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Yes, depending on the time of the year it's 1350 baht if booked through the FLB link. Though I read it's raised over the XMAS and New Year holiday week to 1600 baht.

Of course BK. It will be the FLB. I'm not going into Living Dolls to get a beer. I think you know the reason.

Sorry man I was wrong. It's 32 KG not 40. Here is more what I get off the EVA Site. Q: What is EVA Air's free baggage allowance? A : Your baggage allowance depends on several factors, including where you travel. Allowances are determined by one of two systems. 1. A piece system applies for transpacific travel to/from North, Central and South America: Super First & Super Business Class 2 pieces of checked baggage allowed for each ticketed passenger. Restrictions apply - Dimensions - 158 cm ( 62 in.) or less per piece, - Maximum Weight - 32 kg ( 70 lb. ) per piece. Evergreen Deluxe Class 2 pieces of checked baggage allowed for each ticketed passenger. Restrictions apply - Dimensions - 158 cm ( 62 in.) or less per piece, - Maximum Weight - 32 kg ( 70 lb. ) per piece. Economy Calss 2 pieces of checked baggage allowed for each ticketed passenger. Restrictions apply - Dimensions - 158 cm ( 62 in.) or less per piece, - Maximum Weight - 32 kg ( 70 lb. ) per piece. The total dimension for the two pieces cannot exceed 273cm (107 in.) Allowances for Children & Infants Children traveling for 75% of the standard adult fare - * same allowances as adult passengers traveling in the same class. Infants and small children traveling for 10% of the standard adult fare - * 1 piece of luggage allowed, with dimensions restricted to no more than 115 cms ( 45 ins. )plus one fully collapsible stroller or pushchair. 2. A weight system applies for travel to/from destinations outside of the Americas: Super First Class ---------------40 kgs ( 88 lbs.) Super Business/Business Clas--30 kgs ( 66 lbs.) Evergreen Deluxe Class --------20 kgs ( 44lbs.) Economy Class -----------------20 kgs ( 44 lbs.) Allowances for Children & Infants - Children - same allowance as adult passengers traveling in the same class. Infant - 1 fully collapsible stroller or pushchair, 1 carry-on, & baby food for consumption during the flight will be allowed.

Stiffler, if it's over 40 kilos than it's a problem with EVA.

BK, May 9-15 Bangkok @ the Nana Hotel May 15-27 Pattaya @ Sabai Inn May 27-29 back 2 BKK @ Nana and leave.

Here's some info provided to me by EVA Air. The reason why seats are so expensive in June is because school is getting out in Taiwan, Japan, and China. Many students fly during June so the airlines serving those 3 countries have higher fares. I just upgraded my return ticket from BKK to LAX from EGDC to BC. Cost me 45000 miles, but I won't have to deal with crying kids in EVDC. And I still have 7000 miles left. So the next upgrade will be my leg from Taipei to Manila and return trip. I'll get another 20000 miles added to my account when I complete May's travel. I had originally planned to go in June, but I couldn't get a cheap seat either.

Touche'

I had 2 TV sets. One in the bedroom, and one in the main room. Ib had the custodian bring a 2nd TV up, I guess.

After 2 trips, I've accumulated 47,000 miles.

Just think, I didn't even have to post this topic myself. All my questions have been answered.

I won't fly EVA economy again. It was too cramped. Fortunately the flight from TPE to BKK had only 100 people, and I was able to sleep on a middle row of seats.

The only bad thing is you have to fly to Singapore first. Other than that, I'd say EVA now has some competition.

Take her to Chaing Mai.

Hopefully he has access to the "members only" site.

This can be found in the book "Money #1". Mine was great told me "Papa was coughing up blood." But told her boss "Sister die."

