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ravel · Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Location: China

Hello everyone,

I must be a rookie.... I looked into flights to Thailand months ago....most places could "reserve a seat, but not quote me a price" some places said phone back in November, so I waited... now most are saying we can tell you the price but we have no seats available Confused

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So let me get this straight you can either know the price, or get a flight but not both???

I could really use some help/advice finding an AVAILABLE FLIGHT to Thailand (Bankok) departing Seoul the evening of December 22 this year at a reasonable price. Does anyone know the ropes about this?, so far each person says something different.

Please help this rookie find a flight Confused

I am starting to worry that I have "missed the boat" as it were.

Thanks
Ravel

munji · Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Location: Daejeon

Hope · Joined: 22 Nov 2003

I'm booked for Bangkok on Dec. 22. I booked about 3 weeks ago. As far as I know all direct flights were almost completely booked at that time. I have not payed for the tickets as Thai airlines has not yet set a price for the tickets. You can reserve a flight ticket months in advance without paying even a deposit. I learned the hard way when I first came here as well.

Guri Guy · Joined: 07 Sep 2003 Location: Bamboo Island

You can reserve the seat and wait. They will tell you it's peak season (it always is peak season in Korea, trust me) and they will jack up the price 50% at the last moment. To be fair, I hear they do the same thing in Japan too.
Sometimes, Korea = the big suck. Sad

kat2 · Joined: 25 Oct 2005 Location: Busan, South Korea

Try kangsan.com. Kangsan Travel is pretty good. But yes, the booking system here is really strange.

Cohiba · Joined: 01 Feb 2005

I booked last week. Direct flight with Thai Airways.
I used Hanatour.

Leave Dec. 9
Return Dec. 24

715,000KRW everything included.

Jarome_Turner · Joined: 10 Sep 2004

Almost every public school finishes on the 22nd. Everybody who can afford it will be heading for the airport that day. If you could get away a day or two earlier, you'd have a much easier time finding a cheap seat (or a seat at all).

Yaya · Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Location: Seoul

Hope · Joined: 22 Nov 2003

Yaya...that seems really pricey! Does that include hotel or something? I just checked the same dates with Asiana on a non-stop flight and the price came up as 527,000 (I don't think that included taxes). There are still seats available.