Wednesday 20 July 2011

Flight Review: Bangkok Airways - Hong Kong to Koh Samui

I normally like this flight as it's just under 3 hours so is bearable with a screaming child!

http://www.bangkokair.com/en/index.php

I don't think you can check in online but our travel agent normally assigns our seats together.  They don't have a bassinet so be prepared to hold your baby for the flight. Again, I don't think they necessarily assign bulkhead to people travelling with babies, on this flight there weren't any kids travelling in those seats.
Check in is easy although at Terminal 2.  This means you have quite a distance to get to the gate including 2 trains and lots of escalators so I would take your buggy to the gate.
The plane is clean, fairly new and staff pretty friendly.
There are no seatback TVs but a few dotted around the cabin to show an in flight movie.  We took our trusty DVD player so all was good.
I/my travel agent forgot to order a child meal but my daughter wolfed down the adult meal of noodles which wasn't too spicy.
On our outbound flight they had sat us right at the back row.  Being 7 months pregnant this was fairly uncomfortable and as a nervous flyer you can feel every bump!  However, this proved to be a wise seating choice as they open both the front and back doors at Koh Samui airport.  We were able to rush off the plane, hop on the transit bus and race to the front of the immigration queue which can be lengthy. And then you are in paradise....

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