jgd1004 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Hi all. Im returning to Thailand in april to celebrate songkran. Ive flown with thai airways the past 3 times and think they are a great airline but if i stay in Thailand over 4 weeks the flight price jumps up an extra £200 or more! I was told by a holiday company that thai airways like you to return within 1 month and now ive seen that for myself as this time i have decided to go for 5 weeks. Therefore ive looked at other airlines and came across EVA airways which seem to be a good airlines from the reviews ive read but you cant beleive everything you see on the Internet, so i thought id ask in here. Have any of you flown with Eva airways before and what are they like compared to Thai airways? Do they have the same level of service? What are the meals like and do they offer complimentary alcohol? Also are they reliable? I have never heard of them before thats all. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brewsterbudgen Posted January 18, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 18, 2015 I've flown LHR-BKK on both and EVA are far superior to Thai. Better service, better planes and better prices. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post apetley Posted January 18, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 18, 2015 Flown EVA many times between Uk and Thailand. Wifey refuses to use Thai anymore as they are so bad compared to EVA. Food is good and we have always landed very close to schedule. Worth checking out premium economy to as it is very good value. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post uptheos Posted January 18, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 18, 2015 EVA beats Thai hands down IMO for both price and quality. Book EVA, you will not fly Thai again. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgd1004 Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 Ok thanks for the advice. I actually thought thai was great. I usually use virgin to travel to other destinations and they used to be good and i thought thai was even better. But I'll definitely use eva now just wanted to make sure i was making the right decision thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JAS21 Posted January 19, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 19, 2015 Westeast travel are good for booking EVA ... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgd1004 Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 Is there a company that i could book through which allows to pay a deposit then installments towards the cost of a flight to Thailand? I do this when flying to Barbados but haven't seen any way of doing it to Thailand. I will check out westeast travel thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExPratt Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Eva are generally cheaper. Ive used them many times in the past' If family and friends come out I'll book them on Eva. If you book well in advance you'll get a good deal with Eva, I got a couple of tickets for Mr sister and husband and paid 600gbp per seat, and that's over Songkran date , 3/4- 17/4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgd1004 Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 I can save £25 booking an EVA flight through westeast thanks for the advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyboy666 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Taiwanese Airline, always Good Reviews... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dannyboy666 Posted January 19, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 19, 2015 Celebrate Songkran, Yawnnnnnnnnnn, I'm a Hater, nothing more Annoying... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post i claudius Posted January 19, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 19, 2015 (edited) Eva are far superior to Thai ,also emirates are great ,short stopover in Dubai ,terrific airport to shop. i use both when returning to the UK ,(but not at the same time) Edited January 19, 2015 by i claudius 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKKdreaming Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 just took Thai last week , food at 7-11 would have been better , weird that it was so plain ...... took Eva in the summer and it was better I thought , and the stop in Taiwan was better than Korea,,,,, I was flying BKK-LAX both times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooo Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Moved to travel forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Costas2008 Posted January 19, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 19, 2015 I've flown Thai Airways and Eva to UK. Both offer an excellent service and I have no complaints about anything. The only advantage with Eva is, that they offer cheaper tickets. Can't really understand what is all this bashing about Thai Airways........I think it's just a habit of certain TVF members. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverdie Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I've flown Thai Airways and Eva to UK. Both offer an excellent service and I have no complaints about anything. The only advantage with Eva is, that they offer cheaper tickets. Can't really understand what is all this bashing about Thai Airways........I think it's just a habit of certain TVF members. I thought you always flew with Air Gerbil? EVA is a better airline all round compared to Thai, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costas2008 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I've flown Thai Airways and Eva to UK. Both offer an excellent service and I have no complaints about anything. The only advantage with Eva is, that they offer cheaper tickets. Can't really understand what is all this bashing about Thai Airways........I think it's just a habit of certain TVF members. I thought you always flew with Air Gerbil? EVA is a better airline all round compared to Thai, IMO. BS as usual.......nothing else to add. