Fancy the odds of getting to Bangkok for GBP199 on Lufthansa or Swiss? Maybe it will be Bangkok and maybe it won’t - http://www.godsavethepoints.com/2018...-uk-travelers/
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Fancy the odds of getting to Bangkok for GBP199 on Lufthansa or Swiss? Maybe it will be Bangkok and maybe it won’t - http://www.godsavethepoints.com/2018...-uk-travelers/
It seems like a good deal but a quick reccie on trip.com provides multiple flights from London to Bangkok in October for about $500.
Quite...why would I want to go via Germany ( no doubt at extra cost, with only 2 days notice) when I can happily go direct from Heathrow?
Lucky you Gerefan - but direct flights are not an option for the overwhelming majority of UK airports (there's only 2, maybe 3 UK airports doing direct flights to Thailand).
What would put me off this "lucky dip" idea isn't an indirect flight per se, but the length of the layover you'd be "allocated" with no option to change/challenge it. Could easily be in excess of 24 hours.
I was tempted by the Austrian Airways flights. Over £100 cheaper than EVA for premium economy plus overnight in both directions, which is a nice bonus. Short layover too.
However, it was only a 25 minute layover on the outbound leg and I figure that is insane for any flight originating in Heathrow. The chances of me or my luggage not making it are too high.
Has anyone tried this ?
Goji. I managed a 50 minute changeover in Hong Kong with Cathay Pacific. However I only had a piece of hand luggage. After booking the flight I e-mailed Cathay and told them that I'd misread it as 1 hour and 50 minutes and it was entirely my fault and how worried I was. They had someone meet me at the plane and rush me through to the next one. 25 minutes is virtually impossible, you couldn't change London Underground trains in that time.
I don’t know why airlines schedule and sell such a short turn rounds...surely not many people willingly take up such an offer, and if the connection is not made then the airline is presumably responsible for any subsequent problems.
Last year I bought a ticket to BKK with a 1.30 hour change in Dubai. They knew it was short and had a separate bus waiting at the steps (remote parking as always at Dubai) and took all the BKK pax direct to the next aircraft.
Incidentally it was an A380 so had about 500 passengers on board which required 10 buses!
In future I will be very wary of short time transfers.
Last summer I flew with Qatar Barcelona to Bangkok via Doha with a one hour transfer.
The flight from Barcelona was 20 minutes late, passengers for BKK were met off the plane and run through the airport which as an older gent left me gasping for air and breathless.
My checked bag didn't make it but it was delivered to my Bangkok Hotel about 10 hours later.
You’re weird....
OK replace the first sentence with:
In future I will avoid short time transfers.
Considering how confused/irritated you get about where each and every bar, restaurant, club, outhouse, shithouse and poorhouse is without a printable map attached I'd think twice about criticising others if I were you.
I am certainly not a nervous nelly.
My post was intended to be helpful by illustrating what can go wrong.
You don't have to read it and I will not be replying further to your posts.
' In future I will avoid short time transfers '
All transfers are best avoided - they are stressful, time wasting, and exhausting on a long haul - and double the chance of your luggage going AWOL
Then you get nightmare airports like Frankfurt - which get fog bound in winter, with incoming flights circling for hours trying to get a slot to land - while the connecting flights leave without you.
I remember a business trip to a remote part of India in the early '90s - the return was three flights with four hour stopovers (with nothing to do) between each one, and the plane on the first leg was derelict and infested with cockroaches - after getting home I was a waste of space for three days recovering..
' Have you thought about that option? '
The better option is to pay a little extra and get direct flights..
This is just plain silly. The last time anyone in the US was able to take a direct flight was the , short lived, New York Bangkok direct over the pole flight on Thai. That ceased to operate after the financial crisis of 2008. I can't pay more for a direct flight - have you even glanced at a geography book?
What I can do is check a bag and have a small carry on with toiletries and a change of linen. During a lifetime of consulting travel I have had every damn thing happen. But, as long as I have my necessities all is well. Last trip, Qatar could not connect my luggage in Doha and it arrived in Pattaya before the bars opened.
One piece of hand luggage can carry everything I need. I travel light and laugh at the Chinese tourists with their trunks.
In all fairness paborn he thread is about “ A new travel option for UK members”!
' have you even glanced at a geography book? '
Err yes.. - but in case you hadn't noticed, the vast majority of visitors to the LoS are not from N. America.
Most Americans seem to prefer the PI scene - which can be done in one leg from the west coast at least..
[edit: PI = Philippine Islands]
' One piece of hand luggage can carry everything I need. I travel light and laugh at the Chinese tourists with their trunks '
I know a few regular visitors who leave a bag full of LoS clothing at the back of an obliging bar and otherwise travel light..
Actually, the vast majority of users of this forum don't actually post and as to visitors to LOS itself - the REASON most visitors are not from North America is because of the length of the trip - NOT whether paying a little more gets a quicker flight. - Thus, your point is bogus - simply put NO MATTER where you plan to go direct flights are operational/financial/hub and spoke feed system decisions of the airlines NOT anyone's willingness to pay "extra'
Also. this remark "Most Americans seem to prefer the PI scene - which can be done in one leg from the west coast at least.."
I love the way some people use "most" or "seem" in place of any fact - it is 3,000 miles from NYC to LA - "most" at least from the west coast. God, such pure drivel. By the way , what the hell " PI" anyway.
scottish-guy left a bag containing a pair of purple bell-bottoms and a pair of engineer boots at Nice Boys a decade ago, but he hasn’t been back to collect it since.Quote:
Originally Posted by Old git
Ooh Minimee you are naughty. But I like you.
I was 13 or 14 when I had those - which was considerably more than a decade ago!
Also they weren't "Engineer boots", they were platform shoes, made from real plastic - and you forgot the trousers were purple corduroy.
And finally, I was in Nice Boys in 2016
:drink:
' made from real plastic '
What is synthetic plastic made from then?
' Also. this remark "Most Americans seem to prefer the PI scene - which can be done in one leg from the west coast at least.."
I love the way some people use "most" or "seem" in place of any fact - it is 3,000 miles from NYC to LA - "most" at least from the west coast. God, such pure drivel. By the way , what the hell " PI" anyway. '
Excuse me, but YOU were the one who threw a hissy fit without thinking first, and I did no more than politely put you in your place.
Look at Pattaya - American headcount 5% at best - look at Angeles - American headcount around 50% if not more..
Bit of a no brainer where you guys like to party - No?
There is no point in even discusiing most of this as your ignorance is quite clear. Just one thing - ( I now realize you are discssing the Phillipines ) although the US has returned soverignity of military bases to the PI government - Americans remain in vast numbers accross no less than 5 huge bases. Tourists???? The number one country of arrivals to PI is South Korea, second China . I try to be polite so this ends here - change your name from Old Git to Dim wit.
Besides, my post concerning your remark had NOTHING to do with amounts of tourism it was in answer to your assertion that one could just pay a bit more for a direct flight. I do , however, agree with one of your remarks - yes, what you say does, indeed, have no need for a brain.
When I was flying West Coast - Bangkok it was always a one-leg flight, with the break in Tokyo. I was tempted when I worked in Texas to use Continental's Dallas - Tokyo. United flies direct from Chicago to Tokyo. Everywhere from North America to Bangkok is "one-leg" except when Thai flew direct from LA