maipenrai Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 6 hours ago, Freee!! said: From northern Canada I would like at polar routes to Scandinavia and from there to BKK, for the east coast I've often recommended looking at flying to Europe. To fly anywhere out of Canada I have to first fly to the south of Canada - generally Vancouver which is a 2.5hr flight from my home town; if I lived in the eastern part of Canada I would most definitely look at travelling via Europe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalEden Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Qatar flying out of the US Pacific Northwest region flies over the Artic, Scandinavia, Europe on to Dubia. This flight leaves at 13:30 and arrives in Dubia at Sunset, following the sun (daylight) almost halfway around the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 16 hours ago, boydeste said: I often wonder why you guys don't fly to Europe, then non stop to bkk. My estimate would give you around 20 hours flight time. Maybe it isn't cost viable. Did a search for shortest duration which came up with an itinerary of 20 hr 26 min. The route though isn't through Europe. My flights were longer because I wanted to stick with Delta due to my status with them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Interestingly a friend has just flown from the US to Frankfurt, then on to Bkk. He spent a couple of days doing tourist stuff there too to break the journey up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 21 minutes ago, boydeste said: Interestingly a friend has just flown from the US to Frankfurt, then on to Bkk. He spent a couple of days doing tourist stuff there too to break the journey up. Wouldn't that be a great holiday .. US to Germany for Octoberfest then off to Pattaya for the Winter Sports !!! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 5 hours ago, Derek Dangleberries said: Wouldn't that be a great holiday .. US to Germany for Octoberfest then off to Pattaya for the Water Sports !!! Fixed that for you. 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJSP Posted September 19, 2022 Author Share Posted September 19, 2022 On 9/11/2022 at 10:07 AM, AJSP said: Thanks for all the replies. Had a wee look last night and Qatar were coming in quite cheaply at £562pp for economy which I thought was a steal I have to just update this and confess that I got it wrong - the price above was one way so basically a return flight in economy is £1100. Direct flights were about £150 per person more I think I’ll wait and see before booking anything 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcharliemofo Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 I've just used Saudia and to be honest I wasn't expecting it to be much good but I have to say I was very pleasantly surprised. Check in at Heathrow was quick, the flight itself to Jeddah was good and the food on the plane was ok for me. Jeddah airport appears small but has plenty of small cafes, toilets and smoking rooms and again the loading of the plane was fairly easy. Only small downside was that it's a 4 1/2 hour layover and the last hour can drag a bit. We landed on time at BKK and I was only in immigration for maybe 10 minutes. Return flight cost me £426 which to me was an absolute bargain and I'd definitely use them again. 2 1 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom51red Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 24 minutes ago, mrcharliemofo said: I've just used Saudia and to be honest I wasn't expecting it to be much good but I have to say I was very pleasantly surprised. Check in at Heathrow was quick, the flight itself to Jeddah was good and the food on the plane was ok for me. Jeddah airport appears small but has plenty of small cafes, toilets and smoking rooms and again the loading of the plane was fairly easy. Only small downside was that it's a 4 1/2 hour layover and the last hour can drag a bit. We landed on time at BKK and I was only in immigration for maybe 10 minutes. Return flight cost me £426 which to me was an absolute bargain and I'd definitely use them again. Great price ! did you book this well in advance ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 33 minutes ago, mrcharliemofo said: I've just used Saudia and to be honest I wasn't expecting it to be much good but I have to say I was very pleasantly surprised. Check in at Heathrow was quick, the flight itself to Jeddah was good and the food on the plane was ok for me. Jeddah airport appears small but has plenty of small cafes, toilets and smoking rooms and again the loading of the plane was fairly easy. Only small downside was that it's a 4 1/2 hour layover and the last hour can drag a bit. We landed on time at BKK and I was only in immigration for maybe 10 minutes. Return flight cost me £426 which to me was an absolute bargain and I'd definitely use them again. Alcohol served ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcharliemofo Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Phantom51red said: Great price ! did you book this well in advance ? About 2 months before departure, as it got closer to leaving I checked the price and it was up to £998 FFS ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcharliemofo Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Stillearly said: Alcohol served ? No, and I didn't see anywhere selling it at Jeddah airport either. That part of it doesn't worry me in the slightest as I'm not a big drinker at all. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freee!! Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 51 minutes ago, mrcharliemofo said: No, and I didn't see anywhere selling it at Jeddah airport either. That part of it doesn't worry me in the slightest as I'm not a big drinker at all. No alcohol before and while flying reduces jetlag significantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom51red Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 4 hours ago, Freee!! said: No alcohol before and while flying reduces jetlag significantly. Ive never noticed 🍺😅 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freee!! Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Phantom51red said: Ive never noticed 🍺😅 I have and it is in the relevant literature (medical journals, travel magazines and others). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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