Best Time And Airline From Bkk To Ny

[bassmaster50]

Hello everyone,

Now that Thai Airways doesn't fly to NY,does anyone know best airline and route to NY from Bangkok?Also what is usually the cheapest time of year to fly?Thank you

[lomatopo]

One-stop service via Europe typically yields the shortest total travel time but this is of course dependent on individual timetables and connection alignment. You'll also pay a lot more for this routing. One-stop service via the Pacific will likely yield slightly longer travel times, and be less expensive. You really ought to find a Consolidator who specializes in Asian travel markets.

For U.S. carriers operating to Asia generally speaking there are four (4) "seasons":

L 2JAN-23MAY OR 5SEP-20NOV

K 24MAY-6JUN, 21AUG-4SEP OR 21NOV-5DEC

H 7-13JUN, 3JUL-20AUG, 6-12DEC OR 24DEC-1JAN

P 14JUN-2JUL OR 13-23DEC

from lowest (L) to "shoulder" (K) to high (H) to peak (P). Dates are approximate and vary year to year. You usually will see these characters (L/K/H/P) in the fare basis code (in the second space). Further Mon-Thu (X) travel (departure) is less expensive than Fri-Sun (W). Again you see the W (weekend) and X (not weekend) characters in the fare basis code.

The QPX engine at http://matrix.itasoftware.com/ is highly regarded re: published, available fares.

[bkkjames]

Check Emirates, flight arrives in Dubai at 6am or so and then onto another one straight to NYC if I am not mistaken.

[rak sa_ngop]

Check Emirates, flight arrives in Dubai at 6am or so and then onto another one straight to NYC if I am not mistaken.

Not sure about NY but Emirates to UK is bl**dy expensive these days! Also difficult to get seats BKK to Dubai.

[bkkjames]

Check Emirates, flight arrives in Dubai at 6am or so and then onto another one straight to NYC if I am not mistaken.

Not sure about NY but Emirates to UK is bl**dy expensive these days! Also difficult to get seats BKK to Dubai.

You are right but all major carriers are bloody expensive to Europe at the moment.

[bassmaster50]

hank you everyone for your help.

[Pierrot]

Cathay has direct flights to NY but I don't know if their prices are competitive or not.

[IMA_FARANG]

Hello everyone,

Now that Thai Airways doesn't fly to NY,does anyone know best airline and route to NY from Bangkok?Also what is usually the cheapest time of year to fly?Thank you

Why don't you look it up yourself...doa yahoo or google search for Orbitz or some similar on-line travel agency.

The cheapest I saw on Orbitz...for example was this:

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$1,439 + $327 taxes & fees = $1,766 per person

Tue, Jul 15 Etihad Airways 401

Depart: 8:40pm Bangkok, Thailand (BKK)

Arrive: 11:55pm Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (AUH)

1 stop Economy 6hr 15min Boeing 777

Change planes

Time between flights: 2hr 10min

Etihad Airways 101

Depart: 2:05am Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (AUH)

New York, NY (JFK) Arrive: 8:30am

Economy 14hr 25min Airbus A340

Total duration: 22hr 50min

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Lomg trip...but what do you expect?

[boogie]

Cathay has direct flights to NY but I don't know if their prices are competitive or not.

I've just been checking Cathay web site and they gave me a return fare of $1882.90 inc taxes (JFK-BKK via Hong Kong) for August travel this year.

I am not intending to travel again until next year so just threw in a few dates to see what came up, I have a young family so want to avoid too many stop-overs or long waits between flights. I was intending to use the Thai airways flight from JFK but now that has gone I am looking for alternatives. Previously I have traveled on BA as I am in Bermuda and they have a direct flight to Gatwick arriving early morning and then I would get the Late flight direct to BKK having spent the day in a hotel day room. This worked great with the kids but is now becoming very expensive.

From what I can see at the moment Cathay looks a good alternative.

