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trvl-Airlines-Europe BritishMidlandd: BMI Britsh_Midland_Airlines Star Alliance Budget Flight from Freetown, Sierra Leone West Africa Travel Review

Sat, 6 Dec 2008 03:33:24 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author amsterdam1970 - A decrepit feel, a mixture of decay and hope but the tropical smell of humidity and flowers is in the air!Freetown, Sierra leone in West africa is one of my favourite cities. It's decrepit feel, a mixture of decay and hope. It's great...

trvl-Airlines-Europe BritishMidlandd: nice, simple and easy

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:59:38 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author missthing606 - I flew BMI on (1st-2nd May 2004), from London Heathrow to Manchester and back. The fare was about GBP63 return, which was slightly cheaper than the train trip. The flight was one hour, and the train would have been 3.5 hours. so no contest, there! The...

trvl-Airlines-Europe BritishMidlandd: British Midland The Worlds Worst Airline

Sat, 3 Nov 2007 11:46:37 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author nelson55 - On a recent flight from Gatwick to Las Palmas the departure was delayed 5 hours. There was no representative from BMI at the airport the Aviance handling desk operator decided to leave because of all the complaints My extra legroom seat was reassigned...

trvl-Airlines-Europe BritishMidlandd: Rubbish!!!

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 07:56:33 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author dafty - The flights are as expensive as British Airways but you get less. The only thing thing better about BMI woukd be the frequent flyer club but i've repeatedly tried joining on-line for over a month and it never works, i also note that (in an all to common...

trvl-Airlines-Europe BritishMidlandd: Cut Service Awful in Premium Economy

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 13:35:04 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author cc4pm - Simply put, this airline does not deserve the praise anymore for their long haul Prem Economy. I had nothing, but problems with the call centre; they simply refused to change a ticket date, when it was a fully changeable ticket. Their excuse they, could...

trvl-Airlines-Europe BritishMidlandd: The Friendly Yet Confused Airline

Mon, 1 Aug 2005 09:33:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author munkus - I wasn't going to write a review on British Midland, or to use their currently trendy we're-so-hip-we've-abandoned-c
apital-letters
name bmi, but then I saw no one had reviewed it since 2003, so my sense of duty overwhelmed me. A caveat emptor:...

trvl-Airlines-Europe BritishMidlandd: Great flight to UK via New Economy Class

Tue, 1 Jun 2004 14:30:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author johnny882 - BMI's New Economy Class was comfortable and the flight attendants were very courteous and well dressed. It was my first time flying on such a long flight, and I found it a very rewarding experience. Far superior to British Airways which I recently flew...

trvl-Airlines-Europe BritishMidlandd: Simply fantastic - Best transatlantic flight yet

Sun, 23 Nov 2003 12:31:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ukwizard - Having just returned from Orlando on a flight with Virgin which was dire, I thought I would add an additional comment on Eopinions about a BMI flight I took in August on their Manchester to Washington service. In a netshell, it was probably the best...

trvl-Airlines-Europe BritishMidlandd: B.M. Useful short haul. Pleasant staff.

Wed, 16 Jul 2003 12:52:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author travelgall - I usually end up on British Midland due to a codeshare arangement they have with star alliance. They...

trvl-Airlines-Europe BritishMidlandd: A fantastic way to 'cross the pond'

Fri, 10 Jan 2003 15:39:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author in31122 - On my recent trip to the UK, I booked with BMI from Chicago to Manchester for my sister and myself. I was only vaguely familiar with BMI, and was not aware that they offered a transatlantic product, but since they were a Star Alliance carrier and offered...

trvl-Airlines-Europe BritishMidlandd: Out on BMI and then we used United

Thu, 12 Dec 2002 12:19:13 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author silwood - What a surprise BMI was, first time using them on thier transatlantic flight from Manchester and what a revelation. Having used American, United and BA in the past i have been converted to this new service from BMI and cant recommend them highly enough...

trvl-Airlines-Europe BritishMidlandd: A cheap and easy way to get HIGH

Mon, 22 Apr 2002 20:29:40 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author proxam - My wife and I love to get high....that's because it nearly always means we're going on a plane. Hopefully somewhere nice.

On a recent flight to Portugal (April 02), we flew with British Midland. This was booked as a package with...

trvl-Airlines-Europe BritishMidlandd: Meet and Assist service excellent

Sun, 27 Jan 2002 12:47:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author vaneijck34 - My son has a mild form of Down's Syndrome. He lives in the UK, I live in Holland.

