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[QUOTE=Eaglestar]Is this what happens in LOS Soi what??

ROTFLMFAO[/QUOTE]
Think it's from Soi Chang somewhere around Chiang Mai

However this fellow from Sri Lanka was also horny, but wasn't so lucky since good pussy is harder to find there.

Has anyone checked the airfares to Thailand? Did today for a friend and can't believe that the fares for Coach are near $2,000 USD! That is insane I have never seen the fares jump like this just last month my friend got a ticket for slightly over $1,000. You would think with Thailand trying to draw toursit back would lower the fares to generate business?

LBM

[QUOTE=LittleBigMan]Has anyone checked the airfares to Thailand? Did today for a friend and can't believe that the fares for Coach are near $2,000 USD! That is insane I have never seen the fares jump like this just last month my friend got a ticket for slightly over $1,000. You would think with Thailand trying to draw toursit back would lower the fares to generate business?LBM[/QUOTE]#1. The number of flights in this period have been cut back from last year. #2. The flights that are available are very full, Y class full fare in most cases. #3. Summer flights from the USA are always the most expensive. Guess what? It's summer.

Have your friend look here at "EVA Air": [url]http://eservice.evaair.com/online/html/english/plan/EIBSA001.asp?mode=PROMO[/url]

Scroll down the page and look for "I'm not an EVERGREEN CLUB member but I still want to look up the exclusive fares." Go inside that link and give it a real going over. You'll find something.

Also, consider the EVA "Elite Class", if you poke around in that same Hot E page enough right now you'll find a nice class upgrade for almost the same price as coach. The little things in Elite definitely make that flight seem shorter.

Taiwan based "China Airlines" [url]http://www.china-airlines.com/en/index.htm[/url], currently with no promos, is a bit more expensive than EVA right now. And "Thai Air" [url]http://www.thaiair.com/[/url] is running about $1600 total for the nonstop. So, it's about normal for this time of year really.

BTW, I would NOT recommend Korean Air, Cathay Pacific, or any of the American based carriers. They take longer, your seat & legroom are too small for the money, and they are more expensive right now anyway.

Good luck with it LBM, keep me posted.

[QUOTE=LittleBigMan]Has anyone checked the airfares to Thailand? Did today for a friend and can't believe that the fares for Coach are near $2,000 USD! That is insane I have never seen the fares jump like this just last month my friend got a ticket for slightly over $1,000. You would think with Thailand trying to draw toursit back would lower the fares to generate business?LBM[/QUOTE]Yes, I've been looking and it is crazy. In some cases the prices have gone up 75-100 percent. I imagine it will go down, though, as fewer people will be buying tickets. Supply and demand will kick in eventually.

I did see some good fares on China Airlines to BKK from SFO via Beijing (not my preferred route!).

[QUOTE=LittleBigMan]Has anyone checked the airfares to Thailand? Did today for a friend and can't believe that the fares for Coach are near $2,000 USD! That is insane I have never seen the fares jump like this just last month my friend got a ticket for slightly over $1,000. You would think with Thailand trying to draw toursit back would lower the fares to generate business?

LBM[/QUOTE]Lbm,

This is supply and demand most airline seat are mostly book only a few seat avalible from US to Asia from now to mid Aug, this is high season and the China expo is a hot ticket now, I got ticket 2 week ago for 1680 USD from SFO to HK in end of June no choice a business trip, I think you can go from NYC to London then to HK and back to US for about the same price, ticket from London to Bangkok round trip is only 800 Euros.

Fast Eddie 48

This wont be much interest for the US based ppl but it seems every other country are been offered discounted fares to get to bkk on thai airlines

And not because of the recent civil unrest but the airline is celebrating 50 years

There are time restrictions and certain rules so you cant book it too far ahead

[url]http://www.thaiair.com/offers/special-event-promotions/en/50anniversary.htm[/url]

Some damn good prices that ill be taking up

Yes, with nearly 3 decade of working for a Airline understand the theory of supply and demand. Along with all the Code shares with other airlines seat capacity is getting less and less to certain locations. I did some research with a special website I use for going standby given to former retired employees and see out of the west coast that since most Airlines that travel to the Far East normally have to make a stop between going to Thailand. Like Cathay out of SFO, goes through Hong Kong, Eva and China through TPE, United, Delta/Northwest through Narita. These Flights are full but from these stopovers there seem to be plenty of seats to Bangkok.

