Flights to London

Post by **barrys** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:40 am

We're sending my wife's sister to London next month to stay with relatives.

She's leaving 5 April and returning 5 May.

Have checked with Thai Airways and the return fare is THB 48,000!!

Anyone know of a more reasonable flight at that time.

Post by **lomuamart** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 12:19 pm

Went back last year on Emirates, via Dubai, for 35K return. Eva Air are good and a lot less than Thai, direct as well.

Post by **Randy Cornhole** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 12:57 pm

Thai airways have always been the most expensive. I have just booked a 6 month open ticket with ETIHAD airways and it cost me 38,000 bht.

Post by **barrys** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 1:43 pm

Randy, is it a direct flight?

Post by **Big Boy** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 2:55 pm

barrys,

I've always seemed to pay extortionate prices when I've brought family to England. However, there was a thread on here just a couple of days ago that I can't find, which had several links in to cheap flights.

I was very impressed with the prices they were offering, and thought that I would bookmark them for future reference - guess what, I didn't.

I do appreciate a lot of these companies (in the UK at least) offer cheap flights to draw you in - when you contact them, the cheap flights are not available.

I can't even remember who the posters were, although lomuamart comes to mind. It must be worth waiting a day or so to see if somebody offers you the same links.

Post by **Big Boy** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 3:10 pm

barrys,

Just found the thread I was referring to: http://www.huahinafterdark.com/forum/vi ... ght=#46310
Hope it helps.

They are quoting 24,000 return with Gulf (at least one stop) and 32,000 with Eva (which will be direct)

Post by **barrys** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 3:32 pm

Thanks for the info BB - will check it out now

Post by **STEVE G** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:37 pm

Anyone looking for a cheap flight should consider either Etihad, Emirates or Gulf air, these three airlines have had plenty of funding from their respective governments and have high operating standards. They have to offer lower prices to Europe to compete with all the airlines offering direct flights, but try to avoid the Gulf air flights that stop in both Muscat and Oman as it takes over twenty hours.
Unless you're into extreme sports, I would avoid any airline based in the former Soviet Union as they were responsible for four out of the five serious air accidents last year. I would also be a bit wary of that outfit based in Tehran whose name escapes me at the moment. Even if the thing gets into the air on time, I wouldn't want the added risk of getting shot down by a bored American teenager sat in the operations centre of the USS Gung-ho, when the Commander accidently puts his coffee mug down on the "weapons free" key.

Post by **DawnHRD** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 7:39 pm

I've heard Oasis (a new HK based airline) via HK is really cheap. Only hearsay, but might be worth checking out...

Post by **STEVE G** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 7:42 pm

Barry, Emirates are quoting 33,240 Baht inc. tax at the moment for the dates you want, thats with one stop in Dubai, booked on-line at Emirates.com.

Post by **big jimmy** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:35 pm

Oasis airways flies to London gatwick from Hong kong..daily..prices from $1,000 HK one way ( about 4,700 baht ) so worth checking out...

Post by **DawnHRD** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:12 pm

big jimmy wrote:Oasis airways flies to London gatwick from Hong kong..daily..prices from $1,000 HK one way ( about 4,700 baht ) so worth checking out...

Thank you, big jimmy...

Post by **johnnyk** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:36 pm

Its worth a trip to dreadlockville, aka Kho San Road in BKK, lots of travel agents competing for business.
I would avoid Sri Lankan, nice airline but awful schedule with a 4 hour layover in Colombo Airport (in the running for most boring on the planet) at 4am.
Gulf Air is ok, uninspired but maybe cheapest of the decent quality carriers.

Post by **johnnyk** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:38 pm

big jimmy wrote:Oasis airways flies to London gatwick from Hong kong..daily..prices from $1,000 HK one way ( about 4,700 baht ) so worth checking out...

For 4700 baht I'll go 10X a year

Post by **barrys** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:52 pm

I'll certainly follow that up Big Jimmy - nice one!