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I'm in total agreement with the opening post over the amount of collosal peasants roaming the environs Its clear that immigration should immediately stop people entering the country if no hair covered in tatts wearing crocs shorts Chang T shirts or walking on the cracks in the pavement.... Uber riff raff.....auto persona non grata Back to the question........We had an excellent seafood buffet but cant tell you the name as in Thai......if you come along Jomtien 2nd rd heading away from Rhoompo market area towards Na Jomtien after about 3/4 kms there are numerous buffets on both sides of the road It had everything re seafood.......we paid 810 Baht between us dont think there was extras included so 405 baht each Very busy with Thais though

You dont understand pricing levels. The last available seats on any flight at any time are extremely high Always have been. If there are however multiple seats available you'll pick up closer to normal prices Just quickly looked at flights one way on that 21st March seeing you mentioned it and Oman and Saudia normal connections around £700

They just have exacted revenge installing the previous supreme leaders son as new leader ! Not surprsingly man boy Trump is having kittens...

Which just shows what a pathetic creature he is

I've not read the previous comments as yet but the arrogance of this man baby is astonishing Perhaps he should research the back ground of his country a mere novice in historical terms compared to the Persian Empire Its utterly breathtaking his overbearing arrogance

Nahh you dont play that shight with me fella. I avoided using the word trolling in previous post and changed it to babbling/ "Most people tend to talk a lot about where they've been and what they've been doing. Your problems were caused by your loose lips." What loose lips you roaster ! Again what on earth are you babbling about geezer Mods close the thread please before I get banned. The message in OP hopefully conveyed the potential issues that may arise so that will suffice Thanks to all that responded bar one.

What ??? I have no idea what you're babbling about Seriously I started this thread as a slight warning to all Brits that NHS free care is not a given. If you want to move the goalposts start your own thread

Am purely repeating what the senior flight attendant informed me of.....Simple as that As such yes if a medical repatriation requires an ambulance to meet the patient at the aircraft then yes the patient/insurer is apparently getting charged at some point

Yes they need to engage with British crews who had no problems when HMS Conqueror blasting the General Belgrano amidships Mind you its only our quality fighting vessels these days !!

Just been sent this via Messenger

Israel Iraq Iran aiepace closed Qatar now evacuating Americans Shight is hitting the fan. UAE clearly in meltdown as well

Yes I said last night to him proabably better to use his Chase Mastercard in ATM which carries no loading at all (bar local ATM fee) and is flat MC rate. He's clever (and half Thai) so will know to avoid the conversion option. As you say easiest way it would appear. Am surmising there is an ATM at Samui airport (never been personally)

Scam site lol I was inside the Post Office as I normally am once a week !......they are always around 4-5 baht per £1 less than interbank always have been. I didnt price any amount at all. Its on a standatd LED display for all the currencies they use......buying back was actually 52 to the £

One of my lads is inbound to Samui shortly but is ticketed through onwards from Bangkok so wont have the opportunity to get down to the basement to exchange funds prior to connecting flight as will remain airside Any suggestions for exchange places upon arrival ?? Obviously he could obtain some from the UK albeit noticed by chance that the Post Office was 37.xx this morning am sure other providers may be slightly better here in the UK Thanks

^ ^ Yep there you go....

Yes exactly....all HMRC or DWP etc etc need to do is ascertain where the very last usage of passport was utilised and they know what country you are in......They may not know exact location but country they certainly do

The contact address is on the bottom of that invoice via Email Send an Email asking what the situation is albeit dont quote the amount of invoice as doubtless they could track it back to me lol not that I've done anything wrong as it turned out

Scuba the minute your passport is scanned on flights cruises etc etc it leaves a trace obviously Who has access to it I dont know but I have no doubt Government computing systems "talk" to each other electronically

Yes I'm 90% better thanks......I had so many different issues including Liver KIdneys Heart (all out of nowhere) plus plenty of other stuff They have all been sorted bar the Atrial fibrillation on my heart......i had an Ecocardigram on 24th December and cardiology are still prevaricating over what medication is required......I have the hospital ringing me this Friday 27th February so hopefully final part of jigsaw completed As regards immigration records no idea where they obtained info from but if your passport is scanned on exit and entry from UK its in the system somewhere

