Listing of standby upgrades prices for THAI
Dec 21, 2015, 5:20 am
#319
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Can a Q class be standby upgrade on BKK-NRT? If so, what's the surcharge for this?
And how do I ask if I'm connecting from Phuket (doing HKT-BKK-NRT). Do I ask at Phuket or BKK. It maybe too late to ask at BKK as I only have just about an hour connection time.
And how do I ask if I'm connecting from Phuket (doing HKT-BKK-NRT). Do I ask at Phuket or BKK. It maybe too late to ask at BKK as I only have just about an hour connection time.
Dec 21, 2015, 8:24 am
#320
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Sep 21, 2017, 9:42 pm
#322
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UPDATE:
Ok, I guess maybe it was always that way?
Found this which says that it does depend on booking bucket:
http://www.thaiairways.com/en_AU/pla...y_airport.page
And that led to this list which is consistent with the prices quoted last week and this week:
http://www.thaiairways.com/en_AU/pla...obusiness.page
Sep 22, 2017, 5:54 am
#323
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I’m wondering if the price is perhaps linked to the bucket. Last week I upgraded at the check-in counter for two flights on different sectors for about 1/3 of the price we have been accustomed to paying. Then one of those sectors this week was the normal price. I think I was in Y last week and Q or something this week.
UPDATE:
Ok, I guess maybe it was always that way?
Found this which says that it does depend on booking bucket:
http://www.thaiairways.com/en_AU/pla...y_airport.page
And that led to this list which is consistent with the prices quoted last week and this week:
http://www.thaiairways.com/en_AU/pla...obusiness.page
UPDATE:
Ok, I guess maybe it was always that way?
Found this which says that it does depend on booking bucket:
http://www.thaiairways.com/en_AU/pla...y_airport.page
And that led to this list which is consistent with the prices quoted last week and this week:
http://www.thaiairways.com/en_AU/pla...obusiness.page
OMG such an old post you revived, thank you. I actually found that after posting but forgot to update.
Oct 14, 2019, 11:22 am
#325
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They are already worse value than buying a J class ticket outright, both in terms of costs and also mileage earn remaining in original class. Cheers.
Oct 15, 2019, 8:32 am
#326
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I learned about the rumour first by my friend in Switzerland, but meanwhile I managed to verify, that TG intends to increase stand-by Upgrade from Economy- to Biz-Class to 56,000 Baht (if ticketed in Q-class) for flights between Bangkok and Zurich (Vienna or Munich respectively), effective mid-November.
Last edited by Creole Spirit; Oct 15, 2019 at 8:52 am
Oct 15, 2019, 10:43 am
#327
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I learned about the rumour first by my friend in Switzerland, but meanwhile I managed to verify, that TG intends to increase stand-by Upgrade from Economy- to Biz-Class to 56,000 Baht (if ticketed in Q-class) for flights between Bangkok and Zurich (Vienna or Munich respectively), effective mid-November.
Oct 17, 2019, 11:52 am
#328
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Typically Thai though... “hmm revenues are down, our product isn’t competitive.. LETS CHARGE MORE.. make up the short fall.”
15 years working in and out of this country, I assure doing anything that makes sense or doesn’t directly and illegally profit them is simply not done.
I write this on arriving @BKK as the only passenger on the upper deck of a B747. The ONLY passenger. Interested to see the load on my connecting flight.