Recent Thai Airways experience

Post by **beer monkey** » January 13, 2008, 6:48 pm

gulfman wrote:For general interest I have solved my wife's internal Thai Airways ticketing problem. We telephoned Thara SkyAir Travel in Udon Thani who made the booking and said that we could pay them after my wife arrives in Udon. I think they deserve a plug for this exceptional service.

incredible.!!

Post by **Ricohoc** » January 13, 2008, 8:53 pm

gulfman wrote:For general interest I have solved my wife's internal Thai Airways ticketing problem. We telephoned Thara SkyAir Travel in Udon Thani who made the booking and said that we could pay them after my wife arrives in Udon. I think they deserve a plug for this exceptional service.

Wow! Please let us know if they follow through with this!

Post by **gulfman** » January 13, 2008, 9:04 pm

Well, so far they have emailed me a confirmed E-Ticket, and no money has changed hands. In fairness, we have used this agency before so my wife and I are known to them, however, I think that this is exceptional service and if it all works out I will ask that the agency details be published.

Post by **Ricohoc** » January 13, 2008, 11:45 pm

gulfman wrote:Well, so far they have emailed me a confirmed E-Ticket, and no money has changed hands. In fairness, we have used this agency before so my wife and I are known to them, however, I think that this is exceptional service and if it all works out I will ask that the agency details be published.

Yes, please do. This sounds wonderful!

Post by **747man** » January 14, 2008, 12:05 pm

I ALWAYS use another website for booking MY Hotels in Bangkok, And the rest of Thailand,Wether I be here OR Overseas,And THEY offer the same service,THEY Will book & pay for you and when you arrive in LOS just transfer the money to them,BUT then again I think this ONLY applies once your a REGULAR user of their site and are KNOWN to them......Its ALL based on TRUST !!

.For anybody INTERESTED their website is www.bangkokian.com The couple who run the site are Khun Wannipa and her husband Khun Pitanu,BOTH of whom speak English,Infact talk to Pitanu and you would THINK he IS ENGLISH A telephone number for their office in Bangkok is......02-9100857.....www.bangkokian.com.

Post by **Mike Carroll** » January 15, 2008, 1:15 am

Thanks for the info. Useful.

Post by **Ricohoc** » January 15, 2008, 6:50 am

747man, you are da man!

Post by **747man** » January 15, 2008, 10:10 am

Ricohoc wrote:747man, you are da man!

You see Rico,I'M NOT just a pretty face.....I CAN be useful some of the time...

=D> =D>

Post by **arjay** » January 15, 2008, 12:32 pm

Now if I was the Moderator, I would delete both the last 2 posts, (and this one!!) as they are off-topic and a waste of bandwidth!!

Post by **747man** » January 15, 2008, 5:40 pm

arjay wrote:Now if I was the Moderator, I would delete both the last 2 posts, (and this one!!) as they are off-topic and a waste of bandwidth!!

But YOUR NOT The Mod.are you ??The last 2 posts were about TRAVEL in Thailand GENERALLY !!!

Post by moderator* » January 15, 2008, 6:00 pm

Ricohoc wrote:747man, you are da man!

747man wrote:You see Rico,I'M NOT just a pretty face.....I CAN be useful some of the time...

747man wrote:The last 2 posts were about TRAVEL in Thailand GENERALLY !!! Shame on you Shame on you

I can't say that I would agree with you there 747man. You must be using an extremely broad interpretation of "generally!!

Post by **jingjai** » January 15, 2008, 6:23 pm

gulfman wrote: We telephoned Thara SkyAir Travel in Udon Thani I think they deserve a plug for this exceptional service.

Contact details please. Location? Telephone number?
Thanks.

Post by **747man** » January 15, 2008, 11:10 pm

moderator* wrote:
Ricohoc wrote:747man, you are da man!

747man wrote:You see Rico,I'M NOT just a pretty face.....I CAN be useful some of the time...

747man wrote:The last 2 posts were about TRAVEL in Thailand GENERALLY !!! Shame on you Shame on you
I can't say that I would agree with you there 747man. You must be using an extremely broad interpretation of "generally!!

Sorry Mod..I was thinking of Travel & Tourist INFORMATION....in the posts before Ricohoc & Myself got caught up in The " SELF " Appreciation Society...Once Again accept my apology !!

Post by **arjay** » January 16, 2008, 12:33 am

Apology accepted, 747man.

Post by **Miruku** » January 18, 2008, 7:09 pm

As requested, I am pleased to report that my side trip by Thai to Hong Kong and return to Bangkok, on an E ticket purchased on my behalf by a friend in Bangkok went as smooth as silk practically without the check in staff even looking at my e ticket. They just referred to my name and flight in their computers. Thai's original Melbourne check in staff was also great, issuing boarding passes for the connecting flights Melbourne to Bangkok and Bangkok to Hong Kong which flights went without a hitch.

The only slight problems were logistical and were aggravated by my arthritic knees. The gate to Hong Kong was changed at swampy from A1a to E10 which meant a trek from one side of the airport to the other and a second check through customs. Then when the plane from Hongkers arrived in Bangkok at 9.30am we passengers were deplaned down the staircase to buses for reasons entirely unknown because the airport was not at all busy. A well dressed lady taxi tout tried to convince me to accept the fare of 1250 Baht from swampy to Don Muang, but I booked an authorised taxi for 500 baht.

The Thai flight to Udon was also very good and on time so I have nothing but praise for all the Thai staff I encountered on the ground and in the air.

Post by **Ricohoc** » January 19, 2008, 8:01 am

Miruku wrote:As requested, I am pleased to report that my side trip by Thai to Hong Kong and return to Bangkok, on an E ticket purchased on my behalf by a friend in Bangkok went as smooth as silk practically without the check in staff even looking at my e ticket. They just referred to my name and flight in their computers. Thai's original Melbourne check in staff was also great, issuing boarding passes for the connecting flights Melbourne to Bangkok and Bangkok to Hong Kong which flights went without a hitch.

The only slight problems were logistical and were aggravated by my arthritic knees. The gate to Hong Kong was changed at swampy from A1a to E10 which meant a trek from one side of the airport to the other and a second check through customs. Then when the plane from Hongkers arrived in Bangkok at 9.30am we passengers were deplaned down the staircase to buses for reasons entirely unknown because the airport was not at all busy. A well dressed lady taxi tout tried to convince me to accept the fare of 1250 Baht from swampy to Don Muang, but I booked an authorised taxi for 500 baht.

The Thai flight to Udon was also very good and on time so I have nothing but praise for all the Thai staff I encountered on the ground and in the air.

Excellent news and great report!

Thanks!