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Bmi is marking the recent launch of its ‘bmifriday’ href="http://www.cheapflights.co.uk">cheap flights promotion on Twitter by offering its customers the chance to win a free holiday in Berlin for up to ten people.

The airline’s new social media campaign was launched last month, giving travellers an easy way to bag discounts of up to 42 per cent on selected fares on the last Friday of every month.

To be in with a chance of winning the free holiday participants must upload a video to YouTube showing how far they are willing to go on the next bmifriday, which falls on 30 July.

The YouTube video must contain the catchphrase “How far will you go this bmifriday” and has to be uploaded to the airline’s page at href="http://www.youtube.com/flybmi" target="_blank">youtube.com/flybmi. Once your video has been uploaded, contact bmi via its Facebook page or by emailing href="mailto:open@flybmi.com">open@flybmi.com in order to officially enter the competition.

The video with the most views by 5pm on Friday 30 July will win the holiday, which includes return flights for a party of up to ten as well as one night’s accommodation in the German capital.

And even if you don’t win the competition you can still log onto Twitter to take advantage of the next bmifriday deals, which will be released between 12 noon and 5pm on 30 July.

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href="http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/airlines/bmi/">Bmi has become the latest airline to roll out a cheap flights sale in the wake of the volcanic ash cloud that decimated air travel across Europe.

Fares from href="http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/airports/Belfast-International/">Belfast to href="http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/airports/Heathrow/">London Heathrow are available for £18.50, while services from the UK hub to several other domestic airports have also been discounted.

Heathrow flights to href="http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/airports/Dublin-DUB/">Dublin can be purchased for £36 and to href="http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/airports/Edinburgh-EDI/">Edinburgh for £32.10, while flights from href="http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/airports/Manchester-Intl/">Manchester to Edinburgh are available for £34.30.

Short-haul flights to Europe also feature in the sale, including services from href="http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/airports/Glasgow-Intl-GLA/">Glasgow to Copenhagen (£69.90) and href="http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/airports/Leeds-Bradford-Apt/">Leeds Bradford to Brussels (£64.70).

Eligible travel dates fall between 15 May 2010 and 28 February 2011, but bookings must be processed by midnight Monday at the latest.

Visit href="http://www.flybmi.com/bmi/en-gb/exclusive-offers/find-the-lowest-fares.aspx?tab=0?cmp=em8993" target="_blank">bmi.com for a complete list of routes that are included in the sale.

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class="alignright size-full wp-image-12555" title="© bmi" src="http://news.cheapflights.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/bmi-A320.jpg" alt="© bmi" width="261" height="173" /> href="http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/airlines/bmi/">Bmi has become the latest British carrier to rein in its premium offering by scrapping Business Class on all short-haul routes.

From 27 January, href="http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/airports/Heathrow/">Heathrow Airport’s second largest carrier will replace its premium perks with “enhanced service” for passengers travelling on Flexible Economy fares.

The benefits of booking one of the new fares include access to lounges, guaranteed seating at the front of the aircraft and complimentary food and drink on board the aircraft.

As part of the overhaul, Gold and Silver members of the bmi’s Diamond Club who have booked a regular Economy fare will no longer be offered free food and drink.

They will, however, earn double destinations miles on some routes, including all UK services to or from London Heathrow, as well as Heathrow flights to Dublin and Amsterdam.

Announcing the new measures, bmi managing director Dominic Paul said: “Customers travelling on our higher fares value business lounges, a seat at the front of the aircraft and complimentary food and drink, but most no longer have business class travel policies for short flight travel.”

He continued: “We have created a new service which delivers these important benefits, but on an all Economy aircraft, so they also benefit from a lower level of APD.”

Bmi’s move echoes cutbacks made by rival href="http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/airlines/British-Airways/">British Airways, which recently abolished meals on short-haul flights and rolled out new surcharges for Economy passengers. The belt-tightening comes after the airline industry suffered a disastrous 2009, losing £6.8 billion during the recession.

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