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3 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

[since there are no regular flights allowed to land in Thailand] - Not true.

 

This link shows the arrivals into Thailand, many of which are international: Qatar, Emirates, JAL, Garuda, Cathay, Oman Air all landing in Bangkok.

 

https://www.bangkokairportonline.com/flight-status-arrivals-departures/

 

 

None of these flights are open for booking. Most don't even appear on the airlines' websites 

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Apps will now need to ask for permission twice, increasing the risk users will refuse

Hey! It's our right to refuse being tracked!!

1 minute ago, richard_smith237 said:

Who's coming in from Doha, Tehran, Paris, Taipei, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Kuwait, Hanoi, Muscat, Xiamen, Singapore, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Dhaka, Zurich, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Kolkota today then ?

 

 

I've been checking live reservation systems for the past month looking for flights into Thailand. In June there were many flights showing availability for July, but around the middle of June all those flights were taken off system. Now the system shows incoming for August, but those are likely to be cancelled as well if they keep a daily limit on entering passengers

At the moment there are no passenger flights TO Thailand at all. All Thai nationals returning to Thailand are coming with special flights that are booked and sold only through the Thai embassy at the point of departure. 

According to latest information regarding return of non Thai nationals - if allowed entry they too will have to come on a special flight. 

The reason for no commercial passenger flights into Thailand is the limit of 500 passengers per day. Once this limit lifted normal flights will resume

6 hours ago, webfact said:

 

However, this is just domestic flights and passengers

Isn't that obvious? No foreigners are allowed in Thailand for the last few months, authorization for specific groups of foreigners to enter was given from 1st July but they have to be quarantined for 15 days before they can travel anywhere...

11 hours ago, webfact said:

"willful sexual misconduct"

What the <deleted> does that mean? If it was wilful I suppose it was by consent. If she was a co worker I assume she was not a minor or under the age of consent. How many "years ago" ? 2? 5? 10?? If a guy has sex with a woman, how long does he have to lose sleep over it worrying she might wanna joined the me too movement? It is now dangerous to give a compliment to a woman in the west.

Anything you say might be used against you in a court of law or the court of social media as sexual harassment. I'm not a chauvinist, but all this feminist bs should stop, and the sooner the better

What many people fail to see is that Thailand is not a stand alone country in regard to tourism. No country in the world is a stand alone country at this point. Suppose Thailand opens the borders for anyone to come, no tests, no quarantine, no demand for insurance, but do so without bilateral agreements with other governments. As it is now - most countries demand quarantine for anyone entering. So a tourist that come for a holiday in Thailand has to take into consideration 2 extra weeks quarantine at his home country upon return. Who will come here (or go anywhere) under these conditions? 

Unless all (or most) countries remove all covid 19 restrictions, the only way to have any sort of international travel is by way of bilateral agreements between government, or simply put - bubble travel

3 hours ago, rupert the bear said:

,i wish to leave asap as i have important matters to attend

If you are in Thailand you can leave whenever you want. Commercial flights out of Thailand never stopped, and now with more and more countries allowing transit passengers through the are more options and more destinations you can go to. 

Coming back us a different story though....

1 hour ago, FalangJaiDee said:

I'm about to sneak into the country soon if this lockdown goes on too long.

Don't forget to report yourself to 1178

9 hours ago, vinny41 said:

Here’s some good advice from the Thai Embassy in Turkey about buying plane tickets before the flight ban to #Thailand is lifted. DON’T DO IT! Just because airlines are selling tickets for July, it doesn’t mean they will be allowed to land in Thailand. They just want your money.

 

Ummm.... op is looking for a ticket OUT of Thailand so the warning about ticket TO Thailand is irrelevant

On 6/27/2020 at 5:53 AM, Don Mega said:

Ranger Single cab SWB has coil spring rear end.

AFAIK only some of the newer models (2019 I think) with the new 2L engines have coil spring rear end. 

As for the auto transmission, at least with Toyota and Ford - only the higher end 4 doors are available with auto transmission.

I own a 2013 ranger 4 doors auto. Nice and pretty comfortable ride, long distance as well. Holds nice and stable on the roads. However parts are expensive and services is pretty sh*t

6 hours ago, drbeach said:

Singapore still isn't allowing unilateral transits. I think only one way inbound to Australia. Not if you want to use Singapore to head onto the USA or Europe, for instance. It's not as easy as you make it sound.

Actually I know of few people that flew from new Zealand to Europe via Singapore last week

3 hours ago, Sundown said:

Ok Sherlock, thanks for enlightening us. 

 

Ah...what about those who live here and need to get a non-b or a non-o, for example? 

 

Yearly extensions for non-b, non-o are still doable

24 minutes ago, Wongkitlo said:

Ok  but not worth having permission to travel if no planes going. 

There are flights departing BKK every day to many destinations. 

On 6/26/2020 at 1:03 PM, treetops said:

Any Thai can make a booking.  Whether they can fly on it depends on the destination (and any transit) country and their requirements.

1 hour ago, Wongkitlo said:

Hong Kong(Cathay) and Qatar are open for transit I think. 

I think what the op meant to ask was if there are any Thai government restrictions on leaving the country, such as Ausies not allowed to leave Australia without government permission

7 hours ago, CLS said:

The supporting story was more to encourage him to fight for his rights. Because many people think all your assets are lost when the first problem with your partner arises.

