richard_smith237

True... If from the optics of 'only needing the visa'... If travelling a lot and using a lot of perks you'd go through the 35 points very quickly. Example: I travel in and out 8x per year (alone) - that 3 points per trip: 24 points total. That would allows limited remaining perks... 1 yearly Medical Check up... or 5 massages, or 5 games of golf. Thus for many, IF interested in the Visa alone, then your suggestion above makes sense... But, if someone is a frequent traveller and will use the perks a lot - then the higher memberships may be a better choice. --------- When I first joined... I used the perks loads. Travel in and out about 8x per year - 24 points per year. Golf 3x per week (when here) - about 52 points per year. Massage 3x per week (when here) - about 52 points per year. Full Medical 1x per year - 10 points per year. Thats a total of 138 points with normal usage.... Usage is less for me know as I've pretty much stopped playing golf and don't use the massage so much... So I basically use about 60 points per year. Whether membership or transferring is worth it or not is quite an individual matter.

Its the S.E. Visa... which is a 5 year Visa... BUT, I have to do an extension every 90 days. ... which seems bonkers.. whats the point of putting a 5 year Visa Page in our Passport, and then allowing us 90 days each entry, or having to get an extension. Personally - in 15 years of membership I travel so much I've only needed to file an extension twice.... so the inconvenience has not been noticed by myself, however, the S.E. visa is not such a great option for someone who's staying here long term and never travels. I wonder, if upon transfer Thai Elite would be prepared to switch over the Visa Type from S.E. to P.E. ------------- S.E. Visa (5 Year sticker) - but need an extension every 90 days, renew Visa every 5 years for duration of membership. P.E. Visa (1 Year sticker) - Renew Visa each year for duration of membership.

'used' its not like a pair of shoes that gets 'worn out'... & its not the same... > 'Gold' 5 years membership comes with 20 points per year - 900, 000 baht. > 'Diamond' 15 years membership comes with 55 points to spend on privileges per year - cost is 2.5 Million Baht. The Op is charging 3.4 MB for 20.5 years, no points system - perk unlimited. The issue there is of course that there is also a transfer fee which goes to Thai elite - it was an % of the prevailing rate and the prevailing rates have chanced, so I'm not sure if the transfer fee's have increased. BUT - IF the Op can offer 20 years for the same price (including trx fees) its still a better deal for someone who travels regularly and uses a lot of perks than buying direct. This is an issue for someone who's staying here long term without wanting to leave the country. The S.E. Visa is a 5 year visa, but an extension is needed every 90 days, so instead of doing a 90 day report and having Thai Elite do that for you (or doing it online) you have to go to immigration in person for the 90 day extension. It would be good if Thai Elite could sort this out and bring it into line with the P.E. Visa (that most have with the 5 year option) which is a 1 year Visa renewed every year and no extension of stay is necessary (but you need to be present at immigration each year to renew).

The original memberships were lifetime memberships and cost 1 Million Baht. Very soon that went to 2 Million Baht for 20 years. Given the Op has 20.5 years remaining on his Membership I suspect that it has already been transfered once and the Op is the 'second user'... and has used up 9.5 years of the 30 years which had been transfered to him.... He's now offering the remaining 20.5 years at a rate far cheaper than the 5 Million Baht for 20 years membership.

Lifetime was for the original memberships... (i.e. mine is lifetime for me)... But, upon transfer only 30 years is transfered (taking you to 75 yrs).... Its a shame they don't allow the life time to transfer, but that would have some memberships being transfered to children & friends etc and getting transfered perpetually....

The maximum length of membership that can be purchased directly from Thai Elite is 20 years. The original life time memberships (that I have) allows 30 years to be transfered with full unlimited perks / privileges. The Equivalent memberships > 'Reserve' is 20 years membership by invite only, with 120 points to spend on privileges - cost is 5 Million Baht. > 'Diamond' 15 years membership with 55 points to spend on privileges - cost is 2.5 Million Baht. > 'Platinum' 10 years membership with 35 points to spend on privileges - cost is 1.5 Million Baht. Spending Points: Airport Transfer cost 1 Point. Lounge Access cost 1 point. Golf costs 1-3 points (depending on the course) Yearly Health Checkup costs 10 points Massage cost 1-3 points (1 for Thai massage / 2 for aroma / 3 for spa package). Thus the ops 20.5 years of remaining membership with unlimited perks that the op is offering for 3.4 Million baht is 1.6 Million Baht cheaper than the prevailing rate - it also doesn't limit the new member to 120 points. In my case: 30 years transfered membership - theoretically could be valued higher. If 20 years = 5 Million Baht, then 30 years = 7.5 Million Baht (which is an insane price IMO). BUT - IF someone is in the market for the 20 year Thai Elite Membership - the Ops deal (and my deal) is a good one - the issue of course is that most people in this forum are not in that market and can't understand those who may be.

Rubbish - read the Thai Forums.... i.e. Pantip.com... Thai's have not forgotten and that incident is brought up in response to similar incidents (drug / drink driving) etc and when the wealth are involved in an incident in much the same manner and frequency its brought up on this forum.

That rings true with me... When someone is speeding in the rain, spins out of control and crashes, his behavior is deliberate, the potential consequences of such actions are know, the actual consequence is not accidental - it is an 'incident'... as accident implies a lack of fault. A child falling into a chair and knocking the tea-pot off the table is an accident !!! I read a lot these stories where the car spun of the road and killed xxx in a terrible accident - it seems to verbalise the avoidance of blame at a specific individual whose actions were deliberate. In this case we have a tax drive who was 6x the legal driving limit - his action do drink that much and then drive was deliberate, it was no accident that he was in that state, it was no accident that he got in the car, the consequences while not deliberate have a degree if predicability when someone is that drunk - I think 'incident' is a more appropriate wording.

