Bob12345

I bought a 5kg bag of Thai rice in northern europe and was charged 16 euros for it. Thats over 500 baht while its 120-140 over here.

Thats like saying there are kids and women in every country in the world, so why not dump them before flying out to save the costs of the plane tickets.

Last year i figured it would be worth a shot to ask the ticket desk what an upgrade would cost. This was about 60 minutes before boardig on the connecting flight and after having received several emails in the prior weeks mentioning upgrade costs of 500 euros which increased the closer we came to the flight. At te desk they indicated that of the 40 business class spots there were still 30 available, but the price was now about triple what they emailed me earlier. Basic rule of thumb: costs of upgrade go in lockstep with the ticket prices and the shorter before your flight the more expensive it becomes. There is no last second buying of business class seats for bargain prices; they rather fly them empty then sell them to you for a discount (to preserve the optics of value).

The prices are normally only going up the later you book.

Same happened with my wife (must have been about a decade ago); it is "normal". She earned the money and will get it, but there is a delay of 3 months.

Thats correct; in Phuket i was able to book a spot about 10 weeks out while in Phangnga I could go the next day.

Might wanna consider going to Phangnga instead. Phuket has very long waiting times (at least in the past) while at the phangnga DMV they are all smiles and little waiting.

You need to eat backwards; start with dessert, then the main, and as last the veggie soup to push things through with its fibers. Fibers are good and go down well when warm in soup.

Dont forget the internal pressure at 7000 feet making it more comfy than the normal 6000 feet or 8000 feet. Its nice inbetween, but dont select the middle seat cause then you are inbetween in the wrong way

All planes are about the same as they take you from A to B through the air. Hpefully at least 55 The rest is preferences. Reading through the posts here makes me think none of you have ever been in the Air Force or experienced a flight in outer space. Neither is comfortable but you can compensate with the right mindset. Thats what they teach you in The Force (not Star Wars).

Renewed in Phangnga while living in Phuket last year. Saved months of waiting for an open spot and it was only an hour drive.

Nowhere do you dispute my information, you just add some more details. My information is still true, you just found it incomplete and wanted to add something like "they have many ways" but give no further explanation. You might have noticed I never talked in absolutes; "this or that will happen", my post was mainly aimed at warning not to lie about your status because the post I reacted on implied they might never know if you dont tell them.

Maybe the AOW simply asks the local government how many people are registered on a certain address. If not, then you could lie and hope they never find out. If they do, some way or the other, you will be fined I suppose for the difference plus a huge markup.

Getting 920 only sounds about right (maybe not fair, but thats another question). They would simply require a Dutch Citizen Number (persoonsnummer) from your wife, which she doesnt have. For tax purposes it is the same: although you are married and your marriage is registered in The Netherlands, she isn't your fiscal partner because the Dutch IRS does not know her.

I get the 500mg at the pharmacy produced (by/for) GPO (Government Pharmaceutical Organisation). 10 tablets per strip, 50 strips per box. Total price around 800 baht per box.