Lemsta69

nonsense

indeed. I fled the Islamic Republic of Bankstown* for the comfortingly xenophobic arms of Buddhist Thailand. ps. I knew nothing about Islam until I spent some time in Indonesia, mostly Jakarta. I had no preconceived notions but found out the hard way that there's nothing benign about it. and Indo's not even the real deal so I shudder to think what's is like in the homeland of that repugnant ideology. * a city in South-West Sydney that is being overrun by Lebanese Muslims.

it's not that good!

he did the same on the subject of dual passports. according to him you can't swap passports in the air because "I had a diplomatic passport and it wasn't allowed". PTL that I don't work for this man! ????

it's fine as it is. if it ain't broke...

pure fantasy

oh that poor family! I first encountered that sort of thing way back in 1997 on my first trip to SEA. a mate and I flew BNE-DPS on Royal Brunei Airlines and the sheila at the check-in desk point blank refused to board us without an onward ticket from Indo. we had tickets from Bangkok to India but that was apparently no good. so I was forced to pay for two expensive Qantas tickets from Medan to Penang. naturally we were stamped in to Bali without any nosy questions. it took 18 months to get the refund and I had to visit multiple offices in Bali, Singapore and Sydney. it was a good learning experience I guess but geez I'm glad I don't have to go through all that <deleted> nowadays.

imho this is the simplest option and the easiest and quickest to explain to people that ask the question. do they really need to know all the whys and wherefores of the somewhat convoluted subject? so yeah, I'm not sure why the OP has beef with that approach when it's offered as advice on here. it's certainly a lot less stressful than arguing with a supervisor as he has subsequently suggested even though the stated purpose of his post was to relieve peoples' alleged stress ????

funny you should mention that because way back in 2014 I flew Emirates from SYD-BKK I did exactly that and went to the gate to wait for boarding. to my surprise they called my name out over the Tannoy and when I went to the desk to see what was up they scolded me for not checking in at the airside counters. this was not mentioned at any time during the booking or online check-in process. I told them that but they said something to the effect of "ignorance is no excuse". you can't argue with that at the airport.

I'm currently using FTX International to sell my crip to USD then I use their USD fiat withdrawal facility to wire it to my Wise account. then I send to my Bangkok Bank (BBL) account. I could wire it straight to BBL but I save a couple bucks via Wise, enough for a couple cans of beer.

*farang. there, I fixed it for you ????

bar girls are "working girls".

https://airlines.iata.org/analysis/document-verification-travel-trouhttps://airlines.iata.org/analysis/document-verification-travel-trouble you're welcome!

if that works for you then more power to you. I'll likely forget to cancel the ticket because so excited to be back in Thighland ergo rent-a-ticket is my go-to. doesn't mean I'm dense, diff'rent strokes and all that.

correct. airlines get fined if they deliver pax that don't meet the destination country's entry requirements. plus they're responsible for repatriation etc so it makes sense for them to pre-screen pax at check-in. my understanding is that there is an IATA database they look up that tells them what the requirements are. many reports here of members being asked for onward tickets. myself most recently as December last year ex-SYD on TG. it's unclear why some people don't get asked and some do so there's no point speculating. YMMV as they say in the States.

every time I've flown SYD-BKK visa exempt I've been asked for onward flight at check-in. I believe you live on the Goldy so you'd be ex-BNE. I guess they're a bit more relaxed up there. you got lucky, buy a lottelee ticket.

nah that was me, sorry! i was just trying to help the OP as a stopgap measure because it was late and there was noone else about. I think I put a disclaimer to that effect in my post.

yes, I tip. from 20 to 100 baht depending on how I feel at the time. even if there's already a 10% service charge included. why? because I can.

plenty of WRXs, HSVs, EVOs and Hilux utes mate but no IQs ????

that's how we drive in Western Sydney ????

same thing happens quite regularly in my home town. no matter how much it gets you off to think that way but this is not exclusive to Thailand.

1/10

does he bang on about the totally amaaaaazing street food that turns out to be a simple 40 baht pad krapow? ????

I've been there just two times. nice little place but they need to import some Mediterraneans to shoot them how to cook seafood properly ????

you know that "bahasa" simply means language, right?