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post neverdie Posted January 19, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 19, 2015 I've flown Thai Airways and Eva to UK. Both offer an excellent service and I have no complaints about anything. The only advantage with Eva is, that they offer cheaper tickets. Can't really understand what is all this bashing about Thai Airways........I think it's just a habit of certain TVF members. I thought you always flew with Air Gerbil?EVA is a better airline all round compared to Thai, IMO. BS as usual.......nothing else to add. You call me but you don't offer an explanation. Let me tell you, it's no BS. I will elaborate. Firstly, EVA has had no crashes or incidents involving loss of life. Thai have managed to snuff our about 300 odd is about half a dozen incidents and injured many more. 2. The average age of the Thai fleet is older than the average age of EVA. 3. I have flown mainly in Business Class on EVA & THAI and I believe that EVA offered a far superior service 4. I have dealt with management from both airlines and the response I got from EVA was more positive than with what I received with Thai, albeit the were completely different. 5. Thai has had ongoing financial issues for a number of years and that concerns me. So, Costas, you might think price is the only difference, but for the EDUCATED PUNTER, there's a lot more in it. Again I say, EVA is the better of the two airlines. Simple. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgd1004 Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 Thanks lots of info from you guys 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgd1004 Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 What i have noticed is eva fly single jet planes rather than twin. Although im still going with eva ive always felt safer in twin jet planes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 You could also consider British Airways, good price and Direct flight also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seedy Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 What i have noticed is eva fly single jet planes rather than twin. Although im still going with eva ive always felt safer in twin jet planes No aircraft fly with a single jet engine unless military. You mean twin engines - one on each wing ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyy Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Flown both, EVA for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgd1004 Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 Yes sorry one engine on each wing. Ive always felt safer with planes that have 2 on each wing because i always think well if 1 cuts out they can still fly... probably just me being silly lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jip99 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Agree with others and EVA win hands down...... However, also check out BA. I am going to the UK this summer (so it is BKK to LHR which is always more expensive than booking from the UK) and BA came out noticeably cheaper than EVA. IMO British Airways are about as far ahead of EVA, as EVA are of Thai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tso310 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Many Thais in the UK prefer to fly EVA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Agree with others and EVA win hands down...... However, also check out BA. I am going to the UK this summer (so it is BKK to LHR which is always more expensive than booking from the UK) and BA came out noticeably cheaper than EVA. IMO British Airways are about as far ahead of EVA, as EVA are of Thai. Agree that BA is a very good carrier, probably one of the best. i checked out their one way flights to UK this summer and it is much cheaper than EVA 22,000 BA.......27,000 EVA.......Thai 28,000 I do prefer Thai's 0110 Departure against BA 1140 and EVA 1250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tw25rw Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I'm flying LHR-BKK this Thursday on EVA. Have flown both loads of times.. Never flown economy on EVA, only premium and the old business, but I always found them ok. The food is always a disappointment though. Will be flying their new business cabin to BKK and premium economy back. If Thai were to install premium economy and use their new business cabin on the route and have prices that matched EVA, I would probably choose Thai. Not much in it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tw25rw Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Agree with others and EVA win hands down...... However, also check out BA. I am going to the UK this summer (so it is BKK to LHR which is always more expensive than booking from the UK) and BA came out noticeably cheaper than EVA. IMO British Airways are about as far ahead of EVA, as EVA are of Thai. If I was to fly economy, and I generally don't because of the long legs, I would always choose Thai because of the more spacious seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyy Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I'm flying LHR-BKK this Thursday on EVA. Have flown both loads of times.. Never flown economy on EVA, only premium and the old business, but I always found them ok. The food is always a disappointment though. Will be flying their new business cabin to BKK and premium economy back. If Thai were to install premium economy and use their new business cabin on the route and have prices that matched EVA, I would probably choose Thai. Not much in it though. As a matter of interest, where did you book your ticket ? I can't see an option on the EVA website to mix cabins going out/back. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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