My daughter wants to go on holiday to Thailand in April 2009. I don't have time to search for all travel agents. Which travel agents do you use to get a cheap ticket (return) fly from Heathrow Airport, Direct flight, TG or Eva. Thank you.

Depends what you mean by cheap...

just done a quick look on Netflights and Eva is £633 with BA /Q partners at £899 both direct and since April is Low Season....

TG Thai didnt come up since maybe they will have gone bust by then especially the way they are behaving.....

Middle East Budgies tend to be a bit cheaper but involve a stop ...somwhere....

kayak.co.uk.

kayak.co.uk.

I've just bought in the EVA online sale at about £530 (LHR-BKK Mar 27- April 24) but this ended last week. You might try Oman air, which doesn't seem to be included in Kayak and has some cheap flights. However Oman may have stopped doing online bookings on the LGW/BKK route for a few weeks and were quoting higher prices over the 'phone. Kayak is okay but didn't have the cheap EVA flights.

Edited July 6, 200818 yr by citizen33

In case of difficulties, try flying via HKG and then China Air HKG - BKK or via Macau flying www.airasia.com to BKK for maybe an additional 150 quid including the ferry etc. A stopover might be nice, too.

Personally, I can recommend the service of Korean Air very much and they fly via Seoul. But I am prejudiced since I have access to their lounges.

The days of low fares seem to be over.

Good luck!

My daughter wants to go on holiday to Thailand in April 2009. I don't have time to search for all travel agents. Which travel agents do you use to get a cheap ticket (return) fly from Heathrow Airport, Direct flight, TG or Eva. Thank you.

Book EVA Air directly on their website www.evaair.com and pay with your Mastercard. You will get additional 5% as they currently have a promotion. Another good one these days seems to be AY (Finnair).

The least expensive fares between LHR and BKK currently appear to be one-stops via the middle east. For April, 2009 the lowest price I could find (published fare; available seat) was on Gulf Air (GF), 526.20 GBP all in:

London, United Kingdom to Bangkok, Thailand: 6508 miles 16 hrs 0 min

Gulf Air Flight GF8 on an Airbus A330 (jet) in coach class

Departs London, United Kingdom (LHR) Thur, Apr 9 10:35p 6 hrs 45 min

Arrives Bahrain, Bahrain (BAH) Fri, Apr 10 7:20a

1 adult in booking code Q, covered by fare (A1) below

Layover in Bahrain 1 hr 55 min

Gulf Air Flight GF158 on an Airbus A340 (jet) in coach class

(lunch, dinner)

Departs Bahrain, Bahrain (BAH) Fri, Apr 10 9:15a 7 hrs 20 min

Arrives Bangkok, Thailand (BKK) 8:35p

1 adult in booking code Q, covered by fare (A1) below

Note: The flight from London (LHR) to Bahrain (BAH) is overnight.

Bangkok, Thailand to London, United Kingdom: 6508 miles 14 hrs 40 min

Gulf Air Flight GF159 on an Airbus A340 (jet) in coach class

Departs Bangkok, Thailand (BKK) Wed, Apr 22 9:45p 6 hrs 45 min

Arrives Bahrain, Bahrain (BAH) Thur, Apr 23 12:30a

1 adult in booking code Q, covered by fare (A2) below

Layover in Bahrain 45 min

Gulf Air Flight GF7 on an Airbus A340 (jet) in coach class

(breakfast, lunch)

Departs Bahrain, Bahrain (BAH) Thur, Apr 23 1:15a 7 hrs 10 min

Arrives London, United Kingdom (LHR) 6:25a

1 adult in booking code Q, covered by fare (A2) below

Note: The flight from Bahrain (BAH) to London (LHR) is overnight.

Note: The layover in Bahrain (BAH) has relatively little room for delays, and for this route a missed connection would likely be very inconvenient.

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It is very important to use exactly the same booking codes and fare codes that we've used on this page in order to match the price we've found.

Fare (A1): GF LONBKK QLRUK fare (rules) £162.50

Fare (A2): GF BKKLON QLRUK fare (rules) £162.50

Tax: United Kingdom Air Passengers Duty £40.00

Tax: United Kingdom Passenger Service Charge £19.70

Tax: GF YQ surcharge £131.00

Tax: Thailand Passenger Service Charge THB 700

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Total for 1 adult passenger: £526.20

(as of Friday, July 25, 2008 1:08am)

Fare construction (sometimes useful to travel agents):

LON GF X/BAH GF BKK M 318.47QLRUK GF X/BAH GF LON M 318.47QLRUK NUC 636.94 END ROE 0.510239 FARE GBP 325.00 XT 40.00GB 19.70UB 10.50TS 131.00YQ

AirAsia to KL.

KL to BKK is also cheap.

My daughter wants to go on holiday to Thailand in April 2009. I don't have time to search for all travel agents. Which travel agents do you use to get a cheap ticket (return) fly from Heathrow Airport, Direct flight, TG or Eva. Thank you.

for cheap fares don't look a year in advance - if it's a low season (and april is) start searching in january, when everybody runs sales.

recently somebody mentioned thai airways for some 630 gbp, I would expect that fares will drop further as demand falls and petrol goes down

Thai is going in later part of April for £500 on ebookers......

also CP =£480 (via Kong)

and

Etti.. = £380 (Via the dabbi)

also dont forget that Easter and Song K are about the same time and all of the little rich Thai kids go home from their English public Schools for their mid term jollis.....

(Millfield must be empty ... )

so....

Total cost 500.59*

Select* includes taxes and fees Leave 21:30 >> 15:05 11hr 35min Thai Airways 917

Mon, 20 Apr LHR >> BKK Total time: non-stop

This is an overnight flight.

Return 12:25 >> 18:30 12hr 5min Thai Airways 916

Thu, 30 Apr BKK >> LHR Total time: non-stop

Leave Mon, 20 Apr Total time: 11hr 35min

This is an overnight flight.

Depart London Thai Airways 917

Economy | Boeing 747

11hr 35min

21:30 Heathrow Airport (LHR)

Arrive Bangkok

15:05 Suvarnabhumi Int'l airport (BKK)

Return Thu, 30 Apr Total time: 12hr 5min

Depart Bangkok Thai Airways 916

Economy | Boeing 747

12hr 5min

12:25 Suvarnabhumi Int'l airport (BKK)

Arrive London

18:30 Heathrow Airport (LHR)

One place to call is always WestEast Travel, surely. They always have good fares for TG, but are also aware of the other direct/via-the-Gulf fares, usually cheaper.

Try Etihad. etihadairways.com

I've flown with them a few times and can highly recommend them. Stopover usually for a couple of hours in Abu Dhabi. Last time I booked direct from their website and it was cheaper than I could find at a UK travel agency.