British Midland Diamond Club miles to be transferable to British Airways Avios on July 3

any fuel surcharges, for say virgin? only british passenger duty right?

@ fosij -- Unfortunately they impose fuel surcharges as well.

wait, so you can go avios to bmi dm?

and all of those government imposed taxes as well.

But it is very interesting how you can alternatively use some Avios. QR business class is excellent as well. I flew JFK-DOH-BKK return with them a few years ago on the 777. 2-2-2 seating. Excellent service. Good food.

wait, and there's no redemption from na to doha on qr? and so the surcharges plus taxes would be around ba avios level, around 800 usd roundtrip right?

@ fosij -- Yes, you can transfer both ways. The fuel surcharges on Qatar Airways are pretty mild, though you can't redeem North America to Middle East.

so if I understand correctly, you'll only be able to use AVOIS converted BMI miles to fly OW carriers plus these non-alliance partners?

@ Tao -- Right, though you'll need to transfer to the appropriate program based on their current partners.

Lucky: Is it possible to still transfer miles between household accounts?

Why does everyone think Virgin Upper Class is so great? I would rather fly AA business class.

@ chris -- Well you can't "transfer" miles, but you can create a household account still.

@ Gene -- You're kidding? They have awesome lounges and a really cool vibe onboard, in my opinion.

@Lucky -- I guess I need to give them another try, because I did not have a good experience on my first round-trip. My experience was tainted by flying to and from MIA (yuck!) and by the fact that they almost made me sit in a business class seat with the tray table duct-taped closed with an "out-of-order" sign on it! After waiting 30 minutes for them to assign me a different seat, they were about to close the door when I finally had to get up and tell the purser, "you better not close that door because I am not going on this flight without a working tray table". Magically, they then quickly found a non-rev to take my seat (business class was 100% full)!

I also found the LHR lounge to be gimmicky and in need of a renovation, and found the attitude of the wait staff to be indifferent to rude.

Maybe I'm just spoiled by LH F?!

Qatar:I think you have to redeem 2 awards if you want to fly Europe X DOH X MLE, for example. Bummer... I have a feeling that they will cancel these partnerships pretty soon.
Fly BA redeem on Virgin???

The best option is transfer diamond club miles to executive club,as i checked many destinations cost less miles with avios,soon or later ba will digest bmi like they fid decades ago with british caledonian,virgin will cease this unatural alliance,bmi will be missed its really good airline.

@Lucky So if I understand you correctly, I could set up a new account, but no longer transfer miles between 2 HH accounts already established?

@ Chris -- Hmmm, they haven't published all the terms yet, though I suspect you should be able to transfer the points between the two programs even if both are part of household accounts. Is that what you're asking?

Oops, I don't have a BA account. What should I do? is it too late to creat one? After I create, do I need to tell BM?

@ Andy -- You can create a BA account, and then on July 3 you can start transferring points between accounts.

Any chance we can see the current BMI zone chart be used for OneWorld partners?

@ AK -- Unfortunately not for the time being.

@Lucky I was just curious if my wife's BMI miles could transfer over to my DC acct prior to converting to Avios.

@ chris -- Unfortunately when you create a family account you're not actually transferring miles to another account, but rather only authorizing for them to be used by another member. So unfortunately not, in this case.

Create a family membership account on BMI Diamond Club. Transfer all family members' miles to your account. Transfer the lot from your account over to BA Avios. Simple!