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Mar 28, 2014, 8:08 am
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Aircraft type changed - no message
TG483 BKK->PER depart Oct 12 2014 was originally A333. I casually looked at my itinerary yesterday to find that it had been changed to B787 with a slightly different seat layout (still only 2-class). I have not received any notification from Thai about the substitution. My seat selection had been amended to one which I would not have chosen. Luckily London office was able to correct seat error - I was unable to do so on-line for some reason.
Mar 28, 2014, 6:22 pm
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Mar 29, 2014, 3:43 am
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Mar 29, 2014, 9:15 pm
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So you've been TG'd!! It has happened to all of us. Remember the days when a 7443 would get swapped out in favour of a 7442?
TG's A330s are nothing special so, as others have suggested, you should be happy you'll be on a 787!
TG's A330s are nothing special so, as others have suggested, you should be happy you'll be on a 787!
Mar 30, 2014, 9:43 am
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My "complaint" was that I did not have any notice that the seat allocation had been changed and that I was unable to correct this on the website. The change of aircraft to a 'NightmareLiner' was irrelevant. Incidentally, my preselected meal choices have been changed to 'Vegetarian Hindu' similar to other posters in another thread.
Mar 30, 2014, 1:30 pm
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My "complaint" was that I did not have any notice that the seat allocation had been changed and that I was unable to correct this on the website. The change of aircraft to a 'NightmareLiner' was irrelevant. Incidentally, my preselected meal choices have been changed to 'Vegetarian Hindu' similar to other posters in another thread.
FWIW, I've been doing a heap of miles of SQ over the last couple of years (booking miles on around half the flights to TG) and am loving the outrageous consistency of the SQ experience - from aircraft, to seat, to service, to catering. They're more expensive than TG (although the price differential has narrowed considerably over the last 3 or so years) but right at the moment I find the consistency is worth paying for.
Mar 30, 2014, 3:58 pm
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My "complaint" was that I did not have any notice that the seat allocation had been changed and that I was unable to correct this on the website. The change of aircraft to a 'NightmareLiner' was irrelevant. Incidentally, my preselected meal choices have been changed to 'Vegetarian Hindu' similar to other posters in another thread.
Mar 30, 2014, 10:23 pm
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I hereby give TG permission to upgrade the aircraft on my flights at any time without any notice to me at all.
I have an august flight ICN-BKK on the 772 in particular where I'm really hoping TG surprises me with a 773/744/787/380
I have an august flight ICN-BKK on the 772 in particular where I'm really hoping TG surprises me with a 773/744/787/380
Mar 31, 2014, 1:10 am
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on this route TG is for long time very stable with 772 on direct and via HKG and A330 via Taipeh. Just the BKK-ICN-LAX route experienced a downgrade from 777-300ER to 772 recently
Mar 31, 2014, 1:52 am
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Mar 31, 2014, 5:23 am
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Mar 31, 2014, 6:06 am
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