Thread: Thai Airways...

Originally Posted by Troy

Originally Posted by klong toey

What annoys me about Thai despite 4 long haul flights in a year i have not accrued any air miles.Air miles can't be accrued on special offer tickets £620.Yet i could pay £100 less with another airline and accrue 100% of miles flown.Think Thai have decided to give 25% of miles flown now.But i have 40,000 miles still with another airline and will switch back to them for a business class upgrade using my air miles before they expire.Think this will be our last flight with Thai for a while again.

The offers clearly state whether air miles are accrued on the THAI website. I have always bought the slightly more expensive "air-miles" seats and enjoyed the benefits. Most of the internal flights I book using points from long haul fights paying only the tax....or half price tickets. Four flights in a year will generally get a long haul upgrade (which they always honour). I have also had two business class returns from Munich for points+ 150Euros/ticket after a couple of years of flights. They contacted me and told me the points were about to expire and offered this of 5 x economy tickets. Can't think of many airlines doing that....

I know but can't be bothered to pay out around another 100,000 THB a year to get air miles.

Thank you guy's for this thread 24 hours too late. I have been on the internet over the last 2 days on Skyscanner, very much a bait and switch experience. China Southern where by far the cheapest over christmas by far,but as I knew nothing about them I gave them a miss. Oman was next,again I knew nought about them,and having stopped over before in Bharain and Abu Dabi I did not wish to do that again.Seen them once and very interesting but do not wish to see the Middle east again. Eva Air I flew on 10 years ago and have always been impressed by that one time experience.Stuck to My guns with the booking agent on price and have got Eva Air in December for £620 each. Cheap but not cheap when X 4 tickets.
If I had of read this OP 24hrs ago the booking agent was very pushy with Oman air and I would have succumbed after reading this.

As a dedicated Eva Air customer in the past, I have now started to look around a little more as the prices just keep climbing.
This trip in October LHR -BKK via Helsinki £1350 rtn inc. business class. Finnair
Been a long time since I have seen a competitive price from Thai

Originally Posted by 9999

I wouldn't want to be crammed up in the Air Aisa seats designed for tiny Asians.

No need to be crammed up. Just pay the extra few bucks and book an Exit row seat.

Shit loads of room and nice savings to be had if ones savy and books there promotions. Also Pre book your food and your laughing.

Air Asia is brilliant if you work there system.

Originally Posted by terry57

Originally Posted by 9999

I wouldn't want to be crammed up in the Air Aisa seats designed for tiny Asians.

No need to be crammed up. Just pay the extra few bucks and book an Exit row seat.

Shit loads of room and nice savings to be had if ones savy and books there promotions. Also Pre book your food and your laughing.

Air Asia is brilliant if you work there system.

What he said.

Originally Posted by BobR

Never had a bad flight on Thai, still have not flown them in 6 years because of the prices. Last year BKK-LAX was about $940 on China Southern (a surprisingly good airline) Thai's price was $3400. It wasn't a tough choice.

Good BobR .... China Southern is better for price but Eva always seems a good deal as well but need to change planes in Taiwan. Surprisingly Eva has fairly good AL food especially the Western breakfast. Yep, the Thai has direct flights to USA.
Hey, I'm DRK, remember me? Hope your doing well Bob.

I haven't flown Thai Airways since they dumped their BKK-JFK non-stop flight- it was a great deal in 'premium economy'- I miss that flight. These days I fly Emirates through Dubai as it's the fastest route with a short layover.

Originally Posted by klong toey

Originally Posted by Troy

Originally Posted by klong toey

What annoys me about Thai despite 4 long haul flights in a year i have not accrued any air miles.Air miles can't be accrued on special offer tickets £620.Yet i could pay £100 less with another airline and accrue 100% of miles flown.Think Thai have decided to give 25% of miles flown now.But i have 40,000 miles still with another airline and will switch back to them for a business class upgrade using my air miles before they expire.Think this will be our last flight with Thai for a while again.

The offers clearly state whether air miles are accrued on the THAI website. I have always bought the slightly more expensive "air-miles" seats and enjoyed the benefits. Most of the internal flights I book using points from long haul fights paying only the tax....or half price tickets. Four flights in a year will generally get a long haul upgrade (which they always honour). I have also had two business class returns from Munich for points+ 150Euros/ticket after a couple of years of flights. They contacted me and told me the points were about to expire and offered this of 5 x economy tickets. Can't think of many airlines doing that....

I know but can't be bothered to pay out around another 100,000 THB a year to get air miles.

Indeed....that's probably why they've always been teetering on the edge for years. Historically, unreasonably high.

