ATF Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 http://finance.yahoo.com/news/thai-airways-reform-test-business-211354140.html Interesting article on restructuring reforms on Thai Airways. Finally an objective view of the tasks faced turning Thai Airways into a profitable business. I rarely fly Thai because it is one of the most expensive airlines. Hopefully this will change soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertthebruce Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 I like them... Professional and good choices of destinations.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATF Posted July 21, 2014 Author Share Posted July 21, 2014 I like them... Professional and good choices of destinations.. I like them too but the prices can't compete with Cathy, British Airways or the Middle Eastern Airlines. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1BADDAT Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 I looked at a ticket from BKK to Shanghai recently and the pricing on Thai Airway made no sense whatsoever. The economy ticket was very expensive and the business class ticket was only a little more. I ended up booking with someone else for less than half. I heard that Thai Airways offers better discounts through travel agents. I know we use a travel agency at work and the fares don't seem to be much better. Anyone else have any experience with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 More travel related so moving into Travel forum MOVED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XDoodlebugger Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 I live in Dubai but have now started buying tickets originating in Bangkok on Thai Airways, they are much cheaper than buying from Dubai and even cheaper than going on EK. Of course they are 10,000 baht more (business class) than Malaysian but no thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tso310 Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 With Malayasia Airlines going down the pan there is an opportunity for Thai to pick up extra passengers. Whether this guy can do any good remains to be seen. The airline has suffered from overmanning and over generous perks for too many years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baboon Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 I like them... Professional and good choices of destinations.. I like them too but the prices can't compete with Cathy, British Airways or the Middle Eastern Airlines. Yep. Sorry and all that but I am not paying you £100+ over the BA fare, which itself is £100 over the EK fare, every time I try to book anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urloc Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Well, it seems it is working and the prices have gone down A LOT. I just reserved through edreams.es the flights for my family who are coming to attend to my wedding next month. The round trip from Madrid to Bangkok days 5 and 19 Aug cost me 875€ per passenger which is ridiculously low for a direct flight and something like 3x less than it cost before. Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown1950 Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Well, it seems it is working and the prices have gone down A LOT. I just reserved through edreams.es the flights for my family who are coming to attend to my wedding next month. The round trip from Madrid to Bangkok days 5 and 19 Aug cost me 875€ per passenger which is ridiculously low for a direct flight and something like 3x less than it cost before. Nice. Edreams - cheap Thai tickets in August - Could be to good to be true ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 As long as those fat cats who's running the airline on the government's dime, things will remain the same, thinking that in Thailand can fork 500 billion to prop up the rice shamble, they should also no worry about being in the black, I get tone of promos emails from many airlines buy non from TG, they mantra is, if you want us you will come to us..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacky54 Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Not true they are always most expensive, we found them the cheapest to NZ last year, inconsistent service though out ant back. Their customer service is very poor I have found, try phoning/emailing them! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timber Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Some of the prices are double or more for an hour and one half flight. Probably nice to fly, but need to be on an expense account or tax deductible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoldgit Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Some of the prices are double or more for an hour and one half flight. Probably nice to fly, but need to be on an expense account or tax deductible. I need to go to Singapore in September, Thai was over 20,000 for the two of us, Cathay 17,000, Singapore Airlines 14,000, Air Asia 10,000, but I booked a promotional flight with Tiger at 5,600 Baht, all in, for two passengers. That'll do me for the short hop down there, who is really going to want to pay top dollar for flying with the national flag carrier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Lee Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 (edited) Although their prices from Dubai are cheaper than Emirates I went with Emirates this time. Thai Airways only allows 20kg. free check-in vs. Emirates allowing up to 30kg. I've got a few extra items to bring this time. Thai Airways was wanting $25 USD a kg. for overage, ouch. I do love their flight attendants and it's comical sometimes to watch them deal with some of the arrogant people that come from the area I'm flying out of. Emirates has newer planes and seem a bit more comfortable, in economy anyway. Edited July 23, 2014 by Roger Lee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pralaad Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 (edited) I like them... Professional and good choices of destinations.. I like them too but the prices can't compete with Cathy, British Airways or the Middle Eastern Airlines. I do not mind paying extra $100-$200 for a direct flight.Others are usually cheaper because of stop overs Edited July 23, 2014 by Pralaad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Well, it seems it is working and the prices have gone down A LOT. I just reserved through edreams.es the flights for my family who are coming to attend to my wedding next month. The round trip from Madrid to Bangkok days 5 and 19 Aug cost me 875€ per passenger which is ridiculously low for a direct flight and something like 3x less than it cost before. Nice. Edreams - cheap Thai tickets in August - Could be to good to be true ? My thought too. I've had problems myself, with this particular company, they took the money on my credit-card and failed to issue the ticket, then a demand for an extra GBP90 arrived, blaming the airlines involved. And yet they still showed the lower fare as being available, on Skyscanner. So now I warn my friends, about them, just in case