Winter 18 Schedule Changes
Sep 5, 2018, 4:18 am
#16
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Just cancelled 3x LHR-SYD due to these changes as the alternative offered is no use for getting there and starting work and the alternative is a 'dead' day beforehand. The beneficiary has been SIA and of course I had to take a deep breath before paying their fares which are much higher but then you get what you pay for and they will get me there as planned!
Sep 5, 2018, 11:05 pm
#17
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: BKK
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Just cancelled 3x LHR-SYD due to these changes as the alternative offered is no use for getting there and starting work and the alternative is a 'dead' day beforehand. The beneficiary has been SIA and of course I had to take a deep breath before paying their fares which are much higher but then you get what you pay for and they will get me there as planned!
Sep 8, 2018, 4:28 pm
#19
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 125
I have been checking and for my regular travel between BNE and BKK Singapore Airlines are $400 cheaper for a return business class ticket (their discount fares which are readily available) and they have 4 flights a day between BNE and SIN, 3 of which are on the A350. Obviously the difference is a short layover in SIN, but that is only 50 mins on the schedule I looked at and not a major inconvenience. It is certainly better than not having a flight at all which is Thai’s plan.
Sep 9, 2018, 1:15 am
#20
Join Date: Jul 2013
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I have been checking and for my regular travel between BNE and BKK Singapore Airlines are $400 cheaper for a return business class ticket (their discount fares which are readily available) and they have 4 flights a day between BNE and SIN, 3 of which are on the A350. Obviously the difference is a short layover in SIN, but that is only 50 mins on the schedule I looked at and not a major inconvenience. It is certainly better than not having a flight at all which is Thai’s plan.
Sep 9, 2018, 3:31 am
#21
Join Date: Sep 2005
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I've had a couple of 50 minutes connections; the biggest problem is that flights from Australia usually arrive at T3 and flights to Bangkok depart from T2. However there are always SQ staff around on disembarkation from Australia
Sep 9, 2018, 8:29 am
#22
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And of course because it was Singapore Airlines my bag made the connection too!
Sep 9, 2018, 9:17 am
#23
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: BKK
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This is Singapore Airlines in Singapore, they connect you. My record was once twelve minutes on a late inbound from AKL to an in time departure to LHR. They moved me from C to F in the last 30 minutes, a cart was waiting at the top of the jetty and I was driven straight to the next gate. There was no delay at any point. I can't say I enjoyed it, I was looking forward to a shower and a bit of a walk.
And of course because it was Singapore Airlines my bag made the connection too!
And of course because it was Singapore Airlines my bag made the connection too!
Sep 9, 2018, 6:37 pm
#24
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Personally, I try to avoid that EK SYD-BKK flight as I don't really like that flight timing (getting in BKK at 2am?), Also I had a weird experience once in business class where I asked for my seat to be turned down; only to have some items thrown at me and asked to do it myself. That said, I am booked in this flight next month purely because of work timing meant I had a full day at work in SYD before flying out on the EK service.
Sep 9, 2018, 7:19 pm
#25
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Personally, I try to avoid that EK SYD-BKK flight as I don't really like that flight timing (getting in BKK at 2am?), Also I had a weird experience once in business class where I asked for my seat to be turned down; only to have some items thrown at me and asked to do it myself. That said, I am booked in this flight next month purely because of work timing meant I had a full day at work in SYD before flying out on the EK service.
Sep 14, 2018, 4:05 am
#26
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Sad to see the TG A330 replaced by a WE A320 on the HKG-HKT route. WE also taks over a BKK-HKG rotation.
TG had decent J fares with a good product to HKT and they will lose quite a few HK-based customers who were choosing TG J over the two KA flights (and the two LCC flights).
TG had decent J fares with a good product to HKT and they will lose quite a few HK-based customers who were choosing TG J over the two KA flights (and the two LCC flights).
Sep 15, 2018, 2:22 am
#27
Join Date: Sep 2000
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It seems that Thai has given up on Europe-Australia. A few years back they had competitive fares and reasonably good connections. I got one of their F tickets at least once a year. 2 or 3 years back their ticket prices increased significantly to a point where even SQ most of the time was cheaper. Most people I know who do that route on a regular basis in premium classes switched to the ME3.
Sep 24, 2018, 5:57 pm
#28
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 125
Once again Thai has swapped out the 787 for a very ordinary angle flat 777-200 on my BKK BNE flight soon. This will be the 2nd time in the last few weeks this has happened to me and seems to be about 50% of the time now. If it was lie flat it would make no difference but that just about does it for me with Thai. I have 2 more trips booked and paid for and after that I will start flying with SIA until they return to some semblance of stability on this route.
Sep 28, 2018, 8:00 am
#29
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Once again Thai has swapped out the 787 for a very ordinary angle flat 777-200 on my BKK BNE flight soon. This will be the 2nd time in the last few weeks this has happened to me and seems to be about 50% of the time now. If it was lie flat it would make no difference but that just about does it for me with Thai. I have 2 more trips booked and paid for and after that I will start flying with SIA until they return to some semblance of stability on this route.
Oct 22, 2018, 9:32 am
#30
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