khunjeff

I can only speak for Big C, where I used to shop a lot. The points that you collect are worth a bit, but not much. They send an SMS when the points are going to expire, and a year's worth of points would usually get me a discount of 100 baht or so. The real value of the membership was that nearly every week there would be a promotion for members where you got a set discount for spending a certain amount on one receipt on certain days (usually Friday-Sunday) - often 120 baht off when buying 2000 baht of goods, for example. I easily got over 1000 baht in discounts each year by doing my shopping on the assigned days.

Because the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration only has jurisdiction over the city of Bangkok?

They've been installed, but it will be up to each airline as to whether to use them, since the system may or may not mesh with their systems and procedures. I've actually seen FR readers at gates at many airports around the world for several years now, but only used them for boarding once. But you're quite correct that in theory FR could be used for immigration and boarding as well as security - those functions just aren't under the full control of AoT.

This is how Grab Taxi works as well. They provide a fare estimate at the beginning, but what you eventually pay is the metered fare plus the Grab service charge. If you use cars rather than taxis on either app, there's a set fare. You're paying Bolt to send a taxi to your door to pick you up, so that you don't have to go out on the street and find a cab (and possibly argue about the destination).

Because it isn't a terminal, it's a midfield satellite concourse. Its purpose is to add more gates, not to function as a new terminal. The actual new terminals at BKK - which will have the facilities you mention - are still in the planning and arguing stage, and won't be built for years. That was also my experience. SAT-1 itself is much nicer and more comfortable than the legacy concourses, and any extra time to get to and from the gates there is negligible.

It's absurd enough that the police waste their time with this stupidity, but absolutely ridiculous that they brag to the press about it and send high ranking officers to make the arrests.

The civil engineering for this section is essentially completely finished, and yet the utterly shambolic contracting process has left the tunnels and stations empty for another three years. A really grotesque dereliction of duty to the local people who tolerated years of very disruptive construction and are still waiting for train service.

I'm glad they're taking this action, but it's striking how different their attitude is when the trafficking victims are in another country versus in Thailand (where they end up being arrested as illegal aliens rather than given aid or assistance).

Nice idea, but since Thailand can't even properly control its own crop burning, trying to control what happens in neighboring countries seems a bit...aspirational?

Please...there was no "panic", no "imminent disaster", no one "fearing for their lives", and no "chaotic landing". The plane circled and then landed, as planes often do.

The headline is grossly misleading, very possibly because this is yet another ego-fest from Khun Kirati, who is always happiest when holding grand press conferences and making fanciful claims. (And who is actually the head of AoT, not "Director of the Airports Authority of Thailand" as the article claims.) The reality is that you will still get a boarding pass and will still show it at immigration (if flying internationally) and at the gate. This facial recognition system will only be used to pass through the security checkpoint, so they won't need to have someone standing there to spend two minutes comparing your boarding pass to your passport.

If they literally have the word "copy" printed on them, they're not "counterfeit" at all - they're novelty or replica notes.

The dish that the restaurant calls Dragon Balls is larb tord (ลาบทอด), which even in Thailand can be quite spicy or not spicy at all depending on the individual cook. Those roasted chilis are an accompaniment to eat with the dish, not one of the ingredients.

So one former politician with no official position disagrees with a proposal from another former politician with no official position? Glad to see that public policy is being made by the people's representatives and not by random strongmen... 🙄

Yeah, I don't know why they keep reporting on this clown's antics.

They didn't - they died. Millions and millions of them died of diseases that are now easily prevented.

He wasn't a police officer, he was an accountant or bookkeeper for the Corrections Department. Still surprised that he was arrested, but it's a very different scenario from busting a corrupt cop.

7, and getting the 8th next week.

This is only for visa services. There has been no announcement of any changes to US passport application procedures.

Thai VietJet is a Thai airline with Thai crews, and the incident apparently took place in Thai airspace.

There are no tax dollars involved - the costs are all paid by applicants.

I don't quite get this. The airline can certainly choose not to sue her for the costs they incurred, but shouldn't the decision about whether to charge her with a crime be up to Thai prosecutors?

The call centers, appointment systems, and online support systems are designed and run by contractors (not that that's necessarily any better).

Section 5 of the decree refers to "income under section 40 of the Revenue Code derived in the previous tax year from an employment, or from business carried on abroad, or from a property situated abroad, and brought into Thailand."