fee? Those things didn't even come up during the application

Even better. Someone recently mentioned that there was a $50 joining fee for Diamond Club but I cannot find any reference on the BMI website.

 

[Mal]

Even better. Someone recently mentioned that there was a $50 joining fee for Diamond Club but I cannot find any reference on the BMI website.

I can't find reference to it either. There is the ability in the T&C's to implement a fee (like most other T&C's for loyalty schemes), but I still can't find any evidence that there is a joining fee. Definately no CC request during signing up.

 

[openseat]

Re: bmi Diamond Club - 9000 miles for joining

Hmm, maybe it just doesn't like me. Were you two goes on separate accounts, or on the same one?

By two goes, I meant that the first one ended in an error message just before the final page saying that there was site maintenance going on. The second time it went right through to the end and my DC number appeared at the end.

Joining fees? Certainly none of that malarky that seems to be the pervue of QF and NZ loyaltly programmes.