First Look: THAI Royal First Class Munich to Bangkok
Good Evening from THAI’s Royal First Class lounge in Bangkok. I’m about to hop a redeye flight to Shanghai, but wanted to share a few initial impressions from my flight last night from Munich to Bangkok in THAI Royal First Class.
Overall, I was quite impressed. With everything… and I’m not even including the THAI ground services in Bangkok, which are possibly the best in the industry.
We flew a B747-400 in seats 1A and 1K at the very front of the aircraft. The seats featured the new THAI Royal First Class product, and were extremely comfortable and spacious. Though they did not feature doors, these seats felt more like suites, as they were very private. The product features plenty of room and I slept wonderfully in the lie-flat bed.
The catering. Ohhh, the catering was outstanding.
The first course was the caviar, and it was presented beautifully. I was given a huge serving along with all of the garnishes from an impressive tray of caviar. I’m not usually a caviar person, but when offered onboard a plane? Why not?
The appetizers were also good, but the entrée stole the show. The beef curry was just delicious! Easily one of the best entrees I’ve ever had onboard. The meal ended with cheese, fruit and a desert — all of which were top quality.
Breakfast included eggs, bacon, fresh fruit, yogurt, and an assortment of breads.
Each and every course was presented with care and was set beautifully on the large table top by the absurdly attentive flight crew. The first class cabin was booked to 7 of 9 seats, and the service was impeccable. During the dinner service, there were up to five flight crew servicing the cabin at one time. The service was outstanding in all regards during the entirety of this 11-hour flight.
I’ll post a full review of the flight later, but I did want to post my initial impressions of the flight. The THAI experience easily out-classed my United flight last week, but we’ll see how it compares to Air China and ANA First Class in the next week!
Were you able to use the Spa when connecting from First to Business (BKK-PVG)?
Yes. They escorted me by cart to the Royal First Class Lounge and had Royal First privileges all day. We even left to go into the city and returned to First class lounge.