1. Bangkok is a great city! 19 hours in the airport? I’d get a taxi to the Khao San Road for the night (45 min drive, approx £3 taxi) and join the party on the street with the rest of the backpackers and £1 beers! If you’re not too hungover make sure you sample some of the amazing food on the streets (about 50p a dish) and take a quick visit to the Grand Palace. The airport is very nice and modern, it had a few teething problems on opening but it’s better than most European airports I’ve been to. There is a pretty huge food hall in the airport as well with mainly Thai food and again quite cheap (why would you want a Burger King?!)
2. I flew on Virgin Blue and Jetstar several times in Oz. Just the same as each other and probably on par with someone like EZY in the UK. Professional staff, clean planes but everything else you have to dip in to your pocket for. Jetstar also had a habit of running out of food after the first half of the plane, both times I was sat in the middle on one of their flights they’d run out by the time they reached me (wasn’t impressed on the 4+ hour sector Melbourne-Cairns!)
3. I’ve done a lot of low-cost flying for fun and must admit it’s starting to get a bit tiring. Being right next to STN I’ve managed 130 Ryanair flights in the last few years. I’ve finally decided in the last month or so that in the future I can really only be bothered to fly now if I’m going with someone or somewhere for a purpose. Needless to say, long-haul flying tends to be no better. After the initial excitement of getting on board a big plane and messing around with the IFE, it all starts to become the same and you’ll soon just be excited about the destination. However, if you want to make the journey as pleasent as possible then I’d be swayed toward the A380. Economy seats are pretty similar whoever you fly with, but I found the A380 to be about the best organised cabin and most comfortable seating area that I’ve experienced on a wide body.
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