Originally Posted by ftrichard

Correct. I don't live in Thailand. I've lived in KL for five years. My most-travelled route in that time is KUL-BKK/DMK return. Usually costs less than RM600 return on either MAS or AA whenever I've booked it (sometimes at a few days' notice when I'm desperate to get away for a weekend of fun in Asia's best city). Also flown KUL to Krabi, Phuket and Chiang Rai.

I apologise to everyone in this sub-forum that I clearly offended with my hyperbolic language about this airlines's fare for such a short route but in five years it is the most expensive route I've done in the region by some distance (including much longer flights to Manila, Tokyo, Maldives etc.) so I was really interested whether there are other monopoly routes that fleece their customers to quite the same extent. Shanghai-Taipei seems to be one.

I didn't ask about airline economics which - along with many people on this forum - I'm quite capable of grasping as I am monopoly economics. (Incidentally, I understand that the airlines's route from Samui to Singapore is even more highly priced but then Singaporeans tend to have more money than Malaysians).

Well, I'll slink back to the SPG forum where I usually lurk. At least for the next year while it lasts.