Could 2012 be a sad year for the Star Alliance? Well looks like it, Star has lost some of it’s shine and could be more on the way?

The hard times for star started when Lufthansa sold off British Midland International (bmi) to their european rival IAG, the parent company of British Airways and Iberia; One World Member airlines. It looks like this sale will go thru, but there is a chance that the UK government might rule this would be a monopoly. Star really wanted Lufthansa to ...

A bit random.. but I'm sitting in the Scandinavian (SAS) Lounge, in Brussels, getting access with my Continental Airlines status, flying Brussels airlines on a ticket purchased from British Midland International (bmi), getting mileage credited to my UNITED account.. Got to love the power of the Star Alliance.

I'm at the point of the year again where I've reached a fork in the road. I've re-qualified for 1K status on United, so my elite benefits are safe through at least January 2012, but now I must decide whether to continue to credit to UA (where I earn double RDMs on most flights) or pursue status on another Star Alliance carrier.

Lounge access is very important to me when I fly so I have appreciated holding Star Alliance Gold status with British Midland the last two years. That status ...

A little more light was shed on the future of British Midland and their Diamond Club mileage program at the Lufthansa Investor Day in Frankfurt on Monday. 

Wolfgang Prock-Schauer, BMI's CEO presented this.

There's a lot of info packed into the 17-slide presentation, but a blurb on Diamond Club particularly caught my eye.

Roadmap for integration „Diamond Club“ in M&M agreed

I was not at the presentation, but I can speculate on what this ...