Getting to Aisa

About 25 hours into our travels and we are now sitting in the Thai Airlines First Class lounge in Bangkok, talk about roughing it! We left Montreal and flew with Air Canada to Paris. This leg of our flight was in economy, and while we were fortunate enough to get an emergency exit row (extra leg room!) we were also in the crying baby section.


After this 6.5 hour flight, we had a five hour layover in Paris. Fortunately for us, our next two flights would be with Thai Airlines in First Class and Business Class respectively; thank you Aeroplan! We enjoyed our five hour layover waiting in the Star Alliance First Class lounge, with unlimited drink, snacks and comfortable chairs. We then went off to catch our first class 11 hour flight to Bangkok. 


WOW! Never did we imagine what a first class flight could be like. I think the Air Host summed it up when we asked for a glass of water and he said with a big smile that he would bring it as soon as possible, and then immediately said, "That means right away!". Dinner menu, wine list, champaign, caviar, pyjamas  and a bunch of other fancy stuff that was really too much. Oh, and did we mention that our seat had a guest seat, and that between the two of us, our space on the plane was bigger than our bathroom at home? Made no sense at all, but we're not complaining!


We're now waiting in the Thai lounge in Bangkok for our next flight to Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. This lounge takes up a whole wing in the airport, we have a full menu, and everyone bows when we walk by. We both know our trip will be nothing like this, but its a pretty damn good start!