British Midland Airways - BD

...first flew with BMI (aka British Midland) some 17 years ago just before my daughter became a twinkle in my eye, I did a return flight to the Schipol, enjoying a full breakfast en-route, accompanied by my first ever taste of champagne. Fast forward 16 years, and the need arose to book flights to Madrid to visit my sister in law. Flights to this part of Spain are still relatively few and far between except with BMI, BA and EasyJet (who I hate with ...
...at www.flybmi.com. Unlike the British Airways site, where you select your departure airport and get a free for all on destinations, at BMI you don’t have to guess the code for your destination, as each airports routes are automatically entered into the “to” menu in a drop down menu. Once you have decided your departure airport and destination select your preferred dates, up to 361 days in advance (BA is 350). Then, select the number of adults, children ...

sue.51 20.02.2005 · Read full review
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Who are British Midland (BMI)? According to BMI’s website, www.flybmi.com, BMI are the UK’s second largest full service airline, operating over 2000 flights a week from various airports around the UK. They are based at London Heathrow airport where they have a fleet of 41 jet aircraft. They fly between numerous airports across the UK. Full details can be found at the above named website. BMI are also a member of the Star Alliance. The ...
...and London Heathrow (Easyjet and British Airways), BMI are about the same as Easyjet but when you consider the allocated seating and free drink, its way better value. I have booked a British Airways flight that cost me £68 but generally British Airways are more expensive. Check in Check-in is relatively simple. As with most airlines, you will require some form of photographic identification. At both Aberdeen and London Heathrow, BMI staff were ...

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Back in July, my husband and I decided to take an adult's only holiday to Las Vegas. We thought we should have a bit of couple time to recharge our relationship and have a bit of fun. However, we didn't want to pay an arm and leg for it. We decided to use my husband's Star Alliance points and fly economy class from Manchester to Las Vegas for free (plus tax of course). ~Booking~ We used the online booking system to book our flights. The system ...
...the process and the usage of points. However, there was no problem with the booking of the flights and were even given the option to choose our seats. We had to pay for the taxes which came to £104 each. We thought that was a fantastic deal as those flights were showing up at over £800 each. The points required to fly free in economy was 45,000 per person. There are a variety of options where you can use points and do partial payments as well. We ...

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BMI is the UK's second biggest airline, with some 2,000 scheduled flights a week serving some 10 different countries with 28 destinations. BMI mainly do the short haul flights such as Heathrow - Paris, Manchester - Amsterdam and the like. as part of the star alliance group you could easily plan a trip to the US to feeder airports such as Chicago, Washington or Boston from either Manchester or Heathrow. But on the whole BMI is better know for it's ...
...sets itself up to be an innovative airline claiming many firsts such as vegetarian catering on it's domestic flights, internet booking and reservation of flights and a fore runner in the pets travel scheme. BMI has won many awards over the years such as best business class airline, best domestic airline etc. Prior to my going to the US from Heathrow last May I assumed that I'd just travel down to London on the train the day before. This then meant ...

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...(April 02), we flew with British Midland. This was booked as part of a package with accommodation and BMI was the carrier. Check-in at Edinburgh airport was fine - in fact it wasn't very busy at all as WE (read I) had misread the details and were among the last half dozen or so people to check-in. Consequently our seats were separated by the aisle. ***** ***** "It's your own fault for getting the times wrong and being too mean to pay a few measly ...
..."Yes dear", I said. "Now we won't be able to sit together", she pointed out. "Every cloud has a silver lining." thought I. ***** ***** This left us with 2 hours to kill before our flight; ample time to have a coffee at a well known chain, or have a beer at a well known chain or buy something at a well known chain. If only I had needed a pair of socks, or maybe a tie. There was a slight delay of 30 minutes on the flight of because of 'technical reasons'. ...

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Having previously used British Midland for several flights from Heathrow to Edinburgh and back (special offers made it as cheap to fly as take the train…) and not having any recollection of the flights being out of the ordinary (thereby presumably indicating that the flights were neither eventful, nor was the service so exemplary or so shocking that the flight was memorable…) that this opinion is based solely on my experiences of a recent return ...
...to attribute all blame upon British Midland. I booked my tickets via Expedia, and got a paper ticket, there not being any e-ticketing possibility (unlike BA), and the price of my return flight was 69 quid return (not bad really although not as cheap as say Easyjet would have been had I flown London Luton to Belfast (International). Check-in was the usual affair – although they of course wanted to bill me for excess luggage (in all fairness 57kg ...

Morgenhund 06.08.2002 · Read full review
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...been put off travelling with British Airways maybe it is the influence of opinions or maybe being a travel agent listening to the opinions of fellow members of the industry either way I have always gone for the bmi option every time. www.flybmi.com is a simple, modern website that guides you through the booking process step by step, the website is jam packed with helpful information and should you not be able to find the answer you need simply email ...
...be happy to help. Despite having a few hiccups with bmi (am sure I am jinxed) I always choose them for my regular trips from Manchester to Heathrow, they offer self check-in which is great simply insert the credit card used to make the booking or your frequent flyer card and you can access your reservation and select your seat then if you have luggage simply drop in the fast bag drop located in most regional airports now. Simple!! My first flight ...

