y2k Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I'm heading to Phuket specifically Patong and after a few days want to finish off with a couple of days in Pataya. What's the method of transport to Pataya from Patong as I can't find and direct flights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yahooka Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Bangkok Air is doing direkt flights from Phuket to Pattaya (Utapao). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Yes, see above, plus also BKK is close to Pattaya with direct transport from the airport to Pattaya available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eezergood Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Yup - take the Bus to BKK and fly to Phuket, much cheaper and easier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N47HAN Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 (edited) Yup fly to bkk is the best bet. Rhen taxi to pattaya. Utapoa if your staying in central pattaya isnt actually that much quicker to get to in a taxi and the flight cost is considerably more Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Edited May 14, 2014 by N47HAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2k Posted May 14, 2014 Author Share Posted May 14, 2014 Thanks didn't know about Utapao. Hkt to Utp is Aud230 but Hkt to Dmk is only Aud90 with a taxi fare to add. Flight duration is the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamKangMan Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 (edited) Thanks didn't know about Utapao. Hkt to Utp is Aud230 but Hkt to Dmk is only Aud90 with a taxi fare to add. Flight duration is the same. I was surprised to read Bangkok Air were charging $230AUD for this trip, so I checked it myself, because I fly this route occasionally. I picked a random date next week, Wednesday, and it's only around 2700 baht which is about $90AUD. To fly tomorrow is only 3200 baht which is about $110AUD. Where did you get the $230AUD price from???? Edited May 14, 2014 by NamKangMan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2k Posted May 14, 2014 Author Share Posted May 14, 2014 Kayak 18-21 June 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2k Posted May 14, 2014 Author Share Posted May 14, 2014 Think it's because I'm looking at return prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Thanks didn't know about Utapao. Hkt to Utp is Aud230 but Hkt to Dmk is only Aud90 with a taxi fare to add. Flight duration is the same. You don't want to fly to DMK but to BKK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamKangMan Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 (edited) Think it's because I'm looking at return prices. Just go to www.bangkokair.com and book the flight yourself. BTW - is a prop plane, but don't let that worry you. It's a nice flight. Make sure to book the direct flight. Not the one that stops on Samui. Edited May 14, 2014 by NamKangMan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2k Posted May 14, 2014 Author Share Posted May 14, 2014 Thanks didn't know about Utapao. Hkt to Utp is Aud230 but Hkt to Dmk is only Aud90 with a taxi fare to add. Flight duration is the same.You don't want to fly to DMK but to BKK.Changing dates to 13-16 June to BKK is nearly double to DMK at 190 to 100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N47HAN Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 If u decide to fly to bkk. Make sure you go to swampy and not donmuang , big difference in travel times to patters Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamKangMan Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 (edited) Thanks didn't know about Utapao. Hkt to Utp is Aud230 but Hkt to Dmk is only Aud90 with a taxi fare to add. Flight duration is the same.You don't want to fly to DMK but to BKK.Changing dates to 13-16 June to BKK is nearly double to DMK at 190 to 100. To fly to Suvarnabhumi Airport - Bangkok (BKK) I think you will have to fly with Thai Airways and they are more expensive. AirAsia and NokAir will go to Don Muang - Bangkok for cheaper. The taxi from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Central Pattaya is about 1500 baht and from Don Muang is about 1600 baht but is about 45 minutes longer in normal traffic. Edited May 14, 2014 by NamKangMan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2k Posted May 14, 2014 Author Share Posted May 14, 2014 Yes booking direct with Bangkok Air hkt to bkk is only 140. Kayak you fleecers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamKangMan Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 If u decide to fly to bkk. Make sure you go to swampy and not donmuang , big difference in travel times to patters Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Only about 45 minutes extra taxi time, but not much more in taxi price, but a lot cheaper flight price to Don Muang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamKangMan Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Yes booking direct with Bangkok Air hkt to bkk is only 140. Kayak you fleecers. Make sure it's the direct flight. One of them does a stop over on Samui. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N47HAN Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 As always depends on timing , bangkok air and thai are the only ones that fly to swampy the rest donmuang. All down to convenience i guess Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N47HAN Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Nkm. Mmmm No theres no stopover in samui , they fly from samui to utapoa too. But its not a connecting flight , timing might come into play if 7 want to go to utapoa but thats it. And christ thats gonna be one expensive internal flight Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2k Posted May 14, 2014 Author Share Posted May 14, 2014 Thai Airways seem very expensive at 6,000thb hkt-bkk-hkt compared to 4,300thb for Bangkok Air. Yes will have to decide on cost vs convenience. Can't stand long car journeys especially when I'm a passenger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamKangMan Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Nkm. Mmmm No theres no stopover in samui , they fly from samui to utapoa too. But its not a connecting flight , timing might come into play if 7 want to go to utapoa but thats it. And christ thats gonna be one expensive internal flight Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Bangkok Airways have two flights a day from Phuket to U-Tapao. One is a direct flight - takes about 1:35mins The other stops on Samui (USM) and takes about 2:55mins. Check their website. I think it's the same plane, and you don't even get off, but it's a longer and more expensive flight, for no reason. Best the OP gets the direct flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N47HAN Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Nkm. Mmmm No theres no stopover in samui , they fly from samui to utapoa too. But its not a connecting flight , timing might come into play if 7 want to go to utapoa but thats it. And christ thats gonna be one expensive internal flight Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Bangkok Airways have two flights a day from Phuket to U-Tapao. One is a direct flight - takes about 1:35mins The other stops on Samui (USM) and takes about 2:55mins. Check their website. I think it's the same plane, and you don't even get off, but it's a longer and more expensive flight, for no reason. Best the OP gets the direct flight. Bangkok air have 4 ? Flights a day to samui from phuket . Guess one you can join the samui / pattay root then. Once or twice ? daily from samui. Guess the op can just l99k the flight schedules though. Google is certainly your friend on this occasion Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2k Posted May 14, 2014 Author Share Posted May 14, 2014 An alternative would be to fly Australia to Bangkok, do Pataya by road then back to bkk fly to hkt then back and exit bkk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiantFan Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Did the hkt utp flight last week. No probs. one thing to be aware of is the taxi scene. The counter rate is 800 baht to Pattaya about half hour to jomtien. Hotel pickup probably less. Booked a taxi to swampy. New car and sane driver. Took around 80 minutes in light traffic. 1300 baht from jomtien inclusive of tolls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2k Posted May 14, 2014 Author Share Posted May 14, 2014 So the average seems to be 1.5hrs and 1300 baht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Thai Airways seem very expensive at 6,000thb hkt-bkk-hkt compared to 4,300thb for Bangkok Air. Yes will have to decide on cost vs convenience. Can't stand long car journeys especially when I'm a passenger. Imho Bangkok Air has far better service (and quality) compared to Thai Airways. Not so much difference when in the air, but the main reason I pretty much always fly with Bangkok Air is the lounge access (for all) while waiting for plane to board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2k Posted May 15, 2014 Author Share Posted May 15, 2014 I'm sold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamKangMan Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 (edited) An alternative would be to fly Australia to Bangkok, do Pataya by road then back to bkk fly to hkt then back and exit bkk. Why back to BKK to exit. You can fly with Jetstar back to Australia, from Phuket, to many of the big cities. Edited May 15, 2014 by NamKangMan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2k Posted May 15, 2014 Author Share Posted May 15, 2014 It's usually cheaper to get a return than to get single tickets. I'll double check but that's my experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 It's usually cheaper to get a return than to get single tickets. I'll double check but that's my experience. That is changing fast, and with quite a few airlines these days a return ticket is simply 2 one way tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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