British Airways spreads its wings: Gatwick-Bangkok flights back on

[Nick Carter icp]

5 minutes ago, bradiston said:

If you want to change seats, just wet the one you've been allocated and loudly suggest it's pee.

 

  That is being deceptive 

[KhunBENQ]

42 minutes ago, Keeps said:

My friend likes a morning departure UK time

Nonstop in the morning to Bangkok won't come out nice.

Would land deep in the night.

Due to technical problems at SAS I once had a flight departing Kopenhagen about 11 AM. Landed about 3 AM at an empty Suvarnabhumi.

Opposite direction day time flights are possible like Finnair.

 

 😄f..ing editor. Can't delete the smiley.

Edited October 31 by KhunBENQ

[NoshowJones]

1 hour ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   You really should do what the airline staff ask you  to do 

I did, did you not read my post properly?

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, Keeps said:

My friend looked recently for flights leaving end of November returning to UK near the end of January.

 

Economy both ways. BA from Gatwick was nearly £500 more expensive than similar flight with Thai Air from Heathrow.

 

I always use EVA from Heathrow myself. Flew from London last Friday night and actually got a free upgrade at the boarding gate as the flight was full. That hasn't happened for a long time. Have EVA gold card though and travelling alone so that was probably why. Was a pleasant surprise.

Thanks for that... more informative than some replies.

[Nick Carter icp]

1 hour ago, NoshowJones said:

 I was told to vacate it just before the plane took off. I refused, 

 

25 minutes ago, NoshowJones said:

I did, did you not read my post properly?

 

   Yes, I did read your post properly, you refused a request from airline staff 

[NanLaew]

5 hours ago, josephbloggs said:

Yep! It is dreadful, I don't know how this is allowed to go out.

And pretty sure Bob Scott doesn't even exist.

 

I can assure you that @bob smith is alive and well.

[Seppius]

2 hours ago, NoshowJones said:

No airline compares with KLM where bad service is concerned. I paid extra for a seat with extra legroom, I was told to vacate it just before the plane took off. I refused, then one of the cabin crew started getting a bit nasty, so not wanting to cause any trouble I let them move me to another seat.

100% agree their AMS-BKK flight is awful

[Denim]

5 hours ago, josephbloggs said:

My eyes hurt.

 

In a move that’s set to soar to new heights.....

.....made known she is over the moon about bringing back this sky-high connection.

The flight frenzy took off on October 28.....

Expect a fourth and fifth weekly flight to keep those skies buzzing.

......with a whopping total of 332 seats up for grabs.
....spreading their wings to explore Chiang Mai

.... due to the pesky pandemic, which clipped its wings

....air travel between the UK and Thailand is about to take off like never before
....prepare for a staggering 552 flights and 174,864 seats ready to whisk you away
...Joining the mighty BA on these routes are Thai Airways International, EVA Air, and TUI UK (Charter) – because when it comes to travelling, it’s plain sailing ahead.

I know we're not allowed to criticise these articles and I'll probably get told off, but seriously can a human not just read these first and go "ooh, AI has gone a bit over the top with dreadful cliches and nonsensical phrases on this one (I mean "the flight frenzy took off" doesn't even make sense!), let me just tone it down a bit".

I just can't read their articles any more - surely they lose readers because of it.

 

 

 

 

Bob wrote it. Say no more

[NanLaew]

5 hours ago, Will B Good said:

 

Looks like they might fly direct to LHR, but use Qatar for LGW....???

 

BA does not do BKK-LHR direct, only LGW.

 

You are probably picking a return date where they either don't fly BKK-LGW or it's sold out.

[NanLaew]

3 hours ago, Keeps said:

My friend looked recently for flights leaving end of November returning to UK near the end of January.

 

Economy both ways. BA from Gatwick was nearly £500 more expensive than similar flight with Thai Air from Heathrow.

 

I always use EVA from Heathrow myself. Flew from London last Friday night and actually got a free upgrade at the boarding gate as the flight was full. That hasn't happened for a long time. Have EVA gold card though and travelling alone so that was probably why. Was a pleasant surprise.

 

When I checked out availability on this route about three months ago when the route/dates were first announced, it was under£800 r/t.

 

If you are looking at dates for next month and high season, pretty much all carriers will be more expensive, especially the non-stoppers.

 

 

[NoshowJones]

1 hour ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

 

   Yes, I did read your post properly, you refused a request from airline staff 

.Of course I did, I paid for that seat, but I had the sense not to argue with them. So what would you have done?

I suppose you would just have said "it doesn't matter that I have paid for the seat, I can just take another one".

[NanLaew]

6 minutes ago, NoshowJones said:

.Of course I did, I paid for that seat, but I had the sense not to argue with them. So what would you have done?

I suppose you would just have said "it doesn't matter that I have paid for the seat, I can just take another one".

 

It's in the small print of AF-KLM's (and many other airline's) conditions of carriage that regardless of flight class, pre-selected or check-in seat assignment, they can and will ask you to change seats.

[Nick Carter icp]

14 minutes ago, NoshowJones said:

.Of course I did, I paid for that seat, but I had the sense not to argue with them. So what would you have done?

I suppose you would just have said "it doesn't matter that I have paid for the seat, I can just take another one".

 

   I don't pay for seats , I just sit where ever 

[soi3eddie]

9 hours ago, animalmagic said:

Don't care where they fly from or to. Last time I flew with them the seat was broken and I spent over half the flight standing or resting on a crew seat. Still had to use the seat for landing but fortunately it didn't totally collapse. After emails offering, in order -

1. An apology.

2. 25 pound avios voucher.

3. 50 pound avios voucher.

