Noppasit

They're going to charge me for no-show?

vbroucek

Very theoretically, they could recalculate your ticket as one-way (i.e. more expensive) and demand you pay the difference. Practically, it is unlikely.

Thaikwai

Dear HHH,

Congratulations on being close to achieving Gold status. I know it will make your air travel much more enjoyable but I hate to burst your bubble with regard to "flashing the Gold card" in order to achieve low cost or free upgrades at the gate or on the aircraft.

You correctly identified the main benefits of Gold status, namely Lounge access and dedicated check in. However, there are more than 3 million members of Thai ROP and more than 100,000 of these are Gold card members so I doubt very much that flashing the card will even get you recognition, never mind any further benefits. Thai, like most carriers, are not very liberal with the free upgrades.

If there were any upgrades going then Platinum members (of which there are about 5,000) would get them before you.....assuming there are no DYKWIA Thai wannabe VIPs on the flight......just have a look around you at the number of fellow passengers with those Gold luggage tags and you will understand what I mean

Welcome to the world of status!!!!!

BinSabai

Thaikwai
from where do you have those figures: 5000 Platinum members and 100'000 Gold members
it would also be interesting to know how many got this cards by really flying the status miles and how many by any other means...

Thaikwai

Hi BinSabai

I have a friend who works for Thai in the ROP membership department and she shared this information with me about six months ago

BinSabai

I still wonder how many got these cards by really flying the status miles? more than half?