Thai Airways International “Buy 1, Fly 2″ promotion? Beware!

From today, June 25 until 30 September 2008, Thai Airways International will gives it’s Royal First and Royal Silk passengers a free second ticket. This special deal, appropriately named “Buy 1, Fly 2″ promotion is a steal for air travelers who are flying from Bangkok to all European cities, Beijing, Shanghai, Guang Zhou, Japan, Korea, Johannesburg, Auckland and Taipei.

Sounds too good to be true? You’re probably right.

Read what a forumer had to say when he decided to check it out:

Can someone please explain to me how this is a “promotion”?

I am heading off to Frankfurt in Germany (Im Danish though) with my girlfriend next month. I just read about this today, and was thinking “wow, that’s a good deal, maybe I can buy 1 business for the same price as my 2 ecocomy tickets, and fly on business!)

So - I started checking up with agents and also directly with Thai Airways.

Now, here’s the kicker;

Normal price for a business ticket to Frankfurt (todays price): 93,500 baht
The price for a business ticket if you use this offer; 187,000 baht.

Do the math, and you get that the price is EXACTLY double! The agents are restricted to use the list price of Thai Airways, and do not get specielt agent prices on these tickets.

So - You pay double the price, and get 1 free ticket. Where the hel_l is the discount then? …

[Source: ThaiVisa.com]