Eva Air Updates

[gk10002000]

I am booked on EVA Air to leave BKK to Taipei to SEA. I bought the ticket back in october which is when I got here. I have not had a lot of luck getting through to EVA by phone. I only tried a few times as I assumed they were busy getting other people out first.

Now I need to make some lodging arrangements. I would love to go home before December 21 because now they cut the Visa Border runs to 15 days from 30 days it is getting pricey to make a visa run that would have enough days in it. If I stay through New Years, which would be acceptable to me, I still have no idea what will happen with plane flights, and I can't make a cost effective Visa land run any more.

So does anybody have any idea how the airline is doing on the backlogs? I know they are flying people in, so I have to assume that some of them, for some reason or another may also be flying out before others. Priorities may change with ticket prices, etc. I don't know.

Are they still paying costs for overstays due to canceled flights?

[bbeaver1]

I am booked on EVA Air to leave BKK to Taipei to SEA. I bought the ticket back in october which is when I got here. I have not had a lot of luck getting through to EVA by phone. I only tried a few times as I assumed they were busy getting other people out first.

Now I need to make some lodging arrangements. I would love to go home before December 21 because now they cut the Visa Border runs to 15 days from 30 days it is getting pricey to make a visa run that would have enough days in it. If I stay through New Years, which would be acceptable to me, I still have no idea what will happen with plane flights, and I can't make a cost effective Visa land run any more.

So does anybody have any idea how the airline is doing on the backlogs? I know they are flying people in, so I have to assume that some of them, for some reason or another may also be flying out before others. Priorities may change with ticket prices, etc. I don't know.

Are they still paying costs for overstays due to canceled flights?

Try www.evaair.com they have a good schedule look up online.

[gk10002000]

I am booked on EVA Air to leave BKK to Taipei to SEA. I bought the ticket back in october which is when I got here. I have not had a lot of luck getting through to EVA by phone. I only tried a few times as I assumed they were busy getting other people out first.

Now I need to make some lodging arrangements. I would love to go home before December 21 because now they cut the Visa Border runs to 15 days from 30 days it is getting pricey to make a visa run that would have enough days in it. If I stay through New Years, which would be acceptable to me, I still have no idea what will happen with plane flights, and I can't make a cost effective Visa land run any more.

So does anybody have any idea how the airline is doing on the backlogs? I know they are flying people in, so I have to assume that some of them, for some reason or another may also be flying out before others. Priorities may change with ticket prices, etc. I don't know.

Are they still paying costs for overstays due to canceled flights?

Try www.evaair.com they have a good schedule look up online.

Thanks. Using the "search timetable" method there, it does list my flight as going back. No notes, no annotations. I don't put much faith in it. The site does list daily and almost weekly projections of flights. I will just try to buzz them again tomorrow.

Thanks

[ngangu]

My fiance just booked a ticket through a travel agent today with EVA BKK-SEA for the 21st. Though she has been on a waiting list for a while. I'm assuming, and hoping, that all is going smoothly.

[londonthai]

you have to try to get through to bangkok office or even taipei to confirm your seat.

there are empty seats each day on their online reservation facility.

the worst they will put you on the waiting list and a call a day or two before departure.

I was flying with them yesterday bkk-london, the plane was packed and there were some 30 stranded passengers queuing in the check in area for the spare seats.

surely there is still some chaos as my flight departed 50 minutes after the scheduled time.

as to visa - you don't have to do a run, if your 30 day stamp is within your originally bought ticket. If you have an e-ticket you have to do print out and hand out to the emigration. I did overstay as well - the officer even did not bother to look on my printed itinerary.

Edited December 10, 2008 by londonthai

[gk10002000]

After several tries and waits on several days, I was not able to get through to the Thai EVA office. However, I was able to reach the EVA air office in the USA. I was able to change my flight from December 21 to December 13. In fact, EVA air in Thailand called me today and confirmed it again. Too funny. I couldn't reach them, but they did call me!

Then Expedia, who I originally booked my flight on sent me an email that said EVA canceled my December 21 flight. That is OK, but I do wish the email said "and they changed it to December 13." But I will trust EVA.

One more night in Sukhothai. Tomorrow back to Bangkok for one more night of, well, who knows.

Sukhothai was interesting. Worth a visit if one has a few days. The bus ride from Mo Chit was easy and comfy. Not plastic or vinyl seats. 351 baht. only six passengers!

[brianw]

Tue 9th bkk to lhr EVA totally over booked. transfered passengers to Thai flight which arrived 1 hour before eva. I flew home with Thai on mon 8th approx 150 passengers on a 747. and my wife flew with thai next day again only a third full. I can understand why thai are cutting flights

[londonthai]

I was on that flight 9.12 to London (as you can see from my earlier post) - there were some 30 pax queing (on a standby) and I would think that some of them went on that flight. There was some delay in departure, as some of those stranded were clearing emmigration for too long.

No wonder people fly EVA - they have now fares even lower than a few months ago, for only £550 incl tax, and it's a direct flight

[gk10002000]

I was on that flight 9.12 to London (as you can see from my earlier post) - there were some 30 pax queing (on a standby) and I would think that some of them went on that flight. There was some delay in departure, as some of those stranded were clearing emmigration for too long.

No wonder people fly EVA - they have now fares even lower than a few months ago, for only £550 incl tax, and it's a direct flight

EVA does a pretty decent job. I have flown them partially or for the complete trip three times from the USA to Bangkok. The nice thing is twice I changed my return trip and it cost nothing. Once it was 25 USD. Once it was 0. Pricewise they seem to be about the same as China Airlines out of LAX to BKK. Either works fine for the Taipei connection.

This trip worked out OK. I got into Seattle with no problems. I even got to sit on the upper deck of the 747 from BKK to Taipei. Never did that before. No big deal, but it was quieter. I do prefer 747 to the usual 777 on the cross ocean flight. The seats are just too hard on the 777.

[Chaimai]

Thai are looking a lot cheaper for LHR/BKK around March.