Flights Bangkok to Denpasar (Bali) (BKK-DPS): Airlines, THB Fares

Bangkok to Denpasar links Thailand directly with Bali, and the traffic is overwhelmingly leisure. The route carries Thai holidaymakers heading to Bali’s beaches and uplands, travellers from elsewhere routing through Bangkok, and a share of the wider movement between two of Southeast Asia’s best-known destinations. Around 21 flights a week keep the link steady.

Block time is about 4.2 hours. Demand follows the holiday calendar closely — the route peaks around the Thai school breaks and the year-end, when both Bangkok and Bali are at their busiest.

Corridor profile

The BKK–DPS corridor runs about 21 departures a week across 4 carriers, with an average block time of 4.2 hours, and the lowest fare the feed returned for this route is ฿8,892. The frequency figure counts every carrier on the route combined, not any single airline.

What frequency tells you when plans break. 21 weekly departures is ~3.0 departures a day — the next departure is usually same-day or next-day. That is why frequency matters more than price for anyone with a fixed commitment at the other end. A thin corridor deserves a buffer day before anything that cannot move, not because the airline is poor but because there is no spare inventory to shift you onto.

Combined frequency is not your airline’s frequency. Those 21 weekly departures are spread across 4 carriers, and when your flight is cancelled only the airline holding your ticket owes you a seat. A rival’s empty seat on the same city pair does not help unless an interline agreement exists or you are willing to buy a second ticket. That is why a multi-carrier route is not automatically the safer one it appears to be.

Airlines & baggage

Baseline baggage on BKK–DPS runs 7–30 kg across the 3 of 4 carriers on the route for which we hold a row. These are carrier reference baselines, not entitlements attached to every ticket: cabin class, fare brand and frequent-flyer status all change the weight you actually get.

Dedicated Hajj/Umrah charters are not in this table. The generous allowances pilgrims hear about are package terms an operator has contracted with an airline, not published entitlements on ordinary tickets, and the figures change season to season. Travelling with a group, work from the paperwork of an operator licensed through the Chularatchamontri Office. Buying a scheduled ticket yourself, you get that ticket’s allowance — not the package’s.

Excess weight prices in steps, not in averages. The allowance is per passenger, not per booking, so bags belonging to one group do not automatically pool unless the carrier operates a shared-allowance policy for people booked together. Excess charged at the desk is almost always far dearer than extra weight bought online in advance, and advance purchase stays open until the carrier’s cut-off. Weighing bags at home is the highest-value minute in the whole process.

Airlines on this route

4 carriers operate BKK–DPS — 1 full-service and 2 low-cost. Alliances present on the route: Star Alliance. Multiple carriers only affect price when both sides are actually selling in the same window. The lowest fare the feed returned for this route is ฿8,892 on a 2026-10-01 departure.

Four carriers fly BKK-DPS: Thai Airways on the full-service side, with Thai AirAsia, Thai Vietjet and Indonesia AirAsia covering the low-cost end. Thai Airways includes checked baggage and a fuller service; the low-cost carriers price the seat low and sell baggage, seats and meals separately. For a holiday trip with luggage, add the checked-baggage cost to the low-cost headline fare before comparing it with the full-service option.

The floor changes hands. Across our 8 weekly captures (2026-W20–2026-W31) the lowest fare sat with 2 different carriers, Scoot holding it most often at 3 of them. Loyalty to one airline on this corridor therefore has a price. With N=8 this is a small sample — directional, not conclusive.

Monthly market-low pattern (THB)

Fare trends

Between 2026-W20 and 2026-W31 we captured the BKK–DPS low 8 times, ranging ฿6,094 to ฿9,803 — a 61% spread. The cheapest reading fell in week 2026-W25, and from first capture to last the low moved up 10%.

BKK-DPS fares are competitive but lift clearly around the Thai school holidays, the year-end period and Indonesian holiday peaks. For those windows, six to ten weeks of lead time is sensible. Outside them, the low-cost carriers’ early fares are the cheapest seats, and four to seven weeks usually finds a good THB price. Mid-week departures tend to be softer than weekends.

Why week 2026-W25 read cheapest. We do not assign a cause: our data records prices, not reasons. Weekly lows move with whatever promotional inventory remains, capacity adjustments, and the travel dates the system happened to surface that pass. What this series is actually good for is a proven floor, not a rule about which day to book.

This is the lowest fare our feed returned for BKK–DPS, not a quoted price. It is the minimum of the record we hold for this one corridor — not the lowest value in our fare cache, not an average, not a live quote, and not a promise that a seat still exists at that number. An unusually low reading almost always traces to one carrier’s limited promotional inventory, which is gone before you reach checkout. Treat it as a reference line for how low this corridor can go, then check live pricing before deciding.

