DL to Thai Air in NRT
Oct 25, 2016, 11:46 am
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DL to Thai Air in NRT
I'm looking at DTW to NRT on DL#275 and then switching to Thai air for a flight to Bangkok. The connection time in NRT is 90 minutes. Any thoughts on if this is enough time, good/bad idea?
Oct 25, 2016, 11:52 am
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Oct 25, 2016, 11:57 am
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I was scheduled to continue to BKK on Delta before they stopped flying that route. They wound up putting us on All Nippon (NH807) which has an 80 minute layover and we have been told that's not a problem. Don't know how the connection to other airlines would be.
Oct 25, 2016, 4:11 pm
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Are they in same terminal? Last time I had flights connecting between terminals was not fun. You clear security into the terminal you arrive at, find a bus, get bussed to other terminal and need to reclear security after the bus ride at the other terminal. It's been a few years, but I remember it was a pain.
Oct 26, 2016, 2:01 am
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IMO it's very reasonable if you depart from NRT T1, which DL uses. Star alliance flights in T1 use the next couple circular gate areas. I sometimes stroll down there in order to window shop and get a bit of exercise in the airport before a flight. However, if you must change to T2 (I know ANA uses T1 but I'm not sure about Thai), then you need MUCH more time for the infrequent inter terminal connections bus and transfer path.
The good news is that you'll have a much better lounge in BKK for departure than the minimal SkyTeam (AF) one that's way down at the end of the far concourse. The ANA NRT lounge is also quite decent, but so are the NRT SCs.
The good news is that you'll have a much better lounge in BKK for departure than the minimal SkyTeam (AF) one that's way down at the end of the far concourse. The ANA NRT lounge is also quite decent, but so are the NRT SCs.
Oct 26, 2016, 6:32 pm
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Are they in same terminal? Last time I had flights connecting between terminals was not fun. You clear security into the terminal you arrive at, find a bus, get bussed to other terminal and need to reclear security after the bus ride at the other terminal. It's been a few years, but I remember it was a pain.
Oct 27, 2016, 9:03 pm
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So I bought the ticket and then tried to upgrade to Comfort + for the Delta portion. It was an extra $3000 to do it bc there were other airlines on the same ticket. So I spending an hour with DL on the phone, I had to cancel the ticket and book the DL portion separately from the Thai part so I could get Comfort+. The ticket went from $795 to $2000. $2000 is still not that bad of a price but $795 was really nice. I had visions of a $1000 RT comfort+ ticket. Oh well...
Oct 27, 2016, 9:18 pm
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Oct 28, 2016, 8:13 am
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All the way MSY to BKK RT was $795 in coach but couldn't do Comfort+ because airlines other than DL were on itinerary. But I wanted Comfort+ so I had to split the tickets into 2 seperate tickets-one MSY-NRT RT and NRT-BKK RT and total cost jumped to $2000. Going all DL flight numbers, the cost would have been $4000 in C+ until I split the itinerary.
Oct 28, 2016, 8:21 am
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All the way MSY to BKK RT was $795 in coach but couldn't do Comfort+ because airlines other than DL were on itinerary. But I wanted Comfort+ so I had to split the tickets into 2 seperate tickets-one MSY-NRT RT and NRT-BKK RT and total cost jumped to $2000. Going all DL flight numbers, the cost would have been $4000 in C+ until I split the itinerary.
Oct 28, 2016, 8:52 am
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When I check Main Cabin fares vs Comfort Plus from DTW to NRT, I get an approximate difference of $240 round trip. 
Oct 28, 2016, 11:20 am
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All the way MSY to BKK RT was $795 in coach but couldn't do Comfort+ because airlines other than DL were on itinerary. But I wanted Comfort+ so I had to split the tickets into 2 seperate tickets-one MSY-NRT RT and NRT-BKK RT and total cost jumped to $2000. Going all DL flight numbers, the cost would have been $4000 in C+ until I split the itinerary.