We wrote in an earlier article about Emirates extending their chauffeur service from Newcastle, and how these 'provided chauffeur' services aren't the great deal they seem to be at first glance.
We suggest you check the terms of conditions of any of these ‘provided chauffeur’ services. We recently scrutinised the BMI terms and conditions and found the following proved worrying (unless they have changed the terms since we read them!)
- In some cases, the chauffeur service is only applicable on certain destinations, certain classes of travel, and at certain times.
- The chauffeur company ring you back to confirm your details, anytime in a 12 hour window, and if you miss the call then the service is cancelled without any further engagement.
- The chauffeur company will only wait for 45 minutes from the flight landing before leaving, without any further contact with yourself.
- The provided chauffeur is restricted to a time/distance that may (or may not) be within your pickup/drop off location. If this is the case, additional charges will be applied THAT MAY NOT BE notified at time of booking.
Ultimately, the most concerning aspect seems to be that the airline/chauffeur company have provided a service that suits their processes, rather than a bespoke, individual and dedicated solution focussed on the customer.
As ever, there is no such thing as ‘free’ – you will pay for this service somewhere along the line, increased cost of flight, missed transfer, additional chauffeur charges etc.
Bmi extends chauffeur service to UK's regional airports | The Times
Business travellers at Aberdeen, Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Manchester can now benefit from free transfers
Bmi has extended its free chauffeur service to the UK’s regional airports.
The service, originally limited to Heathrow passengers, can now be used by passengers flying from Aberdeen, Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Manchester as well as Dublin in Ireland on fully-flexible business class tickets.
Chauffeurs are available at both ends of the journey for passengers flying to Almaty, Amman, Azerbaijan, Beirut, Cairo, Damascus, Kyrgyzstan, Moscow, Saudi Arabia, Tel Aviv and Yerevan. The service is also available at the UK end only for those travelling to Tehran and Tbilisi.
In the UK, the service will be operated using E-Class Mercedes Benz cars. Passengers will be dropped off at London Heathrow’s Terminal 1 where they will be met by a Bmi concierge, who will collect their bags and transfer them to Bmi’s Premium check-in zone in the terminal.
Bmi launched its chauffeur service in February, extending it to new routes in March.
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