LXA333 From United States of America, joined Nov 2008, 266 posts, RR: 0 Posted (4 years 5 months 4 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 6175 times:
Will we ever see Thai return to New York since crude oil prices have dropped? Also, what would be considered the best route to take from New York to BKK?
B747forever From United States of America, joined exactly 6 years ago today! , 16574 posts, RR: 11 Reply 1, posted (4 years 5 months 4 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 6162 times:
Quoting LXA333 (Thread starter): Also, what would be considered the best route to take from New York to BKK?
Maybe via Europe or NYC-LAX-BKK, or NYC-SIN-BKK. There are a lot of options. Depends on which alliance/carriers you prefer.
Ryanair!!! From Singapore, joined Mar 2002, 4652 posts, RR: 27 Reply 2, posted (4 years 5 months 4 weeks 19 hours ago) and read 6047 times:
Even at the best of times, that route for TG was very low yielding so I would think it is pretty unlikely unless TG USA Sales has managed to somehow miraculously work their magic with revenue management.
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Econojetter From Malaysia, joined May 2001, 430 posts, RR: 6 Reply 3, posted (4 years 5 months 4 weeks 19 hours ago) and read 6047 times:
Fares tend to be lower if you fly transpacific.
One-stop services NYC-BKK:
Japan Airlines or All Nippon JFK-NRT-BKK
Continental/Northwest EWR-NRT-BKK (probably CO/UA combination later next year)
Korean or Asiana JFK-ICN-BKK
Cathay Pacific JFK-HKG-BKK
or you could go via Taipei with China Airlines or EVA Air (out of EWR), but with these two you'll get an extra refueling stop in ANC
Japan Airlines or All Nippon JFK-NRT-BKK
Continental/Northwest EWR-NRT-BKK (probably CO/UA combination later next year)
Korean or Asiana JFK-ICN-BKK
Cathay Pacific JFK-HKG-BKK
Not forgetting...
Egypt Air BKK-CAI-JFK
Qatar Airways BKK-DOH-JFK
Emirates BKK-DXB-JFK
Etihad Airways BKK-AUH-JFK
Kuwait Airways BKK-KWI-JFK
However I do not know if these services connect to one another. Im sure the Emirates services will come close as they operate multiple operations to both Cities.
you can add
LH via FRA
BA via LHR
AF via CDG
KL via AMS
TK via IST
to that list as they also offer good connections with only 2-3h layover at their respective hub.
AJO From Netherlands, joined Jan 2005, 575 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (4 years 5 months 4 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 5227 times:
Quoting B742 (Reply 4): Not forgetting...
Egypt Air BKK-CAI-JFK
Qatar Airways BKK-DOH-JFK
Emirates BKK-DXB-JFK
Etihad Airways BKK-AUH-JFK
Kuwait Airways BKK-KWI-JFK
However I do not know if these services connect to one another. Im sure the Emirates services will come close as they operate multiple operations to both Cities.
I don't think these are transpacs, which is what Econojetter was referring to...
B747forever From United States of America, joined exactly 6 years ago today! , 16574 posts, RR: 11 Reply 10, posted (4 years 5 months 4 weeks 5 hours ago) and read 4666 times:
Quoting B767300ER (Reply 9): An interesting routinmg via El Al, JFK-TLV-BKK.
Well another interesting is via SK and TG or only SK all the way EWR-ARN-BKK, or EWR-CPH-BKK
NewYorkCityBoi From United States of America, joined Sep 2006, 193 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (4 years 5 months 4 weeks 4 hours ago) and read 4338 times:
I flew NYC-BKK a lot of time.. usually did JFK-NRT-BKK or JFK-LHR-BKK.
I think one of the fast way to go to BKK from NYC is to go via ARN:
EWR-ARN-BKK (by SK, TG or SK all the way in some season)
from BKK to NYC... I still think that go through NRT, ICN, HKG are all almost the same and pretty fast.
