Paul039

Wow. That corresponds almost exactly with the difference month to month. The listed exchange was 34.40 bht to the dollar and the IDD used 33.789 bht. The previous deposit was at 35.195 bht. And I sent inquiry letters to SSA. oh well. The bank may not fully understand how this works and assumed like myself that there was a fee from them. I am somewhat distrustful of Citibank. (They cancelled my credit card of 14 years after living three years in Thailand. Some new procedural business they started.) Just sour grapes. They were a good group to deal with. I can not say thank you well enough.  This has been frustrating me for the last several weeks. At least I know what happened now. Thank you for the help!

IDD. Uses a swift number. I was just surprised to see the change from last month to this month. I have had no issues with BBK but miss detailed statements such as US banks send. I am waiting reply from SSA. I use two accounts. One in the US for pension deposits and BBK for SSA deposits. After really going through a lot of this, I cannot see where Citibank is involved at all. It may be a very poor application of exchange rates. The baht rate has increased and my deposit decreased. Surprises do not please me unless it's dessert. Hopefully I get some information this week. Your explanations of the systems are invaluable. I learned a lot and really appreciate it.

This is interesting. I have my SSA direct deposited into BBK monthly. There is always a difference of 1000 baht. I assumed this was a BBK fee. This month the difference was over 2000 baht, I contacted the bank and was told BBK fee was 100 baht. The rest was a fee from CITIBANK! How is Citibank involved? I have contacted SSA and am waiting for a reply. There appears to be a $60 or so fee from Citibank. This doesn't fit at all with the information posted here. I do show the Bahtnet info on my BBK web page. I'm really starting to smell something funny here. Wait to see what happens next.

Funny story, A couple years ago I returned from Thailand to the states after a 3 week stay in Isaan. I was feeling poorly on the flight back and much worse by the time I got home. The following day I went to work with a fever. By the end of my shift I was laying on the floor with a 104 degree fever. I went to the local hospital and suggested I had Denge Fever. They thought I was nuts and treated me as such until I explained where I had just returned from and showed them the mosquito bites on my legs and ankles. Things got a little interesting then. It turn out to be a urinary tract infection and things calmed down a little bit. I plan to move to Isaan with my wife when I retire. We spend a month home every year and I am just waiting for the day when it really is Denge. Dad does spray for mosquitos and the family has no problems killing any of the little pests.