Wasn't the guy I complained about in this thread then ??? Seem to be the same character who's called a lot of people...

Any... just don't bring a Hatchet...

Thank-you for your warming response to my PM... appreciate the saucy photos & see you in the Blue Oyster at eight tomorrow... !!! 🙃 👨‍❤️‍👨

And I wonder what the gas was like in a room of 5 guys who've just had a Cholecystectomy....

Always good for a positive outcome..... over the past year I suspect my insurance has paid out a lot... (about 700,000 baht in total) - its good to know that there are cheaper alternatives... i.e. your 270k surgery can be had for 25k in a public hospital... How will you insure yourself in your late 60's and 70's... even 80's while here ???

You would be wrong about that , I have a full head of blond hair and don't have a hairy back , and Nick isn't my real name , but you were right about me not being an major world class leading airline Smart move... you haven't had so many people enter you for a ride then...

Wrong subforum georgie ya ravin queen...... https://aseannow.com/forum/27-gay-people-in-thailand/

Ignore my above comment - its too late to delete is now.... I didn't read who the Op was before replying... I should have known better, but certainly do now after the trolling idiocy above. Edit: & on the same intellectual level as the Op - the UK doesn't have 7-11's !!!... AND... Pepper spray is not carried by the Police in the UK.... However, PAVA2 is and is similarly effective.

The fact that Mango received this response (below) instead of yours above highlights why they are a major world class leading airline and you are.... a guy called Nick Carter !!!... *(though anonymity if this forum means you could be anyone - though I suspect a bald British guy with a hairy back actually called Nick Carter !!!)....

& where you put it on take off and landing... You're not allowed to have your case on your lap.... All my of flights, my Laptop and other valuables are in the over-head bin / locker (whatever its called)... and in a back-pack, not in a hard case... The overhead locker is simply for carry-on... whatever that may be and we should all be considerate of whats already there when stowing our bag (and put your own bag above your seat, not in the bins at the the front of the plane !!!). The issue is the 'idea' of carry-on has altered since airlines started charging extra for luggage.

Concussion can cause loss of recent memory and the details of the event leading up to it... i.e. the Hippocampus is impacted preventing transfer of short term to long term storage and consolidation of memory. Kind of like being blind drunk and blacking out.... the alcohol blocks the same process as a concussion.... .... And.. Agree... the 'homeless guy needs to go away for a long time... this wasn't assault it was attempted murder... ... Sommart (injured party) was asleep on the beach and the homeless man was looking through his belongings, assumedly with the intention of robbing him.... Sommart woke up... and the homeless guy 'just happend to have an Iron rod at hand'.... ('cos they're all over the beach eh...)....

Valid point - lines can't 'hit you' the other vehicles can....... Ralf should be by now... he's been involved in numerous accidents at this junction... as per his own admission of course. Oh you will... very soon when Ralf001 responds !!!... Seriously though, with the roads here driven the way they are, you will, within a few days. Possible... If 'mimicking the other traffic behavior' rather than thinking and reading the road... I 'mimic' the other traffic here a lot... in busy traffic nudging out into junctions etc... but if a motorcycle rides straight into me, I know legally its my fault as I'm the one pulling out in the main road... from another perspective though, in that hypothetical sitation the motorcyclist is in the wrong because he wasn't riding defensively... ... And... (I think)... this is what you are stating in this thread... i.e. that you have to drive a certain way to fit in with the flow of traffic and match the manner of traffic to avoid confusion and risk an accident..... ...I get that - but there is also the law and regulation - this is what makes Driving in Thailand dangerous, there is a certain 'enabling' of disregard for the the law here, road law in this case.... Lazy Police don't assist and thus, not following the law, just doing what everyone else does and then it becomes the norm... it even becomes the norm to the police who then base their decisions not on law or legal president but on 'what they would have done in the same situation'... i.e. winging it because they were not trained any better. Perhaps not looking... but for sure it looks like he's given up on giving an flook...... he appears to ride like he doesn't care if he's wiped out or not... Perhaps his disability places him in a state of mind that he is ready to accept death and welcome it, while as the same not actively 'coveting' it (i.e. not suicidal).

Add another... Hope.... I hope she doesn't drive again - she's a clear danger to anyone who may be in front of her...

No... A lot less than if they carried, guns, then every psycho or UK-redneck-rights wanna-be would also carry guns and thats dangerous. Some police in the UK do carry guns - just not all - and thats better IMO - the professionals carrying guns have a higher level of training that from a logistical perspective simply cannot be achieved for all policemen. I recall watching a kids rugby game (nephew playing)... quiet countryside area... Two armed policemen had stopped off for a coffee... Not a usual sight, but neither alarming... we were nearby... quite quickly the walked off and left - I guess they heard something on their radio... Or a civilised nation... That depends on your perspective... Imagine a country where the public need to be controlled by guns.... you'd end up with a group of people who's sole purpose in live is to defend their rights to have guns and also fight back.... Awful.

Same here…. Life Time Membership - can be transferred to 30 years… Similar price to the Op PM if interested. Reason for sale: can use a marriage visa & stopped playing golf… Airport trx is incredibly convenient though.

No - I mean moved to another forum... <URL Automatically Removed> I think he mentioned.

No she didn't.... She charged 200 baht on top of the re-entry fee for providing the service of taking the photo and filling out the form. This is the norm at the airport, which is the most convenient place to obtain the re-entry permit for the vast majority of people except those who are perhaps concerned they'd forget. Additionally - It'll likely cost more than 200 baht to go to Immigration and then there's the additional time it takes to go to immigration in the first place - is your time is worth less than 200 baht ????