Seasonality & best time to book

Our catalogue lists 4 carriers on this city pair. BKK–DPS is a regional corridor with a shorter booking window than long-haul. The fare tracks low-cost promotional cycles and Thai long weekends more than any season at the destination, and Songkran plus the consecutive-holiday blocks are the tightest weeks of the year.

Bangkok–Denpasar (Bali) fares move with demand. The cheapest windows fall outside school holidays, Songkran and New Year; book 4–8 weeks ahead for normal dates.

Frequency is seasonal too, not just price. The 21 weekly departures in our catalogue is an estimate of the standard schedule; carriers add and cut rotations by season. That means the cheapest month can also be the month with the fewest options — and with fewer rotations, one cancellation hurts more. Read price and frequency together.

The booking window matters more than the booking day. On a 4.2-hour corridor the fare tracks how many seats remain in each fare bucket, not which weekday you click buy. The folklore about a magic booking day has no support in the series we capture. What does show up is widening your travel dates by a day or two.

About Denpasar (Bali)

Our catalogue lists 4 carriers on this city pair. Denpasar (Bali) (DPS) sits in Indonesia, uses IDR, and the visa position we record for a Thai passport is: visa-free 30 days (ASEAN). The flight from Bangkok runs about 4.2 hours. Bali — leisure + wellness retreat destination

Bali, reached through Denpasar’s airport, is one of Southeast Asia’s most established holiday islands — a place of beaches, surf, rice-terrace uplands, temples and a distinctive Balinese culture. It draws a wide range of travellers, from beachgoers to those heading inland to the calmer hill towns. For Thai travellers it is a familiar, reliable holiday destination, far enough to feel like real travel but close enough for a manageable trip.

Local time at the destination. Denpasar (Bali) runs on Asia/Makassar, 1h ahead of Bangkok. The gap holds all year; the zone does not shift its clocks. The offset matters most on overnight flights, because the times on a ticket are local at each end rather than an elapsed duration. Misreading the arrival time is a common way to book a transfer or a hotel night on the wrong date.

Passenger rights on BKK–DPS

Our catalogue lists 4 carriers on this city pair. Departures from Thailand fall under Thailand CAAT; the return from Denpasar (Bali) falls under Indonesia Kemenhub (PM 89/2015). The two regimes are not the same, and what you are owed changes with the direction of travel and the nationality of the operating carrier — never with the fare you paid.

No European-style compensation schedule applies here. The destination sits with Indonesia Kemenhub (PM 89/2015), which typically imposes duty of care, re-routing and refund obligations but no fixed EU261-style cash bands. The enforceable floor is therefore the airline’s own conditions of carriage plus Thailand CAAT rules for departures from Thailand. Read the conditions of carriage before you buy — that is the document that actually binds you.

Baggage and delay are governed by different instruments. If a bag is lost or arrives late on an international journey, the basis of claim is the Montreal Convention 1999, which applies where both the origin and destination states are parties. Its ceilings are denominated in SDR and revised periodically, so only the current figure is citable. The practical consequence is that the two claims are independent: having no delay-compensation right does not remove a baggage claim, and the report should be filed at the baggage desk before you leave the airport.

FAQ

Which airlines fly Bangkok to Denpasar (Bali)?

The BKK-DPS route is operated by Thai Airways, Thai AirAsia, Thai Vietjet and Indonesia AirAsia. Compare baggage, alliances and fares in the table above.

How long and how often is the BKK-DPS flight?

Block time is ~4.2h, with ~21 flights per week across all carriers.

When is BKK-DPS cheapest to book?

The lowest fare our feed returned for this route is ~฿4,321. Book 4–8 weeks ahead; avoid Songkran, school holidays and peak season to save 15–30%.

What exactly is the lowest fare shown on this page?

It is the cheapest fare our cache has recorded on BKK–DPS, captured one snapshot at a time. It is not an average, not a live quote and not a guarantee that a seat still exists at that price. Use it as a reference floor, then check live pricing.

What is the difference between a direct and a nonstop flight?

Direct means the flight number does not change, but the aircraft may still land en route. Nonstop means no intermediate landing at all. If the clock matters, filter on nonstop, not direct.

If my BKK–DPS flight is cancelled, who is responsible?

The destination sits with Indonesia Kemenhub (PM 89/2015), which generally imposes duty of care, re-routing and refunds but no fixed EU261-style cash bands. The enforceable floor is the airline’s conditions of carriage plus Thailand CAAT rules for departures from Thailand.

Will my bag be through-checked if I book two separate tickets?

No. Through-checking happens only when every sector is on one ticket or an interline agreement exists. On separate tickets you reclaim the bag, clear the transit country’s immigration and check in again — and a missed connection is a new ticket at your cost.

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