Summary BA passengers will enjoy more travel options with the expanded codeshare deal with Bangkok Airways for destinations in Thailand and Cambodia. The codeshare agreement allows passengers to connect seamlessly in Bangkok to popular destinations such as Phuket and Siem Reap on a single ticket. British Airways members of the Executive Club can earn Tier Points and collect Avios when flying on Bangkok Airways flights through the codeshare deal.
Earlier this year, British Airways announced it would return its nonstop flights from London to Bangkok on October 28, 2024. This month, it added a sweetener by revealing details of an expanded codeshare deal with Bangkok Airways, allowing seamless travel from the UK to destinations in Thailand and Cambodia. More choice for BA Travelers In January this year, British Airways announced it was returning to Bangok with a three-times weekly service from London Gatwick Airport (LGW).
The service is scheduled to depart London Gatwick as flight BA2231 on Monday, Thursday and Sunday at 21:00, and in its latest announcement, British Airways (BA) said it will increase the frequency to up to five times weekly between January and March 2025. British Airways passengers will also have more connections to choose from, with the expanded codeshare agreement opening Bangkok Airways flights to Thailand and Cambodia. BA customers will be able to connect seamlessly in Bangkok to Phuket (HKT), Koh Samui (USM) and Chiang Mai (CNX) in Thailand, as well as to Phnom Penh (PNH) and Siem Reap (SAI) in Cambodia on Bangkok Airways flights.
For the right price, World Traveller Plus offers a much more comfortable flight. Travelers will also have the option to enjoy a stopover in Bangkok before continuing to their final destination on the same ticket. The expanded codeshare agreement means that BA customers traveling from or transiting through London can connect to their final destination in Thailand or Cambodia on a single ticket.
BA Chief Planning and Strategy Officer Neil Chernoff said that in October, the airline will be operating its first direct flight to Thailand in more than four years, so it's a highly anticipated return to BA's global network. He added: "Knowing that this route will be particularly popular with our leisure customers, we're pleased to be working with Bangkok Airways to offer more choice and make these sought-after holiday destinations more accessible." An added benefit of the codeshare is that members of British Airways' loyalty program, the Executive Club , will also earn Tier Points and collect Avios when flying on a Bangkok Airways flight on a British Airways codeshare journey.
Given that the five destinations are highly popular tourist spots, earning rewards is just an added bonus on top of the convenience of a one-stop, single-ticket trip from London Gatwick. The program allows the purchase of an annual maximum of 200,000 points A boutique experience Bangkok Airways, often described as a boutique airline, is a full-service carrier founded in 1968 as Thailand's first private airline. It operates a fleet of more than 20 aircraft, including Airbus A319s and A320s and ATR 72 turboprops, on around 100 daily flights to more than 20 destinations across Thailand and Asia.
Sun lovers will enjoy destinations such as Phuket, Krabi and the Maldives, while those looking for some culture will head for Siem Reap, Sukhothai and Luang Prabang. The existing partnership agreement between BA and Bangkok Airways offers British Airways customers codeshare travel between Singapore and Koh Samui (Thailand). BA also has transatlantic partnerships with American Airlines, Aer Lingus, Finnair and Iberia, and those traveling to Japan or China can benefit from deals with Japan Airlines and China Southern.
The partnership with Qatar Airways connects customers from the UK to Doha and beyond. Supplementing those arrangements, British Airways is part of the oneworld alliance , a grouping of world-class airlines offering more than 900 destinations in more than 170 countries. The oneworld alliance also gives eligible travelers access to more than 620 premium airport lounges worldwide and an array of other rewards and special privileges.
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