Thai Airways Flight Number Change?

[scrunchielaura]

In the new flight schedule due out at the end of the month, Thai Airways has renumbered their BKK<->JFK flights. Flight TG790 (BKK->JFK) is now called TG792. Flight TG791 (JFK->BKK) is now called TG793. Nothing else about the flights seems to have changed. The departure and arrival times are slightly different than in the past, but these revised times already apply to TG790/1.

The only reason I can think of for this arbitrary change is that TG is planning to offer an 8th or 9th weekly flight. In other words, two flights a day on some days. With four aircraft on the JFK and LAX routes each sitting idle about 5 to 6 hours a day, they should be able to squeeze out an extra flight leg occasionally. The flight number change might allow the first flight of a day to be TG790, and the second flight to be TG792.

I read in a different forum that some people who booked TG790/1 many months ago have had their reservations canceled, instead of having them moved to TG792/3.

[Goshawk]

Who gives a flying TG what number they asign to it..!

as long as they get you here/there whats the fuss..?