Trip report October and November

[paulfort]

I have returned to Thailand with Eva from London , used my miles to upgrade from their premium economy to royal laurel  business class well worth it in my opinion.

Staying at Baan Souy again which I suggest is excellent, great rooms, decent location between boys town and jomtien, no problem returning with "company" almost expected, lovely pool and gym and fantastic hosts and team at the hotel, I cant recommend enough!

On first evening met a boy from Toy boys I met before, the bar had maybe 30 boys in pants and good mix, I think a drink  was about 280 THB but a good bar we had some food at nearby Fra Pattaya always excellent!

On Sunday bars all closed for holiday I met my friend from Saturday again, had stacked up the fridge in my room from nearby 7/11 so we enjoyed the amazing pool a few beers at hotel,  then walked to nearby market at Jomtien near entrance to jomtien park.   If you like excellent Thai food an amazing selection, all good and very cheap, they were also "turning a blind eye"  to drink restrictions! 

So Monday night went to explain little.....

Dream boys - maybe 15 boys all in jeans but no shirt and a fair mix but other than one of the slimmer style 

x boys - again maybe 15 all in pants but more slim type so nothing that appealed to me!

New bar site of old Cupid next to panorama maybe 12 boys with a bit of a mix, all in just pants.

 BOYZ Boyz.....   Probably 40 plus but all pretty fully dressed ...... In the main Aimed to be catering for Chinese lady cliental all be it Very welcoming to me!

I met a boy from the old Cupid, nice evening but early night as hopefully a friend from Bangkok is arriving Tuesday and joining me for a few days in Pattaya before we both return to Bangkok!

 

[vinapu]

3 bars just pants, 1 bar fully dressed. As far as go-go goes I wonder how long it will last. I don't mind paying 400-500 for drink to look at boys in jeans but only once per trip to see what's going on. 

[flaneur]

On 10/31/2023 at 2:02 AM, paulfort said:

I have returned to Thailand with Eva from London , used my miles to upgrade from their premium economy to royal laurel  business class well worth it in my opinion

 

Agreed, I too had a comfortable and easy journey 

[Keithambrose]

15 minutes ago, flaneur said:

Agreed, I too had a comfortable and easy journey 

I think they are a first class airline. Great food and service. They can get a bit pricey, though!

[vinapu]

33 minutes ago, Keithambrose said:

I think they are a first class airline. Great food and service. They can get a bit pricey, though!

Eva ? Definitely YES. I have fondest memories from my flight back home from last pre-covid trip to Thailand. All 4 seats in my row in the  middle section were free so I enjoyed first class comfort for economy class price 

[scott456]

50 minutes ago, vinapu said:

Eva ? Definitely YES. I have fondest memories from my flight back home from last pre-covid trip to Thailand. All 4 seats in my row in the  middle section were free so I enjoyed first class comfort for economy class price 

A row all to yourself is good,  with any airlines.

[vinapu]

1 hour ago, scott456 said:

A row all to yourself is good,  with any airlines.

specially that  it was long flight takin better part of the day

[gerefan]

 

It’s a shame Eva Air are consistently late on their London - Bangkok service. Rarely on time.
See here for their performance. Only 10% on time!! 
 

https://www.flightstats.com/v2/flight-ontime-performance-rating/BR/68/LHR.

 

 

[fedssocr]

On 10/30/2023 at 11:38 PM, vinapu said:

3 bars just pants, 1 bar fully dressed. As far as go-go goes I wonder how long it will last. I don't mind paying 400-500 for drink to look at boys in jeans but only once per trip to see what's going on. 

I wonder if perhaps it's the British version of "pants" not the N. American version of "pants"

[Marc in Calif]

34 minutes ago, fedssocr said:

I wonder if perhaps it's the British version of "pants" not the N. American version of "pants"

Yes. The OP did differentiate between "jeans" and "just pants" (i.e., underwear in the UK). 

[Keithambrose]

13 hours ago, gerefan said:

 

It’s a shame Eva Air are consistently late on their London - Bangkok service. Rarely on time.
See here for their performance. Only 10% on time!! 
 

https://www.flightstats.com/v2/flight-ontime-performance-rating/BR/68/LHR.

 

 

I think this is a recent phenomenon. When I was there in Summer, flights were on time. I have noticed recently that flights BBK to LHR are frequently 30 mins late, but so is the Thai flight, timetabled 15 mins earlier.

[billyhouston]

21 hours ago, gerefan said:

 

It’s a shame Eva Air are consistently late on their London - Bangkok service. Rarely on time.
See here for their performance. Only 10% on time!! 
 

 

 

 

Putting my views into context, ten years ago, after a bad experience with cabin crew in Royal Laurel (mileage upgrade), I stopped flying with EVA having flown with them 23 times LHR-BKK-LHR. With both Air France and Cathay Pacific wanting ridiculous fares for this August I swallowed my pride and flew with them again.

Looking at the stats for the last 90 days or so, it does seem that this is a somewhat simplistic analysis by flightstats.com Many of the flights, if not most, were delayed at that awful place Heathrow. To what extent that was the fault of EVA we don't know but I suspect that Heathrow had a lot to do with it. The other interesting feature is a comparison between the scheduled time and the actual average flight time. It's very easy to pad the scheduled time and many airlines do so in a dishonest fashion. British Airways, on internal flights, comes to mind. All EVA had to do  was to add 30 minutes to the scheduled time and the problem goes away. They are being more honest than many airlines.

 

[scott456]

What kind of bad experience did you have with EVA cabin crew?

2 hours ago, billyhouston said:

Putting my views into context, ten years ago, after a bad experience with cabin crew in Royal Laurel (mileage upgrade), I stopped flying with EVA having flown with them 23 times LHR-BKK-LHR. With both Air France and Cathay Pacific wanting ridiculous fares for this August I swallowed my pride and flew with them again.

Looking at the stats for the last 90 days or so, it does seem that this is a somewhat simplistic analysis by flightstats.com Many of the flights, if not most, were delayed at that awful place Heathrow. To what extent that was the fault of EVA we don't know but I suspect that Heathrow had a lot to do with it. The other interesting feature is a comparison between the scheduled time and the actual average flight time. It's very easy to pad the scheduled time and many airlines do so in a dishonest fashion. British Airways, on internal flights, comes to mind. All EVA had to do  was to add 30 minutes to the scheduled time and the problem goes away. They are being more honest than many airlines.