Chelseafan

3 hours ago, Just Weird said:

"The Saudi's realised this and got Tim Clark to turn the airline around..."

What have "The Saudis" got to do with THAI, Emirates and Tim Clark?  Emirates is the UAE airline and Clark has no connection to Saudia.

If you had read the thread rather than being a smart-ass you would of seen I had already corrected myself.

40 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Sorry but if the pound drops 30%, saving 5% on a flight is meaningless

Didn't the report say it was for internal flights as no fuel tax is charged on international flights.

1 hour ago, gwynt said:

Yet my daughter has booked flight LHR-BKK for January for less than 400GBP, I was quite surprised they were the best priced direct flight. Hope they don't crash as I paid.

In my experience they seem to be fairly competitive in economy at various times of the year however like most airlines a lot of their profits come from the Biz and First customers and more often than not they are far more expensive than their rivals.

1 hour ago, Moonlover said:

That will be Sir Tim Clark of Emirates Airline in Dubai you're referring to I presume.

 

Nothing to do with the Saudis.

Yes, UAE not Saudi's. It was late.

1 hour ago, tracker1 said:

And the plebs get the public toilet rest room ! don't worry about looking after you ordinary paying passengers I'm sure there are more of them then Gold First Class and Business class !

Them Gold First Class and Business passengers are the profit drivers....

39 minutes ago, treetops said:

Yes, really.  Since July IIRC, and discussed on here at the time.

 

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1116550-no-more-fast-track-coupon/#comments

 

 

I fly F so maybe they still hand them out. Flying again in Jan. so will be interesting to know if they have stopped.

I wonder how many overstay by a day or two. I suppose these people would be caught in the net too?

45,000 sounds iffy to me.

22 minutes ago, treetops said:

Fast track passes were discontinued months ago.  Boarding pass for Business Class or above is now required.

Really? Emirates handed me a FT when I travelled in August.

3 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

6 minutes ago, Chelseafan said:

Had the quickest trasnferwise ever.
 
Paid 5000 baht at 8.47am this morning, missus had the money at 8.53am. Usually takes 24-72 hours, well impressed.
 
On a separate note.
 
Be wary of using banks.
 
I have to transfer 1,000,000 to my Thai Account, ordinarily I would use transferwise but this was going to cost £158 so I thought I would check out my bank rate.
 
Halifax : 1,000,000 @ 34.017 = £29,397 (excluding any charges)
Transferwise : 1,000,000 @ 39.08 = £25,588 + £158 = £25,746
 
That's a difference of £3,651!!
 
 
 

With a UK bank you should never transfer thai baht, always pounds, no wonder you had a bad rate

Actually that was the rate for travel money, my mistake though even doing an an international transfer would cost me over a £1000 more with Halifax.

Had the quickest trasnferwise ever.

Paid 5000 baht at 8.47am this morning, missus had the money at 8.53am. Usually takes 24-72 hours, well impressed.

On a separate note.

Be wary of using banks.

I have to transfer 1,000,000 to my Thai Account, ordinarily I would use transferwise but this was going to cost £158 so I thought I would check out my bank rate.

Halifax : 1,000,000 @ 34.017 = £29,397 (excluding any charges)

Transferwise : 1,000,000 @ 39.08 = £25,588 + £158 = £25,746

That's a difference of £3,651!!

38 minutes ago, SheungWan said:

Not how it works.

Sent from my SM-N935F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app
 

I'm well aware of how it works and it's not in the interest of Europe seeing the UK leave. If it means another 20 extensions, then we will get them despite the rhetoric from Macron.

47 minutes ago, puipuitom said:

So, it leaves to two options, when the Boris deal does NOT pass the HoC: a no deal ( and rejected several times in the HoC) or a revoke of art 50 = End of the brexit.

Or we crash out.

26 minutes ago, sanemax said:

This is a new deal, which hasnt yet been rejected once by the HoC .

EU has stated that there will be no more extensions , so, accept this deal or we shall be leaving without a deal

There is no way that the EU will let us leave without a deal.

On 10/17/2019 at 12:02 PM, stephenterry said:

To be expected.  About time people recognise that a compromise is necessary to bring this situation to a finality. johnson has delivered on the referendum vote. So be it, and move on.

Maybe I'm wrong but I will be amazed if it gets voted through Parliament.

Expect a 3 month extension.

8 hours ago, Tayaout said:

Fun fact they also have issue with milk powder smuggling into China.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Chinese_milk_scandal

I remember that, it was the Melamine scare. UK retailers were having to put restrictions in place on how many tins consumers could buy as they were being exported to China in bulk.

9 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

But not her dad's gun apparently 

Why would you have sex with a gun  ? ????

5 hours ago, steven100 said:

yes …. I tend to agree with that statement, as it seems when sanctions are enforced the country and it's people just carry on as normal and the sanctions are normally suppose to punish the government or leader and in reality it doesn't affect the leader one bit, only the pubic suffer who have absolutely nothing to do with the conflict. eg: Iran, N.Korea

 

 

The problem with sanctions is that they only work if everyone is on board. China is still propping up the regime despite saying otherwise.

It's the populace that is suffering.

1 hour ago, agudbuk said:

I thought parental consent was also required from 15years to 18years. 

From wiki so take with a pinch of salt

The age of consent in Thailand is 15 regardless of gender or sexual orientation, as specified by article 279 of the Thai Criminal Code. The current legislation applies to all regardless of gender or sexual orientation.

However, parts of the Prevention and Suppression of Prostitution Act, which disallow any sexual contact with prostitutes under the age of 18, are widely interpreted by some local authorities to cover sexual acts classed as "obscenity for personal gratification". Also, from the Penal Code Amendment Actof 1997 Section 283bis, having sex with an adolescent under 18 is a compoundable offense even with the consent of that person. The parent or the adolescent may file charges against the other side if they later regret their own action. This ostensibly makes the Thai unfettered age of consent 18.

A high-profile example of this application of the law was a statutory rape charge filed against the lead singer of the Thai band Big Ass for allegedly having had sex with a (then) 16-year-old girl. The charge was filed by the girl after the singer refused to take responsibility for her baby. The singer has since been cleared of being the baby's father due to the results of a paternity test and he received 2 years suspended sentence