BACKGROUND We flew on the 0015 night flight service from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi airport to London Heathrow Terminal 2 – a 13-hour flight to London arriving at 0620.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS I arrived at Bangkok airport at 2207, following a very smooth domestic flight from Chiang Rai with the airline’s subsidiary Thai Smile. It was not a connecting flight, so I had to go through customs, collect my luggage and check-in again at the Thai Airways desks on the fourth floor at international departures.
I reached the desks at approximately 2230 and the queue for business class was speedy. I had to show a negative PCR test result taken within two days of departure (a requirement at the time to enter the UK) along with proof of vaccination and my passenger locator form.
I used the fast-track security area, which lived up to its name, but