Originally Posted by Bower

As a dedicated Eva Air customer in the past, I have now started to look around a little more as the prices just keep climbing.
This trip in October LHR -BKK via Helsinki £1350 rtn inc. business class. Finnair
Been a long time since I have seen a competitive price from Thai

Nice find.

I just paid that for EVAs Elite class but I do pay a bit more as I buy my tickets in Bangkok.

Good BobR .... China Southern is better for price but Eva always seems a good deal as well but need to change planes in Taiwan. Surprisingly Eva has fairly good AL food especially the Western breakfast. Yep, the Thai has direct flights to USA.

Originally Posted by Smug Farang Bore

Originally Posted by Bower

As a dedicated Eva Air customer in the past, I have now started to look around a little more as the prices just keep climbing.
This trip in October LHR -BKK via Helsinki £1350 rtn inc. business class. Finnair
Been a long time since I have seen a competitive price from Thai

Nice find.

I just paid that for EVAs Elite class but I do pay a bit more as I buy my tickets in Bangkok.

In fairness to Eva Air they did get me out of a spot a few times and i enjoy flying with them. However the Finnair deal looks good and despite the stopover it doesn't take that much longer as they are allowed to fly directly through Russian airspace, i am told.

Originally Posted by Bower

Originally Posted by Smug Farang Bore

Originally Posted by Bower

As a dedicated Eva Air customer in the past, I have now started to look around a little more as the prices just keep climbing.
This trip in October LHR -BKK via Helsinki £1350 rtn inc. business class. Finnair
Been a long time since I have seen a competitive price from Thai

Nice find.

I just paid that for EVAs Elite class but I do pay a bit more as I buy my tickets in Bangkok.

In fairness to Eva Air they did get me out of a spot a few times and i enjoy flying with them. However the Finnair deal looks good and despite the stopover it doesn't take that much longer as they are allowed to fly directly through Russian airspace, i am told.

Your Finnair deal is incredible - booked in Thailand, it would be more than THB 90,000.

EVA is okay and but after they joined the Star Alliance they steadily increased their prices and are not really competitive anymore.

^Since you like Qatar Air, have you tried Gulf Air yet? Both excellent especially on flights to Europe.

My last flight was on NOK air. Nice and years ahead of Air Asia in service and personality. Price was cheaper as well. Gave out an in-flight snack in a plane brown paper bag as well free. I'm fed up with Air Asia's cattle herd mentality, one size fits all.

Originally Posted by ltnt

have you tried Gulf Air yet?

Nope. But as you say, it seems that Gulf and Qatar have pulled ahead of the once excellent Emirati airlines. Even lowly little Oman Air are fine (flying with them tomorrow; Bkk-Muscat); I've had far better experiences with them than Etihad.

Originally Posted by ltnt

NOK air. Nice and years ahead of Air Asia in service and personality

I don't recall ever having flown with Nok, but I find Air Asia to be fine, and some very cheap flights with ok planes and ok service - only flown them twice, but both times were fine.

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

whatever the German lot are called

Luftwaffe?

Close, I think they might have been the same company at one point...

Lufthansa, that's the one. I used to fly a lot between LHR and Berlin; it was a codeshare flight between L and BA. Many times, as these were one day business meetings, I wanted to change flights (multiple flights per day, business class ticket...). BA never would, L always did; it was just a matter of checking in at L instead of BA... just awful service from BA, no rhyme or reason, seats available on the plane, maybe I'd finish my meetings a couple of hours early and wanted to get an earlier flight. No problem at all with L.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

whatever the German lot are called

Luftwaffe?

What do they use on long haul Heinkel or Dornier.?

Originally Posted by klong toey

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

whatever the German lot are called

Luftwaffe?

What do they use on long haul Heinkel or Dornier.?

Zeppelins

Originally Posted by ltnt

My last flight was on NOK air. Nice and years ahead of Air Asia in service and personality. Price was cheaper as well. Gave out an in-flight snack in a plane brown paper bag as well free. I'm fed up with Air Asia's cattle herd mentality, one size fits all.

You're a bit of a strange fuk EH mate. I've taken hundreds of flights on Air Asia right back from the get go.

For the money one pays and if used correctly Air Asia are a screaming bargain.

So you get the horn because Nok give you a free lolly in a brown paper bag ??

Fuk me EH.

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

I was stuck in Heathrow for 6 hours and they gave me a 10 pound food voucher!

Healthy bodied folk get a premium gold ticket to they're all you can eat and drink buffet

Originally Posted by terry57

So you get the horn because Nok give you a free lolly in a brown paper bag

Actually if you read the post you see that its "they treat you like a human and not cattle as is the case of Air Asia."

Never mind Teary, we know your a sad fuk and all about yerself so bugger off down Silom to the next bar.