No im not , its just that i have eight pairs ,3 prs of causal slipons and 5 prs of what the Americans call dress shoes,It means I dont have to wear the same pair dailyOriginally Posted by frequent
No im not , its just that i have eight pairs ,3 prs of causal slipons and 5 prs of what the Americans call dress shoes,It means I dont have to wear the same pair daily
francois (March 14th, 2019)
But they may be tweaking other benefits. For exactly the same low fare classes for which Thai and Emirates have dropped their baggage allowance, Singapore Airlines is charging for seat selection but keeping the baggage allowance. Emirates have also charged for seat selection for those classes, so dropping the baggage allowance was a further restriction. Thai restrict seat selection for those fare classes to the back of the cabin. It's all part of "you get what you pay for" (and in some cases not even that)
Thanks for the info regarding Emirates, I see that they are allowing 25kg for the cheapest fare so better than thai,
Maye a better fare but you have to change at Dubai no matter where you are going (if starting from UK). Dubai Airport is horrendous. No aircraft arrivals parking at the terminal. All remote parking requiring a bus...sometimes 10 buses... then they crawl to the terminal at walking pace...last time 1 hour from landing to the Terminal. Then security again, maybe twice, followed by a long walk to your next aircraft. Enough, Ive done it 4 or 5 times.
Thai invariably fly direct which is quicker, even if it costs a little more.
However, you cannot beat Eva Air for fares, quality, booze, free seat allocation etc. If only they had male flight attendants on their London flights!
poshglasgow (March 23rd, 2019)
Oh you brought back a little Canadian jesus juice for the boys of Sunee? How sweet. Must be holier than Mont Clair.On every trip home I load up on 45 kg or more ( if allowed) on clothing and other necessities (wine).
I have flown with Thai over many years and on my return journey to London on Monday 18th March on TG916, the second meal served (about 3.5 hours from landing in London) was quite bloody awful: the worst I've had in 26 years of flying with Thai. I chose the "spicy chicken with sticky rice" as it sounded good. God, it was dire. It was barely lukewarm, had holes in the foil covering and consisted of minced chicken with a fried egg plonked on top with a mound of sticky (nay, superglued) rice. I should have left it.
Upon reaching Heathrow I stayed in a hotel at the airport for the night, during which I became very cold and shivered throughout the night. My body ached and I felt quite weak the next morning. I drove back to Sussex and the 'yellow' trots and intermittent stomach cramps began. After two days of feeling quite unwell the body, by now registering empty, recovered on Thursday afternoon. All is now well.
Now, one cannot jump to conclusions and blindly blame the airline food, as the problem could have been incubating for the past 48/72 hours, having ingested something well before the flight. I ate out in Jomtien on the Sunday evening, as I did on Saturday. In any case, airlines are generally very, very careful not to serve their passengers and crew dodgy food. Can you imagine being trapped in the sky for hours on end with scores of sick passengers, a few unwell cabin crew and one sick pilot? Yet, I cannot get that ghastly tepid meal out of my mind, so I sent an email to Thai Airways asking if they'd had any reports of sickness after that flight. Answer came there none - Silence. I emailed customer services in London again yesterday:answer came there none. Why so quiet? In all other respects I enjoy my Thai flights but this time I found the standard of food very disappointing. Just my personal opinion, of course.
I generally find Thai food on Thai Airways on flights out of Bangkok to be uniformly execrable whereas Thai food on flights into Bangkok on Thai Airways to be ... not bad, probably because it wasn't prepared in TG kitchens in Bangkok
poshglasgow (March 23rd, 2019)
Absolutely agree. I've noticed this too over the years. Sadly, on the way out to BKK on TG 917 there was no choice other than eat the one dish that remained or go without. The food, however, was good.
Yes it’s a well known fact that food ex Bangkok is worse than vice versa.
It’s not just Bangkok...try some African flights.
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