Joemugg From United States of America, joined Aug 2007, 61 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 3120 times:
Malaysia From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 3183 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 2996 times:
I have done JFK-BKK (TG) ATL-FRA-KUL-BKK, EWR-ARN-KUL-BKK, IAD-JFK-JED-BKK, IAD-LHR-FRA-BKK, LAS-BOS-LHR-BKK etc but I do not really feel more comfortable than just going Trans-Pacific even from the East Coast. The last time I did eastbound CI JFK-ANC-TPE-BKK was a bit of a nuisance, the wake up call in ANC... is a turn-off for me. cause I like sleeping all the way. And the sleep portion of the east bound Europe connection can be a little hard sleeping only 3-4 hours on plane then layover in Europe a bit then finally get sleep again on the SE Asia leg.
Best route from JFK I took would be JL JFK-NRT-BKK, that was decent for me, if you want an international departure out of JFK.
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LXA333 From United States of America, joined Nov 2008, 266 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 2787 times:
Thanks guys, I'll probably be looking at a route via Europe most likely ARN, ZRH or LHR. I'll be flying Y by the way since I'm only a student and do not wish to be spoiled to the parents hehe.
Do companies charge more if when I come back I want to stop in Europe for a week?
B747forever From United States of America, joined exactly 6 years ago today! , 16574 posts, RR: 11 Reply 18, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 2778 times:
Quoting LXA333 (Reply 17): I'll probably be looking at a route via Europe most likely ARN, ZRH or LHR. I'll be flying Y by the way since I'm only a student and do not wish to be spoiled to the parents hehe.
Well if you are flying in Y I would recommend BA for you, JFK-LHR-BKK.
If you want try something not so common I would go EWR-ARN-BKK. That is a nice routing, and ARN is a nice airport, so no stress or anything like that compared to LHR.
Goldorak From France, joined Sep 2006, 1673 posts, RR: 3 Reply 19, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 2633 times:
Quoting Stylo777 (Reply 5): you can add
LH via FRA
BA via LHR
AF via CDG
KL via AMS
TK via IST
to that list as they also offer good connections with only 2-3h layover at their respective hub.
Flying USA-BKK via CDG with AF is not really an option as the layover in CDG will be very long. With the notable exception of AF067 LAX-CDG which arrives at 5:30 pm, almost all other USA flights arrive in CDG between 6:00 am and noon. And the AF flight to BKK departs CDG only at 7:35 pm.
NewYorkCityBoi From United States of America, joined Sep 2006, 193 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 2402 times:
Quoting LXA333 (Reply 17): Do companies charge more if when I come back I want to stop in Europe for a week?
I have done that once with SQ (bought through travel agent) and another time with BA (from their website)
-I did EWR-AMS/CDG-SIN-BKK, at the time SQ flew EWR-AMS but you can still do the same on their JFK-FRA, then fly out from any other place SQ flies to in Europe.
-I did BA and stop at both Paris and London (add another short hop between LHR-CDG) when i did JFK-LHR-BKK
I think the way to get this cheap is to do through travel agent. If you try to do stop over from airlines website it usually is super expensive.
I also like to stop by Tokyo sometimes when i did JFK-NRT-BKK because the flight is pretty long (almost 14 hrs on JFK-NRT) but much shorter the other way around.
Quoting Superfly (Reply 20): what are the layover times for the routes I suggested?
Most TG flights leave Europe around noon time (except Munich and Moscow) so if you fly from the east coast and arrive Europe before 11am should make the connection.
Andaman From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 22, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 2235 times:
And a speciality for those MD-11 lovers on AY website: JFK-HEL-BKK
MD-11 still available on JFK-HEL this winter season, will be replaced by A333 next spring. The AY connection means a LONG layover in HEL, plenty of time for sight seeing...
B747forever From United States of America, joined exactly 6 years ago today! , 16574 posts, RR: 11 Reply 23, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 2063 times:
Quoting Andaman (Reply 22): The AY connection means a LONG layover in HEL, plenty of time for sight seeing...
Too much time for spotting But that is a interesting routing
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