airline reward schemes

[paulh]

we have some bmi points from a privious trip,have looked at there CC
as we have 20,000 points each,and we will aply for a card each thus getting an extra 24,000 each
So for next year we will have at least a combined total of 88,000
My question is when booking can you combine each outhers points to get flights?plus do you have to pay the taxes
Paulh

 

[Jakey Rowling]

we have some bmi points from a privious trip,have looked at there CC
as we have 20,000 points each,and we will aply for a card each thus getting an extra 24,000 each
So for next year we will have at least a combined total of 88,000
My question is when booking can you combine each outhers points to get flights?plus do you have to pay the taxes
Paulh

I thought the credit card offer was 20,000 miles for £250 spend.

Anyway as you'll have 44,000 miles, you are so close to the 45,000 required for a flight to Orlando (zone 3) that I'm sure you can get the extra and get a flight for each of you.

You will have to pay taxes, fees and surcharges about £185 per person just now.
You cannot combine miles in order to qualify for a "free" flight.

The other option would be to use 25K miles + £140 towards a flight.
I think taxes etc are on top of this but not 100% sure.

For info if you had 50,000 miles each, you could use the miles for a virgin flight if direct is more appealing.

 

[paulh]

I thought the credit card offer was 20,000 miles for £250 spend.

Anyway as you'll have 44,000 miles, you are so close to the 45,000 required for a flight to Orlando (zone 3) that I'm sure you can get the extra and get a flight for each of you.

You will have to pay taxes, fees and surcharges about £185 per person just now.
You cannot combine miles in order to qualify for a "free" flight.

The other option would be to use 25K miles + £140 towards a flight.
I think taxes etc are on top of this but not 100% sure.

For info if you had 50,000 miles each, you could use the miles for a virgin flight if direct is more appealing.

they have 2 cards on offer the one with the higher intrest rate,gives you 24,000 plust 4 for every £ you spend
Have always paid cards of in full each month
Always used cards to our benifit, not been overdrawn for over 20 years,and dont intend everdoing it
Paulh

 

[paulh]

would have to book 2 filghts each as 4 of us(kids eh) thanks jk
Paulh

 

[fuse04]

Can the BMI points be used on a Virgin flight or have I misunderstood?

Rob

I thought the credit card offer was 20,000 miles for £250 spend.

Anyway as you'll have 44,000 miles, you are so close to the 45,000 required for a flight to Orlando (zone 3) that I'm sure you can get the extra and get a flight for each of you.

You will have to pay taxes, fees and surcharges about £185 per person just now.
You cannot combine miles in order to qualify for a "free" flight.

The other option would be to use 25K miles + £140 towards a flight.
I think taxes etc are on top of this but not 100% sure.

For info if you had 50,000 miles each, you could use the miles for a virgin flight if direct is more appealing.

 

[Goofyish]

Can the BMI points be used on a Virgin flight or have I misunderstood?

Rob

BMI is one of the 'airline partners' with Virgin Flying Club so you can use BMI miles with Virgin Atlantic.

 

[fuse04]

Can you use a combinations of virgin points and BMI points to book a flight...say 20,000 BMI and 30,000 virgin for a free flight to Orlando?

Rob

 

[Jakey Rowling]

Can you use a combinations of virgin points and BMI points to book a flight...say 20,000 BMI and 30,000 virgin for a free flight to Orlando?

Rob

Not a return trip no, but if you had enough miles you could book the each leg separately with BMI and virgin using half the miles for a round trip.
As you are only paying taxes, surcharges etc, it costs the same.

Currently you would need 22,500 BMI miles and 20,000 Virgin miles for this.

Ways to earn BMI miles can be found here
http://www.flybmi.com/bmi/en-gb/reward-schemes/diamond-club/how-to-earn-miles.aspx