this wasn't an isolated error on their part. My own fault, I ought not to have been so trusting, in Skyscanner's vetting of people they recommend, and should rather have booked direct with the airline's website, at a slightly-higher price. I do hope Urloc doesn't have a similar problem. It's often a good idea, to google the agent's name & "problems", before using someone new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATF Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 I like them... Professional and good choices of destinations.. I like them too but the prices can't compete with Cathy, British Airways or the Middle Eastern Airlines. I do not mind paying extra $100-$200 for a direct flight.Others are usually cheaper because of stop overs Honestly really they are not. The fastest fight to the UK is BA and very little difference between BC and FC price. Emirates is usually cheapest to HK which I fly a lot but not as good as Cathay. The Thai price is a lot more. Just checking out a flight to the States and Thai are giving crazy prices for BC. Thai does have great service though and the girls are great but if you read the article posted in the OP you will see what Thai has to spend before they even take off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urloc Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Well, it seems it is working and the prices have gone down A LOT. I just reserved through edreams.es the flights for my family who are coming to attend to my wedding next month. The round trip from Madrid to Bangkok days 5 and 19 Aug cost me 875€ per passenger which is ridiculously low for a direct flight and something like 3x less than it cost before. Nice. Edreams - cheap Thai tickets in August - Could be to good to be true ? My thought too. I've had problems myself, with this particular company, they took the money on my credit-card and failed to issue the ticket, then a demand for an extra GBP90 arrived, blaming the airlines involved. And yet they still showed the lower fare as being available, on Skyscanner. So now I warn my friends, about them, just in case this wasn't an isolated error on their part. My own fault, I ought not to have been so trusting, in Skyscanner's vetting of people they recommend, and should rather have booked direct with the airline's website, at a slightly-higher price. I do hope Urloc doesn't have a similar problem. It's often a good idea, to google the agent's name & "problems", before using someone new. I have used edreams a few times and their customer support really blows, but the tickets are cheaper than with the airline. In this case 300€ difference per ticket, which is quite a lot considering there are 6 passengers. I searched again now and the prices have gone higher, but they issued my tickets already. I mostly pay with paypal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 My thought too.I've had problems myself, with this particular company, they took the money on my credit-card and failed to issue the ticket, then a demand for an extra GBP90 arrived, blaming the airlines involved. And yet they still showed the lower fare as being available, on Skyscanner. So now I warn my friends, about them, just in case this wasn't an isolated error on their part. My own fault, I ought not to have been so trusting, in Skyscanner's vetting of people they recommend, and should rather have booked direct with the airline's website, at a slightly-higher price. I do hope Urloc doesn't have a similar problem. It's often a good idea, to google the agent's name & "problems", before using someone new. I have used edreams a few times and their customer support really blows, but the tickets are cheaper than with the airline. In this case 300€ difference per ticket, which is quite a lot considering there are 6 passengers. I searched again now and the prices have gone higher, but they issued my tickets already. I mostly pay with paypal. Fair enough ! And forgot to say, congratulations of your forthcoming wedding, next month, and Good Luck ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown1950 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 <script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script> Well, it seems it is working and the prices have gone down A LOT. I just reserved through edreams.es the flights for my family who are coming to attend to my wedding next month. The round trip from Madrid to Bangkok days 5 and 19 Aug cost me 875€ per passenger which is ridiculously low for a direct flight and something like 3x less than it cost before. Nice. Edreams - cheap Thai tickets in August - Could be to good to be true ? My thought too. I've had problems myself, with this particular company, they took the money on my credit-card and failed to issue the ticket, then a demand for an extra GBP90 arrived, blaming the airlines involved. And yet they still showed the lower fare as being available, on Skyscanner. alt=blink.png> So now I warn my friends, about them, just in case this wasn't an isolated error on their part. My own fault, I ought not to have been so trusting, in Skyscanner's vetting of people they recommend, and should rather have booked direct with the airline's website, at a slightly-higher price. I do hope Urloc doesn't have a similar problem. It's often a good idea, to google the agent's name & "problems", before using someone new. I have used edreams a few times and their customer support really blows, but the tickets are cheaper than with the airline. In this case 300€ difference per ticket, which is quite a lot considering there are 6 passengers. I searched again now and the prices have gone higher, but they issued my tickets already. I mostly pay with paypal. Would strongly suggest checking if the Airline has your booking by going to checkmytrip.com. Enter your PNR number (issued in your E-Ticket by Edreams) and see if Thai Airways has your confirmed flights ? Edreams have a habit of taking your money - providing an e-ticket then sometimes a week before your flight you get an email from Edreams saying the return flight is full however for another 200/300 euros per ticket they can get you an alternative return flight ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
songhklasid Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 I wonder if were still gunna get the next 2 A380.s for the SYD-BKK run as stated earlier, the 747-200's are getting old. regardsS.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 I wonder if were still gunna get the next 2 A380.s for the SYD-BKK run as stated earlier, the 747-200's are getting old. regardsS.S. Not to mention the B747-400s, which are what they actually operate ! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_Airways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown1950 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 I wonder if were still gunna get the next 2 A380.s for the SYD-BKK run as stated earlier, the 747-200's are getting old. regardsS.S. What next 2 x A380 ???? All A380 orders have been completed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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