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Old Jul 2, 2018, 8:13 am
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Gulf LHR-->BKK £1,071
£1,071 on Momondo

Example Dates : 18th October - 1st November

787 on London sectors
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Old Jul 2, 2018, 9:27 am
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This is an OTA only fare, I was chatting to Gulf about it last week.
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Old Jul 2, 2018, 11:09 am
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I'm sorry: what does OTA mean?
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Old Jul 2, 2018, 11:21 am
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I'm sorry: what does OTA mean?
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Old Jul 2, 2018, 6:33 pm
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OTA or no the question is: Is it safe to book it?
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Old Jul 2, 2018, 6:39 pm
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Originally Posted by Raffles
This is an OTA only fare, I was chatting to Gulf about it last week.

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Thats useful, what did they say?


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Old Jul 3, 2018, 12:55 am
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OTA or no the question is: Is it safe to book it?
Yes, this level of fare is often available.
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Old Jul 3, 2018, 1:11 am
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Yes, this level of fare is often available.
Yes it seems to come and go, i.e. this exact fare was available on evening 10th of June for all the way upto end of year (including over christmas), then it disappeared next day on 11th.. Damned as booked alternative flights
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Old Jul 3, 2018, 2:33 am
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Originally Posted by Andy49
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Thats useful, what did they say?
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In as many words, they were quietly dumping capacity via Expedia etc whilst keeping up prices on their own site. We saw the same with the KLM LON HKG deal yesterday.
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Old Jul 3, 2018, 2:53 am
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In as many words, they were quietly dumping capacity via Expedia etc whilst keeping up prices on their own site. We saw the same with the KLM LON HKG deal yesterday.

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Thanks, did they say how long we have to book or is it until they fill enough seats?


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Old Jul 20, 2018, 12:30 am
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The fare also works in reverse, and bookable on the website.

https://goo.gl/flights/KeKR2
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Old Jul 20, 2018, 12:49 am
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What is Gulf Air product like? Good lounges? Good food? Alcoholic beverages? Hard product on board?
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Old Jul 20, 2018, 1:22 am
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What is Gulf Air product like? Good lounges? Good food? Alcoholic beverages? Hard product on board?
Their lounge at Heathrow is really nice
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Old Jul 20, 2018, 2:35 am
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There's a few reviews online. The new 787 J hard product looks very good but I've not yet tried it. The 330 seat is reasonable. IFE is hopelessly outdated in terms of equipment and content.

Food is good, wine list fair. Champagne last time was Jaquart - so better stick with the OJ. Cabin crew are friendly. London Lounge good, Bahrain tired. Don't know about ex BKK, I have to wait until October to find out!

If you book via an OTA you need to call up for seat assignment - This was easy, and I found the call centre to be very competent. You can avoid the premium rate number ex UK if you do a bit of googling.
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Old Jul 20, 2018, 4:22 am
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Booked by Expedia
I had a lengthy stopover on way back from
BKK. So tang the London Office they told me I needed my own hotel but when we landed we were given a free hotel. So bit of miscommunication.

Lovely crew and service. Food wasn’t amazing
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