Your time has come ... and Im sure you are better prepared from the forum - its GREAT!
So ... are you flying Thai or not? If you are ... remember their luggage limits are not what they seem ... 30kg flying out and 25kg flying home. Im pretty sure if I was going Phuket again (and not with a BKK stop) Id fly Jetstar, not necessarily because they are cheaper, but mainly to save time. Im pretty sure they are the only one that does a direct flight into Phuket, so not only do you save on the extra hour or so flight from BKK to PHK, but also you dont have 2 hours extra hanging around waiting at BKK airport.
Yes ... JBR was a mystery to me for a while ... didnt know what it meant ... people kept mentioning it, so Im making up all these acronyms (all of which were wrong!) and then my curiosity got the better of me and I JUST HAD TO ASK ... Think I asked Jax. Anyway ... for me a JBR is many things - a "just back report" OR a "juicy big read" OR a "just bloody riveting" or I guess whatever you want it to be!!! I also made a right fool of myself for not knowing what IMHO meant. Someone had posted "Central is IMHO the best Department Store in BKK". ME - I got all excited thinking there was this wonderful Dept. Store called "IMHO" that I hadnt read about .....
Dont be nervous about flying ... that is unless you are prone to migraines! Just think of it as 9 x 1hr flights! You will be there before you know it.

Kitty
PS Hanging for your JBR!