josephbloggs

It's not a good time to be a farang doing hit and runs, attacking people in supermarkets, spitting at people after you forced them to knock your bike, kicking someone sat on some stairs and threatening to shoot them or have them put in prison, and all the other stuff. For the rest of us nothing has changed. Be good, be respectful, and you are very welcome here.

Agree with this. If champagne and caviar is important to you you'll be flying business or first so the rest of what is in the airport is completely irrelevant. Economy passengers are not looking for champagne or caviar at any airport so the whole exercise and ranking is just silly.

Surprise surprise, you want to criticise it but you don't want to know anything about it in case ti doesn't reflect your prejudice. Ignore me if you like, keep shouting in to your echo chamber, you'll be happier there. And I'm not triggered, but when I am presented with information that seems unlikely (Suvarnabhumi being a top luxury airport) I like to check it out before I inform an opinion and yes, I will correct people who base their opinion on nothing more than prejudice or without doing the slightest bit of research - I found the original survey and criteria in about three minutes. But rather than do that you all jump around and say it is bribery, "they've" done this quickly (even though it was done a month ago) etc etc. Very boring, yet very predictable.

It is neither, clearly. The list was for any airport that had more than ten lounges, then they got scores for how many luxury hotels were nearby, how many caviar and champagne outlets there are, how many luxury brand shops there are. That's it, nothing more, nothing less. And yet it triggers people, it is hilarious. https://www.allcleartravel.co.uk/blog/worlds-most-luxurious-airports/ Suvarnabhumi does have a lot of lounges and luxury brand shops. It's not one of the world's best airports, nor is it anywhere near one of the worst. It is what it is, a slightly above average, middling airport.

It was published in February, Here's the criteria. Which one of these criteria do you question exactly? https://www.allcleartravel.co.uk/blog/worlds-most-luxurious-airports/ It's really a meaningless survey but funny to see all the bitters on here getting so triggered by it.

Who is "they"? Here's the original article and the criteria used. They survey was also done in February, so unless the Thai government a) can influence an independent survey conducted without their knowledge, and b) can time travel to go back in time from when the negative one was published, then I would love to know how you think "they" rushed out and did this. https://www.allcleartravel.co.uk/blog/worlds-most-luxurious-airports/

Home grown in New York, which is where Travel + Leisure is based.

What an absolutely beautiful story, and so typical that the first reply is a negative one. Really, how pathetic and bitter.

Easily tickled then.

I haven't seen video of what sparked it initially, but there is video of him riding alongside her then swerving in front and braking hard. There is also other footage of him in the same link throwing the middle finger whilst someone drives slowly past him when he is playing with his skateboard (yeah, an adult riding a skateboard) so he obviously has anger issues. Maybe she cut him up, maybe she beeped at him, maybe she was initially at fault, we don't know. But seems this guy is a bit of a low life judging from his reactions, his ridiculous bling, the fact he is riding a big bike wearing headphones and no helmet, and he clearly has anger issues.

Where did I say that? She managed to slam on her brakes and tapped him so his bike fell over, she did well. I wish he had been hit harder because his reckless actions deserved it, just a bit of damage to his bike would have been fine. And he can help his own safety in future by: a) not driving like a knob and swerving in front of someone and slamming his brakes on b) wearing a helmet c) not wearing headphones so he can actually listen to his surroundings and be more situationally aware. Seriously who drives a motorbike while wearing headphones??

You obviously didn't see the other video (or you conveniently missed it out) where he overtook her, swerved in front and slammed on the brakes from maybe 2-3 metres in front of her car. A car takes a lot longer to stop than a motorbike, no one could have avoided hitting him. Shame it wasn't harder.

You're wrong. The two lowest fare business class tickets - Business Lite and Business Classic both charge for seat selection. Only Business Comfort and Business Elite give it you for free. If someone comes here and says they flew Qatar business recently and paid £62 per leg for seat selection why would anything think they would be lying? It beggars belief, and now you look silly.

Ha ha, I thought the same, although I think I'd go with the business cheeseboard.

Riding a bike with no helmet and wearing headphones - tells you all you need to know about his intelligence. Idiot.

Sorry but you are wrong. I have flown EK to Dubai and to the UK many many times in all three classes and they are different menus, 100%. Just to check in case things have changed since I last flew I just picked a random flight - EK 372 - departing in the next few days, and checked the economy and business class menus on that flight. As I said, completely different. Sorry but you are completely wrong. 1st and Business share some items but 1st has a lot more choice, but economy and business are completely different.

This is absolutely not true - it is a completely different menu.

Where?

We really don't need to know about your sexual habits.

Emirates is always the one to beat (for me), but make sure you are booking on an A380, the business class on most of their 777s is very poor as it is a 2-3-2 layout with no direct aisle access. The A380 is 1-2-1.. As someone else mentioned Qatar is very good but they don't have Q Suites on all planes. Etihad I found a bit meh. A couple of years ago I tried Oman business on the 787. It's superb, almost a private suite for the window seats, much more comfortable and roomy than Emirates business, also the food was better. However I would still choose Emirates A380 for the bar and service and chauffeur drive.

Of course you did. https://www.wavewallcases.com/the-electric-vehicle-revolution-a-deep-dive-into-the-emf-radiation-concerns/ (And wavewallcases.com is a website that sells "EMF protection" products, but even they reference studies and tests that clearly show there is no risk and the difference in EMF radiation between an EV and an ICE is negligible. All linked to in the above article)

That's a fair enough opinion, I wish more people could be honest like you and just say "nothing against EVs but I just love petrol engines". rather than making stuff up like they'll explode, you spend your life queueing at charging stations, they'll be worthless in a few years etc etc. Would I would say is try one. I too love petrol engines, I love them a lot, always have done. But I tried an EV and was bowled over by it - so much so that I can say I would never buy another ICE. Getting back in the ICE after being in the EV felt like going back in time. I still drive an ICE by the way, but when it comes time to buy a new car I will definitely be going for an EV. You seem like an open minded chap so I would say just try one for your own curiosity if nothing else (provided your lifestyle would support one: home charging etc).

I saw an Ora Lightning Cat on the road yesterday. Verdict: ugly as Hell. Very frumpy, and looked as though someone had been rummaging in the Porsche/VW parts bin, joined a few bits together and then stuck some Bentley rear lights on. BYDs, Deepals, generally look bespoke and very very nicely designed. This just looks like a hodgepodge of copied bits of other cars, not impressed.

They can be fairly quiet, but no comparison. I drive what is considered a refined, mid-level "luxury" ICE, European Car of the Year winner. By ICE standards it is quiet. But from the outside it is not - the engine, the fan, extremely noisy, as are all ICE vehicles. However after spending three days in a BEV version of the same car when I got back in mine it was no longer refined or quiet, it felt very noisy, extremely sluggish, and I could feel the vibrations. It is all relative.

Ok fair point. Ignore the spark plug comment, brain not engaged when writing my list.