He was worried about losing 50% of his assets. That story proves that he will, and maybe even more...

7 minutes ago, rickudon said:

If a UK citizen flying from UK to Thailand, you need -

1. Flight booked

2. Covid test (private, valid for only 72 hours)

3. Fit to fly document (valid for 72 hours

4. Health insurance

5. Pay for quarantine. 

 

As you have to have flight within 72 hours of getting permission to fly, there is an issue of getting everything done in 72 hours. May require a visit to Thai embassy. If you do not get your permission in time, you may have to repeat test and fit to fly document and change your flight (at short notice that would be costly). So the costs do quickly rack up.

 

 

Once foreigners are allowed back into Thailand without a daily limit or even just with higher daily limits (at the moment I think it stands on 500 per day), there will be commercial flights to Thailand and the cost will be much cheaper. The embassy approval and health documents and same timeline are demanded from Thai citizens as well but no flexibility regarding flights at the moment. 

So the only difference really is the insurance and the cost of the quarantine

20 hours ago, CLS said:

There are many gangster stories out there. Mostly because people don’t fight for their rights.

Assuming you earned the monies for your condo before you got married, you are on the safe side.

Is your wife wealthy? If not, no judge will believe that a farm girl has the funds to buy a condo.

For your son to inherit the condo in full, you should make a will in Thailand.

 

Cheer up. Read this story to learn from a man with b@lls.

https://scandasia.com/danish-man-wins-lawsuit-against-thai-wife-for-not-sharing-assets/

Did you read the article? Did you understand it?

Let's just take the simple facts and put them in simple order: 

1. Danish man and Thai woman were never actually legally married.

2. Danish man transferred funds in access of 5 million baht from overseas to his Thai girlfriend - money he earned and was his alone before he ever met her. 

3. She built a house, bought a car and spent money (his money) on herself and her family. 

4. They broke up and she wanted to keep it all for herself. 

5. He took her to court and "won" a used car that when was bought new was worth 1.7 million, but what's the actual value of it now after about 2 years? 

So to sum it up, he paid over 5 million, and got back just over 1 million. 

Now let's relate this story to the op:

1. He is legally married

2. He wants to buy a condo while he is married

3. He hopes to divorce in the future and keep 100% of his condo. 

So if he has to learn anything from the Danish man's experience, he should expect to be allowed to keep the key ring that once held the keys to his condo, and maybe also 1 picture frame

10 minutes ago, rickudon said:

2000 may have applied, but how many of them can afford all the costs of returning? You may need 100,000 baht to tick all the boxes on the requirement.

Last repatriation flight from new Zealand to Thailand started at about 72000 baht for Thai citizens. The 1 before was about 50000. And that was flight only. They still had to get the fit to fly document for few thousands more. 

4 hours ago, scorecard said:

 My understanding of having to show 800,000Bht in the bank every year is to prove that you do have the funds needed to support yourself.

I think you are correct. This money should support you. However many people use agents to go around this requirement and either work illegally to support themselves or live on a much lower budget that in a way doesn't contribute to the country much, not even to cover the cost and maintenance of the infrastructure they use here. 

18 hours ago, worgeordie said:

They don't care.....

regards worgeordie

What do you mean they don't care? The whole point of the 400/800k is that you are allowed to live here IF you spend at least this amount per year. The extension should really be against proof of transferring this amount into the country every year, and not just putting this amount in the bank once and live here forever

On 6/25/2020 at 3:13 PM, NanLaew said:

I would further add that probably being legally married and/or being the parent recognized by a Thai court may be the criteria for selecting the 2000 successful returnees with proof of eligibility and all that.

I can't recall reading anywhere that a limit was set for 2000 family members to return to Thailand. The only post I saw with this number was saying that so far 2000 people have applied under this category

What's the point of keeping statistics this year? What's the point pond of this story? Borders are closed, no international passenger flights, tourists are not allowed in anyway and that's pretty much the same all over the world

29 minutes ago, scorecard said:

I just read a report on another site saying that the Thai government is quite surprised at the low numbers of foreigners who have registered to return; around 2,000 foreigners married to Thai nationals and small numbers in other categories.

 

I wonder if this relates to the costs of the 'alternative quarantine hotels' for foreigners, around 40,000Baht for 14 days and up. Plus in some cases costs of Covid 19 tests during the quarantine plus tests to gain documents to fly, Transport to and from the quarantine hotel, laundry etc.

 

Also costs of airfares (one way only) on repatriation flights is mostly above/well above normal commercial scheduled flights. Plus I noticed a comment that the fares on many repat flights doesn't include check-in luggage, all extra cost. Plus ground transport costs to get to the departure airport

 

I could be wrong but I wonder if these costs are a deal breaker for some foreigners, meaning that they just can't afford the current repat costs and must wait until quarantine days/venues relaxes, perhaps some will be eventually be allowed to quarantine at home but with monitoring, etc., and overall costs reduce significantly. 

 

Your thoughts?

 

 

Are you asking for my opinion? I can't see how would my opinion matter...

My reply was simply to point out to another poster that the 2000 wasn't a limit put by the government, but actually the number of people who applied for permission