Airport layover for business class travelers or those who belong to an airline lounge are normally more pleasant than those who get stuck wondering around terminals trying to find a peaceful place to relax amongst thousands of other travelers. However, flying Thai Airways in Business Class means you get added luxuries that most airlines and airports do not offer, this luxury I am talking about is a massage!

Brad described this tranquil and lavish spa experience in full detail ...

If you have not heard the rumors on FlyerTalk and Milepoint, then don’t worry, you didn’t miss much. Yet, some of those rumors came true today, when Delta officially announced their new requirements for Elite Status for the Skymiles 2015 program year. Delta is NOT moving to a revenue-based program and changing Delta Skymiles to a point-based program similar to Virgin American and Southwest Airlines; however, they are adding a new revenue-spending requirement.

For Skymiles ...

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Although this is a trip report post, I’m not writing it because it was an amazing trip, I’m writing it only because of the airplane I got to experience!  After all, HKT-BKK was not much different from BKK-HKT on Thai Airways. The service was the same, hot towel, pre departure drinks consisting of OJ, purple lime juice, or water. We took off, reached 30K feet and were provided with a single meal option, hot coffee or tea, juice, or water and before we ...

It doesn’t matter if you’re flying Air Berlin, Silk Air, Virgin  Australia, Thai Airways, or any other international airline through Phuket, there’s only one lounge in the international departure hall and it’s the Thai Airways Royal Silk Lounge. The lounge is quite petite and only has a capacity of 60 people. However, thankfully, when I visited the lounge in the morning, it was quite empty, for only Thai Airways had a flight departing at that ...

Two days in Bangkok was not enough time to experience the city for everything its worth, but it was enough time to show my partner around and then get away before things went sour or get out of hand. Despite not having time to show my partner everything Bangkok has to offer (I’ve been there at least 7 times), it was probably for the best because we saw the major tourists sites and the things we didn’t see were available to us in Pa Tong Phuket. So we headed to the airport to board ...