3 hours ago, Foexie said:

Thank you TACO for another mess

It seems to escape your understanding what TACO means. Are you struggling to understand that the going to war with Iran is the polar opposite of "chickening out"?

🙄

5 hours ago, madmitch said:

Eventually fould a flight from Phuket to LHR with Air Astana for this Saturday at just over 20,000 baht.

Cracking airline. Last time I flew with them to Europe, instead of paper towels, they had cloth hand towels hanging from hooks in the toilets. They were in a pretty awful state by the end of the flight. They also handed out headphones but there was no IFE.

For the meal service, they served exactly the same menu three times.

For 20k baht, it will be interesting if in-flight service has improved, but at present, beggars can't be choosers so have a safe flight.

2 hours ago, JulesMad said:

The ONLY ones to blame are america and Israel; competitors in the biggest terrorist states competition... This is the result of idiots in power!

So which of the following major terrorist organisations do USA or Israel sponsor. Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthi??? And which of those on October 7th launched a major attack on Israeli citizens. Did Israel do it to itself or did its main ally USA??

Now would you like another think about what country that might be - then look in the mirror for who the real "idiot" might be. 🥴

1 hour ago, Chongalulu said:

Then you don’t understand trading markets- they are based on what markets judge the price will be at a given point in the future. With 20% of the global oil supply choked off via the closure of the straits of Hormuz (40% of the Asian supply comes through that route) there’s going to be a significant shortage of supply. Would you sell something at the price it was yesterday when you KNOW it’s going to be much more expensive a few weeks down the road ?

I understand trading markets are driven by greed, and not on the basis of fair profit. But sadly the western world is now ruled by greed, and I would prefer a world with a little more fairness in it, and the opportunity for the downtrodden citizens to get a better deal.

I just did a test query on Kayak for one way on 14 March to London. Excluding flights with stops in the ME, there are two flights via Chongking at THB 24,000, all the others are above 40,000.

THA at 54/56,000

Thai Air Asia is OK in the middle of May

Don't worry guys. Calm down. I expect the Orange Man will soon lower prices by 800%, 900% or even 1,000%.

1 hour ago, NanLaew said:

Cracking airline. Last time I flew with them to Europe, instead of paper towels, they had cloth hand towels hanging from hooks in the toilets. They were in a pretty awful state by the end of the flight. They also handed out headphones but there was no IFE.

For the meal service, they served exactly the same menu three times.

For 20k baht, it will be interesting if in-flight service has improved, but at present, beggars can't be choosers so have a safe flight.

At least they fed you. Hope you had a lot of hand sanitizer with you when you used the restroom.

18 minutes ago, Hawaiian said:

At least they fed you. Hope you had a lot of hand sanitizer with you when you used the restroom.

This was before Covid and hand sanitizer hadn't been invented yet.

Typical Thai. Greedy fukas

5 minutes ago, Teddy Boy said:

Typical Thai. Greedy fukas

Typical Thai basher, cherry-picking the narrative despite ALL airlines going mercenary at the moment.

BTW, I saw four Emirates A380's parked up on the stands at BKK this morning. That's must be costing them a fortune too.

7 minutes ago, Teddy Boy said:

Typical Thai. Greedy fukas

Have a look at what Thailand is doing now. I think you dont have a clue buddy.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/general/3209685/local-fuel-prices-capped-for-15-days

Local fuel prices capped for 15 days

Shell and Caltex cancel increases, minister says Oil Fuel Fuld will subsidise prices

Thailand offers visa relief after flights canned

Immigration waives overstay penalties for travellers unable to leave country

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3210170/thailand-offers-visa-relief-after-flights-canned

The Ministry of Tourism and Sports plans to provide financial assistance to international tourists stranded in Thailand by global airspace closures because of the Middle East crisis.

Permanent Secretary for Tourism and Sports Natthriya Thaweevong explained that the ministry had set up the Foreign Tourists Assistance Fund, with a regulation allowing initial compensation of 2,000 baht per day for each tourist for force majeure cases, such as airspace closures and travel disruptions. The regulation allows compensation up to a total of 20,000 baht per person.

