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Tiger Muay Thai Review

Arrival

Flights to Phuket:

If you are arriving from Bangkok, the easiest way to travel to Phuket is via air travel.

The main domestic airlines connecting Bangkok to Phuket are Bangkok Airways, Thai Airways and Air Asia. (You can also use the airlines Orient Thai Airlines and Nok Air which seem also cheap but I don't have any info about them).

Flight time is about 85 minutes.

Air Asia consistently seems to be the cheapest (not counting special limited promotions of the other airlines), as they offer a no frills flight (the Asian equivalent of Easy Jet).

Even so, if you aren’t scrounging every penny, I recommend you add a few hundred Baht and fly Bangkok Airways. I paid 2,090 Baht (including all taxes) for an afternoon flight to Phuket (a Monday in mid September). That comes out to approximately $70 USD which isn’t bad.

The reason I was so pleased with their service is because they offer the use of their airport "Boutique Lounge" which offers free wireless Internet, free soft drinks, ice coffee and sweet Thai snacks, along with a vast lounge filled with comfortable chairs to use while waiting for your flight. The flight I was on also offered a tasty looking sandwich; however I had already eaten at the airport food court so didn’t eat it (Burger King…last sin before training).

I've never flown Thai Airways, however when choosing which airline to use, I found their price to be around 50% higher than that of Bangkok Airways!! Maybe their stewardesses are prettier? Who cares, Bangkok Airways is my choice for now.

Miscellaneous airport info:

Airport Domestic Flights Food Court offers a Dunkin Donuts, Mcdonalds, Burger King and Popey's, alongside a bar, a juice shop, a coffee and sandwich place and an Asian Ramen style fast food joint (don’t remember the names, sorry). Last place to fill up on junk before you start training.