Cheaper to fly return from Bangkok ?

jackie · Member Joined: 29 Sep 2005 Posts: 97 Location: England

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I flew with Eva Air. The flights in June are cheaper. I have booked with Eva Air for next April and paid £520. I know it is cheaper to stop over but I prefer to go direct.
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gaijin · Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 9:35 am Post subject:

You can buy a one-way ticket with no visa, but you will not be allowed to board the flight to Thailand without proof of a ticket out. The ticket out does not have to be a return ticket to you point of departure. So say you are flying London to BKK, you could buy a one way ticket London to BKK and a one way ticket from BKK to Phon Penh. After you arrive in Bangkok, you can cancel your ticket out to PP and buy a discounted ticket in BKK back to London.

STEVE G · Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 1:11 pm Post subject:

Not always, but generally one way airline tickets are outrageously expensive compared with returns. The exceptions tend to be with budget airlines like Oasis into Hong Kong, who will charge per leg at a reasonable price.

Riversider · Rookie Joined: 07 Nov 2007 Posts: 11

Buying airline tickets in another country can be risky, the airline can refuse to accept the ticket. It comes under cross border ticketing, in the UK people buy AMS-LHR-BKK and don't use AMS-LHR sector. If spotted by the airline clerk they will not accept the ticket. Be very careful buying this sort of ticket.

Randy Cornhole · Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 11:23 pm Post subject:

I always buy my return flight in Hua Hin and have a rough price guide (via the internet) I normally get an open ticket for 6 months as it varies how long I will have to spend in the land of shite (England) I normally pay about 500 pounds return wit ETIHAD and find it a good deal as they are (in my opinion) an excellent airline...
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Wanderlust · Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 5:04 pm Post subject:

STEVE G · Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:17 pm Post subject:

Yes, what matters to the airline is the country the ticket is issued in or delivered to. You can buy a ticket for a flight in a country other than the departure point, but for the list price in the country you buy it in, which could be substantially different.
Of course you can buy a ticket at the departure point, or even pay for it in advance and pick it up at the airport for the local price.