Dragonair is thinking of flying directly to U-Tapao. No more 2 hour taxi rides. Dragonair envisions big role in Thailand 19 Chinese cities are target market Bangkok Post 10/16/03 author: Nondhanada Intarakomalyasut Dragonair is looking to cash in on the boom in China's outbound travel market, fuelled by the growing middle-class, and expand its services in Thailand. The Hong Kong-based carrier, which will begin flying to Bangkok from Nov 1, is considering adding U-Tapao near Pattaya and Chiang Mai to its routes. Its twice daily Hong Kong-Bangkok flights aim to bring tourists from 19 cities in mainland China to Thailand via Hong Kong. Although the airline has never flown to the Thai capital, it has been providing thrice-weekly flights from Hong Kong to Phuket for more than 16 years. This year, the number of Chinese travelling to Thailand is estimated at 800,000 with no slowdown in sight. According to chief executive Stanley Hui, Southeast Asian countries, particularly Thailand, have become increasingly popular among Chinese travellers. He said Dragonair would work to build up a network with local travel agents to bring more Thais to Hong Kong and the mainland. The airline is also targetting business travellers from the Pearl River Delta which includes Macau, Guangzhou and Shenzhen - one of the fastest growing regions in the country. Initially, special packages will be offered in Thailand for a round-trip Bangkok-Hong Kong ticket with two nights accommodation starting at 8,000 baht. "Obviously, we have to position ourselves as a competitive airline with airfares below first-tier airlines like Cathay Pacific and Thai Airways International," said Mr Hui. Within the first year of operation, Dragonair aims to capture a 9-10% share of the combined three-million-seat capacity on the Hong Kong-Bangkok route. Until next summer, Dragonair will use the Airbus 320 with 158 seats for the Hong Kong-Bangkok route. It then expects to raise capacity to 290 seats on an A330. And in the future, Mr Hui said Dragonair plans to offer daily flights on the Hong Kong-Bangkok-Phuket route.

Don't know if I'll use it, unless the price matches EVA Air Longest Flight In the World Set to Take Off Singapore Air Tweaks Menus, Adds Movies to Help Fliers Bear 18-Hour-Plus Haul From L.A. The Wall Street Journal 10/15/03 author: Andy Pasztor (Copyright © 2003, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) Singapore Airlines is set to launch the longest nonstop commercial flight in the world: 18½ bone-weary hours from Los Angeles to Singapore. That's a stunning testament to how safe and reliable engines and other systems on jetliners have become. But it also creates a challenge -- how to make sitting in an aluminum tube high above the earth for three-quarters of a day an enjoyable experience. To make the flight less grueling, Singapore wants to take some of the amenities already enjoyed by first-class and business-class passengers, and offer them to everyone. Instead of the knee-bruising seat layout typically found in the back of the plane, passengers will get extra legroom, a huge increase in the number of on-demand videos and an endless supply of munchies. The new service, which is expected to be announced Wednesday in Singapore, will offer only two classes: business class, and a new, hybrid "executive economy" class with the extra perks. It's the latest effort by airlines to keep passengers comfortable as long-haul flights get longer and longer. In recent years, as new flight paths over Russia and the polar regions have been opened to carriers, so-called ultra long nonstop flights (the ones lasting 14 hours or more) have mushroomed. The current record-holding flights include: Continental Airlines' Newark-Hong Kong flight, and the Qantas and United Airlines Sydney-Los Angeles routes, all of which can stay aloft up to 15 hours. Given the vast improvements in aircraft efficiency and safety, nonstop trips lasting up to 22 hours are on the horizon, says Stuart Matthews, president of the Flight Safety Foundation. One stumbling block is figuring out how passengers can cope with such a long flight. LONG-HAUL UPGRADE * Singapore Air's new "executive economy" has wider armrests, more on-demand movies, and all-you-can-eat munchies. * Planes can fly longer nonstop routes because of better engines and fuel efficiency. * Other long-haul carriers include Emirates, British Airways and Qantas Improvements in engine reliability, fuel efficiency and onboard navigational equipment have played an important role in allowing carriers to fly longer nonstop routes. But so have regulators and pilots, who for years have been studying ways to enhance fire-suppression systems, beef up requirements for reserve fuel, and upgrade rest areas for crews. Singapore Air's new flight is a risky gambit in the current market. Both Asian airlines and big U.S. carriers that ply the trans-Pacific route have been hit by a decline in business and leisure travel, a trend compounded by the severe acute respiratory syndrome scare. Poor economic conditions prompted Singapore to lay off employees for the first time in two decades. The airline is also making a break from the traditional sardine-can approach that airlines use to make sure they make money flying these expensive, long-haul flights. Its new executive economy class -- there will be no traditional economy seats -- is somewhat less plush than regular business class. But it will have about 20% fewer seats than in traditional Airbus A340s, providing more legroom. The airline plans to charge a few hundred dollars above Wednesday's full-price, unrestricted economy ticket of up to $3,400 on the route, which now includes a stopover. Singapore's strategy is also likely to heighten the race to grab passengers among the big players in the world of long-haul flights. Emirates, Virgin Atlantic, British Airways, AMR's American Airlines and UAL's United Airlines have all been upgrading cabins, aggressively tailoring fares and adjusting marketing strategies to take into account the changed economic climate. Singapore sees its direct-to-the-U.S. flight as critical because it is the only real way it can grab a bigger slice of the U.S. market. Currently, competitors siphon off business with flights to various Asian hubs, from which passengers can fly onward to Singapore. But with the L.A.-Singapore flight, travelers can save up to two hours or more on one leg of their trip in part by avoiding layovers, the airline says. But its marketing concept of a comfier-but-pricier coach hasn't really been tested on international flights yet. A few domestic airlines , including United, have inched in that direction by increasing legroom in a select few coach seats -- then saving those seats for preferred customers. As recently as the 1960s, even routine flights from the West Coast to Europe were interrupted by refueling breaks in Greenland or Iceland. The drive toward ever-longer routes picked up steam in the late 1990s, when escalating demands from businessmen for nonstop service combined with new airplane models boasting more powerful engines and increased range. A major milestone was the U.S. government's approval about four years ago of new nonstop routes in the Northern Pacific for the latest generation of Boeing twin-engine aircraft. Twin-engine planes that operate over extended stretches of ocean are subject to more-stringent maintenance standards, and are held to higher performance standards than the three- and four-engine jets that ply the same routes. Singapore's four-engine Airbus plane will hold seven seats across, instead of eight abreast that is normal in such a wide-body. Seat cushions will be 2 inches wider, have 5 inches more legroom and provide a 3-inch-wider armrest than Singapore's existing economy configurations. While those are basically modest enhancements, airline officials insist they will seem much more significant after the 9,500-mile flight. A power port for laptops will be available for every two passengers, and travelers eventually will be able to pick from 250 videos that can be played on 9-inch (rather than the typical 6-inch) seatback screens. To distract and amuse travelers as the plane speeds through multiple time zones, both the business and the executive-economy cabins will have cozy corner spaces where passengers can stretch their muscles, nibble on snacks and socialize with one other.

