Trip Report: Run-around Thailand

[roego]

Well I almot thought I was reading a travel agents report.
line up on Qantas. Well why fly with them.It happens every day of the week and most people can't go to "QC".

As for Thailand te airport is a catastrophy. Long walking distances everywhere, slow and at times unfriendly immigration and most things at the airport severely overpriced.
It is extremely quiet there at this moment with a lower than low "low season"
Never mind sticking your nose up in the air aboutvthe farang aussie men, just as many women from all over, not just Oz, running round with their Thai boys and getting drunk in the bars.
Thailand is getting more expensive and westerners are being chraged double and more at attractions. Personally I would say give Thailand a miss now and try Cambodia or Vietnam for better value.

And as for someone flying all over with every letter of the alphabet. Thai Airlines flys Bangkok-Sydney direct, Mas via KL, Singapore via Singapore all at good prices ad without having to put yourself through the pain of flying Air Asia. Seat pitch there is 28 inch and service does not come into the Air Asia dictionary.
Ps. The new airbus they are flying on the Australia route has something lke a board that slides forward instead of seat really going back. Very uncomfortable.
And just like Qantarse do not complain. Absolute waste of your time.

[Batesy]

Quote "At this stage I was still in economy so was to be stuck in the economy queue. Great, I thought, as I lined up and settled in for another long weight. As it turns out, about half way up the line someone was checking people’s tickets. I saw a lot of unhappy faces who were told to go back and wait for a while, even after having already lined up for what was probably a fairly long time.
"Where are you going?"
"Bangkok"
"Ok go through"
So finally I'm in the next part of the line (still about the 100th person). However luck was with me. Someone came up, opened the rope and lead me and a few others to the First checkin counter. Quick confirmation of my seat (still up the back) and I was on my way to passport control."

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MY QUESTION
I am confused as to why you thought you had to be in the economy queue?? If you had QP access I assume you are QP or above with QF status. You could have queued in the J or QP lines for check in. Also how did you get upgraded to J if you checked in as Y?

[JohnK]

I am confused as to why you thought you had to be in the economy queue?? If you had QP access I assume you are QP or above with QF status. You could have queued in the J or QP lines for check in. Also how did you get upgraded to J if you checked in as Y?

He got turned away from the Qantas Club line and told not to come back until 14:00 but then another staff member mentioned that they may open check-in at 13:00. Perhaps they were going to open WHY check-in only early.

When he checked in he was given a boarding pass for his seat down the back and finally got to go to the Qantas Lounge. My interpretation is danielribo somehow got a points upgrade to business class at the Qantas Lounge.

[drron]

Roego I agree entirely about AirAsia having just completed my first 2 and only sectors on this airline.The whole time they are boasting about being voted Skytrax best budget airline in the world although you have just had your flight postponed by over an hour and you wait 10 minutes for a bus to take you to the terminal when parked at a remote pad at BKK.
One good tip though-if you dont want to have the person in front recline just do a few coughs.The Asians are paranoid about the Schweine grippe.The Germans also respond quickly to this term!