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Qatar is the major shareholder in IAG and BA is a subsidiary of IAG. During the pandemic BA suspended direct flights to Thailand but continued to provide flights via Doha with the second leg code share on Qatar.

In name only, the British government never had much interest in protecting the public. Much of the consumer protection legislation in the UK was bought about by Europe, something the brexiteers do not want to acknowledge but more than happy to take advantage.

Are you saying they had no bookings in 2008/9. Continuing its efforts to expedite the revival of the Thai travel and tourism industry, the Royal Thai Government has agreed to extend the exemption of the visa fee for tourist visa applications until 4 March 2010. https://www.ryt9.com/en/prg/81927

Good plan, some good hotels up Naklua road, stayed at the Alyara Palace one time, great value for money. Just not too keen on the taxi side of it.

It is what one might think, but for next summer European airlines are offering better prices than the middle eastern.

It is not "UK law" as such, never drafted as UK legislation. It is what is known as "retained EU law", the directive EC261 became UK261 with compensation adjusted to GBP as opposed to EUR. It will come up for review in due course and can only hope it is not watered down.

A friend of mine asked the same question. I saw a couple of companies in Bangkok had started advertising border runs on a limited scale, one to Myanmar and the other Cambodia, so would take it that in/out on same day is on the cards. I did a border run to Padang Besar a couple of weeks before the pandemic started and went in/out same day without a problem, but not sure if still the case.

No it is not, there are multiple problems. All airlines operating out of Heathrow were told by Heathrow airport to reduce there flights by 10%, fairly obvious a straight line approach would mean more short haul than long haul. All airlines operating holiday business were told by the regulator to reduce the number of flights to avoid further chaos, most have done this by consolidating passengers on to less flights. Fairly obvious the bulk of holiday bookings would be short haul. Where companies, like Easyjet, had oversold beyond their existing capacity, they had little alternative than start giving refunds. BA is in dispute with one of the unions and every chance there will be cancellations due to industrial action. Only time will tell if there is to be more effect on one sector than the other. None of the cancellations to date were in any way to benefit of one sector over another. More than 100,000 passengers visiting popular destinations including Faro in Portugal and Malaga in Spain are likely to be affected. BA says that most cancelled flights will be short haul on routes where there is more than one daily departure. A spokesperson adds that a majority of passengers are likely to be unaffected and will manage to go abroad as planned. https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022/07/07/ba-cancels-hundreds-more-flights-from-heathrow-and-gatwick-this-summer

Apologies, I should have said "IT City". Around here what were "IT City" were rebranded as Tukcom.

Good price if you can get it. My mate stayed there a couple of years ago and he was 1700 baht and that was on the Soi Diana side, more in the rear block. It was 2011 the last time I stayed there, about 1000 baht then.

It is a matter of perception, LK Mansion has 3 blocks, rooms above reception are 25 sqm which would be ok for most on a short stay. Long stayers tend to go for the other 2 blocks, the rooms above the bar are 32 sqm and those at the back with the pool are 40 sqm. I suspect both those will be above 1000 baht. I think possibly the same with R-Con Residences and R-Con Siam just along the road a bit, if they are still open.

May be a new offer but they have had a sign offering that for a couple of years. There is a catch, if I remember right you had to join a club or something.

We have found the Baan Buakhao fairly good value for money. Near Klang in the small soi next to Royal Suite. Almost across the road from LK Mansion but a bit cheaper. http://www.baanbuakhaopattaya.com/index.html

I got the lesson many years ago. I got offloaded at Doha on my way to Manchester and rerouted via Paris along with about 20 others. We were told at Doha we would go by BA to Manchester, on arrival at T2 in Paris no Qatar staff so we made our way to BA in T1. BA knew nothing and after a phone call to Qatar it turned out we were flying with BMI from T2, by the time we got back to T2 the flight had been delayed 2 hours due to "late passengers". When we did get on the aircraft I was looking out the window and saw a luggage trolley with my suitcase on the top. I mentioned it to the cabin crew but she just shrugged and walked away. We landed at Manchester around midnight, about 6 hours late with no baggage, with the number of people involved I was another hour or so for the missing baggage report. What was quite disgusting, Qatar had split up a couple at Doha with the girl remaining on the original flight. First time to the UK and she had been waiting at the airport all that time for her boyfriend to turn up. I made a complaint to Qatar but no response, wrote again and then received a voucher for 250 USD in the post. Just the voucher in the envelope, no apology. Will never use them again.

You will find a multitude of them in any Tukcom. Like many things it is a case of pay your money and take your chance, what works for one is never a guarantee.

A very misleading question. Android is software that belongs to Google and as it is open source code it is tailored by the android phone manufacturers to suit their product. What you want is a service centre for your type of phone. My wife had a phone with similar symptoms, I replaced the battery, the glued in type. When I made the second battery connection, the connection became red hot from a rapid battery discharge. Must have been an internal short. Have you checked if the batteries you have tried are discharged or not?

In countries where it is already officially implemented, you pay a separate charge at the hotel if you present a foreign passport at checkin.

In a nutshell, whingers always want the best of both worlds. People should be careful what they wish for Foreign tourists are charged a flat rate of RM10 (S$3.20) per night per room, while local tourists and permanent residents are exempted from paying the tax. https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/5000-malaysia-hotels-so-far-have-started-collecting-tourism-tax-from-foreigners

So in your opinion, and TVF generally,Thai nationals are not getting a discount when entering a tourist attraction. In Scotland the discounts on buses are for Scottish residents only, isn't that discrimination, much the same as you say about Thailand.

The Welsh government will explain in due course.

Been there more times than I care to remember. If you want to travel in discomfort for a few baht, up to you.

You need to keep things in perspective, the majority of the BA flight cancellations were short haul. It is the holiday side of the business, as with other UK airlines, that has been oversold. I had an Easyjet flight from Gatwick to Belfast cancelled end of May, went by train and ferry, 18 hours instead of an hour and a half. What people do need to watch out for is flying with BA next month, good chance their baggage handlers will be on strike.

I just altered the return leg of my Emirates flight from 7th Sept to 25th Aug and the cost was 0 THB.

Yes it is dual pricing, those in a certain age group are having to pay more. Next time you visit Scotland or Wales every chance foreign nationals will be paying surcharge on accommodation. When I went to Bali a couple of years ago, on checking into the hotel I was presented with an additional bill for being a foreign national. Unlike Thailand the payment wasn't optional.

The TVF perspective, been said so often some now see it as fact.