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[rucus7]

Have any members flown non stop BKK to LAX via Thai international/ Was it worth the extra money?

[Thaimo]

I have not, but a few friends have done it. All said it was very nice. But if you are a cigarette smoker I would take a lot of nicotine packets with you. It's about a 15 to 17-hour flight, depending on prevailing winds.

[rucus7]

I imagine it would be a difficult flight for a smoker. Luckily I quit in 1986. As a smoker,I remember when the no smoking signs went off, and the clouds of cigarette smoke rolled through the plane. It sure must have been difficult to be a non smoker.

[lvdkeyes]

Thank God the airlines no longer allow smoking on board.

[Beer Chang]

I flew the non-stop from Bangkok to New York which is even longer.

If the two planes are configured the same do whatever it takes to get into Row 44 which has a tremendous amount of legroom.

[Bob]

Beer Chang, on 03 January 2010 - 04:37 AM, said:

I flew the non-stop from Bangkok to New York which is even longer.

I checked the Thai Airlines site, picked a date in month for the flight, and the website indicated that it's an 18.0 hour flight from LAX to Bangkok (shorter on the return, of course). Strange as it may seam, the direct flight from New York to Bangkok is even shorter due to the configuration of the earth and the flight mainly going north and south).

[Beer Chang]

Too bad they did away with the New York nonstop.

Given reasonable legroom and video on demand it's not a bad experience.

[Thaimo]

Beer Chang, on 03 January 2010 - 04:37 AM, said:

If the two planes are configured the same do whatever it takes to get into Row 44 which has a tremendous amount of legroom.

If you can find out what kind of aircraft is going to be used for your flight, you can check the seat configurations at http://www.seatguru.com

[Beer Chang]

If checking on Seat Guru here's the aircraft. It doesn't mention how wide the bulkhead is. It's so wide that some passengers actually cut across it going from one side of the plane to the other. But rarely, cause poor manners and not often enough to be bothersome.

Thai Airways Airbus A340-500 (345)
Thai Airways flies this A340-500 on the BKK-LAX route (TG 794/795) as well as on BKK-OSL (TG 954/955).

[Wino]

I read where Thai Airways International plans to acquire 15 new aircraft by 2014 for Bt35.5 billion. Perhaps they will fly the New York to Bangkok flight again.

[Beer Chang]

Row 44 is the good row.