Yes you're probably right Out of interest and I forgot to put in opening post. Whilst still on the aircraft in flight the senior flight attendant having been involved approached me again and warned me that if the Ambulance attended "airside" and comes underneath the aircraft the service is not free and you will get invoiced I queried that by saying "really" as I suspect most reading this are ! Asking if there was a way around it he said yes "are you able to walk"......I said yes for sure. I was bit wobbly on my feet but he said if you can get to immigration area go straight to one of the desks and ask for medical assistance once passport scanned in. As you're now "landside" there is no ambulance charge I did as instructed and had Heathrow medical services with me within minutes. 2 minutes later they called for ambulance and I was on my way to Hillingdon hospital and they got bag off the carousel in interim

I do recall it being mentioned few years ago about the requalifying period after 90 days.....it probably goes unactioned 99% of the time though I did think about having a pop at them at the address at bottom of invoice "for distress" lol but thought better of it. After all they got the information from somewhere in the first place. No point poking the bear so to speak just in case

A few people will know but out of nowhere I started getting medical issues after returning from Thailand in June 2025 In fact I had spent six visits to UK hospitals including Hillingdon near Heathrow after an ambulance picked me up from Heathrow. I had been suffering on the flight and crew looked after me. There was a Thai Doctor onboard who assured the crew we didnt need a diversion and I'd be ok until Heathrow...very kindly they moved me up to Business for last 6 hours of flight on Thai Fast forward to October 2025 and I'm in local hospital in Devon....my brother and one of my sons was with me inside drawn curtains around bed (consultant had just been inside with me hence still closed) Out of nowhere some woman enters my area calling me by name and saying "Understand you have been expecting me" Now I aint exactly feeling too well but she looks officious so I hold off on any sarcasm along the lines of who the hell are you Starts yakking to me saying you're not entitled to NHS free care any more (obviously I'm British) because you spend too much time out of the UK.....(no specific mention of Thailand) Naturally I start retorting (politely) asking what are you going on about.......she produces documents I assume from Immigration office (or wherever) showing extensive visits I can hardly argue with her but I stick to the truth and point out I dont live overseas Cue her now demanding I produce documentation clearly proving I'm normally resident in UK......i had 14 days to produce it. Bear in mind I'm in a hospital bed I immediately say why dont you check with Prescription services for all my normal meds (which carry signature as some restriced drugs) and you'lll see I dont live overseas She aint having it......she produces list of requirements that I have to produce. It was so ludicrous in the extreme (bear in mind I aint exactly feeling well) that I chuck it in my bag....where it stayed. 3 weeks later I get final warning. Produce or else...... Another week goes by and letter arrives with Invoice for £14,957 lol Thinking this is ludicrous (but probably could have been avoided) I get hold of my local MP who invites me to his office and I sit with one of his case workers They point out and asked if I had been outside of UK for more than 90 days on any one trip as this DOES lead to a requalifying period for free NHS services. I make the point I had never been outside of UK in Asia for more than 77 days in any one trip....they write to the woman who I now know was an official recoverer of monies owed to NHS Still didnt provide any other proof of what she originally required In December I get the attached a cancelling of the invoice....no apology no nothing. How many people might just have paid it in the first place ! I have redacted home address

I'm about to get my state pension shortly. The Government Gateway site lists the state pension projected based on current tax year rates but the physical statement sent in post detailing ongoing payments shows the increase post April 5th of 2026

Yes you've missed the point ! I dont want to be obliged to obtain a new sim that is tourist related with short validity periods I I can obtain a new non tourist Sim then I totally agree with you

Well knowing how I normally operate the entry was 7th December in diary to add validity so probably I'd have left couple weeks grace so probably 2 months now I'm not overly bothered about losing the number just the fact it was old style non tourist Sim and I could apply different packages as I wanted and push validity forward for 1 year