Arrival at Suvarnabhumi Airport is a little more organised than last year, and beckoning from inside the taxi quickly brings the Thai Airways premium porters over to collect us....

...and, after confirming our booking in F, were sat down by the check-in desk whilst the paperwork for our flights is sorted out (not quite sure about the umbrella though, I'd heard that there had been problems with the roof of the new BKK airport, but I didn't think things were that bad!)

Willard, sat on the F transfer buggy, wizzing past passengers in the Thai Royal Silk lounge, on our way to the paradise that is....

..our private booth in the (virtually empty) Thai Royal First Class lounge. Willard dilligently works on the website, whilst sipping a cup of Earl Grey.

A light lunch of Pad-Thai didn't survive long enough to be photographed, but we can see the evidence...