forgetit

I always rent with qcars. reliable and affordable (not cheap).

Jon replies fast when you send him a message via email.

If you said no t o the dynamic currency conversion an ex-change rate can and will not be shown:

1. TMB does not know what your bank charges you in spread from the VISA or Master Card currency exchange rate

2. At least for Master Card the real applicable exchange is applied when the payment is finally settled in your bank account. This will and might differ from the day you went to the ATM

There are no interline agreements between these airlines. Your friend can ask at check-in in Korea if they can check his baggage through and they might be able to do it. But as there is no interline agreement in place it is most likely that they will deny it.

He will then have to pick up his baggage in BBK after immigration and check his bag with the next airline.

If the next airline offers online check-in it would be helpful for him to use this and only drop the bag at the counter. Thus reducing time required for this.

If he feels unsafe about the 3 hour transfer time there are companies that offer fast track that he can purchase. This might be helpful when entering Thailand.

But 3 hours transfer should be well enough to

1. enter Thailand

2. pick up bag and pass customs.

3. move upstairs to check-in for next flight (or drop bag) and receive next boarding pass.

4. leave the country and board next flight.

If they check his baggage through to India he just leaves the plane and goes directly to the transfer desk to receive his new boarding pass. In this case there is no need to enter Thailand.

What airlines are involved in this?

This information would be helpful to find out is there is an interline agreement between the two. And therefore if baggage can be checked through or not.

New boarding pass should be available at transfer desk in BKK.

The sole question was about compensation for missed connections. But nice to see that there are some people alive that can get a good laugh out of a simple typing mistake.

To answer the question: If the connecting flight is on a separate ticket you are not due any refund or compensation. This is the reason why travel insurance can be a good idea.

But if the connecting flight is on the same ticket the airline has and will put you on the next available flight (sometimes theirs, sometimes someone others) and will provide accommodation and/or food. On some of the airlines you will have to push for this.

http://www.travel-dental.com/web_engl/prices.htm

Doktor Ramin qualifications:

2004 Expert of Implantology (DGOI, Germany)
2004 Diplomate of the ICOI (USA)
2010 Dental Board Exam (Thailand)

In the year 2010 I passed the Thai dental board exam as the first foreigner.

Therefore I am the only German dentist, who has the permission to examine, consult and treat patients in his own clinic.

Paiboon have an Android app, Apple app also, I think.

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Thanks for this. found it on the Google store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wordinthehand.thaidict&hl=en

Almost 20 Euros. I would buy it if he it had bulk lookup.

You should give http://www.thai2english.com/ a try to see what the intention of OP is. You will see it works differently then Google translator.

I would be glad if someone could tell me n app that does the same.

As for the phone, who knows, sooo many options.

But for a dictionary or translation service, there is Google Translate. It's free. It does both online and offline translations. You just download the offline language pack you need.

A very good alternative (not free) is the Paiboon Talking Thai-English-Thai Dictionary.

Google translate quality is poor when it comes to Thai to English translation. And don't get me started with the Offline version in either direction. Many times it makes no sense at all. English to Thai when you have internet connection works great.

AFAIK the Paiboon dictionary is for the PC.

@connda:

About the Phone: anything that runs at least Android 4.4x is good enough. If you are out and about a lot you might want to focus on the size of the battery. The Acer Liquid E700 Trio has a 3.500 mAh battery, runs Android 4.4, you can add a SD-Card to extend the memory of the phone. This would be something I would buy if I were in need of a new phone.

If you want to see all airports in the vicinity of the flight route go here: http://skyvector.com/?ll=-2.745721,107.754917&chart=301&zoom=3

The Link to the Aviation Herald post http://avherald.com/h?article=47f6abc7&opt=0

Very good source for all information.

If Burirum is close enough: http://www.buriramexpats.com/car-rental/

according to the timetable at http://home.transport.co.th/en/bus-schedule/252-time-table-north.html there is one bus terminating in tak. leaving at 8 pm.

there might be buses passing and stopping in tak. best way would be to either call or ask in mor chit.

also there are nonofficial routes but i would stick with the ones "regulated" by the transport company.

http://www.thai2english.com/

i have the PC software and it is pretty nice. especially as you can search by typing with roman letters like "maak" and it will give you all words that sound similar to this. you can build your own word list. and for many (but not all) you find example sentences that you might find handy to use. It is shareware so you can try it for free. I found it so good that i bought it.

