HampiK

Last time when I came back to Thailand (2 weeks ago), the Immigration staff told wife has to come first. So, it's probably only working, when you travel with your wife.. married alone is not enough... I'm waiting for some first hand information, when a married solo traveler tries to use the Thai counter!

I think when you made your transfer the baht still was going up. So at the end you received more money than what you would become with wise. Exchange risk or luck. My experience is, that with bigger amount sometimes a SWIFT transfer can be slightly better. But mostly I choose the WISE, because I know exactly what I will receive, with the SWIFT I could become more, about the same or less... But if you want transfer more than 2 million Thai Baht, then you have to use swift anyway.

So far I know, all building higher than 15 meters had to be build earthquake proof since 2007. In 2021 it was increased to build more safe. So a Building from 2022 (Which is taller than 15m) has to be earthquake proove. Or in that case should have. My room has 2 cracks in the gypsum and unfortunatelly 1 50cm crack over a door frame at a inner wall. Else I can't find any cracks. But yes, there are other rooms which showed more cracks inside the rooms. But to be honest as I never encountered anything similar to this event before it was really horrifying and I hope I never have to encounter something like that again. I also not knew before if the buildings were even likely build earthquake resistant or not!

OK, if you can top it up at 7-11, then I also agree, that this would be easier... As you could use the much better Exchange rate to the Bank rates give by K-Bank. I only use True Wallet with a credit card... I never used money in the wallet option 🙂 Thanks for clarification and sorry for my misinformation!

What is important to fill in into the Residence field for people who really stay in Thailand all the time (except some holidays). As most of them "only" have a NON-O (Non Immigrant) Visa/Extension. So I guess you are only excluded with a Thai Passport or Thai Residency Status! But some people not have a residence other than Thailand.. and as some poster already replied Thailand is not in the list of residence country... it's intersting

OK, I never tried to use true money for Promptpay (I have to try). But even the TrueWallet App is not easy to use for tourists. Can you put a foreign credit card behind? Or how you recharge money without a Thai-Bank account or Thai credit card?

why you think in Bangkok it was 1.35? I felt it 1.22 in Bangkok. And I think the information the OP presented was interesting, Not only to hear about Bangkok. To be honest I have read many other stories in this Forum which I found much less important than what this OP was writing. Especially as he mostly not knew at that time of writting what really happened!

I'm not sure what is more safe. As higher buildings had more static engineering.. as lower rise buildings 3-4 floors I guess there is less static calculation made. I think the bigger problem is, if they always built on standards or as a few years ago in Turkey they find out afterwards if everything was built correct not that much would happen. So far I know at least till now only 1 building was really collapes (and this was under construction). But still very very sad for the workers which are still traped 😞.

You can't have a Wise card, if you live in Thailand, but I already used at least 1 time a Wise debit card in thailand to pay a bill. And one of my friends uses his wise card all the time in Thailand, so I think it's working as normal as any other debit/credit card. But I can tell you, that you are not allowed to order a card as long you have a thai address in wise!

I think a not finished building is not as strong as when finished. As some buildings need the window inserted to reach full strength. So it's a big tragedy... I just saw at least 1 worker could be saved alive. I hope they can find more of the missing workers alive.

If this is really not expensive (conversion fees, ...) and you can pay easy PromptPay QR codes, then I think this could be helpfull for tourists. Other option described above TrueMoney and other options often not work on small shops. but QR codes works with most sellers. I know a few better shops, where you only can pay with QR or credit card. At least, when the conversion rates are not too bad, you could choose a good day to transfer some money and then use it. Also you not have to carry that much money with you arround... and if you need cash, you can use the K-Bank ATM for withdrawal some money when needed. I not see this for people who stay in Thailand, but for tourists I not see this as something bad. I think this is not related, as this is aimed more for tourists, and they can have a Wise debit card already (if it's available in their homecountry).

Only in the big business plan. Not in the single accounts (not connected to a company)! In skype you could buy on a single account a number connected to skype and use all the feature which in team is only available for companies 😞

There are different ways to archive this. I my self always buy a 1 year SIM from AIS, DTAC or True (DTAC, Ttrue are now merged, but still use a seperate net, this maybe changed in the future. Now, you also can add a DTAC number in the True Service app). - 1 Year Sim, afterwards, refill with enough money for another 1 year plan (min 12 refills) or buy another new 1 year SIM. - buy a plan only when needed, but then you have to take care, that you always have enough validity. As you told your card run out fast, then I would say you should buy DTAC or True, as there you can extend your validity of the SIM for 30 days for 2 Baht. Normaly you refill for extending, but if you not use the card that much, then you will have after some time much to much money on it... so better then to pay for example 12 Baht for 6 month extension (*113*180*9# DTAC) I use the 1 year plan, because I also use this router, when I go on short trips arround Thailand. Then I plug in my router and have my internet to use with tablets instead to use mobile sharing. Mostly the Router has a slightly better signal than the mobile.

This only works when the other person you want to reach also use teams! The big advantage of Skype, which some of the users here missing afterwars: - a local number in a country - when this number is called forward to a specific mobile, landline number - easy call a number at home, and even show a local number, which this person could call back Your option is same as using line, Whatsapp, ... (if both have same program, then it's easy to use it). But this is not what most of the users who still use skype need!

One of the biggest problem I encounter with True is, that after a power failure, the service is gone for 4-12 hours. Sometimes it's a planned power cut, or sometimes an animal or a car who run into a transformer. Anyway you can't use their Internet for hours. About their 10GB code, it's only valid for 1 mobile. If there are 2 person or more, then you have to decide who use the code. Yes, I'm also don't like that the service always down for that long after a power cut. But I don't know if with AIS it's that much better? In my case my router swich automatic to my SIM Router, who takes over, in case of problems with True. And when True is back online, Main router switch back to the True Router.... thanks to failover....