VintageKrug - 28/04/2011 13:19 GMT
OpenSkies is the unique all business class airline that whisks just 84 pampered customers at a time from Paris Orly direct to Washington DC and New York (EWR).
Those who experience the extra space and service say it’s like joining a private club and can’t wait to try it again. Well, fly to Washington DC right now and you won’t have to.
Because you’ll receive a generous 75,000 bonus BA Miles for every return flight1 you take before 30 June 2011 – enough for a reward flight straight back to Washington DC2 if you wish. You can use the offer up to three times to collect a huge 225,000 bonus BA Miles.
There’s more: For our Executive Club Blue members, flying Biz Bed is also a shortcut to one year’s upgrade to a Silver Card, offering priority check in and boarding, additional baggage allowance, more BA Miles for every flight and access to our wordwide lounges.
Register now
So if you’re planning to visit the American North West, congratulations on your timing. Please don’t forget to register and you’ll soon be enjoying a reward flight that you hadn’t planned for.
Warm regards,
Katinka van Ekeren
Loyalty Marketing Lead Europe
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www.flyopenskies.com
Eligible cabins are Biz Bed (booking classes J,C,D,R,I) and Biz Seat (booking classes L,O,V,E,Q,S,H,W,M). Bonus BA Miles will be credited to the member’s account within 6 weeks after the campaign ends on 30 June 2011.
2 Reward flights are subject to applicable taxes, fees and surcharges. Example given is for a reward ticket in Biz Seat to Washington/New York on OpenSkies or on British Airways in World Traveller Plus to North America, Central America, the Caribbean, Central Africa, South Africa or South Asia.
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1.This promotion is open to Members of the British Airways Executive Club (“Executive Club”), locally enrolled and resident in one of the Eligible Countries listed below and persons resident in the mentioned countries who will join and register themselves as members of the Executive Club (“Members”), during the Promotional Period. British Airways (“BA”) reserves the right to verify the eligibility of Members. By taking part in this promotion, participating Members confirm that they accept the terms and conditions set out below.
2. Eligible Countries for this promotion are: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faeroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Gibraltar, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Vatican City State.
3. To participate in this promotion, Members must (i) register for the promotion between 26 April and 30 June 2011 inclusive (“Registration Period”) either online at ba.com, keeping a printed copy of the registration confirmation or offline by calling their local Executive Club Service Centre, and after registering, (ii) book Qualifying Flights as specified in paragraph 4 between 26 April and 30 June 2011 inclusive and (iii) fly between 26 April and 30 June 2011 inclusive (“Promotional Period”). Qualifying Flights will only count towards the promotion if the flights have been booked on or after 26 April 2011 and are taken 24 hours after registering to the promotion.
4. A Qualifying Flight is a single sector flight with a BA or EC prefix on an OpenSkies operated service from Paris Orly to Washington or from Washington to Paris Orly with flight numbers EC11, EC12, BA7011, BA7012 in Biz Bed (booking classes J, C, D, R, I) or Biz Seat (booking classes LOVEQSHWM).
7. Bonus BA Miles will be awarded as detailed below (up to three wins): 75,000 Bonus BA Miles for every 2 sectors in Biz Bed and Biz Seat, max. 225,000 Bonus BA Miles.
8. Executive Club Blue members and members newly enrolled into the Executive Club programme during the Promotional Period will receive an upgrade to Silver status for one year on completion of the two required Qualifying Flights in Biz Bed. The Silver card will be issued and sent to the member’s preferred mailing address within 6 weeks of the completion of the Qualifying Flights.
www.flyopenskies.com
VintageKrug - 28/04/2011 13:21 GMT
Who can spot the error in the blurb...?
Delsurrey - 28/04/2011 13:30 GMT
The offer is not available to EC members in the UK?
VintageKrug - 28/04/2011 13:34 GMT
The reference to North West USA, when of course DC is in the North East....
The mistake is that this woman's title includes the word 'Europe' and the UK is not included in the offer.
The last time I looked, the UK was both a member of the European Union and also generally agreed to be located in the continent of Europe.
Daytripper - 28/04/2011 15:45 GMT
Just to clarify regarding Open Skies...
Do their flights qualify for BA Executive Club miles and tier points?
Gold-2K - 28/04/2011 15:49 GMT
From the Openskies website:-
"Become a member of the OpenSkies Club and enjoy numerous advantages. Get information on your upcoming and past trips, save time making your reservations and get exclusive offers for OpenSkies and partner airlines. You can also join the BA Executive Club and earn BA Miles on all your flights. At OpenSkies, your loyalty is always rewarded"
stevescoots - 28/04/2011 16:10 GMT
so , almost all countries in Europe, except UK.....
