As the most experienced airline in Thailand, Thai Airways can easily handle your once in a lifetime opportunity to visit. The airline has established a sold reputation by making sure that regardless if its a vacation or a business trip, that its passengers are made to feel comfortable and like welcome guests. This article will examine some of the features of Thai Airways as well as explore some of the places its can take you.
Because Thai Airways is one of the founding members of the Star Alliance, it has some special benefits that should be considered. By flying with any member airline, it is easier to build up travel miles in the frequent flyer program. For instance, you are in New York, but you want to fly on Thai Airways to Bangkok. Los Angeles is the only city in the U.S. that Thai Airways flies out of, so in that situation, you could take an airline such as United that is also a member of Star Alliance from New York to LA. By doing that you can accumulate frequent flyer miles on both flights even though they are on two different airlines. Star Alliance also offers Round the World Fares, that allow you to make up to 15 stopovers all over the world and save quite a bit of money off the regular fares.
Although it is based in Bangkok, Thailand, Thai Airways is a global airline the offers flights a large number of international destinations. With service offered to over 70 cities on five different continents, Thai Airways can take you just about anywhere you want to go in the world. In the U.S. however, Los Angeles is the only U.S. city that Thai Airways flies out of. However it isn’t difficult to get to Los Angeles if you live elsewhere in the U.S.
Thai Airways service includes 7 cities in China, 14 in the Indian subcontinent and 13 European cities. It serves as a convenient bridge between Thailand and Australia since it flies frequently between the two countries.
Special fares are being offered in 2011 to celebrate Thai Airways 40th year of offering flights between Thailand and Australia. So if you’re taking a trip to Thailand, you may want to consider extending your trip and seeing Australia as well. You can fly from Bangkok to destinations such as Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. You can travel how you choose, whether Business, First Class or Economy and receive the discounted fares to travel between these two amazing countries. Combining Thailand and Australia in one trip would be a wonderful way to explore the contrasts between the two countries. While they aren’t exactly close together, if you’re coming from a distant location such as the U.S. it might make sense to see them both on the same trip.
The opportunity for people everywhere to explore Thailand, Southeast Asia and many other exotic locations is made possible by Thai Airways. Thai Airways, the national carrier for the Kingdom of Thailand does have more to offer to show you this part of the world than the other choices of travel available.