Question is: what is the originating point and are both flights on the same ticket. if they are on the same ticket the MSC (most significant carrier) rule comes into play. lets say your ticket starts in London. Then the baggage allowance of Thai airways will be applied for the whole of the journey.

You can find the rules explained on one of my blog posts http://www.airline-blog.org/2014/11/03/more-than-one-airline-on-the-ticket-what-is-my-baggage-allowance/

The are also links to the IATA documents for further study if necessary.

Sgic has at the moment a Black Friday sale on http://www.sygic.com/en/gps-navigation

Instead of 40 Euro for the SE-Asia Maps it is only 20 EUR.

The world maps are only 40 Euro instead of 100 Euro.

I use it myself in Europe and Asia and find it pretty good.

Map updates are regular and can be pre-downloaded. No need for an internet connection when you are out and about.

You can live with the free version as well.

790Baht per day, 100 km included per rental day. 625 if you rent for the whole week.

http://www.pattayacar.rentals/listing/nissan-march/

It is an elephant's roller blade.

Any chance of a translation of this post into an internationally recognised language? Even 'merkin will do.

Easy: if you book your ticket via any OTA (online travel agency), be it Expedia, Orbitz, or others, you have to contact them instead of the airline when you want to make changes. This is normal for every airline. Fact: if you want the best support when changes have to be done you better book directly on the airline website. If you chose to book via a third party you have to contact the third party so that they can request the changes with the airline.

i can not help with bangkok. but i have rented from q cars in Jomtien/pattaya some times before and found them reliable. I only leave a copy of the passport as well as 100 euro. The money will be put in an envelope. Once you return the car you will receive the exact same notes back.

If you do a lot of driving i suggest to rent the Toyota Altis CNG. You will have a petrol tank of normal size as well as a CNG tank. This makes it cheap to drive around.

Non-issue, do it.

But, you should be aware that by breaking up your direct connecting flights you will go back to the more normal non-U.S. baggage limit of ONE BAG of 20 kg.

So, if you're bringing two bags be prepared to pay a surcharge for you flight from Manila to Bangkok.

Mac

this is incorrect as long as you do not know the circumstances of OP:

1. There is no such thing as "non-U.S. baggage limit of ONE BAG of 20 kg" - Every airline makes up their own rules what is allowed and what is not allowed. Either in total weight and in amount of pieces

2. OP might be on a stop-over ticket or even just a normal ticket were the layover (hence the difference) is less than 24 hours. - As long as his flights are on the same ticket the MSC (most significant carrier) rule published by IATA applies.

give it a try on hipmunk www.hipmunk.com

A criminal that has to be punished severely.

At least I can sleep easy knowing that no expat has ever downloaded any films, music, books, software from his illegal site.

I realise that to many pirating copyrighted works does not sound like a big deal, but consider if you were an actor, a musician or software creator that was your livelihood and someone was sharing your works by illegally distributing your movies, your music or your software to all and sundries in the public domain, the result being that it destroys your means of income and possibly whole industries connected with the arts and software, then would you still consider this as not a serious issue?

Copyright infringement is theft and can cause billions of $$$$ in losses to the film, music and software industries, plus the knock on affects to all those involved. This in my opinion is much more than just petty crime, plus many of the pirateers are not doing this from the goodness of their hearts, many are making big time out of this, that could be described as distributors of stolen goods.

Maybe you should give this a read http://imgur.com/HK3ER

Just to get some facts in your post right.

The prospectus for the BTSGIF can be found here: http://btsgif.listedcompany.com/misc/Prospectus/20130626-BTSGIF-Prospectus-EN.pdf

Maybe this is any help for you.

I second the posting from Pib on this.

The reply you got from the branch was either given because they did not know how to do it. Or were just to lazy to do all the necessary things (including signed copy of your passport). It was easier for them to point you to the ATM.