Thai Royal Silk Lounge in Bangkok Questions
Jul 15, 2014, 7:15 pm
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Jul 15, 2014, 7:29 pm
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Jul 15, 2014, 7:42 pm
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P.s lots of older men with young thai girlfriends fly business class too. Perhaps you and your sister ahould avoid bkk and Thailand altogether.
Fwiw I am not an old man or a young thai woman
Jul 15, 2014, 8:12 pm
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You feel uncomfortable when you see an older male with a young thai woman? Why not just mind your own business and ignore it.
P.s lots of older men with young thai girlfriends fly business class too. Perhaps you and your sister ahould avoid bkk and Thailand altogether.
Fwiw I am not an old man or a young thai woman
P.s lots of older men with young thai girlfriends fly business class too. Perhaps you and your sister ahould avoid bkk and Thailand altogether.
Fwiw I am not an old man or a young thai woman
Jul 15, 2014, 9:03 pm
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Yes, amongst the 4 international Royal Silk lounges at BKK, the big concourse D lounge (double capacity vs the others) is the only one that does not list access for *G:
http://www.thaiairways.com.au/en/exp...#div1-section2
http://www.thaiairways.com.au/en/exp...#div1-section2
Edited to add: I've always been surprised that the other Royal Silk Lounges offer beer and hard liquor, but not wine. Wine is always offered on the plane in Y internationally.
Last edited by restlessinRNO; Jul 15, 2014 at 9:24 pm Reason: added comment re wine.
Jul 15, 2014, 11:15 pm
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Its the most absurd reason ive ever come across to avoid a lounge yet. Considering they could just as easily be in D concourse.
Jul 16, 2014, 1:28 am
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Now I'm confused. I believe I have been in the large D lounge, having a glass of wine, flying economy, using my Star Alliance Gold card. Perhaps others can comment on this. Is TG turning away *A Gold economy fliers now?
Edited to add: I've always been surprised that the other Royal Silk Lounges offer beer and hard liquor, but not wine. Wine is always offered on the plane in Y internationally.
Edited to add: I've always been surprised that the other Royal Silk Lounges offer beer and hard liquor, but not wine. Wine is always offered on the plane in Y internationally.
Jul 16, 2014, 1:52 am
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- age differences
- gender and ethnicity combination
- clothes
- behaviour
- attitude
underdressed old western guys with their Thai bar girl, western gay men with their 40 years younger Thai queens, fat Russians with their blond hookers, gray female TIP's with their toy boys?
Jul 16, 2014, 1:59 am
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so would you mind to elaborate what is acceptable for you and your sister and what not
- age differences
- gender and ethnicity combination
- clothes
- behaviour
- attitude
underdressed old western guys with their Thai bar girl, western gay men with their 40 years younger Thai queens, fat Russians with their blond hookers, gray female TIP's with their toy boys?
- age differences
- gender and ethnicity combination
- clothes
- behaviour
- attitude
underdressed old western guys with their Thai bar girl, western gay men with their 40 years younger Thai queens, fat Russians with their blond hookers, gray female TIP's with their toy boys?
pretty much the bolded bit of your post.
In general most of the criteria you list would not be an issue, but there is a minority where the behaviour and attitude makes it uncomfortable.
Jul 16, 2014, 2:09 am
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So does anyone know the difference between the Royal Silk Lounge and the Royal Orchid Lounge in concourse E? Is it just that the Orchid lounge has a First Class section or is it something else? And does the First Class section in the Orchid lounge offer the same drinks and food as the First Class lounge?
Jul 16, 2014, 4:35 am
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So does anyone know the difference between the Royal Silk Lounge and the Royal Orchid Lounge in concourse E? Is it just that the Orchid lounge has a First Class section or is it something else? And does the First Class section in the Orchid lounge offer the same drinks and food as the First Class lounge?
Royal Silk is the brand for business class; that's why they call the lounge in E (west side), which has also a very small F section Royal Orchid Lounge
Jul 16, 2014, 6:31 am
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Jul 17, 2014, 2:56 am
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Do you know what kind of food/drink they offer there? In my 10 flights in TG F I have never been taken to that lounge, only to the main one in D. Was it this lounge that was meant to be a transfer lounge for other star partners travelling in F?
Jul 17, 2014, 6:36 am
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Thanks! I thought that might be the case.
Do you know what kind of food/drink they offer there? In my 10 flights in TG F I have never been taken to that lounge, only to the main one in D. Was it this lounge that was meant to be a transfer lounge for other star partners travelling in F?
Do you know what kind of food/drink they offer there? In my 10 flights in TG F I have never been taken to that lounge, only to the main one in D. Was it this lounge that was meant to be a transfer lounge for other star partners travelling in F?
I really only use them when my departure gate is in E, F or G; TG flights with F class hardly leave from those gates but as a Platinum member you can use anyway F lounge for all TG flights