Bangkok on Vietnam Airlines £425......

[chatkeow 28]

Never flown them but noticed recently they were starting up out of London Gatwick.

 

Playing around with dates as they don't fly everyday comes up with £425 or slightly less with a host of websites via Travel Supermarket.

 

Superb timings out of Gatwick mark this one out as an Airline to try.

 

Using 777's for the long haul and A321 for the short hop.

 

Anyone with Long Haul Experience on them ??

Edited March 25, 2012 by chatkeow

[Big_Brian 179]

Pretty good price. What dates are you using? I can't see prices under £1,000

[chatkeow 28]

Pretty good price. What dates are you using? I can't see prices under £1,000

 

I think I put in Brian 5th May to June 9th.

 

You gotta play around because although I haven't checked I think departures are only 3 days a week. I stand to be corrected on that.

 

If you use Westeast Southall Travel and Travel Supermarket they give option to click 3 days "departure gate" and no doubt others do as well.

 

I was putting random dates and had 5 or 6 different combinations all between £423 and £440. The fact that it leaves Gatwick at 13.30 is ideal especially for me coming up from Plymouth....

[Big_Brian 179]

Ahhhh, taxes not included.

[Montydog 135]

Ahhhh, taxes not included.

 

Big difference

[chatkeow 28]

Ahhhh, taxes not included.

 

What you on about !! Stacks there yesterday !

 

£425 including taxes. Southall travel Westeast travel and Supermarket Travel all quoting the same gave or take £5. If seats are not available than play around with dates. Could have been last day of promotion if prices are vastly increased today.

 

I doubt there is anyone on this forum who has taken more economy returns to Thailand so if the price I quoted, available yesterday was £425, than that was bottom line price.

 

All 3 of the above named providers show full inclusive price in headline figures on quotation and always have done.

 

Edited in.......

 

Vietnam Airlines Departures April 1st till December 8th 2012........Fare £60 plus taxes via Westeast Travel.

Edited March 26, 2012 by chatkeow

[Big_Brian 179]

Nope, can't see them. Never mind, the outward leg is really too early for me anyway.

[CyberSpud 6]

Hi

 

Just looked at WestEast Travel:

 

 

Spud

 

 

 

Edited March 30, 2012 by CyberSpud

[Siam Sam 964]

These flights are via Hanoi? That must put an extra couple of hours on the journey. I'd rather pay the extra money and fly via the Middle East.

Edited March 30, 2012 by Siam Sam

[chatkeow 28]

Trailfinders have these back on at £439 today Saturday.

[Big_Brian 179]

I'm seeing those now, thanks. A 12:00 from Gatwick doesn't work for me though, I'd have to travel overnight or stay locally. Pity.

[tomcat76 327]

Slightly OT, but do hotels in Viet Nam really still collect your passport when you check-in (and keep it 'til you check out)? Or is all that just in the hinterlands? Can it be avoided by carrying photocopies? I HATE to have my passport out of my possession for ANY reason, and I've even heard that they DO occasionally get misplaced by careless hotel employees in VN as a result of this.

[bigbadbaz 69]

I had a look last night, Dec 3 to Dec 26th, was over $2000.

 

Back to the drawing board

[Bazle 1,493]

Slightly OT, but do hotels in Viet Nam really still collect your passport when you check-in (and keep it 'til you check out)? Or is all that just in the hinterlands?

I was in HCMC recently and the hotel there did not want to keep my passport (unless I wasn't prepared to give them an imprint of my credit card for potentially charging mini-bar purchases).

[Brown1950 67]

Soon to be announced Vietnam Airlines ex Gatwick will add technical stops via Paris and Frankfurt

covering periods 2/5-29/6 and 11/9-27/10