Star Alliance stalwarts Lufthansa and Swiss both offer decent first class prices for trips from Oslo to Bangkok. Prices for these tickets start at NOK 37,757 (~€3,228). You can find these flights from October 2023 through March 2024 if you want to sit in Lufthansa’s Airbus A380 en route to Thailand. Availabilities are even broader when flying with Swiss (and adding a stopover in Zurich each way).
Our availability calendar highlights all possible flight dates at the lowest price for trips up to 28 days. It will forward you to Lufthansa with your selected flight dates.
Availability is much broader if you are willing to add a stopover of at least 24 hours in Zurich. However, this will add the cost of accommodation on (at least) one flight and also makes searching flights more difficult. Feel free to use this search mask to look for multi stop flights via Zurich:
Flights with Zurich stopover
Lufthansa offer First Class flights to Bangkok between October 2023 and March 2024. During this time, the airline deploys its re-instated Airbus A380-800 between Munich and Thailand’s capital.
Flights between Zurich and Bangkok are Boeing 777-300ER services with SWISS’ superb First Class suites in a 1-2-1 seating pattern. On flights from Zurich to Bangkok, you will be able to enjoy the airlines’ dedicated First Class lounge in Zurich.
The European flights are business class legs with a blocked middle seat for extra space.
Lufthansa First Class
Lufthansa has its own terminal for First Class passengers! This and the food in Lufthansa’s First Class
The seat can be turned into a 210 cm long bed (roughly 80 cm wide) and has all the usual comforts, such as power sockets, inflight entertainment, WIFI, and so on.
SWISS First Class
In SWISS’ first class, you’ll be served excellent food in a comfortable seat that can be turned into a
Search & Book
The fare rules for these tickets offer no sales or expiration date. You need to stay at least 6 days or one night from Saturday to Sunday in Thailand to get the cheapest tickets. The lowest fares show up during these travel periods:
- August & September 2023: Only with a stopover in Zurich
- October 2023 through March 2024: Both with a stopover in Zurich or short layover in Munich
- April & May 2024: Only with a stopover in Zurich
Finding travel dates for the Lufthansa flights is fairly simple, as these show up in our availability calendar above and on Google Flights. If you want to use the broader travel period (or add a night in Switzerland), finding tickets is a little more complicated:
Finding Flights with a Zurich Stopover
Because Google Flights multistop search has no convenient way to preview prices for multistop journeys, we turn our attention to the new ITA Matrix. You can use this link to open the Matrix with a preset search for first class tickets from Oslo to Bangkok.
Now, you need to add to parameters to your search. Enter LX+
as a routing code and minconnect 24:00
as an extension code. That way, the Matrix displays only flights with Swiss and a layover in Zurich longer than 24 hours.
Secondly, scroll a bit down and set the button that says “search exact dates” to “show calendar”. Now you are set to go.
Hit the search button at the bottom of the page and marvel at the available flights:
The longer stopover in Zurich makes it possible to end your journey there without much hassle. You don’t need to fly to Oslo. Yet, it is necessary to start your trip in Oslo.
Buy Tickets
After finding suiting flight dates with the Matrix, you can use our search form above to buy tickets directly from the airline. Make sure to select exactly the flights you found in the Matrix’ itinerary to get the lowest price. You can try it on the airline website yourself or use our Go2 form, that should make it a little easier than Lufthansa’s clunky multistop search:
We strongly recommend buying these tickets directly on Lufthansa’s website.
