bangkok airways discovery airpass - which TA?

hi, looking for some advice which TA to use in organising purchase of the discovery airpass - i%26#39;m based in syd, australia. the agents i%26#39;ve tried are either useless (ie. have no idea) or can%26#39;t (because they use wholesale consolidators!?)

any suggestions?

bangkok airways discovery airpass - which TA?

Hi..We just booked our discovery air pass. Check out this page www.etravelblackboard.com/index.asp鈥?/a>

the contact is there. We called them first then they said we can do it at any travel agent coz we have to pay cash only there. (i first heard we can only do it at selected agent) We ended up going there at australia squares or something not far from circular quay on george street.

funny thing is the guy said we should book all the flights coz there limited seat but we couldn%26#39;t book any laos airlines coz laos air never updates their schedule..lol we have to identify the places we are going but we couldnt use lao air at all. Also you need to be quick...we leave on March 24 and will take bangkok air on 25 and there were only 3 seat left at that time and we take 2. Some days no seat at all. We wanna go from siem reap to luang prabang using siem reap air but siem reap air wont fly there after march 29 :( so we have to go back to bkk then luang prabang. Loas air has a flight there too but they couldnt book for us.

Beside the sirfare you need to pay tax and $25 booking fee. We book bkk - siemreap siem reap - bkk bkk - LP and LP - bkk and ended up with about $600 AUD

G%26#39;luck!

bangkok airways discovery airpass - which TA?

also send me an email if you need any info..i like to travel and have done some research on siem reap/LP..

sorry for my poor english...i just noticed that i didnt use capital letters at all lol I%26#39;m not australian though just happen to live in sydney :P

fishynemo (at) hotmail.com

Cheers,

Fishy

thanks for the feedback aussieboi.

yes, i saw that ';ad'; and was having a rant on another post elsewhere how it was annoying we had to go to agent who effectively didn%26#39;t know what to do! [sigh]

i did call their office and they did say must go thru agent but i%26#39;ll try sneak into their office and get them to book for me... i was actually having a little luck with the guys from bestflights.com.au though i struck out on some of my preferred flights.

i was planning a routing very similar to yours: BKK-REP-LPQ-BKK vv and initial plan was to go similar time to when you are heading, except i heard that was getting to the hottest time so i%26#39;ve actually brought forward by a month! what i found was siem reap airlines don%26#39;t fly REP-LPQ, only the other direction - bit strange really. and yes i found laos airlines a bit slow in updating their schedules - i was using a wrong flight no!

your final price AUD600 - i presume that was per person? how did you pay? did they accept credit cards?

cheers!

Hi,

Not sure about the price yet but should have been around $AUD600 pp (its 4 sectors) until today when the guy called us and said the price has gone up $US10 more per sector. We use 4 sectors so we have to add another $US40 doh We are going to pay this Wednesday. (its now $100 per sector not $90).. I will let you know the final price.

If you go to their office you have to pay cash only...if other TAs, you can use CCs if they accept...I%26#39;m not sure who you talked to on the phone. If its the lady with some sort of Russian or Czech accent, she will tell you to go somewhere else. But if its a Chinese guy, hes very helpful.

Cheers,

Last month I booked our Discovery Airpass on Bangkok Airways. I went to www.bangkokair.com/contact. A contact us page lists their offices and agents world wide. There is one in Australia. For me, Los Angeles was the closest. I called them, got the costs and with only a few minor problems, got the bookings we wanted. The prices are lower than what we would have paid in Bangkok. Language was a small problem; if we couldn%26#39;t understand each other, another rep would take over. They do tack on surcharges for fuel and if you use a credit card. They honored my reservation for more than 2 days until I paid. You fill out a form from them when you use a credit card. I noticed they changed my flight schedule; I asked and they said there was no direct flight so we were routed through Bangkok but a departure time change fixed that. We fly from Bangkok to Luang Prabang, to Siem Reap to Phnom Penh, exactly as I wanted and when I caught a date error they were quick to fix it. They are prompt; when they say they will call back in 5 minutes, they do!

The final price we paid for BKK-Siem Reap Siem Reap-BKK BKK - LP and LP -BKK is $AUD605 including booking fee.

Cheers,

Also booked in US through LA agent. Booked a total of 6 flights several months in advance. All went well until our last flight from Koh Samui to Bangkok. Although our itinerary showed all flights confirmed, when we arrived at the Samui airport we were booked on a later flight than what our itinerary showed. Fortunately we we had no connecting flights in Banbgkok and we were actually able to get on the orriginally scheduled flight via standby. Very lucky. Could have been much worse. I suggest confirming all flights directly through Bangkok Air when you arrive.