BMI Diamond Club Moan

dinglebert

I need to get to Heathrow for a flight check in by 11.30am. This left me only a few options as I'm travelling from Scotland. I decided to investigate the fly down from Edinburgh route. For five of us flying with BMI the price would be £430. Far too rich for my blood. Then I remembers my BMI Diamond Club membership with the 43000 miles on it. Using all the miles it would cost me £390. The actual price of the flight is £8 each the rest is taxes, charges, anything else they can add on. Investigating futher I find in reality no matter what flight I could book or what other perk I could order such as hotels or M&S voucers 43000 is work £40. So while they might advertise that for this amount of miles I could get a flight to the USA the truth is I can't get even close.

pinkshoes

You could hire a car for about £50, then the petrol would cost you about £45 to drive the 400 miles.

Bargain!

(although allow perhaps 8 hours for the journey...)

I now just ignore all "cheap" flights now, unless they specifically say that the price includes EVERYTHING!

dinglebert

pinkshoes wrote: »

You could hire a car for about £50, then the petrol would cost you about £45 to drive the 400 miles.

Bargain!

(although allow perhaps 8 hours for the journey...)

I now just ignore all "cheap" flights now, unless they specifically say that the price includes EVERYTHING!

Sorry if this sounds rude it isn't meant to. I have looked at all my options and basically I'm down to two. First go down a day early and book a hotel for the night. Travelodge will give us 2 rooms for £59 or drive all night. Normally I would drive all night but as this was the very cheap expedia deal we have a connection in Minneapolis and so don't really get into Orlando until 5am next day our time.

pinkshoes

dinglebert wrote: »

Sorry if this sounds rude it isn't meant to. I have looked at all my options and basically I'm down to two. First go down a day early and book a hotel for the night. Travelodge will give us 2 rooms for £59 or drive all night. Normally I would drive all night but as this was the very cheap expedia deal we have a connection in Minneapolis and so don't really get into Orlando until 5am next day our time.

Actually I was thinking more along the lines of leaving at 3am in a hire car, then whoever is not driving can sleep, so no need for hotel!Then, you could sleep on flights!

When it comes to holidays, sleeping costs!

The Travelodge rooms sound a reasonable price.

It's often the case booking a cheap holiday, then it costs you a lot of money getting to the departure point!