Read on China Airlines sacks drunk pilot Business Times (Singapore) 10/13/03 author: AFP © 2003 Singapore Press Holdings Limited (TAIPEI) Taiwan's leading air carrier, China Airlines, said a pilot who was found to be legally intoxicated shortly before a flight will be fired as part of the company's efforts to improve flight safety. The airline meted out the 'most severe penalty' to the pilot after tests showed he had a blood-alcohol level of 0.087 per cent, more than twice the legal level of 0.04 per cent, shortly ahead of his flight from Anchorage to New York on Sept 25. 'He has been asked to leave the company soon to maintain the discipline,' Roger Han, the company spokesman, said, without identifying the pilot, who is a Taiwanese national. 'The pilot has since been grounded while waiting for the result of the investigation,' Mr Han said. Taiwan's Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) said the pilot might have his licence revoked as his act could have threatened the lives of hundreds of passengers on board the flight In a report to the CAA, the pilot admitted to having drunk wine, but he denied breaking company's rules, claiming he consumed the alcohol at least 12 hours before his scheduled flight, a CAA official said. The report was a blow to the air carrier, which has been striving to improve its appalling safety record. A CAL passenger plane crashed into the Taiwan Strait in May last year, killing 225 people on board, in the company's third deadly incident in four years. - AFP

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John, Thai Air is buying the UAL 747s. There is also a new 747 going through the factory right now for them.

Tried getting rows 20, 26 or 27 in EV Deluxe. The agent wouldn't give them to me until I check in for my flight in November.

First trip. BFed girl from the FLB that didn't have phone. Though received the usual "send me 10000 baht for mother" emails. 2nd trip, every girl I Bfed had cell phones. All except one turned them off when we were asleep. Do you know how upsetting it is to get text messaging pages at 4am?

$20 more from Sacramento? Heck here in L.A. we have LAX and Ontario Intl, and the fare difference is $300 more from Ontario vs. LAX. I say you got a great deal, considering Sacramento is at least 100 miles from SFO.

Actually Tom, I did a search on it, and found out EVA didn't cancel their order. Read here. http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2003/q...nr_030312g.html

That's a BIG +