saveflights have a special fare BKK/Colombo/Hyderabad or Chennai or Bangalore or Trivandrum/Colombo/Bangkok (with stopovers in Colombo)for 15,000 baht valid in Dec 2005. This fare plus our Syd/BKK/Syd fare comes out at least $A230 cheaper per person than buying the Syd/BKK/Columbo/India fare from OZ. No wonder people buy air tickets in BKK!!!!!

wow you've come too the rescue... I recently bough new computer and lost link too saveflights.. which has become one of my favorite places too do reserch on airfare.. thanks

You're most welcome mr orgy7. Yes, their website is a great research tool and prices compare with olavi. I guess walking into an agent in Khao San Rd gets the best deals but I don't usually have the time! Over & out.

Really, Lynie, you're a mine of information.... why didn't I know about you sooner? I had never heard of this site, either, so I visited it just for fun and found a return flight, Bangkok to New York, for 26000 baht.... that's about $AUD880. I think you have changed forever my way of looking at air travel. Problem is, I have already used up all my money doing things the "old" way, so now I can't go anywhere!

Alan-get that Visa card out of mothballs and USE it! I see United Airlines have some real cheap deals for the reverse leg NY to BKK for $ 450 so maybe they have BKK/NY cheap too. I've compared several trips flying direct from Oz to Turkey, India & Vietnam and it has alway been cheaper for us to buy our "next leg" tickets in either Malaysia, Singapore or BKK. Cicerone here gave me a big tip for Indian fares. Fly to Singapore, go over the border to Johore Bahru & fly via MAS to Mumbai. We booked via www.malaysiaairlines.com. In Feb we saved around $A200 each on prices we were quoted flying Qantas compared to flying Gulf Syd/Sing/Syd A$599 plus taxes then $A500 inc taxes JB to Mumbai/JB. You just get on the net and book and pay later! You know what to do! Have fun!

flying from JB, malaysia is always far cheaper than from singapore, just 10 miles away....