As for Eva, I pretty much use them exclusively paying or going standby, personally they are a excellent carrier and I have travel standby on nearly every carrier to Asia.They have a mix schedule out of SFO, on days ( June ) they run 3 flights one at 1am, 1:40am and then a another 6pm, but on these days they have contract to carry a lot of Cargo and Mail and therefore due to weight restrictions have limited seats for passengers to TPE then it gets even tougher since Eva seem to have cut the first flight out of TPE-BKK and only have 9:00am thereafter you have to wait until midnight. Top that with Cathay, China, and Singapore leaving to Hong Kong and TPE, these Airlines are overselling their flights and then calling EVA, to protect seats in case they do oversell along with USAirways now having a code share with Eva making bookings from SFO/Singapore cut seat capacity.

So many reasons for the fares to go up but personally I have never seen the prices go up to this level of 1800.00 usd just for coach. The airlines checked, Thai, Cathay, United, China, Singapore all seem to be in the same area which lead one to believe that price fixing is involved but many of try to prove that and have failed. The most I have ever paid for traveling to and from in June has been 1200.00usd on Eva.. but 1800.00 WTF is this world coming too?

Barko, I have been upgraded many times by Eva, but I'm a short guy and those aircraft they fly 777/77W are great for guys like me since even in coach those seats are about the same leg room I get in Deluxe coach. I know exactly what rolls to pick or ask for when I go standby aside from the exit rolls. As you indicated Eva is the number #1 airline for me but since the closure of the airport in Bangkok they have changed their schedule and sometimes it is a pain in the ass trying to figure them out.

Thats life....LBM

[QUOTE=LittleBigMan]Thats life.[/QUOTE]I hear you. I got a quickie EVA Hot E return BKK-LAX-BKK two months ago, with an elite bump to the front, for $780 net. (This was unbelievably cheap for this day & age.) But the seasonal price differential this year is totally shwacked, doubled and more.

BTW: The EVA website, which can be complicated enough with all of their separate pricing structures and date embargoes, is being over-hammered right this minute by hits generated from the USA.

Tell your bud not to think too much and to get his tickets asap. Anything through an Asia Pacific hub is going to be sold out this summer pronto.

Does anyone know about the new forum Argentina Private on ISG ? It seems like you need a new id to get in.

[QUOTE=Weelock]Does anyone know about the new forum Argentina Private on ISG ? It seems like you need a new id to get in.[/QUOTE]

It's not new, it's been around for years, run by Jackson, who is based in Buenos Aires. I think the only thing new is the link to it on ISG

[QUOTE=Member #2041]It's not new, it's been around for years, run by Jackson, who is based in Buenos Aires. I think the only thing new is the link to it on ISG[/QUOTE]

For Argentina Private ISG, you need a new login ID to post, why ? For other sections like for USA, Russia, and Thailand etc you don't.

Anyway, thanks for the reply...

I just received this in an emai. from China Airlines.

I haven't checked it out...but here it is:

[quote]Travel Period: August 23, 2010 through November 18, 2010

Destinations Lowest fare starting from
Bangkok**
$785*

Ho Chi Minh City/Hanoi**
$875*

Bali/Kuala Lumpur/Jakarta
$1115*

Pnomh Penh
$1065*

Yangon
$1115*

**Enroute stopover not allowed

Tickets must be purchased by June 15, 2010.
Taxes are not included in above roundtrip fares.
Terms and conditions apply.[/quote]

[QUOTE=Weelock]For Argentina Private ISG, you need a new login ID to post, why ? For other sections like for USA, Russia, and Thailand etc you don't.

Anyway, thanks for the reply...[/QUOTE]Weelock,

Why are posting question about Argentina here, it is a seperate web site just ask Jackson for a new pass world what the big deal, you been doing too much jack off in China.

Fast Eddie 48

[QUOTE=Fast Eddie 48]Weelock,

Why are posting question about Argentina here, it is a seperate web site just ask Jackson for a new pass world what the big deal, you been doing too much jack off in China.

Fast Eddie 48[/QUOTE]

I said it was an off topic. WTF, I have noticed in the past when other members ask a question, you always like to attack it. Why do you always condescend other people, FXXXK d X i X c X k head.....Some attitude.

Jackson doesn't answer his email. The moderator go over them first and it takes for ever to reach Jackson.

[QUOTE=Redfield10]I just received this in an emai. from China Airlines.

I haven't checked it out...but here it is:[/QUOTE]Yep, those WERE really good deals: on exactly 4 cheap seats per flight. And the standard crapshoot trying to get one: [url]http://www.china-airlines.com/en/promotionen/promotionen000758.htm[/url]

OK, so I looked and looked, and as far as I can tell, it's just another shuck & jive show to get you into the booking page. Fares June & July are $1370++, August is $1150++.

"Hurry! Cheap seats to Bangkok!" "Book before June 15!" (OK, well sure maybe if you wanted to go in October.) BTW, what I DID find is that you really can get really cheap seats for November & December right now if you have the wherewithal to do it. $625++.