NEW BKK FLIGHT TIMES - Qantas Asia Straegy

[Ben174]

So with the new BKK flight being a ridiculous hour when taking in to account flying up from Melbourne (would mean leaving my home to get to melb airport at around 4am) i am thinking of alternates for catching this 9.40am flight. The EK option doesnt appeal to me at all either, however i have been considering maybe changing my connection to fly up the evening before, head in to sydney city and catch up with friends and stay near hotel or at a friends and then take the flight the next morning.

Curious as to whether say a 14 to 18 hour gap between these flights my luggage would be checked to BKK and i could turn up the next morning with boarding passes and wonder on through, or cause of overnight would they make me collect my bags?

 

[serfty]

Not sure about luggage, but you can connect as a transit as long as the scheduled arrival and departure times of the flight are no more than 24 hours apart, even overnight.

 

[TheInsider]

Cannot do baggage overnight at SYD, has to be on the same day. Check-in system will not even offer to connect the bags.

 

[travelislife]

The problem with QFs strategy is that it takes away one of the most valuable things to people, time. I would be looking to the two direct daily flights on TG MEL-BKK to solve your problem rather than rearranging your life to suit Qantas.

 

[browski]

You should really consider the JetStar flight.
Starclass is on sale for $649 MEL-BKK. Depart 2.30pm, Arrive 7.55pm.
No FF points or Status credits, but you do get lounge access. Even though its the Deathstar, that's a pretty good value proposition. Returning to Oz, there are a heap of cheap fares; even with Qantas from around $380.

 

[ajw373]

The problem with QFs strategy is that it takes away one of the most valuable things to people, time. I would be looking to the two direct daily flights on TG MEL-BKK to solve your problem rather than rearranging your life to suit Qantas.

Whilst it may take time from SOME people, the new timings work BETTER for OTHERS. I for one actually quite like the new BKK timings, and being from Canberra YES I have to get up earlier too, but for ME the trade off of an earlier arrival in Bangkok, with the chance of full good nights sleep before going to work the next day is a positive.

Whereas when QF1 was going through Bangkok, I had to leave Canberra at 1-2pm, which meant yes I could sleep in, but it meant my whole day was wasted and the flight to Sydney was on a Dash-8, not good if your flying business due to restrictions on cabin baggage etc. Then you get to BKK at 11pm, hotel by 12:30 (3:30am Sydney time) eyes hanging out and then try and sleep and get up to go to work the next day buggered. At least with an early start I can get the first jet flight of the day (which even in winter are rarley delayed), get to Sydney, have an enjoyable flight, arrive at a decent hour, have a meal and go to bed and be really fresh the next day.

As someone else mentioned if the new QF timings don't suit your own personal needs then there are alternatives, clearly just not on Qantas. But at the end of the day they cannot be everything to everyone, as I have mentioned before if you want that then the solution is a personal jet. If you cannot afford that then sadly there will be tradeoffs and clearly an early start is one if you want to use this paritcular flight to Bangkok.

 

[ftm]

I also find the new timings good. Admitted I typically work with people that are based in Sydney, but the increase in same day connections from BKK under the new schedule is excellent. QF is now getting pax that I would have previously put on alternative carriers because using QF in the past required an overnight in BKK.

You win some, you lose some!

 

[travelislife]

Whilst it may take time from SOME people, the new timings work BETTER for OTHERS. I for one actually quite like the new BKK timings, and being from Canberra YES I have to get up earlier too, but for ME the trade off of an earlier arrival in Bangkok, with the chance of full good nights sleep before going to work the next day is a positives.

As someone else mentioned if the new QF timings don't suit your own personal needs then there are alternatives, clearly just not on Qantas. But at the end of the day they cannot be everything to everyone, as I have mentioned before if you want that then the solution is a personal jet. If you cannot afford that then sadly there will be tradeoffs and clearly an early start is one if you want to use this paritcular flight to Bangkok.

I agree with what you are saying and for someone in Sydney or someone who has to connect anyway it probably doesn't change too much, I was responding to the OP in relation to MEL-BKK which QF has handballed to JQ. I used to fly MEL-BKK on QF 10 years ago very frequently and often for short trips. Unfortunately once they scrapped the service too much time was getting lost in the connection through SYD so moved to the direct TG flights.

 

[ajw373]

Unfortunately once they scrapped the service too much time was getting lost in the connection through SYD so moved to the direct TG flights.

Welcome to my world...

 

[chonetsao.co.uk]

What about Qantas to Singapore and then Jetstar to Bangkok option?