jacko

I agree and hope the same. I like US comfort food although eat it rarely as I don't need the kilos.... And although EP felt the ribs were not out of line at 460 baht I am used to getting them at home for substantially less. The Mrs does them well and and has found a few stalls where she can get the ribs not chopped into small pieces and with plenty meat left on them... Naklua market if early and Nerm Plab Wan if she is later. The portion of coleslaw looked derisory! I can't remember what I last paid at Lone Star for ribs but there they were substantial and had better sides. Great review EP.

Ray Winstone

I just got an offer via email from Qatar Airways which works out at 88,130 baht, BKK-MAN Biz Class. (for May), have to book it before 17 Jan though.... I hate being pushed like that. The slightly cheaper price wrt Emirates is offset by the fact that Emirates supply limos at the Manchester end. (I am too far away at the BKK end to qualify). Although the Qatar A380 ex-BKK Biz Class Cabin is fantastic and there is a triple mileage deal, I was not impressed by the Emirates cabin, bus like layout and seats closer together. Etihad also sent me an email and are making many special offers, their Biz Class one does not suit me at 175,600, 2 for 1 offer, I don't need 2.

A quick check by me for a Biz Class fare to Manchester is 92,300 THB, Business Special ticket offering low miles and no upgrade, changes 6000 baht.. That is down about 10,000 baht from last time I priced it....so not 20%. Emirates offer plenty of options of timings as they have a lot of daily flights. I guess the A380 Manchester legs will be on the new configuration without 1st and densely packed economy.

Danny Glover

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Forest Whittaker

The connection I looked at was only 45 minutes ex-BKK, and 2.5 hrs the other way, seems good. Just not keen on early morning departures from Thailand and arriving late afternoon in time for UK rush hour! I think another option had me stuck in Helsinki for 15 hours and then on a FlyBe (Fly-maybe) flight to Manchester, no way!

Sorry mate, I know you are trying to be helpful but this is all flying over my head. I do get the Biz Saver fares but as said the best is 102,000 baht. I have never used Facebook in association with booking flights.

Yes Turkish and Finnish are coming up as cheaper Biz options, but I am a pernickety customer! Turkish have good timings but I have a worry over the Istanbul transfer and via Helsinki the timings to UK aren't good. KLM and China, yes, but back on that crappy little flight from Amsterdam to Manchester! Swiss.... they used to pop up some time ago and I was worried they were going bankrupt, don't seem to pop up now. In the past one of my 3 favourites always came up with some super saver offer for a spring flight, Etihad, Qatar or Emirates.... would be very happy to be on the Qatar A380 again.

Strange, that last link (Facebook) gets closed down in my browser. Just tried for BKK-MAN (May) and coming up with 102,000 baht, I would like cheaper.

It says it does on the spec.......and AIS confirmed the phone and SIM card were 4G compliant. Anyhow, it was a free trial offer which I believe ends in a few days.

Further to this I wonder MM if AIS will be worth sticking with! They didn't do very well in the recent 4G bandwidth auctions. I went into Telewiz in BigC-X to ask why my LTE did not work and basically got fobbed off to the point I felt pissed off. Then my Mrs goes to her home village and comes back complaining that her data access on AIS was rubbish there, yet her brothers were doing fine with DTAC and True, so much so my Mrs visited True and has applied to transfer her number over to them. I have a True SIM too and they are offering free data if I can get people to switch to them.

Neil Fingleton (24 hr)

It is a coincidence that I was considering using Malaysian Airlines in the spring, but only for the short hop down to KUL. I was looking at BA flights, but the outward from BKK timings do not suit me, arriving 'up North' UK late in the day. It appears that for no extra cost, I can board a flight to KUL on Malaysian and pick up BA to London from there. Hong Kong also appeared to be an option, but increases travel time a few hours more.

The price of something has little to do with the sum total costs of its components other than setting a minimum line, more to do with being the maximum the market will bear. Those that still use fuel surcharges are likely getting embarrassed by them, they were an excuse to hide real prices in the past while oil was rising. I am currently searching for a ticket to UK this spring and struggling to find any bargains, may be changing carriers and flying via Helsinki or Istanbul! Oh well, fuel for the truck and bike is somewhat cheaper now here.

Well I have avoided LHR for many many years due to past horrors, although I am considering giving BA /LHR a go as now my transit to domestic would be all T5 and should be easy. (Doing the old T4->T1 via the connections centre is just too horrible). The lounges I have mostly used at Manchester, Emirates and Etihad are really good. At BKK they put you in a Thai lounge. It isn't only about the lounges, boarding of the A380 at Manchester was a world of difference. But the killer for me....... the ability to get up and take a leak!!!!

Perhaps she should be given a shorter stick to point at them with?

Just intrigued what a Biz Class ticket would have been over and above the $945 original ticket..... probably a lot this time of year. Seems more economical to just pay Biz initially for the complete trip..... I figure on getting one for around £2000 to the UK where an economy may be £500. That is for 4x6 hour flights for £1500 more or $2200 more, pretty similar. I would hate to change to economy mid-trip! The lounge at transit is worth a bit to me.....

I Love You To Death.

Have I got this correct, you paid $US525 to upgrade from BKK to Narita, a six hour flight. That just doesn't sound like a good deal

A.I.

Ed Harris

Well so long as they don't ask him if he is British I am guessing the latter!