The cheapest order to fly Dubai, Bangkok and Phuket from London
There are 6 ways to fly these cities. They do not cost the same. The cheapest works out at about £522 a person and the most expensive at £856, a difference of £334 for visiting exactly the same places.
Fly them in this order
London → Dubai → Phuket → Bangkok → London
About £522 per person in flights, based on fares recently seen on these routes.
Shown in British pounds, converted from US dollars at today’s rate, so every amount is approximate. In dollars the cheapest order is about $692. You pay in the airline’s currency.
Every order, priced
- London → Dubai → Phuket → Bangkok → London£522cheapest order
- London → Dubai → Bangkok → Phuket → London£536£14 more per person
- London → Bangkok → Phuket → Dubai → London£631£109 more per person
- London → Phuket → Bangkok → Dubai → London£641£119 more per person
- London → Phuket → Dubai → Bangkok → London£809£287 more per person
- London → Bangkok → Dubai → Phuket → London£856£334 more per person
Why Dubai first
- London to Dubai£143
- Dubai to Phuket£180
- Phuket to Bangkok£23
- Bangkok to London£176
- Out of London, Dubai is the cheapest first stop at about £143. Phuket would be £289.
- Going home, the cheapest flight leaves from Dubai at about £139, but the cheapest order ends in Bangkok at £176 because the rest of the route is cheaper that way.
- Dubai to Bangkok is about £161, but the other way round is £190. Same two cities, £29 apart on direction alone.
- The dearest order pays £281 for London to Bangkok, a flight the cheapest order never takes.
Between the cities
- Dubai to Phuket: about 4,950 km (3070 miles) as the crow flies. No train or bus we would suggest instead of flying.
- Phuket to Bangkok: about 690 km (430 miles) as the crow flies. Also by ground: Transport Co. / Phuket Travel (overnight), about 13h, usually £15 to £34.
Entry rules for the United Arab Emirates and Thailand depend on your passport. Check them with UK foreign travel advice before you book.
How much the order matters here
Getting the order right is worth £334 a person on this trip, 64% of what the cheapest way round costs. Of the 107 trips we price in full, that is number 7 for how much the order matters, one of the trips where it matters most: flying these cities in the wrong order is an expensive mistake.
What these numbers are
Cached one-way fares, 12 of 12 legs priced from real observations, put together on November 12, 2026, from fares departing November 13, 2026 onwards. Right for comparing one order with another, not a quote for your dates.
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