Cheap flights from London to Hat Yai

Once your dates are set, book soon and look at the calendar first: of the months it prices — October through January, plus May — February is where fares dip lowest. If your trip overlaps Christmas, New Year or school holidays in the United Kingdom, book earlier and compare neighbouring weeks while your plans can still slide. The departure day matters too, so check a midweek date against a weekend one rather than assuming either is the cheaper.

Every ticket on this route includes a connection, so the first thing an airline decides for you is where you change planes and how long you wait between flights. The ten carriers listed are Gulf Air, Norse Atlantic UK LTD, Austrian, Etihad Airways, Brussels Airlines, Emirates, Edelweiss Air, Lufthansa City Airlines, Lufthansa and Qatar Airways, and each builds the journey its own way, with the transfer point and the total travel time changing from carrier to carrier. What the ticket includes varies just as much — checked baggage, meals and seat selection are the usual variables — so price the whole trip, bags included, rather than the bare fare.

You touch down at Hat Yai, the city's own airport, so there is no alternative to weigh at this end — a simpler arrival than the departure was. The airport sits outside the centre, and the usual way in is a taxi or a pre-arranged pick-up; agree the price before you get in, or use a metered or app-based car where one is available. Keep the address of your first night written down for the driver, and if you plan to travel on elsewhere in Thailand the same day, check onward transport times before you commit to a late arrival.

Currency

THB (฿)

Power sockets

Type A, B, C, F · 220 V

Language

Thai

Emergency number

191, 199, 1669

Calling code

+66

Internet domain

.th

Population of Hat Yai

159 k (2014)

Time zone

UTC+07 (Asia/Bangkok)

Country facts: Wikidata

• Check whether your connection is on one ticket or two, because separate tickets mean collecting and re-checking your own bags.
• Compare which London airport the fare departs from — City, Gatwick, Heathrow, Luton or Stansted — and how long the trip to it takes you.
• Look at what each fare includes in baggage and meals before judging it on price alone.
• Check the passport validity and entry rules that Thailand applies to your nationality before you pay.
• Weigh February against October to January and May in the calendar before fixing your dates.
• Leave a generous buffer between flights that sit on separate tickets.