This Flyertalk thread notes a bonus to celebrate bmi becoming a new partner with Wyndham Rewards: 5000 bmi miles per stay through February 28.
The bonus can be earned a maximum of 4 times, doesn’t require registration, just choose bmi miles as your earning preference and provide your Diamond Club number.
I guess I’ll be scouring the area for a cheap Knights Inn or HoJo’s that I can check in and out of four times this month for 20,000 miles…
Update: From the comments, beaubo notes that bmi now allows household accounts, so “that 20K up to 6 people, amplifying to 120K BD which is a US-Asia Business Class roundtrip with no co-pay!!!”
What dollar value do you put on 5K bmi miles?
@Carol — I value 5,000 bmi miles at $100.
Whoa. Then I should likely book that $45 stay in Fresno.
Thank you! I was thinking about Priceline-ing SFO, but for under $40 all in + 5k BD, I’ll stay at my regular Travelodge. :-/
5K maybe = $100, but 20K = one way Business Class ticket US-Europe for $210 plus tax…which is FAR more than $400.
@beaubo- that “plus taxes” is not to be taken lightly!
They could add a few hundred on to the cost of a ticket.
Don’t forget that BMI adds YQ surcharge too.
BD now allows household accts, so that 20K up to 6 people, amplifying to 120K BD which is a US-Asia Business Class roundtrip with no co-pay!!!
@beaubo — Maybe no copay, but probably $400 – $500 in taxes and fuel surcharges.
@beaubo – You should probably clarify which Asia you’re referring to.
Zone 3 (USA) – Zone 8 (China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) is 80k roundtrip when paying miles only in Econ class, x a factor of 1.5 for Business Class, so 120k for Business like you said.
Zone 3 – Zone 7 (Bangladesh, Borneo, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, The Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand,Vietnam) would cost 100k in Econ r/t, 150k in Business. So big difference between N Asia and SE Asia.
The best value redemption I see when paying miles only is US – the South Pacific on Air NZ flat bed business class –> 120k roundtrip w/ no co-pay. 🙂
Also, where are you getting 20k + $210 for a 1-way from US-Europe?
BMI award chart shows:
50000
(25000 + £170)
So by my math a 1-way in C/J equals =
12,500 x 1.5 +£85 x 1.5 = 18,750 + £127.50
US_Europe, I just rounded up for for clarity!
One correction on the family accounts. You can actually have 8 accounts as part of a household account, not 6. So there’s up to 160,000 bonus miles available.
my bad….6 are qualifying family members, 1 can be a non-family member like a nanny, one can be a non-family member like employee
Hmmm… I’m paying $28 per night at my local triprewards err wyndham rewards property. Who can beat that?
Do any Wyndham properties have self check-in kiosks? There is no way my wife will want to hotel hop these two-star joints, but her credit card will happily join me…
How are you going to get five to seven family members to hotel-hop with you?