hotandsticky

Wrong! Read the article!

Good for you, but Irrelevant. Services were not provided

I flew SCOOT premium economy on price. I won't be flying with them again........certainly not long-haul. Budget does not work for long haul. Whilst the cabin crew were good - which prat thought up the name Scooties!; SCOOT managed to screw up my food order both ways and the internet did not work.

My flight from Pnohm Penh was checked in July, my flight from Siem Reap in August - luck of the draw. (both flights into Cambodia were fully checked). The check is for evidence of vaccination. Two shots is deemed to be sufficient and paper or digital evidence is acceptable.

Somewhat different, I would suggest - as was my situation when the Yellow Shirts blockaded Suvarnabhumi airport. This guy was the victim of SCOOT booking a flight that they never intended to honour. In the current climate a refund was never going to cover inflated flight costs. He was badly treated and posted his account as a warning to others. He wasn't all "woe is me", he didn't set up a go fund me page - he took the cost on the chin but recognised how much worse it was for a family of four in the same situation. SCOOT are the culprit here, not the OP.

I do try to look for logic and fairness in rules.............................. In this case rule ONLY helps a new retiree who has also been able to previously set up a bank account and start making pension payments into it. That makes it pretty pointless as the rule will only apply to a tiny percentage of applicants. Much fairer, and logical, is to permit 2/3 payments for any first application - with evidence of 12 x 65k required for subsequent applications.

Yes, I agree with that, but I do not interpret the rule in the same way. There is no mention of 2/3 months evidence being acceptable - unless the applicant had retired within 12 months of arrival. If I were to enter now on a 90 day single entry , I believe that I would have to evidence 12 x 65k payments because my retirement was not within the previous 12 months. Something of a 'catch 22' for a first time applicant who may well not have been able to open a bank account and make the required transfers. I believe that is why the replies above suggest that the only option available to the OP is 800k in the bank.

Thank Joe, read that, but still don't see any general reference to 2/3 months. Your earlier post suggested that the written rules applied to ANY first application. I think 2/3 months comment can give the wrong impression and is not specifically mentioned. The rule is very specific about retirement and pension payments. Obviously, if someone has retired less than 12 months before their application they can only show less than 12 x 65k. "The written rules do state 2 or 3 months of transfers can be accepted for the first extension application but many offices will insist on having 12 months of transfers." . Most people applying for a retirement extension already have pension/other income in payment.

I didn’t see anything in that link referencing 2/3 months of transfers………have I missed something?

Your suggestion makes sense. We obviously don't know when the matches will be replayed, but I am guessing most will be in the same midweek.

hang on to that UK bank account for as long as possible. Once gone, you won't get one back. I doubt that they were interrogating you - just updating records; Nat West did it recently. I doubt that the bank staff would know the difference between residency, domicile and certainly not tax status. Remember, you receive any income in the UK it is taxable - therefore you always likely to be "tax resident". Paint your own picture of your life and hold that picture for when you get questioned like........I am a UK resident but I am in a position where I am spending a fair amount of time in Asia.... etc, etc

To be fair, Air Asia do it better than SCOOT.

No offence, but if you can't find the UK forum I would definitely use an agent for the passport renewal......

It isn't. It is the same......"all in"...

Yes, and it says London on the sign. The flagstones look English.....

Agree with that. I used them earlier this year purely on price of Premium Economy when they launched. Budget does not work for long haul. I will not use them again.

I know several people in the building industry who are itching to get out here and have accumulated a decent amount of spending money. GBP 711 direct flight with EVA end of November to end of February. They will save that on fuel bills alone! ????

65k for retirement, 40k for marriage based extensions.

You can throw the TM6 away. COYR!

Amazing! Those details are passed over the internet every day. Consider the comparison with, say, UK Visas where payment is made online to VFS at the time an application is submitted. Couriering such a basic transaction seems like gross overkill - but may further alleviate the fears of the OP.

That is new - as far as I am aware. What else was so valuable to also go in the sealed envelope?.

Snowbirds most certainly do help the food and drink and entertainment industries. That is sufficient.

Busier in popular areas - I would say 50/60% of normal low season. Much busier at weekends.

Sounds like a perfect formula ???? More old men, and perhaps more Thais, will come in high season

What issues?