10 hours ago, Nickthai said:

Typical of Thailand and Thai Airways. Funny isnt it that I was quoted 71,000 baht on Monday because of "airspace" from Thai Airways yet Vietnam from Hanoi was only 32,000 return. Maybe they use different airspace or just that Thai are scammers. Either way I and I hope many others will never fly Thai again!

Check your facts it is not just Thai that is raising the price BKK TO LHR 1 way

08 mar

THAI 55K

EVA (Operated by thai) 105K

AC (Operated by thai) 106

Yes, not surprising that all carriers would do this (the ones not flying via ME airports). I got lucky by pure fluke in booking a flight (not via ME) to Europe just 2 days before the attacks. I checked again yesterday and the same flight - while still available - had a fare jump of 34,000 baht (extra). I'm not travelling for several weeks though, so the fares may calm down after this initial shock has passed and the other carriers add capacity. Let's hope so - it's still low season for Europe. Bad news for Thailand though regarding Middle East inbound travellers now lost.

Supply and demand.

Airlines are not charities.

12 hours ago, madmitch said:

Eventually fould a flight from Phuket to LHR with Air Astana for this Saturday at just over 20,000 baht.

AIr Astaną starts at 07.17 though the rest of the video is fun too ...

7 hours ago, Chongalulu said:

It seems to escape your understanding what TACO means. Are you struggling to understand that the going to war with Iran is the polar opposite of "chickening out"?

🙄

It was Netanyahu he crumbled to this time. TACO it is.

On 3/4/2026 at 6:22 AM, Chalong circle said:

That is just gouging of the highest order !

OK, and what if the prices are very different? because the claim is not accurate,

A very misleading article, and some very misinformed comments.

Last minute flights are almost always the most expensive tickets. It's called dynamic pricing. The fares are full fares. It has always been this way and has nothing to do with the conflict.

You can check for yourself. A roundtrip economy from London to Bangkok remains inexpensive. Some of the flights are direct. For example March 18- April 23.

Oman £865

Air France £901

KLM £922

EVA Air £972

THAI £1,048

SWISS, THAI £1,224

Turkish Airlines £1,291

Austrian £2,061

2 minutes ago, Patong2021 said:

A very misleading article, and some very misinformed comments.

Last minute flights are almost always the most expensive tickets. It's called dynamic pricing. The fares are full fares. It has always been this way and has nothing to do with the conflict.

You can check for yourself. A roundtrip economy from London to Bangkok remains inexpensive. Some of the flights are direct. For example March 18- April 23.

Oman £865

Air France £901

KLM £922

EVA Air £972

THAI £1,048

SWISS, THAI £1,224

Turkish Airlines £1,291

Austrian £2,061

 

That's good news for many folks if true.

However, with all the ME airlines not flying the London- Bangkok route there must be a lot of people in the UK and northern Europe, plus in Thailand wishing to return, who are presently flightless and looking for alternatives.

Wouldn't that push prices up?

9 minutes ago, bannork said:

That's good news for many folks if true.

However, with all the ME airlines not flying the London- Bangkok route there must be a lot of people in the UK and northern Europe, plus in Thailand wishing to return, who are presently flightless and looking for alternatives.

Wouldn't that push prices up?

Feel free to visit Google flights and see for yourself.

The cost of an airfare is relatively unchanged. A single routing is usually more expensive than a RT. Putting that aside, we are now entering shoulder season, and will soon be in low season. That means more capacity. The demand is more December- January, with demand slowly decreasing in the following months. One way with well regarded Hainan is £368

THB 15,585 on March 18.

On 3/4/2026 at 6:19 PM, SamSpade said:

I've got a return BKK-DOH-MAN flight booked for an 8 week trip to the UK from 28th March with Qatar (paid 86,000 for Business Class) so since the weekend have been looking at alternative flights that avoid the middle east & the cheapest Business Class I could find (Mixture of Thai & Turkish) was approx 235,000, cheapest economy ticket (IIRC it was with KLM) was 67,200.