KELLYLOUJ 09.08.2005 · Read full review
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I use bmi british midland quite regularly and am a great advocate of this airline as you may know from my previous reviews however I wanted to write about my experience of flying with them in business class. ~~~~~~~ THE AIRLINE ~~~~~~~ Based in Castle Donnington, Derbyshire; Bmi was started long before I was a twinkle in my daddies eye some 65 years ago and it’s first mission was to provide training for RAF pilots…..however they have now moved ...
...chimneys, Bmi is now: The second biggest full service airline in the UK A fully fledged member of Star Alliance Offers over 2000 flights a week to various places in 10 countries Has won over 50 travel Industry awards for its products and services ~~~~~~~ CHECK-IN ~~~~~~~ As a business class passenger you may check in using the dedicated business class check in desks which allows you to ‘queue jump’ ahead of your fellow minions, they also tend ...

phil2001 13.01.2002 (02.05.2003) · Read full review
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...was with some reluctance that British Midland Airways launched their new pet project, BMI Baby last year. Offering reduced fares to Europe from its moe midlands located airports, the BMI craze was supposed to catch on. Well, Im sorry to say, it hasn't yet and its not just down to location. If you want to go and check oout their wibsite first, pop over to: http://www.flybmi.com/bmi/en-gb/index.aspx I have experience with them after flying with ...
...catered for but from obscure British Airports. Paris and Barcelona are covered but only from East Midlands or Leeds/Bradford? Come on! Still it is the Midlands airline and it is these people it caters for. However, I am not a big fan due to the delays and unprofessional staff. The range of food and beverages available on board is expensive and not very testy or wide ranging. Also, the legroom is extremely cramped, even for a budget flight. They ...

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British Midland are my airline of choice. Thats firstly based on the service I get from them and secondly because I belong to their frequent flyer programme. I have been flying with them for ten years, from the time when they were a small óne class´ airline till now when they have just undergone a major relaunch as a transatlantic operator with the name british midland bmi. The levels of service experienced depend on the route and the class of travel. ...
...the irritating lower case name british midland bmi. What does bmi stand for? The airline says it doesn´t stand for anything, but I reckon international is a good bet for the i, and they'll gradually drop the british midland part becoming just bmi. Check-in was instant, I was given my seat choice and told the flight was delayed by 25 minutes. No worries; I had a business class ticket so could enjoy the pleasant lounge for a few minutes longer. ...

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...looked at the competition of British Airways which were much more expensive even the low cost Jet2 were £20 more expensive but I settled with BMI fro a Manchester to Edinburgh return for around £63 which I considered very good. I booked a couple of weeks before I was due to fly and then out of curiosity did a test booking a week or so before and the flights were then roughly £200 which proves if you book in plenty of time you will get the better ...
...I actually think after using British Airways also I would say BMI were better but I suppose the real test would come on taking a longer flight. I was more disappointed by the BMI staff's attitude inside the airports because at the check-in desks they were rude but at the gate they were friendly and on flight. Maybe I just met some unfriendly ones though because the air stewards / hostesses were polite enough and I couldn't fault them there. The cleanliness ...

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********Background******* BMI (British Midland) is becoming a growing Airline, they have many sites now that are always popping up around the country. They are also getting new flight paths all the time. (Which helps the customer and keeps them happy) BMI have flights that go to Washington and Boston but only from Heathrow or Manchester. They mostly fly domestic flights around the UK and around Europe. Which is how I came to use BMI. Booking I ...
...in the details of when, where and destination. The site came up with a whole page of different timings and prices which would suit me. Brillent!! All I had to do was tick a box flight out and tick a box return flight. With the timings I wanted to fly. It then calculated the total amount including Airport tax and VAT. I paid by cardit card and the site is completly confidental. You recieve an E-mail 2 minutes later, saying the whole transaction is ...

HotBlonde 15.08.2004 (17.08.2004) · Read full review
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British Midland offers from time to time several web deals on flights. I have managed to fly from Glasgow to London (return) for GBP 19.00 only. The service was as always good, there were no delays and you are not chucked down to the end of the plane nor did staff ignore you because you were on a cheap deal. In a world where the web brings you such good deals, to miss them is very silly indeed. When you need to fly make sure you check direct with ...

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...I am very dissatisfied with British Midland Airways; moreover, I will try to avoid flying with bmi, and I would highly recommend people to stay away from this airline. Unless you want your baggage to get lost several times during the trip and your flight to get delayed by 12 hours... Good luck flying with British Midland Airways! I am an international student at a college in California from Kyrgyzstan. I fly home to Kyrgyzstan once a year for a ...
...made me feel angry at British Midland Airways. There was a bmi poster hanging on the wall, "Service. Flexibility. Punctuality. That's bmi Time!" Everyone laughed at those three words and took pictures of that poster trying to cheer up, knowing that all of their plans simply got screwed up by such delay. When the line came to me, it was already 2PM (three hours later). I was exhausted, thirsty, and, of course, angry. Surprisingly, the bmi Representatives ...

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...BMI, the new name for British Midland. ***********Booking************* I didn't book this ticket as it was a partner company that arranged the trip, but I believe that you can book through the BMI website www.flybmi.com. They do have a frequent flyer club called the Diamond club but as this was the first time I flew with BMI I have not joined up, so don't know what facilities you can get with it. ***********Checking In************* Checking in ...
...these days you often get 'e' tickets and don't get any paper tickets. 'e' tickets are great as all you do is turn up at the checkin desk present your passport, they then find your booking on the reservation system and give you your boarding pass, which means more time in the lounge and less to forget! I was fortunate enough with this ticket to get lounge access, BMI at Heathrow have their own lounge, which was next door to the gate for my flight, ...

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