Thai Airways direct flight from Milan to Bangkok here's how to book it with points

A few days ago Thai Airways resumed flying between Bangkok and Milan Malpensa, ITA will activate, on November 16, the connection from Rome Fiumicino towards the Thailand, this is the only direct link between Italy and the Kingdom of Thailand.

In recent weeks many people have asked me about the possibility of booking Thai flight with points, how to do it and with how many miles. Here is the answer.

Is it possible to book Thai flight using Membership Rewards points?

The answer is yes, but since Thai Smiles is not an MR partner in Italy, you have to take advantage of triangulation through the program Singapore Airlines Krisflyer Who is a partner in the alliance Star Alliance, the same as Thai's.

How to book Thai Airways award tickets

As of today, there are plenty of award spots still available for Flying, even last minute, between Milan and Bangkok and return, and for the same cabin, the price to fly Thai direct is lower than Singapore with a stopover.

For example flying in economy today With Singapore it costs 70 thousand miles KF + tax.

In order to view available award seats with Star Alliance carriers. just check the appropriate item above the search results and the available options on the searched route will be shown.

The direct flight with Thai, again in economy has a cost of 49,500 KF miles plus about 130 euros in taxes. It means that with 100k miles you can book a direct round-trip ticket.

I searched until October, with no luck, for a direct business class ticket Milan/Bangkok and vice versa. Both Singapore Airlines and Thai have no seats in the next 2 months, the only availability I found With SQ, waiting list, is for the day of August.

However, I found several solutions with Thai, but via Istanbul and Zurich, but also with Turkish and Air India at a lower price than Singapore Airlines. 123k points versus 103,500, a significant savings when you consider that you would still have to make a stopover in Singapore anyway.

Same situation and prices for the return flight. No award seats on the BKK/MXP direct, but plenty of seats via the other Star Alliance hubs where Thai flies the A350 (the same plane that flies to MXP) and in some cases the 777 where it also offers First Class.

Is it worth using Membership Rewards points to fly to Bangkok?

The price in economy is a little bit "expensive" 125k MR points are needed, while with Qatar the same route costs 80k avios (100k MR), but with a stopover in Doha. So the inconvenience of the stopover saves 25k MR points, which is not a few, but forces the trip to be extended by about 4 hours.

More sensitive cost difference in business class. With avios, because of the better conversion rate you need 160k miles, while with FB the least you can find, barring offers is 154k FB. Via Singapore, on the other hand, the cost is well above 200k KF miles.

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