Not sure how close you want to be to the airport, but in May 03, I was able to book nights at the Asia Airport Hotel, about 3 km from the airport. (I arrived late and was flying out to Lampang the next morning and returned from the north late flying out on the 7 a.m. NW flight the next morning.) Probably a 3 star and booked through one of the asia hotel booking services, it cost me about $30/night. But that was at the time of the SARS scare. I don't think it is available through PL, but is on the gothailand.com www site for 1990 Thai Baht/night. Free transportation to and from the airport, very friendly. I hope I'm not violating a list rule by suggesting that you check latestays.com. Set in behind a large shopping center and there is a night market in the parking lot -- some great food there. tom