When he was younger, I would go to East Midlands and pick him up. Having done that a few times, we tried having him travel on his own with "meet and assist"...

trvl-Airlines-Europe BritishMidlandd: Great new trans-atlantic service

Mon, 15 Oct 2001 08:31:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author matthewclement - I recently flew on British Midland flight BD701 from Manchester to Washington Dulles, but have only just gotten around to writing up the trip report for this flight. My overall impression of the flight was excellent. I travel regularly from London to...

trvl-Airlines-Europe BritishMidlandd: Good experience on BM

Fri, 23 Mar 2001 18:31:26 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author iref123 - I flew from LHR to Amsterdam at the beginning of this month. The aircraft was a new Airbus 321 - bigger than what I expected to see on such a short flight, but it was PACKED!!!

Take-off was delayed due to conditions in AMS, so it was not...

trvl-Airlines-Europe BritishMidlandd: A Hysterical Flight-Great Airline!

Thu, 1 Mar 2001 12:41:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author laurey236 - As a student abroad last year, I used this airline to get from England to Ireland. It was an adventure worth retelling. In keeping with droll British standars, the stewards on the flight tried their very best to make it teatime in the air.

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trvl-Airlines-Europe BritishMidlandd: A new STAR - British Midland

Fri, 1 Dec 2000 01:01:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Dutch1Boy - As one of the most recent additions to the Star Alliance, the alliance of airlines that includes United, Lufthansa, SAS, Thai, Singapore, Air New Zealand, Ansett Australia, Varig, Austrian and some others, British Midland was my airline of choice when I...

trvl-Airlines-Europe BritishMidlandd: Diamond business? A joke!

Wed, 18 Oct 2000 12:04:12 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author fungifish - I flew British Midland from London Heathrow to Dublin on their (ahem, what?) Business class cabin. What a joke!

Same goes for the Diamond club lounge...

First of all, BM is triying to pull the same stint that Lufthansa is trying to...

trvl-Airlines-Europe BritishMidlandd: Lots of potential

Tue, 17 Oct 2000 08:51:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author hdklondon - If you're flying within the UK or from the UK to Europe, it is worth trying out BM. I have flown with them from London to Amsterdam and Manchester on many occasions (business and economy class) and have been very impressed with their level of service and...

trvl-Airlines-Europe BritishMidlandd: Not far short of perfect

Wed, 11 Oct 2000 13:30:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author doog2k - I have had the pleasure ( or should that be pain ) of flying quite a lot on business in the last couple of years. ( before anyone gets upset its all been in cattle class and short haul).

During that time I have flown with British airways, Air...

trvl-Airlines-Europe BritishMidlandd: Pet Travel Scheme

Tue, 23 May 2000 05:38:16 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author hamilbum - Under the new Pet Travel Scheme one can only enter UK with a pet by Ferry, Eurotunnel and 3 air routes (from Helsinki, Frankfurt and Amsterdam). BM have the licence for Amsterdam which is the most convenient route for most travellers from all over the...

trvl-Airlines-Europe BritishMidlandd: Middle Of the Road...er, Sky

Fri, 14 Jan 2000 01:43:34 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Y2Cake - On our last European vacation, we were stuck in Paris because we were flying standby on Air Canada, and the flights back to North America were all overbooked. We were told that we'd have a better chance out of London, and so we had to find a flight. We...

trvl-Airlines-Europe BritishMidlandd: Brit Midl Overview

Mon, 20 Dec 1999 21:41:51 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author trew111 - In September my wife and I flew from Glasgow to Frankfurt on this airline. Departure from Glasgow was on time and we were treated politely by staff. The flight staged through London Heathrow. The walk from in terminal to out terminal was a long one...

trvl-Airlines-Europe BritishMidlandd: Basic transportation, average performance

Sun, 12 Dec 1999 21:43:07 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author flaherty - I have taken hundreds of flights on this airline over the years. It's basic local UK air transportation. If you compare them to AerLingus on the Dublin route, you'll be disappointed. If you're going to Glasgow, Manchester, Belfast... what else are you...

trvl-Airlines-Europe BritishMidlandd: Be ready for spotty service, especially with kids

Tue, 7 Dec 1999 19:11:51 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author djweitzner - Several flights in and out of London Heathrow on British Midland (BD) have made me interested in this airline, because they actually have a lot of convenient flights, but quite wary of the level of service to expect. BD has lots of handy flights between...