Traveling BKK to Chiang Mai. Short flight and may not matter, but any preference between these two for that trip?

 

Thanks!

AirAsia all day long! They even go out of BKK for some flights now (mostly DMK).

VietJet are pretty well known for delays. I'd even go as far as saying that they make up three flight times when they only have one plane for the route. Then they just cancel the two lesser-booked flights.

Ok, maybe they're not that bad, but they do like a delay or cancellation.

9 minutes ago, 2long said:

AirAsia all day long! They even go out of BKK for some flights now (mostly DMK).

VietJet are pretty well known for delays. I'd even go as far as saying that they make up three flight times when they only have one plane for the route. Then they just cancel the two lesser-booked flights.

Ok, maybe they're not that bad, but they do like a delay or cancellation.

do not airasia still fly from pattaya aiport???

13 minutes ago, blackshadow said:

do not airasia still fly from pattaya aiport???

I don't know. I'm not in Pattaya.
You'd need to check their website.

4 minutes ago, 2long said:

I don't know. I'm not in Pattaya.
You'd need to check their website.

i am not going so no need to check

55 minutes ago, blackshadow said:

do not airasia still fly from pattaya aiport???

U-Tapao?

Haven't seen any note about the major airlines serving.

Bangkok Air and seemingly Thai Lion.

Thai Lion does a flight to Chiang Mai but not daily.

Otherwise U-Tapao dead as a dodo.

Can't find a single scheduled flight for today as an example.

 

Thai Vietjet Air or Thai Air Asia?

My answer: Thaismile from Suvarnabhumi anytime

1 hour ago, Cottonfist said:

Short flight

? It's always non stop jet. So something little over an hour.

 

1 hour ago, 2long said:

VietJet are pretty well known for delays.

A mate once lost almost a whole day trying to get from Phuket to Bangkok with Vietjet. Just left on his own.

Maybe a singular event but fits to your suspicion.

3 hours ago, 2long said:

AirAsia all day long! They even go out of BKK for some flights now (mostly DMK).

VietJet are pretty well known for delays. I'd even go as far as saying that they make up three flight times when they only have one plane for the route. Then they just cancel the two lesser-booked flights.

Ok, maybe they're not that bad, but they do like a delay or cancellation.

I lived in Vietnam for six years - until recently - and among my Vietnamese colleagues, their nickname for VietJet was Delay Airline. And what you described is EXACTLY what they do: They schedule three flights to the same destination a few hours apart - to trick people into thinking that they're going to get a flight at exactly the time that is most convenient for them - then they cancel two of those flights at the last minute. That being said, they do tend to be cheap - but at the cost of your time and frustration.

Before the pandemic AirAsia was ok.

 

Recent trips on AirAsia and cancelations have been unpleasant at best.

There is literally no customer service. 

 

I'd take Viet Jet over AirAsia.

 

ThaiSmile is very good.  Easy changes and pleasant staff. 

Having flown with Air Asia several times and only once with VJ, I'd say AA are definitely better. VJ had a difficult online booking procedure, unexplained price jumps as you progressed and at the airport check-in had to stand in a very long very slow moving line. It's a few years ago so I can't remember all the details, but I vowed not to use them again.