4. Enough free avios points for a ONE way flight to London.

I see no point in flying with an airline that uses old and knackered seats and cannot offer adequate customer service. Simply upgrading my return flight from London would have cost nothing and solved the issue.

To quote them from their very first response to me, 'we realize the seat is a very important part of our service.'

 

British Airways has a lot of older planes (especially at Gatwick). The B777-200 (G-YMMA) they used on this flight - BA2231 LGW-BKK on 28th Oct - is 25 years old. I really hope the cabin is in better condition than you experienced.

 

I prefer Thai's B777-300ERs (HS-TTA, HS-TTB & HS-TTC) to/from LHR that were delivered new just 2-3 years ago.

 

[NoshowJones]

2 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   I don't pay for seats , I just sit where ever 

I bet you are not very tall like me.

[NoshowJones]

3 hours ago, NanLaew said:

 

It's in the small print of AF-KLM's (and many other airline's) conditions of carriage that regardless of flight class, pre-selected or check-in seat assignment, they can and will ask you to change seats.

That's fair enough if there is good reason for it, but try going into a shop and buy something then the shopkeeper asks for the item back and will not refund your money. Same thing.

[NanLaew]

12 minutes ago, NoshowJones said:

That's fair enough if there is good reason for it, but try going into a shop and buy something then the shopkeeper asks for the item back and will not refund your money. Same thing.

 

Not the same thing at all. If you had been denied boarding or otherwise kicked off the flight with no alternative booking or a refund, then that's analogous to your shopkeeper scenario. The airline got to your destination, albeit in a different seat.

[Nick Carter icp]

1 hour ago, NoshowJones said:

I bet you are not very tall like me.

 

    6 foot 2. Me

[Nick Carter icp]

2 hours ago, NoshowJones said:

That's fair enough if there is good reason for it, but try going into a shop and buy something then the shopkeeper asks for the item back and will not refund your money. Same thing.

 

   There quite likely was a good reason for it , they wouldn't have done it for no reason at all 

[NanLaew]

4 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   There quite likely was a good reason for it , they wouldn't have done it for no reason at all 

 

KLM changed the seat I had selected at online check-in the previous evening. They did it when they scanned the boarding pass for boarding at AMS, loud beep from the scanner, tore up the one I had and gave me a new seat, about six rows further forward. When I asked, I was told it was so they could seat a family. I had a look back there once the plane was full and doors closed ready for pushback and there was no family group there and the aisle seat was empty.

 

The reason I asked for that particular window seat as that 777-200ER seat configuration angled slightly as the cabin tapered towards the rear so you got an extra couple of inches of legroom for free. Being 6'4", and KLM being my then preferred carrier, the A or K seats on this row were my automatic choices. I gurned at the Chief Purser about the relocation, but she told me I was wrong and, apart from exit rows, the seat pitch was the same from front to rear of coach. I asked her to go check, but she gave me the "I've flown hundreds of thousands of miles on a 777" argument, so I left her to her delusion. A few hours later, she came up to me and apologized as there was a seat-pitch change on that row on 777-200ER but not on the regular 777-200's, and she was unaware of it. So for compo, I got a couple of glasses of port from the Biz class section after dinner. On deplaning, she handed my a wallet with some discount vouchers that could be used for lounge access, duty-free purchases and discounts on tickets.

 

KLM got worse after that.

[NoshowJones]

17 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   There quite likely was a good reason for it , they wouldn't have done it for no reason at all 

We will just agree to disagree. This debate is OVER.

[treetops]

On 10/30/2024 at 10:38 AM, snoop1130 said:

The flight frenzy took off on October 28, with British Airways rolling out three weekly flights until March 30, 2025, and there’s even more on the horizon with plans to stretch services until April 26. And when things get busy? Expect a fourth and fifth weekly flight to keep those skies buzzing.

 

Forgot to mention it'll then return back to 3 per week as mentioned here:

 

Quote

 

BA will still restart its Bangkok – London flights as planned later this month, with three times weekly flights linking the Thai capital with London’s second airport Gatwick, using three-class Boeing 777s.

These flights will increase to five times weekly from mid-January 2025 to the end of February 2025, before reducing to four times weekly until the end of March 2025, then back to three times weekly for the summer 2025 season.

 

 

https://mainlymiles.com/2024/10/19/british-airways-postpones-kuala-lumpur-relaunch-april-2025/

 

[Upnotover]

BA could introduce a free of charge "repatriation of remains" service.  That I would sign up for.  Otherwise I'll pass on them, never again (alive).

[Will B Good]

1 minute ago, Upnotover said:

BA could introduce a free of charge "repatriation of remains" service.  That I would sign up for.  Otherwise I'll pass on them, never again (alive).

 

 

Why on earth would they do that????

 

 

[Upnotover]

Just now, Will B Good said:

 

 

Why on earth would they do that????

 

 

Of course they wouldn't, but it's the  only way I'd ever be on one of their flights again.  Hateful company.

[Will B Good]

2 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

Of course they wouldn't, but it's the  only way I'd ever be on one of their flights again.  Hateful company.

 

Got it...555

[newbee2022]

The riffraff comes nearer😱

[cowellandrew]

I an English man, disliked BA

 

[Chetzee]

Gatwick and BA are a perfect match ...... Gatwick is a dump , BA are a disgrace who in my mind should be forced to change its name ..... Owned by a Spanish company , it is far from British . They have been woefully slow to reengage  with the East after Covid and in my mind are best avoided 

[Trip Hop]

On 10/31/2024 at 1:47 AM, blazes said:

I suppose flights from Gatwick indicate that BA regards Bangkok as a bucket-and-spade destination.

 

I'm not so sure, both Qatar and Emirates appear to have re-routed a lot of their flights out of Gatwick so not sure if anything going on with Heathrow?  BA are a pile of crap though!