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BMI Upgrades at the airport

PostPosted: 02 Nov 2010, 19:29
by Martin
I'm flying with BMI to Cairo on Thursday and I wondered if anyone has experience of upgrading to business class at Heathrow.

Do they offer VS style £199/£249 upgrades on the day if there are seats left?

Thanks
Martin

Re: BMI Upgrades at the airport

PostPosted: 02 Nov 2010, 22:07
by miopyk
Can't help with the upgrade question I'm afraid but I have been out to Cairo twice in the last 3 weeks and all the flights out and back have been packed.

Miopyk 8D

Re: BMI Upgrades at the airport

PostPosted: 03 Nov 2010, 00:05
by Martin
Thanks Miopyk

I have had a look on the BMI website and there are Business class seats still available to book, so maybe I'll be lucky.

Re: BMI Upgrades at the airport

PostPosted: 03 Nov 2010, 07:48
by Danny358
We used to fly Man -Las with BMI a few years ago before they moved the fleet to the Cairo route. you could upgrade from premium to business on the day subject to availabilty and food load for around £500 one way

Danny

Re: BMI Upgrades at the airport

PostPosted: 18 Nov 2010, 01:41
by Martin
Did the Egypt trip and can report back on this topic.

I was on an Egypt Air ticket (heading on to Luxor) which made it impossible to do OLCI, so when I got to the airport with my wife I was not amused to find we had been allocated separate seats. They did not even have an exit row by the time we got to the desk even though a helpful pre-check-in assistant said she had held two for us. Fortunately they had availability in business class and their standard "at the airport upgrade" price was £150 per person, so I took a couple of those and made Mrs H very happy.

Regarding BMI lounge access, I checked with the concierge and she was quite clear that using my FC Gold card I could not take in a second person. (But as we had Business tickets by that time it was of course fine).

The BMI Great British Lounge is OK as far as it goes, but pales compared to the Virgin Clubhouse.

Re: BMI Upgrades at the airport

PostPosted: 23 Nov 2010, 14:55
by Alex V
Thanks for the update Martin glad you got the upgrade you sought, btw is the upgrade to business class similar to ba cu or similar to the cw seat on offer from bmi?

cheers

alex

Re: BMI Upgrades at the airport

PostPosted: 26 Nov 2010, 16:20
by Martin
Alex V wrote: btw is the upgrade to business class similar to ba cu or similar to the cw seat on offer from bmi?

cheers

alex


Hi Alex

I don't fly BA, so I can't compare with them. The Cairo flights were both Airbus A321 and the seats were like these http://flybmi-agent.com/page2_files/BusinessCabin.jpg.
Loads of legroom and a good extendable leg rest. Better than the VS PE footrest. They had a non-VoD IFE system under the armrest with a v. small screen (outbound was on an older a/c). On the way back the IFE was in the armrest with a bigger screen - a much newer a/c.

Cheers

Martin

Re: BMI Upgrades at the airport

PostPosted: 26 Nov 2010, 17:12
by Alex V
Thanks for that Martin.

cheers

alex