Shandelle Battersby flies Bangkok Airways from Koh Samui, Thailand, to Luang Prabang, Laos, via Bangkok.
The plane: Two Airbus A319s in reasonable condition, with a small section at the front for premium customers separated by a curtain.
Class: Economy for us, on both legs.
Price: $405 all up, one way.
Flight time: Koh Samui to Bangkok is an easy 75 minutes; the Bangkok-to-Luang Prabang flight north took 90 minutes. We arrived at the airport in Koh Samui well ahead of time thanks to an early ferry from Koh Phangan and our flight was moved forward by 90 minutes. Kudos to Bangkok Airways for doing this. This meant more time for shopping at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport before our late-afternoon flight to Laos.