Prices falling

[yselmike]

KLM direct flight,no checked bags or seat selection.27 January.Return air France via CDG, 27 February €880.Tempting.

[yselmike]

Looking at EVA flights from Amsterdam.Premium economy basic,the Amsterdam-Bangkok leg €889, for that leg,but you still have to pay extra to choose a seat. FFS.I am looking to come for 28-30 days for the whole of February roughly.If I book for 40 days from roughly 20 January and the whole of February the flights are cheaper.The gulf/Turkish airlines are starting at €880 via the airlines,agents are cheaper.

[TheFiend]

I'm currently thinking of booking a 3 week trip flying out to Thailand on 26th September and MAN-BKK currently about £900 return with Qatar for my dates, and that's with 25KG going and 30KG coming back....

[yselmike]

11 minutes ago, TheFiend said:

I'm currently thinking of booking a 3 week trip flying out to Thailand on 26th September and MAN-BKK currently about £900 return with Qatar for my dates, and that's with 25KG going and 30KG coming back....

I've just had a look at Etihad €750 Amsterdam -Bangkok.With 25kg and choose seats when you book.Its a good deal,only down side is they arrive Bangkok after 18:30.Direct with KLM is €1200+ with luggage and choose seats at booking.Arrive at 10:00,they also do a flight that arrives at 07:00.KLM is a surprisingly good price because of the choice of seats,I need a middle aisle seat.€1200+ V €750 is a big difference between a direct flight and a stopover.Though I will be 75 in two weeks so the direct flight is very tempting. 

[yselmike]

I have broadened the dates of a possible visit.February is still the high season with very high fares.Leave November 15 return 14 December direct flights with KLM,no luggage or seat choice is a very reasonable €783, haven't seen that price since COVID.

[Rawhide2]

On 6/12/2026 at 10:16 PM, TheFiend said:

I'm currently thinking of booking a 3 week trip flying out to Thailand on 26th September and MAN-BKK currently about £900 return with Qatar for my dates, and that's with 25KG going and 30KG coming back....

Not sure what you're looking at there, Leaving 26/09 for 3 weeks Manchester

Gulf is £561

Qatar is £678

Checked bags are 25kgs for both cant imagine Qatar going to £900 for 5 KG more

[Rawhide2]

Seeing as I mentioned above great pricing on Gulf as 6 month round tickets (somewhat more expensive normally) are around £510 if you travel out of Gatwick....Heathrow about £25 more

No idea why anyone thought above price was funny in previous post......must enjoy paying more than necessary lol

Edited June 23 by Rawhide2

[keyman]

6 minutes ago, Rawhide2 said:

Seeing as I mentioned above great pricing on Gulf as 6 month round tickets (somewhat more expensive normally) are around £510 if you travel out of Gatwick....Heathrow about £25 more

No idea why anyone thought above price was funny in previous post......must enjoy paying more than necessary lol

Don't worry, he's quite prolific in posting emojis which don't relate to the post, but more against the poster. He hides behind the anonymity of them, although mods can see who posts them. He's had previous warnings about it, maybe time for another one.

[Bruce Mangosteen]

Watching the NYC - BKK prices falling slowly but steadily.  Can now be done in cattle class for under US$1K round trip.

Interestingly, the best VFM in my opinion at this point is Singapore Airlines Premium Economy.  These can be had for under US$1,700 on the date ranges I'm looking at. 

~19 hours NYC - SIN, 1:10 layover in Singapore, then 2:30 to Bangkok. 

I did the now-defunct NYC - BKK nonstop, and for me it was survivable.  YMMV.

Edited June 23 by Bruce Mangosteen

[teelack]

I am not sure how relevant this topic is. You can be almost 100% sure that prices will be dropping if you book or enquire for sometime in 2027. As far as I can see from my part of the globe there are no serious reductions within the next two or three months. In addition to this, I realise that I am not the only person who needs to book a feeder flight from a regional airport, to their main international airport.  So many of these flights have been cancelled and consolidated over the past three months (As are a number of international flights) and the prices increased substantially. 

The reality is that there will always be specials, but overall prices will stay elevated for as long as the waffling is going on in the Middle East. It will take months for oil reserves to be replaced and prices and supplies to get back to some sort of normality, if they ever do. As a result of all of this I am expecting to pay at least 30% more that earlier this year if I chose to fly again in 2026. 

