Air Fares Bangkok/Scandinavia/Bangkok

Post by **Lung Per** » Fri May 22, 2009 1:40 am

The air fares seem to be much higher for a roundtrip originating in Bangkok than one originating in Scandinavia. Can anyone advise where to by cheaper airline tickets, roundtrip FROM Bangkok? Name of travel agency, preferably website, street address, e-mail address. In Bangkok or anywhere else if web ticketing. Prefer Thai, SAS, or Finnair, but would also consider Emirates or others, except Aeroflot or any airline flying throug Heathrow. Please advise.

Post by **Big Boy** » Fri May 22, 2009 2:19 am

Is there an echo in here?

Per, seriously, this is a small forum - we don't need to read the same thing several times.

Post by **stgrhe** » Fri May 22, 2009 7:14 am

Lung Per wrote:The air fares seem to be much higher for a roundtrip originating in Bangkok than one originating in Scandinavia. Can anyone advise where to by cheaper airline tickets, roundtrip FROM Bangkok? Name of travel agency, preferably website, street address, e-mail address. In Bangkok or anywhere else if web ticketing. Prefer Thai, SAS, or Finnair, but would also consider Emirates or others, except Aeroflot or any airline flying throug Heathrow. Please advise.

Prices for air travels are, like so many other things, based on demand and the demand for tickets originating in Scandinavia on the Bangkok route is much higher than the other way around. Hence the reason for the price differences.

An alternative airline to the three airlines you mentioned is Qatar Airways provided your destination is Stockholm. Qatar fly trice weekly BKK-Doha-ARN but the leg Doha - ARN is operated with slim-body Airbus A320 or A319. Their prices are usually very competitive.

Other popular airlines for the tourists between Scandinavia and Bangkok are Austrian Airlines and Turkish Airline. However, personally I would not fly with the Turks.

To Stockholm/Göteborg I found the following prices:

Qatar Airways return price for 34,200 baht for a three months ticket while a six months ticket costs 38,300. The Ukrainian airline Aerosvit sell three months tickets for 31,500, a ticket that can be rebooked for USD 100.

To Copenhagen the cheapest (after Aeroflot) is with the Turks for 37,800 for a three months return ticket.

Try this site: http://www.saveflights.com/index.html

Try also this booking site but here the prices fluctuate depending on the chosen dates of travels: http://flight.asiatravel.com/crs.flight ... &lan=en-US

Post by **stgrhe** » Fri May 22, 2009 7:20 am

Big Boy wrote:Is there an echo in here?

Per, seriously, this is a small forum - we don't need to read the same thing several times.

What you read or not read is really your choice and nobody have asked you to read this thread. If you do not have a constructive answer to a sincere question you had better not write anything at all.

I sincerely had hoped this forum would be free from arrogant replies that is so common on Thai Visa, but maybe I was wrong.

Post by **Norseman** » Fri May 22, 2009 7:46 am

stgrhe wrote: but maybe I was wrong.

Yes you are wrong.
We don't need double postings of each and every question asked.

Post by **silverbird** » Fri May 22, 2009 7:48 am

stgrhe wrote:
Big Boy wrote:Is there an echo in here?

Per, seriously, this is a small forum - we don't need to read the same thing several times.
What you read or not read is really your choice and nobody have asked you to read this thread. If you do not have a constructive answer to a sincere question you had better not write anything at all.

I sincerely had hoped this forum would be free from arrogant replies that is so common on Thai Visa, but maybe I was wrong.

I find this pretty arrogant as well.

Post by **Norseman** » Fri May 22, 2009 8:20 am

Please read our forum rules and here's a part of it: "Repetitive threads will be locked and moved to another with the same or very similar subject material".

Now back to topic please.

Post by **Babylon** » Fri May 22, 2009 8:23 am

I have used the saveflights site, recommended earlier, and have found them to offer really good service, and the price they quote on their site is the price you actually pay! A refreshing change when booking airline tickets.

Post by **Wanderlust** » Fri May 22, 2009 10:26 am

Just a small comment - I think that silverbird and strghe probably didn't see that the original poster made exactly the same thread twice, and took BB's comments in the wrong way - BB was not implying that the same general questions that have been asked before over the years should not be asked again but that exact duplicate threads be avoided as Lung Per had already done this twice today. I assume that one of the other mods was very quick off the mark in locking the duplicates which would explain why others may not have realised. Hope that helps, and now everybody say sorry to Big Boy...

Post by **niggle** » Fri May 22, 2009 11:20 am

I just booked flights to UK. IF (I wish) exchange rates were the same as last year the prices are not so bad. So as far as Uk is concerned, there is about 30% of the apparant increase due solely to the exchange rate.

Post by **dtaai-maai** » Fri May 22, 2009 4:19 pm

Not being funny, niggle, but I can't quite get my head around that one. If you're buying them here in baht and the pound has fallen, surely they should be cheaper? Can you spell it out for a dumbo, please?

Post by **dtaai-maai** » Fri May 22, 2009 4:21 pm

Don't bother - I've worked it out now. I get paid in baht and rarely think about how much things cost in terms of the pound. Sorry!

Post by **Lung Per** » Fri May 22, 2009 6:47 pm

Thank you to those of your who provided useful information. To the schoolmasters: Sorry, I shall do better next time.

Post by **southswede** » Fri May 22, 2009 9:33 pm

Finnair has tickets from stockholm to bangkok for 26750 bath.
They have good prices until december.

southswede.

Post by **Lung Per** » Mon May 25, 2009 2:39 pm

southswede wrote:Finnair has tickets from stockholm to bangkok for 26750 bath.
They have good prices until december.

southswede.

Thank you, but no thank you. Question was air fares originating in Bangkok, not in Stockholm.

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