Phuket Thailand

Nicke · #1 02-07-2005, 20:05

For the first time we tried to buy tickets at the AirAsia booth at Lotus. The current price for our dates was 999 baht to Bangkok in August.

R/T with all taxes and fee's paid resulted in 2887 baht.

When I come home I checked the same dates on their homepage and it should have been exactly the same price to book online, I just wanted to verify that.

For infants, they charge 100 baht/oneway.

erik1 · #2 02-07-2005, 21:28

great price

r3aps · #3 02-07-2005, 23:34

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Originally Posted by erik1

great price

i cannot recomend air asia,poor service,hidden costs and on 3 trips with them all flights have been delayed by at least 90 mins,worse was 5 hour delay.
steve

charlie5005 · #4 03-07-2005, 08:37

check out tiger airways at their site. latest promo for aug and sept s$9.98 each way. i was with them in may and was not too bad. but from phuket only to singapore. fyi only. cheers.

LivinLOS · #5 03-07-2005, 09:19

WOW thats great... Thats 250 baht each way..

Sorts my Aug and Sept Visa runs out !!!!

ancientmariner · #6 03-07-2005, 10:36

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Originally Posted by Nicke

For the first time we tried to buy tickets at the AirAsia booth at Lotus. The current price for our dates was 999 baht to Bangkok in August.

R/T with all taxes and fee's paid resulted in 2887 baht.

When I come home I checked the same dates on their homepage and it should have been exactly the same price to book online, I just wanted to verify that.

For infants, they charge 100 baht/oneway.

do you get the same airfare if you book the ticket for a next-day flight? or do you have to book a month ahead?

LivinLOS · #7 03-07-2005, 10:51

The way most of these budget carriers work is that they have a small amount of very cheap seats... an amount of cheap seats.. Some slightly cheap seats and some at full price (cheaper than Thai but they are less service and less convienent)..

Tickets usually start at 499.. 899.. 1199 and 1800 approx.. Dont know about the 999 above but they are all variable by a little..

So the first people that book a long time ahead get the cheap seats.. Then next ones up get etc until booking the day before gets the fullish price if the plane is full..

For me as I tend not to plan too much (plans get screwed up here) the difference between full price Nok air etc makes Thais service appealing.. BKK air is about 1850 and 90% of what Thai is I think.. Thai is 3 flights per day at 2000 - 2100 and any flights at 2650 IIRC..

ancientmariner · #8 03-07-2005, 11:16

why is the tax so heavy on airtickets? taxes and fees on a 999B ticket is 444B and 409B on a 499B ticket.

can tourist get tax refund on airtickets?

stevem · #9 03-07-2005, 14:46

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Originally Posted by ancientmariner

why is the tax so heavy on airtickets? taxes and fees on a 999B ticket is 444B and 409B on a 499B ticket.

can tourist get tax refund on airtickets?

No you cant get a refund on the tax portion of an airfare. If you think the tax on this is high, checkout the taxes on airfares in Australia.

LivinLOS · #10 03-07-2005, 15:22

Yeah booking these 2 way 9.99 sing tickets incurs about 2100 bahts worth of air taxes on about 500 bahts worth of flights !!!!

r3aps · #11 03-07-2005, 21:21

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Originally Posted by stevem

No you cant get a refund on the tax portion of an airfare. If you think the tax on this is high, checkout the taxes on airfares in Australia.

its the same everywhere due to the high oil prices.airlines now pay nearly 70 dollars a barrel for oil compared to 2 years ago when it was mid 20s.they courteously pass these prices on to us.
steve

LivinLOS · #12 03-07-2005, 23:13

Then why is it the governments levying the surcharge rather than the airlines which are the users of the fuel...

Airport taxes are simply a tourist tax and dont benefit the fuel buying airlines at all..

r3aps · #13 04-07-2005, 02:36

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Originally Posted by LivinLOS

Then why is it the governments levying the surcharge rather than the airlines which are the users of the fuel...

Airport taxes are simply a tourist tax and dont benefit the fuel buying airlines at all..

which governments i no the us does uk dont

S1MON · #14 04-07-2005, 02:42

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Originally Posted by stevem

No you cant get a refund on the tax portion of an airfare. If you think the tax on this is high, checkout the taxes on airfares in Australia.

Not exactly the same, but i am using my air miles to get from paris to aberdeen next week, the route takes me to schipol first before aberdeen, anyway my free flights cost me 130 Euro, it was just something i had not thought about, usually my flights are paid for so i was just a little surprised at the cost of tax.

but 30000 air miles for business class return is not bad at all.

Simon