jacko

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!

Jim Carrey

How is the boarding? I ask because last time I flew with them in their Biz class, many years ago, I left the Amsterdam lounge early to go to the gate, and there was a special but open roped off little area with seats at the gate, that made me think of a pig pen! There was a sign on the rope saying Business Class or something similar, and I felt a right tosser in there! I tend to remain in the lounge as late as I can these days, as many airports/ airlines, the procedures at the gate are screwy and they are unable to segregate or only have one jetway anyhow.

Jackie Gleason

Tom Cruise

Papillon

The Great Escape.

Dr Dolittle

It is frustrating, having to join a queue which consists of people who haven't got the forms, a pen or any idea how to proceed, and I just want a ticket. Some guy in front of me occupied the girl for several minutes. I want to push a button like at the bank!

My Fair Lady.