If my flights do get cancelled I will see if I can get Qatar to book me on an alternative carrier (my dates are pretty fixed & the option of pushing them back 2 weeks doesn't work for me), if not I'll take a refund (or vouchers) & change my trip to September.

86,000 baht for business class return that was a cheap deal compared to Eva Air, I think I paid 76k for premium economy class and upgraded to business with airmails. That was March 2025 until 8 September 2025.

I will have a look at that airline in 1.5 years time if the war in the middle east has been solved by then.

Have you flown with them before?

Good luck with finding the replacement flight at a good price.

1 hour ago, Patong2021 said:

A very misleading article, and some very misinformed comments.

Last minute flights are almost always the most expensive tickets. It's called dynamic pricing. The fares are full fares. It has always been this way and has nothing to do with the conflict.

You can check for yourself. A roundtrip economy from London to Bangkok remains inexpensive. Some of the flights are direct. For example March 18- April 23.

Oman £865

Air France £901

KLM £922

EVA Air £972

THAI £1,048

SWISS, THAI £1,224

Turkish Airlines £1,291

Austrian £2,061

 

But the passengers in question are not flying the route you quoted, they are starting their return journey in Bangkok to Europe, I know of someone struggling to buy a ticket from Bangkok to Frankfurt, their return ticket should have been on the 10th March via the middle east.

Even if they stay one month extra in their house in Thailand they will still have to pay 55k baht for a single flight in tourist class.

But there are lots of tickets selling for 19k baht, but that is via the middle east 😀

8 hours ago, NanLaew said:

BTW, I saw four Emirates A380's parked up on the stands at BKK this morning. That's must be costing them a fortune too.

Still costing them no doubt but two of them have been running, as the BKK-HKG-BKK flights have continued and the DXB-BKK flight that continues on to SIA or DAD has operated yesterday and today.

11 hours ago, Chongalulu said:

I’ll take that bet- shall we say 50k baht.?

It’s called dynamic pricing and is based on supply and demand - the same as anything including air fares. You’ve had an entire chunk of significant supply removed (the ME airline routes ) and the demand remains and is channeling to carriers not using that route. Once the ME routes are restored supply will be created and fares will drop to reflect that.

Gonna put your money where your mouth is..?

No he will not I bet, but it will still not stop people like him moaning at what goes on in Thailand every chance they get, they do not understand how any market/commodity is driven by simple supply and demand. 😃

6 hours ago, JamesPhuket10 said:

86,000 baht for business class return that was a cheap deal compared to Eva Air, I think I paid 76k for premium economy class and upgraded to business with airmails. That was March 2025 until 8 September 2025.

I will have a look at that airline in 1.5 years time if the war in the middle east has been solved by then.

Have you flown with them before?

Good luck with finding the replacement flight at a good price.

Have flown with Qatar many times & can usually score a Business class round trip for about this price max 110K.

For approx. the same price I've flown Eva & Gulf Air which are great airlines, I used to fly Finnair a lot but since the war in Ukraine started their BKK-HEL flights miss their 1 connecting flight to MAN so it can take > 30 hours!!!

Also used to fly Turkish/Emirates a lot but nowadays you're looking at >130K, too rich for my blood.

On 3/4/2026 at 3:22 AM, Chalong circle said:

That is just gouging of the highest order !

Reminding that the airlines or the corporate establishment are not your friends.

Good, airfares have been far too affordable and it has let in many naughty tourists.

11 hours ago, BusyB said:

It was Netanyahu he crumbled to this time. TACO it is.

So it’s TACO WHATEVER he does??? In fact when he wanted to strike around 2 weeks ago Nettenyahu persuaded him to hold off. Heads I win tails you lose eh?

17 hours ago, BritManToo said:

I understand trading markets are driven by greed, and not on the basis of fair profit. But sadly the western world is now ruled by greed, and I would prefer a world with a little more fairness in it, and the opportunity for the downtrodden citizens to get a better deal.

So exactly how are you going to decide on "fairness " ? Some arbitrary central body deciding on prices? Do some research on how capitalism has in fact been the most successful system for the improving welfare of its citizens. Unless you prefer the sorts of administrations of USSR and other communist countries. ?