<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Oneworldboy:
Hi all, am contemplating a trip with my family ex-BOS to see friends in Phuket and am getting a headache trying to find the best possible routing/fares. I'd love to work in a stopover in SIN or HKG (esp. HKG as I have family there). Would it be best to buy a ticket to BKK and then get a cheapie domestic ticket on to HKT? I think I'd prefer miles going to a Oneworld FFP. My biggest headache is with the high/low season line I'm treading as we'd be leaving right around December 15/16/17-- although it doesn't seem that domestic tickets in Thailand are season specific. Ideally I'd like to have a few days in HKG sandwiching a week or so in HKT.
Thanks so much for your help-- I've done a lot of travelling, but not much to Thailand beyond stopovers in BKK.</font>
If you are used to the stopovers in BKK then I would either fly to NRT and connect on the JAL codeshare flight, OR, fly Cathay and stopover in HKG, and when you are ready to head out, take the morning flight to BKK and connect via Thai to Phuket. I'm doing SFO-HKG-BKK and then Thai to HKT over Thanksgiving. Definately buy a business class seat on Thai. It is only $28 more in my case. Have fun.