[TheFiend]

On 6/19/2026 at 11:34 PM, Rawhide2 said:

Not sure what you're looking at there, Leaving 26/09 for 3 weeks Manchester

Gulf is £561

Qatar is £678

Checked bags are 25kgs for both cant imagine Qatar going to £900 for 5 KG more

The departure times for the cheaper Qatar flight options aren't ideal for us due to our connection in Bangkok,and also I don't book the lowest fare bracket for the flights coming back cos I know we'll have 30Kg in each suitcase. I also like pre-booking seats, so even at the lower fare level it adds on to the cost.

Been flying with Qatar for 10 years now and more than happy to stick with them, especially with the frequent flyer perks we get.

[TheFiend]

Well, I booked my September flights and, thanks to me logging in before searching my flights, Qatar were kind enough to email me a 5% discount voucher code whilst I was searching....

 

[yselmike]

Qatar seems to have the best deals,plus they have various arrival and departure times.I just have to decide if I want to pay extra for a direct flight,EVA or KLM!.

 

[Bruce Mangosteen]

On 6/23/2026 at 6:30 AM, Bruce Mangosteen said:

Interestingly, the best VFM in my opinion at this point is Singapore Airlines Premium Economy.  These can be had for under US$1,700 on the date ranges I'm looking at. 

Booked this at $1,500 r/t, all in.

[Rawhide2]

Booked Air China one way via Beijing for September for long trip at £246 out of Gatwick. Eticket was issued within an hour (Fly Sharp)

Another different airline to or fro Bangkok which I think is the 33rd

I remember calculating with another BM here around 28 back around 2020 (but couldnt recall 2 of them at the time) but since been on Cebu Air Asia China Eastern and Singapore to or from Bangkok

Edited in.....long time in Thailand not airline trip length

Edited July 18 by Rawhide2

[yselmike]

Just booked with KLM.At my age I need a direct flight,that's after flying Ethiad last December.KLM €1089 basic flight no checked bag,2x€45 for aisle seats. There doesn't seem to be much between the 3 direct flights, KLM,EVA,Thai.In the end the 10:00 arrival of the KLM flight was by far the best.Thai arrive 06:00 and depart 05:00.EVA are terrible for their delays from Schiphol 60-90 minutes is the new normal,that means arriving Suvarnabhumi at 16:00.Too stressful to rush around to get a decent affordable ride into Pattaya and meet an agent to get keys for the apartment,not such a problem if I was just booking into a hotel.Arrive February 1st for 30 days.

[yselmike]

I put the dates I want to travel to Thailand next year into Skyscanner.The month of February and a couple of days beginning March total 30 days.Klm have been showing two direct flights into Suvarnabhumi daily,one return to Schiphol daily.The early flight arrive 07:30 has disappeared,so it's back to the normal one flight a day. 

 

[TheFiend]

1 hour ago, yselmike said:

I put the dates I want to travel to Thailand next year into Skyscanner.The month of February and a couple of days beginning March total 30 days.Klm have been showing two direct flights into Suvarnabhumi daily,one return to Schiphol daily.The early flight arrive 07:30 has disappeared,so it's back to the normal one flight a day. 

 

aeroroutes.com website show this for KLM to Bangkok, which means 2 daily flights is only on certain days.

Quote

Amsterdam – Bangkok Suvarnabhumi 16DEC26 – 20FEB27 Increase from 7 to 10 weekly, 777-300ER/787-9 (777-300ER/777-200ER from 05JAN27. Schedule below focuses on 1Q27)
KL841 AMS1405 – 0710+1BKK 772 246
KL843 AMS1655 – 1005+1BKK 77W D

KL842 BKK0915 – 1545AMS 772 357
KL844 BKK1205 – 1835AMS 77W D

 

Edited July 22 by TheFiend

[yselmike]

1 hour ago, TheFiend said:

aeroroutes.com website show this for KLM to Bangkok, which means 2 daily flights is only on certain days.

 

Now Thai have a daily flights I wondered why KLM would have two daily,but only one return.seemed a bit odd.

[TheFiend]

57 minutes ago, yselmike said:

Now Thai have a daily flights I wondered why KLM would have two daily,but only one return.seemed a bit odd.

The 10x Weekly service is for high season, I guess it will be interesting to see the effect of Thai, having restarted AMS flights, will have on KLM load factors during the high season.

[yselmike]

1 hour ago, TheFiend said:

The 10x Weekly service is for high season, I guess it will be interesting to see the effect of Thai, having restarted AMS flights, will have on KLM load factors during the high season.

There's reports in Dutch papers of cancellations and people in Asia trying to get back avoiding the gulf.If the government advice is NOT to travel via the gulf it invalidates insurance and normal travel rights,if the advice is just be aware you're ok.

The Thai flight is great if you are connecting with a flight out.Not so good if you are staying in Bangkok or Pattaya.