Domestic Vietnam Flights - when to book ?
May 21, 2018, 8:24 pm
#17
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May 22, 2018, 12:45 pm
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Jun 2, 2018, 7:03 am
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I don’t really understand why people use LCC’s for domestic Vietnamese travel. Yeah, VN is usually a bit more expensive, but not that much more expensive. It is not like the cost difference between China Eastern and HK Express. I usually see VN about 20-40 USD more expensive. For taht money, you won’t get hassled about your bags, and you’ll be on a more reliable airline.
Jun 30, 2018, 7:37 pm
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Fare was refundable, we didn't have to worry about luggage limits or long check-in/security lines and the price was very very reasonable (IIRC ~$120). And I think there were only 3 or 4 pax in the 16-seat cabin.Oh, and we booked ~3 months in advance and the schedule only changed once.
(About a week prior to departure, flight moved 45 minutes later).
Jul 9, 2018, 9:42 am
#24
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Ended up booking everything a few weeks out, the prices didn't drop over the 6+ months period I was looking at and gradually increased - this was for June 2018
3 VN flights and 1 VJ flight
- VJ flight was late by 2+ hours departing, damn check-in girl knew very well the flight is late but didn't say anything even when I asked. The video board in Phu Quoc insists that my flight has already took off, found out the exactly delay time using flightaware
- Successfully used Optiontown on the VN's DAD-SGN flight. Since we were connecting to OZ flight SGN-ICN, I wanted the extra privileges in case of delays. As it turns out all VN flights were fine and on-time, and on the upgraded (US$ 25 per) flight we were the only J pax in a pretty large business cabin for a A320/A321 - 6 rows x 4 ?
3 VN flights and 1 VJ flight
- VJ flight was late by 2+ hours departing, damn check-in girl knew very well the flight is late but didn't say anything even when I asked. The video board in Phu Quoc insists that my flight has already took off, found out the exactly delay time using flightaware
- Successfully used Optiontown on the VN's DAD-SGN flight. Since we were connecting to OZ flight SGN-ICN, I wanted the extra privileges in case of delays. As it turns out all VN flights were fine and on-time, and on the upgraded (US$ 25 per) flight we were the only J pax in a pretty large business cabin for a A320/A321 - 6 rows x 4 ?