Asia Cheapest Flights, Bangkok Turmoil
Asia Cheapest Flights, Bangkok Turmoil
Bangkok flight cancelations are still happening, when talking to some airlines they have not cancelled for tomorrow there flights to Bangkok yet! Meanwhile thousands are still stuck in hotels across Asia trying to get into or out of Bangkok. I called an airline that has a many flights to Bangkok to see what happens if you have a flight going into Bangkok that gets canceled.
You can get a refund or a credit to book another flight on another day. I specifically asked if they will charge a fee to change the flight, and they said they would not.
The people that are at the airports in Bangkok Thailand all ready, the airline that I talked too is covering the hotel rooms, but now they are not going to cover the hotels anymore. One of the reasons why that is there are no rooms. I asked if someone went over land or flew out of the country from one of the other international airports in Thailand like Phuket, Koh Sumui or Chaing Mai that if the city that they got to offer flights on their airline could they get a flight onward at no cost? They said that they would do their best to get you to the connecting city that you needed to get to get you home at no additional charge, so for instance if your connecting flight was out of Tokyo to the USA and you flew from Koh Sumui to Singapore they would fly you from Singapore to Tokyo so that you could make your connection from there. So basically they are saying get to another airport that they service and they will get you home at no extra cost.
Again I am not going to guarantee this but the person that I spoke too said that this was true for all of the airlines that were in their frequent flyer program which is one of the big two.
If it was me I would call the airline that I had tickets with and work with the reservationist and ask can I get a flight out of Singapore or KL in 3 days or more, make a reservation, then get over to the train station right away and book a 2nd class or first class sleeper. I would look to get a sleeper train to Butterworth in Malaysia and then either take a overnight train to KL or Singapore, or get on VIP bus in Butterworth and take that to KL or Singapore. Singapore or KL will get you to where you can make connections to everywhere on most of the major airlines. This option will run you around $40 for the 2nd class train and around $30 for the bus to KL or Singapore be sure to get a bus with less than 40 seats for max comfort they have the VIP with 3 seats to a row this is what you are aiming for.
The other option would be to get to Phnom Penh overland this is a roughly a 14 hour trip then you can catch a cheap flight to Singapore, KL or you can continue overland to Saigon which has more carriers. Overland to Cambodia will cost around $30 USD
With Malaysia Cambodia and Singapore for citizens of most western countries get a visa on demand for at least 30 days on arrival. In Cambodia it will cost you $25, in Malaysia and Singapore it is free. Vietnam you need to have a visa before you get there, you can get them in either Sihanoukville, which is the fastest or Phnom Penh. I forget the cost for the Vietnam Visa but it is probably around $30
Another option is that you can get a flight into a surrounding airport and catch a flight to the connection city on your scheduled reservation that they would allow you to board in that connection city on a space available basis. So if you got to Hong Kong Taipei Tokyo Inchon they will let you catch the reservation that you all ready have minus the Bangkok leg normally they will not allow you to do this but again the airlines are trying their best to accommodate the travelers.
I am not saying what airlines as I do not want to be responsible if the rules change which it seems that as the length of this situation increases that there will be changes but for right now the airlines are doing the best to not inconvenience any more than they are. The flyers stuck in Bangkok or the connector cities into Bangkok for the folks that got caught when the airports closed.
If you have a specific question send it to me via my email chuck@cheapcharlieshotels.com and I will answer as quickly as I can.
The best of luck to you!
Chuck
Cambodia Cheap Travel to Phnom Penh Airport
Bangkok flight cancelations are still happening, when talking to some airlines they have not cancelled for tomorrow there flights to Bangkok yet! Meanwhile thousands are still stuck in hotels across Asia trying to get into or out of Bangkok. I called an airline that has a many flights to Bangkok to see what happens if you have a flight going into Bangkok that gets canceled.
You can get a refund or a credit to book another flight on another day. I specifically asked if they will charge a fee to change the flight, and they said they would not.
The people that are at the airports in Bangkok Thailand all ready, the airline that I talked too is covering the hotel rooms, but now they are not going to cover the hotels anymore. One of the reasons why that is there are no rooms. I asked if someone went over land or flew out of the country from one of the other international airports in Thailand like Phuket, Koh Sumui or Chaing Mai that if the city that they got to offer flights on their airline could they get a flight onward at no cost? They said that they would do their best to get you to the connecting city that you needed to get to get you home at no additional charge, so for instance if your connecting flight was out of Tokyo to the USA and you flew from Koh Sumui to Singapore they would fly you from Singapore to Tokyo so that you could make your connection from there. So basically they are saying get to another airport that they service and they will get you home at no extra cost.
Again I am not going to guarantee this but the person that I spoke too said that this was true for all of the airlines that were in their frequent flyer program which is one of the big two.
If it was me I would call the airline that I had tickets with and work with the reservationist and ask can I get a flight out of Singapore or KL in 3 days or more, make a reservation, then get over to the train station right away and book a 2nd class or first class sleeper. I would look to get a sleeper train to Butterworth in Malaysia and then either take a overnight train to KL or Singapore, or get on VIP bus in Butterworth and take that to KL or Singapore. Singapore or KL will get you to where you can make connections to everywhere on most of the major airlines. This option will run you around $40 for the 2nd class train and around $30 for the bus to KL or Singapore be sure to get a bus with less than 40 seats for max comfort they have the VIP with 3 seats to a row this is what you are aiming for.
The other option would be to get to Phnom Penh overland this is a roughly a 14 hour trip then you can catch a cheap flight to Singapore, KL or you can continue overland to Saigon which has more carriers. Overland to Cambodia will cost around $30 USD
With Malaysia Cambodia and Singapore for citizens of most western countries get a visa on demand for at least 30 days on arrival. In Cambodia it will cost you $25, in Malaysia and Singapore it is free. Vietnam you need to have a visa before you get there, you can get them in either Sihanoukville, which is the fastest or Phnom Penh. I forget the cost for the Vietnam Visa but it is probably around $30
Another option is that you can get a flight into a surrounding airport and catch a flight to the connection city on your scheduled reservation that they would allow you to board in that connection city on a space available basis. So if you got to Hong Kong Taipei Tokyo Inchon they will let you catch the reservation that you all ready have minus the Bangkok leg normally they will not allow you to do this but again the airlines are trying their best to accommodate the travelers.
I am not saying what airlines as I do not want to be responsible if the rules change which it seems that as the length of this situation increases that there will be changes but for right now the airlines are doing the best to not inconvenience any more than they are. The flyers stuck in Bangkok or the connector cities into Bangkok for the folks that got caught when the airports closed.
If you have a specific question send it to me via my email chuck@cheapcharlieshotels.com and I will answer as quickly as I can.
The best of luck to you!
Chuck
Cambodia Cheap Travel to Phnom Penh Airport
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