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During the interim period bmi will adopt use of the IATA virtual version of the MPD known as the V-MPD. This document can be used to request paper ticket issuance by bmi. To find out how to request a V-MPD or for further information including ticketing instructions and frequently asked questions please visit our UK trade website: www.flybmi.com/trade. You can follow the link on homepage or alternatively look under the booking information section under fares and ticketing.
Star Alliance 'Move under one Roof' project
Star Alliance lounge
Star Alliance Arrivals Lounge
Connecting through Heathrow:
From 1 May new non-stop links from Heathrow to both Almaty in Kazakhstan and Freetown will be introduced. Flying times to the Sierra Leone capital will be reduced by over an hour and a half and the route will also be enhanced by the addition of an extra flight, taking the total to four flights a week. The introduction of non-stop flights between Heathrow and Almaty will reduce flying time each way by two hours. The new Heathrow to Tel Aviv service - which is selling beyond expectations - will be upgraded on six days a week to a Boeing 757 which will considerably increase capacity on the route. Bishkek, previously operated via Yerevan, will now operate via Almaty, thus reducing the onward flight time compared to the previous intermediate point as well as benefiting from the larger Boeing 757 aircraft. The two 757 aircraft have been damp-leased from Astraeus (meaning the aircraft will operate with an Astraeus flight crew but a bmi cabin crew) for an initial two year period with an option to extend. Two separate cabins will offer a mix of business class and economy service. The introduction of the network changes will result in the suspension of services between Heathrow and Dakar. 
Online check-in is available from 24 hours prior to departure, up until one hour before departure. If customers want to check-in online they need to:
if your customers prefer to check-in when they get to the airport they can choose from the following: self check-in machine - these have been updated with some great new features and are now even simpler to use!
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Travel agents have an opportunity to win a MacBook Air computer or one of 4 weekly draws for a $50 shopping voucher. 
On 1 June 2008, IATA will withdraw all paper ticket stock from the BSPs and you will have to use BSP Electronic Tickets. After 1 June 2008 paper tickets must not be issued on the BSP neutral paper ticket stock using the bmi airline accounting code (236). bmi are aware that some bmi routes and interline itineraries will not be eligible for ticketing on an electronic ticket. The Electronic Miscellaneous Document (EMD) that will replace all other non-ticket documents is not anticipated to be fully available for use until 2009 at the earliest.
This year sees exciting positive changes for Terminal 1. The bmi customer experience will be smoother and quicker with a redesigned departures concourse and Star's 'move under one roof' project.
The business class cabin on our longhaul A330 aircraft now features beige and chocolate brown leather flat beds with a generous 80-inch seat pitch fitted in a 2-2-2 abreast configuration. Guests will receive quilts and larger pillows as well as the new luxurious brown leather with light blue trim amenity kit, which complements the new lie-flat beds. The cabin configuration offers 42 seats on Riyadh and Jeddah services and 18 seats on all Manchester services.
The new amenity kits for business guests are now on-board. Kit's are a luxurious brown leather with light blue trim which complements the new lie-flat beds. 
As part of the cabin re-fit the current seat in the business will be fitted in the premium economy cabin, which will operate on Manchester services. The cabin will have 30 seats with a generous 49" seat pitch, which offers 11" more legroom than Virgin and BA's premium economy seat. 
There is access to even lower fares and more fare options by combing on one ticket, any carrier’s transatlantic fare (some exceptions may apply) with a bmi fare for onward bmi operated UK/Europe, Moscow or Saudi Arabia flights. All you need to do is break the journey in Heathrow to construct the itinerary and then price it. Through check of baggage is permitted when one ticket is issued. Tickets are non-commissionable. 
bmi customers can now check-in for their flights online and it's quick and easy to use. Online check-in is available on the majority of bmi routes (excluding long haul). Customers print their boarding card before they leave for the airport. Once at the airport they simply drop any bags they may have at the bmi bag drop and head straight to departures.