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Originally Posted by ashley
I am looking for anyone that knows of some decent priced flights from the areas I mentioned above to LOS in February. I always went from Japan before but now as I am living back in Cananada I don't want to pay through the nose for a flight.
Any help appreciated.
Cheers,
Ashley
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Ashley,
I'm guessing that your base is in Toronto, if you're considering Detroit and New York as optional departure points. I've done some research for my next trip to Phuket (whenever that might happen, I'm not sure!) so here are my results so far.
The best deal seems to be the NYC (JFK) to BKK flight that Thai Air does once daily in each direction. Check Thai Air's website (
Thai Airways) and you can book Premium Economy seats for US$1440 return - the seats apparently are a little bigger with extra leg room and Thai Air has a promotion going on aimed at the North American market.
The slight hitch is that Air Canada's Toronto to New York flights go to La Guardia so you would need to take the shuttle between LGA and JFK. The cheapest option is fly Jet Blue out of Buffalo to JFK for about US$70.
Another option is Air Canada (
aircanada.com - Welcome/Bienvenue!) out of Toronto and there are a variety of connections through Hong Kong, Tokyo, Beijing, etc. to get to Bangkok and it would cost about CDN$1700. return. Their website seems to screw up when you enter Phuket as the destination while doing the search.
Both Thai Air and Air Canada are part of Star Alliance so you should be able to get the connector flights thrown into your airfare package fairly cheaply once you get your preferences narrowed down. Suggest you call Air Canada or Thai Air once you're ready to book & get their agent to sort out the connector flights (such as YYZ-JFK and BKK-HKT).
One good starting point is
www.staralliance.com and do a flight search for Toronto to Bangkok (or Toronto to Phuket) - priint out the search results and you will find the best options seem to be a mix of Air Canada and Thai Air flights.
If you have Star Alliance or Aeroplan points available, this is the time to use them. Send me a PM if you're planning to use points because I can give you some hints in dealing with the Aeroplan reps. because they will ignore New York (because of the LGA & JFK issue) and try to send you through LA or some God-foresaken connection that makes no sense to a logical person!
Sorry to be so long-winded, but believe me this was actually the short version!