Thai Lion Air BKK to Phuket 600B One-Way

[scottish-guy]

This must rank as one of the best deals I've ever secured - a 1.45pm departure from DMK including a checked bag up to 15kg + hand luggage = 600B inclusive of no frills airline stealth charges.

Their booking website gave me some problems using iPad but worked fine on iPhone for some strange reason

More later

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[arsenal]

At that price they're going to do a roaring trade, is that their mane route? I am fucking hilarious, am I not?

[scottish-guy]

Well I found nothing to growl about

The plane appeared to be a brand new 737-800 - so with 6 seats across it was not spacious but neither is Emirates!

The check-in and boarding was very efficient and the flight departed and arrived bang on time - which let's face it is really all you want.

A free snack comprising of a waffle wafer type biscuit with chocolate filling and a small tub of water is included in the fare. The 737 is a noisy plane and we were seated almost level with an engine so maybe we got more noise than others. The point is - I'm sure an announcement was made that hot drinks etc were available for purchase (but I couldn't hear clearly because of accent and noise) and a cart passed at high speed but nobody bought anything probably because the menus hadnt been put in the seat pockets so nobody knew what was available - but for a short flight not a big issue.

The inflight magazine was highly amusing. It's 75% in Thai with just a couple of articles in English.

The article which tickled my fancy was one about "how to prepare for the flight" and must scare the shit out of inexperienced flyers:
If begins by gleefully letting you know that 80% of crashes happen at take off or landing (cheerful stuff), then goes on to advise you to visualise yourself escaping from the sinking/crashing/burning plane in order that you'll be able to plan your escape. It advises you not to self-medicate with a "stiff drink" so that you'll keep a "cool head" whilst the chaos erupts around you and then goes on to advise you NOT to wear shorts, short-sleeved shirt,or sandals (all of which I was wearing) in order to improve your "survivabilty" on the sinking/crashing/burning plane.

The best and most cheerful piece of advice was not to wear synthetic clothes as they will melt in the fireball and stick to you - followed by advice that "women should not wear pantyhose" - presumably because they'd stick to your fanny in the inferno?

So, I chuckled through the flight and there were no hitches.

Certainly recommend anybody travelling to Phuket checks them out.

[arsenal]

Well we'll see if you survive the return journey first.

[scottish-guy]

Oh I may not come back with Thai Lion - I'll just pick best price at the time (nothing booked yet) - for such a short trip I don't see any point in paying more than necessary

[Nirish guy]

not that you're even there in the first place mind and now sitting in Scotland surfing sky scanner to find pricing - pathetic man, just pathetic ! :-)

[arsenal]

Absolutely right NIrish. It's like Beachlover has returned from the dead with his posts of fantasy.

[scottish-guy]

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I recommend the bacon rolls by the way - but rather disappointed that Irn Bru and deep fried Mars bars are not available in a Scottish-owned establishment

[Nirish guy]

Ha Coke and Bacon Rolls, I see you're just like me in that you love going to Thailand to enjoy all that lovely Thai food that one hears about so often too :-)

My cafe there does a great line in Thai cheese and ham toasties, it being Thai as he sets a lettuce leaf on top of it as he brings it over ( which of course being the philistine that I am I immediately remove as I wouldn't eat any of 'that foreign muck" :-)

[scottish-guy]

Nooooo - the situation is that since arriving I've been forced to eat all the foreign muck by my BF (oh wait, that sounds disgustingly sexual ) and this visit to a Scottish bar was my attempt at "getting even" by forcing him to eat a bacon roll.

Plus, look more closely - a coke (him) and a Singha beer (me) - so at least there was something Thai in my lunch

He wasn't impressed with a bacon roll btw