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Conrad Tokyo
First
Class on Thai Airways FRA-BKK
Thai Airways 923 FRA-BKK Boeing 777 (leased from Jet Airways)
Wednesday, January 19
Depart: 8:55PM Arrive: 1:05PM +1 Day
Duration: 10hr10min
Seat: 2A (First Class)
Wednesday, January 19
Depart: 8:55PM Arrive: 1:05PM +1 Day
Duration: 10hr10min
Seat: 2A (First Class)
I
was warmly greeted by the purser/inflight manager and by the two flight attendants
working my cabin. We had headphones,
amenity kits, and slippers waiting in our suites and were offered pajamas
later. I was given a choice between the
purple medium and large sizes. I went
with the medium as the large hangs too loose on me the last time I got it. I actually preferred a blue one but that is
given on the inbound day flight. My
flight attendant managed to find one for me and swapped out the blue one for my
purple one. I was given champagne for a
pre-departure drink along with the menus for the flight.
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| Personal Closet |
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| First Class Suite |
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| Headphones and Amenity Kit |
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| Purple PJs |
The inflight manager offered to show me how
to work the suite controls but I let him know that I had flown on this new
aircraft on their Paris-Bangkok route previously. He let me store my roll-on board bag in a
“special location” aka Suite 2D as it was unoccupied during the flight (along
with 2G).
The flight attendant took my
dinner order and my first 2 choices of the duck and the chicken was not
available. I could only get the lamb or
fish as my dinner choices. I inquired to
see if I could have the pork noodle soup that I wanted for breakfast to be
served as my main course instead. The
inflight manager came by later to apologize that my first 2 choices were not
available and told me that they would be happy to serve my noodle soup as my
dinner main course.
I
immediately changed into my pajamas after we took off from Frankfurt Airport
and the seat belt sign went off. Dinner
started off immediately and we had mixed nuts to start. Next, we had canapés and it
went nicely with my Coke Light.
This
flight did not feature a salad course probably due to the late scheduled
departure out of Frankfurt but I had my own basket of assorted breads. The table was huge and they set up the plates and dishware all nicely with care.
Table Setting |
| Caviar |
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| Bread Basket |
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| Ready for dining |
The appetizer offered was a lobster and shrimp
combo and later, caviar was served from the cart with side choices of egg
whites, egg yolks, lemon, onions, and sour cream. I was offered vodka but instead went with
water. I could not finish the appetizers
but I did eat most of my main course of pork noodles.
The dessert featured a selection fruits
(pineapple, kiwi, strawberry, and grapes) and cheeses served from the
cart. Later, I enjoyed a coconut
cheesecake along with a few cups of green tea.
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| Cheesecake |
After
dinner, I was offered a turn down service where the flight attendants made my seat into a
bed and gave me a thicker blanket. She also provided chocolates and bottled water. While they did that, I went to walk
around to see the Business cabin and chat with some of their flight
attendants. They gave me the menu for
both Business and Economy class when I requested it and I got to sample to lemongrass
drink. I had a good speaking with them
and also praising them for their renowned great Thai Airlines service/awards
they received. All of the crew members
were very attentive and took really good care of me. They did everything they could to accommodate
me on the flight and to make my flight experience the best it could be.
I asked some of the flight attendants working the Business class for the menus in the Business class and economy class as a souvenir (and they gladly retrieved them for me).
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| Comparison of Menus between First, Business, and Coach Class |
I went to sleep after that and had about 3-4 hours of sleep and woke up feeling
refreshed about 2 hours prior to landing.
For breakfast, I got to enjoy 2 servings of chicken satay served satay
with peanut sauce and cucumbers. I had mentioned to the Business Class flight attendants that I loved satay and was a bit disappointed that First Class did not serve it. They told me that they would be have to get me some if I wanted it and that was what I had for breakfast. Then I
also had a cinnamon roll and bread stick from my personal bread basket. Then I had the bowl of fruit and followed it
up with a cup of coffee. I knew that The First Class lounge awaited me when I land in Bangkok so I did not want to go overboard.
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| Guava Juice and hot towel |
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| Bread Basket |
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| Satay |
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| More Satay! |
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| Fruit |
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| Lemongrass Tea |
When the flight
was approaching Bangkok, I changed out of my pajamas and put my belongings
up. The cabin crew members each
came by to thank me for flying with them and that they hope to see me again on
another Thai Airways flight.
After landing at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi
International Airport, all of us in the First Class cabin were picked up on
golf carts. We were divided into 2
groups with 3 passengers connecting onto a domestic flight in one cart and me
plus one other passenger connecting to another international flight. My escort drove us to the security
re-clearance point and took us to the First Class Lounge.
Is this flight 923? Still operating this aircraft? I did biz in May....loved it....but doing 1st in August
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