Thai Business Class to Hong Kong + Mandarin Oriental

[kamchatsky]

I rate my TG flights as per the following:

Check-in - 8/10
Lounge - 6/10
Board - 7/10
Seat - 7/10
Ambience - 8/10
IFE - 8/10
Crew- 7/10
Food - 6/10
Beverage - 5/10
Amenity - 9/10
Disembark - 7/10
On-time - 8/10

HHS Average* = 7.16 / 10.00

*Hayden's Happiness Score

Previous HHS Scores:
Etihad Business Class (SYD-LHR) : 5.75

I had almost the exact same flights and numbers but did it at Xmas/New Year. The only difference was that instead of HKG-BKK, I did CAN-BKK on their old A330.

The only thing we think wasn't good was their food. I actually found the food very average for a J flight. My better half did not like it at all.

 

[haydensydney]

I had almost the exact same flights and numbers but did it at Xmas/New Year. The only difference was that instead of HKG-BKK, I did CAN-BKK on their old A330.

The only thing we think wasn't good was their food. I actually found the food very average for a J flight. My better half did not like it at all.

Yeah the food wasn't the best i've had, but did the job. The food on the BKK-HKG / A330 flight was the worst (with prawns and scallops about the size of a 10c piece) - but on other legs it wasn't too bad. I keep on trying to keep my expectations in check after some fairly good food in F cabins, so I try not to be hard on J catering

 

[munitalP]

thai looks nice - the food looks nice, and the FAs? You left that bit out

Thanks for a good TR

munitalP

 

[kamchatsky]

thai looks nice - the food looks nice, and the FAs? You left that bit out

Thanks for a good TR

munitalP

For me it wasn't something that is worth remembering. Not sure for HaydenSydney though.

 

[haydensydney]

There were a couple of hot female FA's (I find Thai and Japanese women the most beautiful out of all Asian demographics) but the men... not so pretty lol

 

[TonyHancock]

The Mandarin Oriental looks very very nice.

The config on HKG - BKK does look a bit weird with no windows on the right hand side.

Great TR, thanks for sharing.

 

[GOONER]

Great TR very interesting read.

Cheers

 

[Wainza 1]

BKK-HKG TG602
A330 Business Class
Dep: 1845
Arr: 2230

As this was my first time in BKK and with flying TG, I was unsure about the lounge situation so we went into the first lounge we saw: which was in Concourse E. Basically it was a tiny lounge that yes, did the job, but was fairly disappointing - I was expecting much more from the TG flagship lounge. I later discovered that TG have about six? lounges in BKK and this one was not one of the best. We still managed a bite to eat and used the WIFI before heading to our gate (via the smoking room for a cigarette).

I wasn't really sure what to expect with this A330: I didn't know if it would have the same seats as the A340 or if it was going to have Regional seating configuration. I was unlucky, and it was a Regional config. Also - the flight was packed to the brim including a full J cabin. Unfortunately also, there was a asian family comprising of about 12? people, and about half of them were kids under the age of 10 who proceeded to cause havoc throughout the flight.

I was disappointed with the seats, the IFE, the attitude from the crew and the hoards of yelling kids from the row behind me. It was a complete contrast from the SYD-BKK flight. Further, the 2.5 hr flight time was chewed up by the meal service - it took that long! The IFE was loop based and we were fortunate to have a 1981 concert of Tina Turner playing on the "big screen"... lovely. The food was revolting on this leg also.

OK - the main wasn't that bad - the Salmon (always a bad choice I know) was very dry but the combination was nice.

Great Tr . the way you wrote about TG And their bad service from Bangkok was the reason I switched to Malaysian Airways. Always great service and great food