bmi Diamond Club to close 16 May?

Some stray pages (now gone) on the bmi website suggests the generous bmi Diamond Club frequent flyer program may be closing in a month’s time with a forced transfer to Lufthansa Miles & More.  Last year Lufthansa bought bmi and ever since the frequent flyer program, a favourite for many people on Flyer Talk for it’s generosity, has been on borrowed time.

Since miles will almost certainly be transferred across 1:1 (as they were for Swiss a few years ago), it is a good idea to book some awards now before the miles devalue substantially (and before the Diamond Club call centre gets overwhelmed with requests).

When Lufthansa bought Swiss they gave several months notice of the closure of that program, transferred miles 1:1 at the end date and lined up the status levels.  Given bmi Gold (Star Alliance Gold) is much easier to attain than Lufthansa Senator status (Star Alliance Gold) it will be interesting to see if they do a straight match or only those earning bonus miles above 55k will get Senator. I think the former is more likely but the latter can’t be ruled out (not least because Senator status lasts for over 2 years).

Edited to add – the stray pages are still there.