
Review: Qatar Airways (A380) First Class from Doha to Bangkok
Al Safwa lounge with shower suites and jacuzzis, then eight First seats, Beluga caviar and an onboard bar. The seat itself is showing its age.
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Al Safwa lounge with shower suites and jacuzzis, then eight First seats, Beluga caviar and an onboard bar. The seat itself is showing its age.

Lie-flat business class one-way from Tokyo to Bangkok from 347 EUR on Zipair or Thai AirAsia X, for travel between June and October 2026.

Finnair business from Brussels to Bangkok at 1805 EUR, mid-October to mid-December 2026. A Business Light fare, so lounge and bags are restricted.

Where the Fast Track lanes actually are, the best place to change money, which lounge to use, and how to get into Bangkok from Suvarnabhumi.

Conrad Bangkok on a Hilton Diamond stay: the 100 USD Liu dining credit, what the executive lounge breakfast is really like, and the new rooms.

July 2019 archive: BA's new Club Suite from Paris to Toronto at 1128 EUR, and Emirates First Class from Stockholm to Bangkok at 3045 EUR.

A good seat and good entertainment undone by robotic service, poor food and chaotic boarding. The best part happened in the lounge beforehand.

A King Deluxe park view room at the Waldorf Astoria Bangkok: superb breakfast and service, a shaded pool, and a rate above its neighbours.

A minute from Chit Lom BTS, with a Club InterContinental lounge doing afternoon tea and happy hour. Just avoid the main breakfast buffet at peak.

Direct BTS access, butler service and a serious breakfast buffet, but nearby Bangkok hotels give you more for the money at this kind of rate.

Archived January 2019 Qatar sale with ex-EU business class to Asia from 1212 EUR, including Bucharest to Colombo and Stockholm to Singapore.

Archived Qatar Airways business from Milan to Bangkok at 1289 EUR via Doha, worth 560 tier points and sometimes a Qsuite on the long leg.

The daytime run back from Bangkok in the 1-2-1 A350 cabin: an hour of free Wi-Fi, Haagen-Dazs, and a footwell that narrows once you lie flat.

December 2018 archive: Qsuites from Gothenburg to Singapore at 1673 EUR and Finnair from Stockholm to Miami at 1122 EUR, plus other Nordic origins.

Archived El Al business class from Frankfurt or Paris to Bangkok at 1473 EUR via Tel Aviv. A reminder that unusual carriers often price the best.

A record of Finnair's old A330 business class: seats hard enough to spoil the overnight to Bangkok, decent entertainment, and cheerful service.

Archived Etihad sale: London to Bangkok in business from 1815 GBP with a free two-night Abu Dhabi stopover included. A good look at birthday sales.

Across the Chao Phraya from the noise, with the ThreeSixty rooftop bar and a good executive lounge. The rooms are dated and you arrive by boat.

The old 2-2-2 cabin, so window seats climb over a neighbour and the bed is hard. Dine Anytime service and the mango sticky rice rescue it.

A strong executive lounge and New York Steakhouse downstairs. Book away from the east side unless you want Nana Plaza as your soundtrack.

The upper deck 1-2-1 seat is comfortable and the onboard bar is the reason to book it. Narrow footwell, and the supplied headphones are poor.

The Bangkok Marriott Sukhumvit executive room in Thonglor: a strong executive lounge and a rooftop bar with the view, but rooms on the small side.