Fly to Bangkok in Business Class for £798 – if you start in Stockholm

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• BJ says:

  15 Nov15 November 04:56

  For people who prefer to fly direct from UK, Scoot have launched a direct service from Fatwick to Bangkok that I understand continues on to Singapore. I have not checked schedules or fares but saw it advertised from £256 return on the no frills basic fare. Business class will presumably be angle flat unless they have fitted new flat beds for these ultra long flights. No idea if they are using DMK or have switched some flights to BKK.

  • manilabay says:

    15 Nov15 November 07:42

    Scoot do not have Business. They have ScootPlus which is more akin to Premium Economy with a recliner seat. Might be okay for some though.

    • Michael C says:

      15 Nov15 November 08:31

      Quite.
      “Wide premium leather seats with double legroom”.

    • BJ says:

      15 Nov15 November 12:27

      Thanks for that, I was under the impression it was very similar to AirAsiaX.

  • John T says:

    15 Nov15 November 08:21

    BKK.

• Dubious says:

  15 Nov15 November 05:29

  Interesting. Looks like they start at the end of March and route via BKK, Suvarnabhumi (rather than DKK). The stop in BKK is 1 hour.

• John says:

  15 Nov15 November 06:25

  The example itinerary looks awful. You need a hotel in Stockholm both ways which is going to be at least £150 x2 as you’ll have to stay at the airport or it becomes a Sweden and Thailand trip, it doesn’t look like there’s enough time to go into Paris, and you have to get up early on the last day in Bangkok.

  The total travel time from your UK home to Bangkok hotel and back would be around 72 hours.

  I did do LHR-ZRH-LHR-MCT-DOH-BKK in the past but that was kind of a 4-destination trip, it still took less than 36 hours each way and surprisingly, I wasn’t exhausted at either end.

  • Allan says:

    15 Nov15 November 07:29

    The winter flight timings on KLM work well but after summer change they are worse.

• APPL says:

  15 Nov15 November 06:52

  One World also available with Finnair for £876. These are direct flights from Stockholm on A350. They are business light fares though, so no bags/lounge/seat selection unless you have a status.

  • Mirp says:

    15 Nov15 November 07:29

    Thank you a OneWold option sounds much better for BA status holders.

    • Allan says:

      15 Nov15 November 08:14

      Also non refundable

      • BJ says:

        15 Nov15 November 12:37

        Sri Lankan was always the One World cheapish flexible option, especially one way back to UK. Was especially good when £ was high versus $.

    • Memesweeper says:

      15 Nov15 November 08:27

      I think the whole thing is only attractive with a side visit to Stockholm, and/or an effort to earn Virgin/Sky Team status.

      • Dubious says:

        15 Nov15 November 08:54

        + Accor points…

  • BJ says:

    15 Nov15 November 12:33

    Might be worth a look see what Thai is doing into Scandinavia and if booking PE still a sweetshop. If so, that will appeal to *A.

• The Original Nick says:

  15 Nov15 November 07:33

  I saw these Finnair flights over the weekend. Can you confirm that if having OW status you would get fast track / business check in and lounge access with these Light fares?

• John T says:

  15 Nov15 November 08:39

  Far too much faff. Two overnights in Stockholm will add a lot to the price.

  • Andrew says:

    15 Nov15 November 09:55

    Agreed, the old QR deals always seemed to almost double in price once you added the positioning flights and the expensive hotels in ARN. And now we have the added layer of the Covid requirements too.

• Concerto says:

  15 Nov15 November 09:53

  Double XPs at Flying Blue until the end of the year. Maximisers will be trying to transit BOTH Paris and Amsterdam. Stockholm is expensive though, and the long train/bus ride from ARN to the city isn’t exactly cheap either if you’ll be doing it several times with several people.

  • John says:

    15 Nov15 November 13:38

    On the commuter trains via Märsta, it’s under £7 each way (at current exchange rate) and further transport in the city is “free”. That’s OK to me

  • Dubious says:

    15 Nov15 November 14:33

    Can also take a bus from the airport to Mästa and then another to Sigtuna. It is a little bit touristy there at times but also very pleasant to be outdoors.

    I did this on the way back from Thailand / Doha (rented a car for the day) once in February – didn’t pack quite enough layers!

    The Airport Hotel ‘Arlanda Connect’ is a free shuttle ride from the airport.

• Andrew says:

  15 Nov15 November 09:56

  Don’t forget the Amex travel offer if you have it – it’s probably available to book through them.

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