Thailand flight benchmarking

stevie11

Bodders please accepted my apologies, I was only going from the original post. I am sure there are reputable OTA's but I normally prefer to deal direct with airlines.

What are your preferred dates? someone may come back with a suitable itinerary and price to consider.

Bodders11

Stevie, not a problem. I appreciate all the suggestions. 7th February and returning on 22md is what I am pricing up. So, 14 full nights in Thailand.

Voyager2002

Bodders11 wrote: »

Are there any reputable OTAs then that people would suggest if they discredit those I have mentioned?

One option I could consider is dropping 1 of the 3 nights in Bangkok at the start and having it at the end, so total nights in each location are the same as would accommodation costs be. Then I could have two separate bookings: the direct return from London to Bangkok and then the direct return Bangkok to Samui. However, this will be considerably more expensive and keeping it affordable is a primary objective.

I have had good experiences using Expedia, and people often speak well of eBookers (never used them myself). Trailfinders also have a good reputation, although they are not primarily on-line.


The point about two separate bookings is that there are a vast number of flights offered between London and Bangkok, many of which are not 'packaged' with flights to Ko Samui. You might well find that you could reduce costs by doing it this way. Of course, if you can keep everything on the same PNR then so much the better.

stevie11

Your original figure of £606 seems a good price for the three legs you list. For your dates direct flights to BKK coming back high £400s upward then exta £200 + for internal sector.

So if you are happy to use the OTA and can get the assuraty that all flights are on the same PNR inc full baggage allowance then go for it. Otherwise just keep checking back over the next few months to see if prices drop. Good luck.

Bodders11

Thanks Voyager and Stevie.

How can I guarantee they are on the same PNR? When I click on the deal, it doesn't provide any terms or conditions unless I proceed with the booking. Presumably, this is one of the risks?

stevie11

Bodders11 wrote: »

Thanks Voyager and Stevie.

How can I guarantee they are on the same PNR? When I click on the deal, it doesn't provide any terms or conditions unless I proceed with the booking. Presumably, this is one of the risks?

Other than contacting the OTA beforehand to confirm, it is a risk unfortunately.

EveryWhere

stevie11 wrote: »

Everywhere, where has the OP stated they have actually booked a flight under 1 PNR. Plus they wanted to keep the costs down. The advice given to him was to either book all on the same PNR or give additional time if booking separate internal flights.

I have not discredited the OP, they have asked for advice, I have offered advice aong with others. You make some valid points but appear to rubbish everyone else's input.

Do uou do this on every thread where you dont agree with their opinion?

It will be interesting how the OP goes further with his plans..

I wrote

The OP was savvy enough to look to book their ticket under a single PNR

You just keep giving horrible irrelevant advice and then trying to turn it back on everyone else.

I have explained why it needs to be under a single PNR. Any of your other suggestions are simply irrelevant and inaccurate.

In fact you are still referring to OTA possibly excluding luggage, when I have already written that neither EVA not Bangkok Airways sell flights sans a luggage allowance.

You are wrong, yet you try to couch it in terms that the OP has no idea and I am simply arguing for the sake of it.

No, you just got it all wrong in the first place.

EveryWhere

Voyager2002 wrote: »

Formalities at Bangkok are a very minor inconvenience, and whether or not there is a single PNR there is no guarantee that through-checking will function. Not a big deal.





And if the flight is delayed or cancelled, perhaps because of weather, staff issues, all the stuff that sometimes happens in Thailand and elsewhere?





Hence the importance of the final night in Bangkok.






I don't think he is determined to fly on Eva: fares on Air China are dramatically less. So there is plenty of scope to save money if he is willing to mix and match, albeit at the cost of a final night in Bangkok. At least that would not be an extra expense since it would save one night's accommodation on the island.








There are generally good reasons to buy directly from the airline.


I have to say, people like you who have never travelled outside the UK and know very little about how air travel works should refrain from giving advice based on your partial theoretical knowledge. In many parts of the world things do not always happen the way they are supposed to happen.

I have to state that yours is a particular ludicrous statement. Your posts here are some of the worst I've ever seen from you.

I can state that without any doubt, I have a deeper knowledge as to how things will work with the flights than anyone else on this forum.

All the nonsense about spending an extra night in Bangkok and formalities not being an inconvenience at BKK, is just useless advice from someone who clearly doesn't know any better, but is still insisting on 'advising' anyway. Much like your buddy steve11.

Why would you choose to have to check your luggage in on Samui, unload it at BKK and the have to go through the whole procedure again?
Minor inconvenience? It would be asinine.

Having to offload and reload your luggage at BKK and having to go through the Immigration process there is more than just a minor inconvenience and why would you choose to do it anyway??

Then clearly because of my criticism of some of the worst content of your earlier posts, you come back with this childish and ridiculous post....

I have to say, people like you who have never travelled outside the UK and know very little about how air travel works should refrain from giving advice based on your partial theoretical knowledge. In many parts of the world things do not always happen the way they are supposed to happen

All the more ridiculous when you consider that I am actually on Samui and likely have visited more times than anyone else on the forum..
Hence the tip on the FF plan and the extra luggage allowance.

Sorry, but your posts here are a bit pathetic. You can and should do better.

stevie11

Everywhere, the more you ramble on and belittle everyone else input just makes you look like nothing more than a troll.

Is there an ignore button on this forum as you are now the one making a fool of ones self.

EveryWhere

Voyager2002 wrote: »

I have had good experiences using Expedia, and people often speak well of eBookers (never used them myself). Trailfinders also have a good reputation, although they are not primarily on-line.


The point about two separate bookings is that there are a vast number of flights offered between London and Bangkok, many of which are not 'packaged' with flights to Ko Samui. You might well find that you could reduce costs by doing it this way. Of course, if you can keep everything on the same PNR then so much the better.

You don't want to have two separate bookings, regardless of your wild suggestions.

The OP has made it clear that they want to fly directly to and fro USM. It's a two week holiday, so your suggestion that they should visit BKK four times and USM twice in that time period is a less than inviting one....added to that you are also suggesting another stopover on the way.

So your suggestion for their fourteen day holiday would be
UK-Transit City- BKK
BKK-USM
USM-BKK
BKK-Transit City- UK.

Longer travel times means less holiday. Going through formalities in BKK on the way back means less holiday. Travelling back and forth from BKK at your suggestion for the last day costs money and holiday time. All false economies.

Against, on a single PNR;

UK-BKK
BKK-USM
USM-Transit BKK- UK.