Originally Posted by
MegatopLover
Absolutely they still smoke on international flights. Seven out of eight for me this year between Bangkok and New York. And the one I didn't notice might have been only because we were far enough back in J. It's revolting. Beware. If it doesn't matter to you, fine. But I've decided to pay more to fly smoke free on legitimate modern airlines.
Perhaps is a route-specific issue?
I've flown PVG-JFK multiple times on first/second row of Y, never ever had detected smoke and I'm very sensitive to its smell.
I'm unable to find JFK-BKK on MU nonstop. What route were you flying? Perhaps BKK-PVG is the smokey one.