British Midland Diamond Club

Advantages: Can get free flights and earn miles from a variety of sources
Disadvantages: Unless you are a serious frequent flyer, it could take you a long time

...a loyalty club membership for British Midland customers, the UK’s second full airline carrier. Therefore the most logical way to sign up, is when booking a flight with them. You can however, also sign up for a BMI Classic or Platinum Mastercard with MBNA, where you will currently receive 20,000 destination miles (sufficient for one short flight) when you make your first purchase, and points for every pound spent on the card thereafter, but more about ...
...Club offers two types of miles, destination and membership, the former can be accumulated quite quickly, the latter are a little rarer. There are three levels of membership, Blue, Silver and Gold; the only way to ‘climb the ladder’ is to be a frequent flyer with BMI or their partners in the Star Alliance, so, with an additional 15,600 miles required for my silver membership, I suspect for the majority of people, the destination miles will be more ... Read review

Advantages: Earn miles to travel in style
Disadvantages: Cant think of any

If you have ever read any of my recent Ciao reviews they are usually about travel. So it would come as no surprise if l were to say that l was a member of a few frequent flyer programmes. At present we are concentrating on our BMI Diamond Club cards. For any flights we have to make to London Heathrow, from Belfast City, BMI are the only carrier making the journey so we are not left with much of an option but to use them. BMI are part of the larger ...
...where a grouping of carriers join forces, code share and promotes their flights to various destinations, over and above other carriers. Within the Star Alliance family at present along with BMI we have: * Air Canada • Air New Zealand • ANA • Asiana Airlines • Austrian • LOT Polish Airlines • Lufthansa • Scandinavian Airlines • Singapore Airlines • Spanair • Thai • United ... Read review

Advantages: Can earn BMI points using BMI partners
Disadvantages: None I can think of yet

I have been a member of the BMI Diamond Club for the past two years now and would be lost without it since I fly with BMI quite regulary. Membership is free and is quite simple to join. They have to different points that they give you: Membership - These are issued for each reward and determine card level Destination - These are your actual free flight or car hire certs. MEMBERSHIP LEVELS blue card membership On check-in, you're allowed 20Kg ...
...availability on bmi flights. If you're travelling with just hand luggage you can also use the telephone check-in facility on flights leaving from the UK and ROI even when you're travelling on an economy ticket. In addition you can also recieve discounts and upgrades with their hotel and car parking partners. silver card membership As well as the above, silver card membership gives you unlimited access to diamond club and business lounges as well ... Read review

Advantages: Bigger Seats, Friendly staff, Good booking system
Disadvantages: no sandwiches or free net use

I've been a member of the diamond club now for almost a year due to my work in London for the past 10 months, basically you get 30 points per flight (Man - LHR) and the free flights start at around 400 points. During the quiet periods BMI have double your points offers on flights so your points add up quickly. The member lounges are very tidy and have a great selection of drinks, the London Heathrow has an additional lounge for silver & gold members ...
...get as busy. The Manchester lounge is quite small and also has a small separate area for Silver/Gold members but does get very busy in the morning . . .. you have a choice of fresh tea/coffee plus many juices and the usual cakes/croissants. The staff at both airports are always very polite/helpful and up for some pleasant chat. Another reviewer pointed out that the lack of food is a disappointment, which i agree with, in the evening you get a ... Read review

Advantages: better than ba
Disadvantages: not as generous as before

...the frequent flyers club of British Midland BMI. This airline flies to most major UK and European cities from London and in codeshare with its Star Alliance partners covers most of the world. In fact 662 destinations worldwide and growing as you can earn miles on Lufthansa, Austrian, LOT Poland, US Airways, United, Air Canada. BMI now also flying from Manchester to the US. There are three levels of Membership, Blue, Silver and Gold. These are dependant ...
...am flying to London with British Midland from Belfast £49 return(300 points each way total 600). I am staying at Hilton Hotel in London for 2 nights at £59 per night(2000 points). For this you earn 1000 points per night. I am hiring an Avis car for 2 days £80 earning 900 points. I am leaving my car at a BCP Car park for the weekend again 30 points for every £3 spent £40 spent 400 points. So if you add all that together that is 3000 points so ... Read review