Help me decide how to skip Bangkok
I've been away from my family (in the US) for a year. I'm returning from Bhutan this summer and planned to meet my mother in Bangkok so that we could spend a little time travelling together.
It's looking more and more like the violence in Bangkok is not just going to dissipate, at least not to a level that mom would be comfortable with, and we might not want to be hanging around the city. What is a cost-effective way to get to another destination?
I'm flying Druk Air into Bangkok, so I'll be coming from BKK no matter what, but she's taking a United flight from SFO-NRT-BKK. We were going to fly home on the same BKK-NRT-SFO United flight.
I'm considering going to Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, or your fantastic suggestion instead, but am I best off just buying new tickets from BKK? Has anyone else asked United to reroute them in a situation like this? I'm open to your advice--I want to be able to do this for as little money as possible.