Mileage
First class segments are booking class A while the European feeders are booking class J. A roundtrip from Oslo via Munich to Bangkok earns the following mileage:
- 36,644 Miles on Aegean Miles+Bonus
- 36,644 Miles on Ethiopian ShebaMiles
- 25,392 Award Miles + 3,578 PQP on United MileagePlus
- 25,392 Points on SAS EuroBonus
- 25,392 Miles on Copa ConnectMiles
- 25,104 Award Miles on LATAM Pass
- 24,904 Miles on Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles
- 24,670 Miles on Singapore KrisFlyer
- 24,670 Miles on TAP Miles&Go
- 24,670 Miles on Thai Royal Orchid Plus
- 24,670 Miles on Egyptair Plus
- 19,044 Miles on Air Canada Aeroplan
- 18,756 Miles on EVA Infinity MileageLands
- 18,684 Miles on Asiana Club
- 18,684 Award Miles + 12,696 Tier Miles on Avianca LifeMiles
- 18,322 Miles on ANA Mileage Club
The same booking classes apply to flights with Swiss via Zurich:
- 37,296 Miles on Aegean Miles+Bonus
- 37,296 Miles on Ethiopian ShebaMiles
- 26,044 Award Miles + 3,708 PQP on United MileagePlus
- 26,044 Points on SAS EuroBonus
- 26,044 Miles on Copa ConnectMiles
- 25,690 Award Miles on LATAM Pass
- 25,160 Miles on Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles
- 25,160 Miles on Singapore KrisFlyer
- 25,160 Miles on TAP Miles&Go
- 25,160 Miles on Thai Royal Orchid Plus
- 25,160 Miles on Egyptair Plus
- 19,534 Miles on Air Canada Aeroplan
- 19,180 Miles on EVA Infinity MileageLands
- 19,090 Miles on Asiana Club
- 19,090 Award Miles + 13,022 Tier Miles on Avianca LifeMiles
- 18,648 Miles on ANA Mileage Club
- 12,404 Award Miles + 680 Points on Miles&More
Destination
Hotel prices in Bangkok usually start at roughly €30 for decent and clean hotels. Whichever category and hotel you opt for, make sure to get the best price! Our recommendation is to search on booking.com, or even on our own Travel-Dealz hotel search:
An even better option is a closer look at this marvelous offer for The Athenee Bangkok to complement your First Class experience:
Information & Tips for Thailand
Thailand is an increasingly popular holiday destination for Europeans – both beach and party tourists get their money’s worth in the South Asian tropical state.
Whether Bangkok, Koh Samui or Phuket, Thailand offers multi-faceted cities and quiet beaches. Also, the country is always easy to reach from Europe. Especially to Bangkok, there is almost always at least a good deal!
Best Time to Visit
While hot summer temperatures prevail the whole year long in tropical Thailand, the best travel time is definitely the winter from November to February. Thanks to the northwest monsoon it doesn’t get warmer than 33 degrees. In summer the temperatures can quickly reach 40 degrees. The rainy season also starts in June and will last until October – high humidity is what you’ll have to prepare for!
Entry & Visa
Most EU citizens do not need a visa for stays up to a length of 30 days. The entry permit can be extended by another 30 days before expiration by local immigration authorities.
Currency
The national currency of Thailand is the Baht (THB) which is divided into Satang. One Euro is about 40 THB.
Finding the Best eSIM Plan
We’ve compared various eSIM providers, such as Nomad, Airhub, and RedteaGO. To see which plan is best for your travel needs, and which network offers the best coverage, feel free to read our detailed guide:
The Best eSIM Plans for Thailand 🇹🇭 Compared (Bangkok, Phuket…)
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Information & Tips for Bangkok
Bangkok is both the capital and the largest metropolis of Southeast Asian Thailand. We often have reasonable offers to share with you. No matter if in Economy, Business or First Class – you can almost always find bargains for flights to Bangkok! Also, even luxurious 5-star hotels are available at excellent prices. Just some reasons why you shouldn’t miss Bangkok!
From the airport to the city center
Suvarnabhumi Airport is connected to the city center by train. Trains run between 06:00 and 23:59 approximately every 15 minutes and the journey takes 24 minutes. A taxi ride costs about 400 Baht and takes, depending on the traffic, 30 minutes to more than an hour.
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Comments (5)
Hi Community,
is the deal dead, it can’t be? Followed the instruction to find any available flights on ITA Matrix. All I can find is the lowest price of 55812 NOK. Despite browsing through the months.
Am I doing something wrong?
Cheers!
Hi Florian! The fare is indeed no longer available. Thanks for pointing that out!
Thanks for confirming, Felix!
Thanks so much, Felix!! I booked an itinerary OSL/ZRH/BKK/MUN/OSL departing December 6th with a return January 15th allowing me to get to Australia and back! I paid 37.722 NOK and used the LH booking page (after first searching the ITA Matrix)… interesting was that both Swiss and Austrian sites had the price about 9k NOK more expensive. I have then used Krisflyer miles (which were expiring!) to complete the legs from BKK/MEL/BKK.
Really appreciate all the advice you detailed!!!
Many thanks, dear Felix.