TheFiend

I was actually looking at Cathay Pacific as well, and if we were flying out a few days later if would have been the option I went for..... Cathay Pacific are switching the Manchester rotation to A350 on June 2nd and was very tempted to try it, would also get to fly A350 and A340 between HKG and BKK... Hopefully later in the year I might book Cathay.

Etihad dropped off my list of favoured airlines when they changed the baggage allowances.... Mrs Fiend likes to bring plenty of Thai ingredients back with her so always hit the 30KG per person limit with Emirates and Qatar.... Good job I take a luggage scale with me when we go.

In May I'm flying with Qatar and my return routing is via LHR.... We've got 3 hours between landing at Terminal 4 and taking off from terminal 5...

Well, looks like my gamble of booking when I did paid off..... the price has already gone back up.... Also had a little bit of good news thanks to being signed up to myflightapp..... The BKK-DOH leg on the return has been swapped from a 777-300ER to an A380... So now I have 3 legs on the A380 and it will make the Nightmareliner leg easier to suffer...

The Nokia brand is getting relaunched and they are switching over to Android... It will be interesting to see how they go....

My trip is being paid for courtesy of working my normal shifts over Xmas and New year period... loads of triple time goodness thanks to working 12 hour shifts!!!

Finally got round to booking and went with the Qatar option with a twist.... and the deal came in at £339.24 each... And the twist? The route is MAN-DOH-BKK outward and the BKK-DOH-LHR-MAN on the return.... The good thing is we have the A380 DOH-BKK and DOH-LHR!!! The bad thing will be having to suffer the Nightmareliner MAN-DOH... The timing of the Oman Air flight put us off...

So some guys have too much time on their hands...... GoogleDUSA,- you're one of them, you seem to spend all your time googling crap and then posting it one here....

GoogleDUSA..... This year April temperatures hit the record books.. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-thailand-hot-april-20160427-story.html I was in Thailand in April for Songkran, and in May to attend a funeral..... Temperatures were hitting 45 degC up in Uttaradit.... There is plenty of information on the internet that tells you April is hotter than July!!!

People are more likely to believe info that comes from sources that have boots on the ground than somebody like GoogleDUSA who hasn't set foot on Thai soil for years!!!

LOL... and you're claiming these websites are infallible!!! "Forecast" defintion.....

GoogleDUSA strikes again!!!

No doubt he just found it when googling all things Pattaya...

Just been checking for my dates in May it was coming in at £354... it's a pity the time of the flight from MAN is bad as I prefer morning departures...

BigDUSA - a wannabe travel agent !!!

I try to check all my notes prior to heading to Thailand as I know Thai banks are very picky over the condition of foreign currency they will accept. They tend to reject notes that have been written on or have tears in.

LOL!!!!

The Manchester flight is now Singapore - Manchester - Houston rather than SIngapore - Munich - Manchester, so Manchester to Singapore is now non-stop.

From what I can gather the Thailand v Malta match will now be played the same weekend in October 2017..... and will coincide with me being in Thailand again!!! Also just read on their facebook page they will be playing a Test match against an El Salvador Rugby League team in Sydney, Australia on February 4th 2017.....

https://www.businesstraveller.com/airlines/2016/11/15/sia-planning-deploy-a350-singapore-manchester-houston-service-2017/ Tempted to book my next trip on this and fly via Singapore....

Just checked for May and the dates when we should be going..... and the Oman Air price comes in at £659 on lastminute.com.... Emirates currently quoting £384... I think they will need to cut the prices to compete..

A330 MAN - MCT and then 787 Nightmareliner MCT-BKK. Just found this review on SeatGuru about the Nightmareliner... Have been checking the Oman Website, but MAN is not yet showing up yet.

Might be an option for me for next May...

Tempting price, but that's the basic price before extras are added, like selecting a seat and luggage.... that added £95 to the price when I did a dummy booking for 8 days later this month.

Zaris, you're entitled to your opinion, but that is all it is... your opinion...