TG Route changes - advice??

[apophis21]

So I have organised some flights through US Airways Dividend Miles for a friend (SYD-BKK-USM-BKK-SYD in J) for his honeymoon in Feb, tickets were all purchased and confirmed. Then today I read that Thai Airways is no longer flying from BKK to USM. What do you think the ramifications are for this should I get in touch with Thai to see how they are going to get them there as it appears that only Bangkok Airways flies to the island now, or should I speak to US airways and try to have the route changed to Surat Thani on the mainland and tell my friend to book a bus/ferry? Thai Airways to increase flight frequencies on some routes

 

[moa999]

Bangkok Airways has J on some of its planes, so I would hope that they should get transferred to that.
I would wait for now to see what is offered.

The Thai ferries are generally of fairly average standard.

 

[apophis21]

Thanks Moa, Ive done the ferries before they are average as you mentioned, I want to avoid the hassle of them getting from the airport to the ferry dock, from memory is a good 60-90 minutes on a bus. Not the ideal way to spend a honeymoon