Yep.
Just another example of Rip-Off Britain.
then play the system and use a European address!
Not everyone can easily do that, Martyn.
Anyway, I don't see why one should be reduced to effectively cheating. The system is discriminatory against UK residents. Stuff Open Skies and stuff BA (our "national carrier") as far as I'm concerned.
Simon
I m sorry. I m don't find the link on the german site for registration....
UKFly79 - 28/04/2011 21:08 GMT
Same old story; another great offer for non-uk BAEC members!
I always thought that the idea of Europe and the EEC was to avoid these very issues of discriminatory trading standards between member countries. I believe that BA get away by this discrimination, purely by the fact that it is an "offer" not an openly available sale item.
The wording of the offer does not define what BA consider as a "resident" neither does it state that you have to remain a resident.
I am fortunate that I am able to claim a European and USA resident address thereby enjoying increased airmiles (as indeed many others do). BA and Virgin are also fortunate that they are able to increase the cost of flights by up to 3 times, depending which month they are sold.
"Stuff BA" - not a chance Simon, I enjoy NCW too much.
UKFly - yes, typical.
Martyn - lucky you. BA don't use BHX anymore, ergo I rarely use BA, preferring LH or LX. Therefore, if I have to make the schlep to LHR, I'll use someone a little more egalitarian in their offers, such as AY or QF ;-)
Regards to both,
Simon
PAMPASBULL - 30/04/2011 02:05 GMT
[QUOTE]UKFly79 - 28/04/2011 21:08 GMT
Same old story; another great offer for non-uk BAEC members![/QUOTE]
It does seem as if BA do tend to bend over backwards to keep non UK European members not to mention N American members sweet with deal after deal while at the same time ignoring those members from the rest of the world.
VintageKrug - 30/04/2011 05:08 GMT
We are completely free to move our accounts to whichever country of residence suits best, so the geographical barriers to taking up this and similar offers are simply non-existent.
This offer is targeted (so not every BAEC member in the countries listed is eligible), and BA is perfectly within its rights to market to its customers in whichever way it sees fit.
Those considering a move should be aware that there is a 6 month restriction on changing one's address back, and obviously if you choose a European address you will need to be able to receive post at that address as it's where your BAEC card will be sent and without it lounge access is not guaranteed, regardless of your current BAEC elite status level.
The only other point to note for UK-based BA Amex holders is that while you enjoy your sojourn in Europe, your BA Miles, and eligible spend for 2for1 voucher threshold, will accrue to your BA Amex account, but won't post to your BAEC account until your return to the UK. A move to Europe may also render any currently available 2for1 vouchers on your account unusable until your move back to the UK.
There are other small changes which are of less significance which you should be mindful before moving your account country of membership.
It's wise to research any such move fully, to ensure you're not disadvantaged, but it's certainly easy to change your residence for now, although I am aware that BAEC is more closely examining patterns of those who move accounts, which could presage greater restrictions in future.
Such European promotions balance out the very generous BA Amex and 2for1 voucher schemes not available to non-UK residents.
I should also point out it is only moving to Continental Europe which has the beneficial effect on Tier Point thresholds; moving to USA does not have this effect.
Back to the topic of this post, it's a great deal as it's only €1400 incl. tax round trip for a BizSeat (much better than most airlines' premium economy) Paris Orly-Washington DC this summer and the 75,000 BA Miles is just 5k BA Miles short of a return in Club Europe and Club World from Nice to Dubai aboard BA.
For those not in possession of a Silver card, and who would get value from the bonus miles, lounge access and other perks, it makes sense to pay the extra for a BizBed and use this as a springboard to a BAEC Gold card.
www.flyopenskies.com
"BA is perfectly within its rights to market to its customers in whichever way it sees fit".
I am positive you are right on this, oh great defender of all things BA.
The point being made, however, is that it would be nice if BA actually went some way in showing how much it values its loyal UK clients/cutomers as it seems to me that you get more benefit from "moving" to Europe.
stevescoots - 30/04/2011 10:33 GMT
I agree with VK, they are within thier rights, and I agree with Martyn. However rather than excluding UK residents it would have been better to make the offer open to all countries but possibly to non BAEC members as a way of getting non BA users to sign up to BAEC.
In a similar fashion that banks give out special deals to non customers to encourage them to switch banks. while it would have still upsec BAEC existing members, at leats it did not discriminate by country
VintageKrug - 30/04/2011 11:03 GMT
Yes, I agree it would be a good idea for it to be open to UK residents, and especially UK based non-BAEC members as a teaser to sign up.
But, as is clearly explained, it's easy enough even for current UK members to take advantage of this if they really want to.
