Thailand has been on our list for a while so when Qatar Airways had their festival sale with flights to Asia as low as $450 for the dates we already had scheduled time off for it was a no brainer. I booked our tickets less than a month before our trip fully relying on the flight deal gods to come through and they did!
Flight Path
So Qatar Airways actually didn't have the deal to Bangkok directly from Miami, it was only from Philly and a few other northern states. However, from Miami they had deals to Singapore and Malaysia. Just like travel within Europe, once you are in Asia getting around Asia is very cheap. With a flight from Singapore to Phuket costing only $34 it would be cheaper to fly from Miami to Singapore and then to Phuket rather than paying for a round-trip flight from Miami to Philly and that's exactly what we did. In addition now we could also visit Singapore for a day as bonus.
Flight Path
So Qatar Airways actually didn't have the deal to Bangkok directly from Miami, it was only from Philly and a few other northern states. However, from Miami they had deals to Singapore and Malaysia. Just like travel within Europe, once you are in Asia getting around Asia is very cheap. With a flight from Singapore to Phuket costing only $34 it would be cheaper to fly from Miami to Singapore and then to Phuket rather than paying for a round-trip flight from Miami to Philly and that's exactly what we did. In addition now we could also visit Singapore for a day as bonus.