Thread: Passengers to get 30% air ticket discount in Thailand during New Year celebrations

Airlines operating domestic flights in Thailand have agreed to offer a special 30% discount on air tickets for passengers traveling to key destinations during the upcoming New Year festival.


The special offer was finalized during a meeting in Bangkok this week between Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Transport Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit and members of the Airlines Association of Thailand (AAT).


The AAT members include Thai Airways International (THAI), Nok Air, Bangkok Airways, Thai AirAsia, Thai Lion Air, and Thai Vietjet Air.


Under the agreement, passengers who book round-trip flights directly with the airlines through their official channels on designated routes between December 5 and 7, 2024, for travel between December 26, 2024, and January 5, 2025, will receive the 30% discount.


The designated routes include Bangkok-Chiang Mai, Bangkok-Phuket, Bangkok-Krabi, Bangkok-Hat Yai, Bangkok-Samui Island, Bangkok-Chiang Rai, Bangkok-Udon Thani, Bangkok-Ubon Ratchathani, Bangkok-Khon Kaen, and Bangkok-Nan.


This initiative is intended as a New Year gift for travelers and as a measure to alleviate the usual spike in airfares during the holiday season.
Additionally, the airlines have committed to increasing domestic flights to meet the rising demand during the year-end festivities, adding approximately 50,000 extra seats.


All Thai international airports, including those in the North, Northeast, and South, have also been directed to provide the best possible services and facilities to passengers.

Passengers to get 30% air ticket discount in Thailand during

They'll just bang up prices first so they can prepare the dodgy marketing material with the right numbers.

Or there will be one seat per flight available at the "discounted" price.

^Retailers do it too. I've a colleague who used to work for a large department store chain. He said that a few weeks prior to their scheduled "3-day sale" which they have ~2x/ year, they mark up the prices by 20 to 30%. Then during the 3-day sale, they'll put "red tags" or "yellow tags" to mark the items as discounted but they had the same price at 1-2 months before the mark-up. The power of marketing... Heh

Here they are having black Friday sales. Friday to Monday. It's a crock of shit