[meandwi]

Hello everyone,

Now that Thai Airways doesn't fly to NY,does anyone know best airline and route to NY from Bangkok?Also what is usually the cheapest time of year to fly?Thank you

With out a doubt http://www.cathaypacific.com/cpa/en_US/homepage is the best price. You will want to wait until after the olympic games to purchase your tickets.

[Heng]

Your best best is to try one of the local 'bucket' shops. Often overworked and cranky, but usually the best fares around, no matter what class your ticket. I use TVAir at Emporium. Cheapest would be something like China Airlines or Philippine Airlines flight to LAX and then an Airtran flight to New York. Nothing saves money like a couple of flights on airlines with relatively poor safety record histories, and manually hauling your bags to another terminal after customs.

I prefer Singapore Airlines direct though, myself.

[britmaveric]

BKK-NRT-IAD roughly $1300 rt on UAL, then get a quick hop on Jet Blue for $100 r/t

[lomatopo]

BKK-NRT-IAD roughly $1300 rt on UAL, then get a quick hop on Jet Blue for $100 r/t

That "roughly" appears to be a one-way price, NKK-NRT-IAD on UA.

Of course everything depends on the exact travel dates and length of stay but Air China, Etihad, Emirates and Korean Air seem to have the lowest prices. Etihad appears to have the shortest overall travel times, factoring in both outbound and return.

Bangkok, Thailand to New York, NY: 9936 miles 22 hrs 50 min

Etihad Airways Etihad Airways Flight EY401 on a Boeing 777 (jet) in coach class

(meal)

Departs Bangkok, Thailand (BKK) Mon, Oct 13 8:40p 6 hrs 15 min

Arrives Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (AUH) 11:55p

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

Layover in Abu Dhabi 2 hrs 10 min

Etihad Airways Etihad Airways Flight EY101 on an Airbus A340 (jet) in coach class

(meal)

Departs Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (AUH) Tue, Oct 14 2:05a 14 hrs 25 min

Arrives New York, NY (JFK) 8:30a

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

Note: The flight from Abu Dhabi (AUH) to New York (JFK) leaves early in the morning.

Note: There is an overnight stop in Abu Dhabi (AUH).

New York, NY to Bangkok, Thailand: 9936 miles 21 hrs 20 min

Etihad Airways Etihad Airways Flight EY100 on an Airbus A340 (jet) in coach class

(meal)

Departs New York, NY (JFK) Mon, Oct 20 10:50a 12 hrs 55 min

Arrives Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (AUH) Tue, Oct 21 7:45a

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

Layover in Abu Dhabi 2 hrs 5 min

Etihad Airways Etihad Airways Flight EY408 on a Boeing 777 (jet) in coach class

(meal)

Departs Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (AUH) Tue, Oct 21 9:50a 6 hrs 20 min

Arrives Bangkok, Thailand (BKK) 7:10p

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

Note: The flight from New York (JFK) to Abu Dhabi (AUH) is overnight.

Booking details

If you want to buy this ticket, contact the airline (Etihad Airways: +971-2-6939711) or a travel agent. If you use a travel agent to buy this ticket:

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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): EY BKKNYC QRTTH1 fare (rules) THB 18250

Fare (A2): EY NYCBKK QRTTH1 fare (rules) THB 18250

Tax: USDA APHIS Fee $5.00

Tax: US Immigration Fee $7.00

Tax: US Customs Fee $5.50

Tax: US International Arrival Tax $15.40

Tax: Thailand Passenger Service Charge THB 700

Tax: EY YQ surcharge $240.00

Tax: US International Departure Tax $15.40

Tax: US September 11th Security Fee $2.50

Tax: US Passenger Facility Charge $4.50

Total for 1 adult passenger: $1402.10

(as of Monday, July 14, 2008 2:51am)

Fare construction (sometimes useful to travel agents):

BKK EY X/AUH EY NYC 552.76QRTTH1 EY X/AUH EY BKK 552.76QRTTH1 NUC 1105.52 END ROE 33.016 FARE THB 36500 EQU USD 1086.00 XT 5.50YC 7.00XY 5.00XA 30.80US 2.50AY 20.80TS 240.00YQ 4.50XF JFK4.50