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Extreme Heat Distorts Railway Tracks
khunjeff replied to snoop1130's topic in Southern Thailand News
For anyone who wants to get way down into the weeds on this issue, the video below has pretty good explanations of how rails respond to temperature changes, and what engineers can do to prevent warping and buckling. -
Four Frenchmen Lost at Sea Found Safe on Thai Island
khunjeff replied to webfact's topic in Pattaya News
So they were found at exactly the place they were headed for - that must have been a massive search! -
Suvarnabhumi Airport Aims for Top Spot in 2025 Rankings
khunjeff replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
Amazing how the soft opening of a concourse (NOT terminal) that very few passengers have used has caused the ranking to jump ten points. Amazing how adding two dozen extra gates somehow increased passenger capacity by 33%, without any increase in immigration, security, check-in, or baggage handling capacity. Amazing how apparently AOT now has authority over police personnel matters. -
We don't have enough tourists. We have too many tourists. We don't have enough tourists. We have too many tourists. ...and on and on, ad infinitum and ad nauseam
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In my experience, it will give that "we're too busy" message if the wifi signal is weak, so switching to cellular data usually takes care of the issue. Using wifi per se isn't a problem, as long as you've enabled that options in the app. The message also seems to come up if I'm in a crowded place - like a night market or expo - where lots of people are trying to pay at the same time. There is a 10 baht fee, but it's being waived until the end of May. https://mgronline.com/onlinesection/detail/9670000030538
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Thai Airways Faces Backlash Over Business-Class Seat Fiasco
khunjeff replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
If you read more detailed articles about this incident, there were several broken business class seats on this aircraft. The flight attendant told the passenger that they had been reported as malfunctioning months earlier and he (the FA) couldn't understand why they were still being sold. -
Discussions Ongoing to Reduce Toll on Ngamwongwan-Rama 9 Expressway
khunjeff replied to snoop1130's topic in Bangkok News
I was wondering where this expressway was, so I looked it up and discovered that construction hasn't even started yet - that might have been a useful bit of information to include in the article. -
Big Joke demands top job at Royal Thai Police HQ
khunjeff replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Anyone who wants power this desperately shouldn't have it. -
Mae Fah Luang Chiang Rai Airport joins customer experience elite
khunjeff replied to webfact's topic in Chiang Rai News
I was in Chiang Rai a couple of months ago for the first time in many years, and the airport is in absolutely appalling condition. If they actually care about "passenger satisfaction", they could start by just doing basic repairs and maintenance in the check-in and gate areas - no need to join any "programme". -
Aside from the fact that these materials are sold openly everywhere, I wonder why this is treated as a police and "consumer protection" matter. If the main gripe with vapes is taxation (which I think it mostly is), have the revenue and customs departments crack down. If it's public health, have the health ministry confiscate the stuff. But clearly these periodic raids of a tiny number of vendors are just for show.
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Bangkok police shut down secret e-cigarette Line group
khunjeff replied to webfact's topic in Bangkok News
Glad to see they're focusing on only the most important crimes 🙄 -
Bangkok harnesses AI to tackle illegal sidewalk use
khunjeff replied to webfact's topic in Bangkok News
Or to put it another way - no, it isn't, at all. -
Red Line Escalator and Elevator Repairs Underway
khunjeff replied to snoop1130's topic in Bangkok News
It took a special inspection to notice that 69 escalators and elevators were out of order?!? -
Thailand explores extending emergency coverage to foreign tourists
khunjeff replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
The much-discussed tourist tax is not mentioned anywhere in the article - this appears to be a separate scheme. They're not. Even if you believed all the stories about non-paying tourists (mostly generated by one particular director of one particular hospital on one particular island), the unpaid cost would have averaged out to less than 10 baht per foreign arrival. The "solution" dreamed up to this problem was the 300 baht tourist tax mentioned above - I think we can all do the math on that. Yes, they could easily have done that. But they wanted only foreigners to pay, and the airlines told them there was no way to collect a charge that only applied to certain passengers. So, the whole plan has been (temporarily?) shelved. -
Man falls to death from Bangkok’s Yellow Line Skytrain station
khunjeff replied to webfact's topic in Bangkok News
So he didn't "fall", he intentionally climbed over the safety rail and jumped. -
Passenger charges soar at six major Thai airports
khunjeff replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
AOT is a for-profit public company, and posted a net profit of 8.8 billion baht in fiscal year 2023. -
Passenger charges soar at six major Thai airports
khunjeff replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Yes the roughly 1.75 Euro increase in ticket prices will make a huge difference after not being adjusted for years. Grow up. Adding in small but irritating fees is, in fact, exactly what "nickel and diming" is. And this particular increase has nothing whatsoever to do with "adjusting" the passenger service charge for inflation. As the article explains, it's to pay for check-in equipment that in almost every other country would be installed and paid for by airlines as a means of saving on labor costs, not put in by airport management at the expense of passengers. So yes, we will now pay AOT for the privilege of doing the check-in ourselves instead of having professionals do it for us as part of our fare.- 77 replies
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Immigration officers skipping pages on passport
khunjeff replied to MrPancake's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
If you're talking about US passports, there is no additional fee getting the larger passport book - and it's now given automatically if you apply abroad. -
Immigration says “fast-track service at Bangkok airports” are fakes
khunjeff replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Again, they are not saying that Fast Track doesn't exist, and are not saying that authorized passengers are being charged for the service. Fast Track obviously is real, and anyone in one of the permitted categories can use it for free. What they are claiming - absurdly - is that Fast Track service isn't being corruptly sold to unauthorized pax, even though exactly that type of sale is widely advertised and has been used by commenters on this thread.