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I got it as well, even though I used my Thailand Pass months ago... Google was wise to the scam, and automatically classified it as spam.

Wow, treating patients according to their symptoms - how revolutionary ????

I booked using my hotel's own website rather than Agoda, but the property emailed me a day or so later to request a copy of my flight itinerary and to ask how many bags I would have - so at least some hotels are thinking about such things. As others have suggested, just contact the hotel yourself to advise them about your luggage if they don't reach out to you first.

I plan to revive my finances by attracting about one million dollars into my bank account by the end of 2022. And yes, my "plan" is as well-developed as the TAT's. The normal Thai kind, where the "journalist" reports the contents of a press release verbatim, with no critical comment or analysis.

Thanks for the report. I was rejected twice (MTT), so I didn't bother trying a third time - looks like I should have!

Step 1: follow the practice of almost every other country in the world, and don't forcibly hospitalize people with mild or no symptoms. Step 2: see step 1. And while we're at it, can we stop constantly promoting Fah Talai Jone as the magical cure-all that will prove the wisdom of Thai traditional medicine to the world?

Thailand Pass is a state registration system and it can not simply be cancelled. Of course it can - the state created it and the state can end it. “The Thailand Pass system cannot be cancelled because it holds data and important information on tourists which can be used to trace them when they travel in Thailand,” Mr Pipat said. It doesn't hold any such information. It tells them where you'll be on your first and fifth nights in the country, and who your insurer is. None of that helps them trace anyone. Since July 2021, anyone visiting Thailand has been required to register using the Thailand Pass system. Thailand Pass went live on November 1, 2021. Mr Pipat said that the registration system is no longer complicated Exactly how many times did he use the system himself in order to come to this conclusion? Thought so.

This probably won't help you now, but as others have noted, you can usually pay online through the True iServices app using any credit card. I say "usually", because the system wasn't working for foreign cards for a couple of months earlier this year - it's now back online. From your message, it sounds like your problem may have stemmed from getting a new phone while abroad. Since you're not in Thailand, you won't be able to activate banking and phone apps on the new device until you return. Do you still have the old phone? Will the apps work on that phone over WiFi? Mine do, but my bank app (for example) required me to enable that feature before leaving Thailand. Although I have a True sim as part of an internet package, I don't use it, so I don't know whether True allows you to receive texts and calls over the internet or not. I use DTAC, which allows that using the DTAC Call app, and I believe AIS has something similar - with the app enabled, I can send and receive calls and texts anywhere, just as if I were in Thailand, at no extra cost. I realize that these ideas probably won't help you right now (if they help at all), but they may be worth thinking about for future travels. I had been worried about paying bills while away, but it turned out that there was no issue if the apps were set up properly before leaving Thailand. But all of that does unfortunately depend on not changing phones while away, or at least keeping the old phone with Thai apps intact. Good luck to you.

Because they had no choice? I successfully used the previous online system a number of times, but also failed several times, generally after a new extension. Earlier this month I tried the new system, and was optimistic after reading reports like that of the OP. Unfortunately, the reply of "REJECTED" came back after a couple of days. Unlike the old system, there was no explanation as to why the report had failed. I tried again, making slight changes to the address (which hasn't changed in five years), and once again received the "REJECTED" reply after a few days. So, I made the extremely long trek to MTT to report in person. I made an appointment online, but then arrived early due to light traffic, and they told me I would have to wait the 30 minutes until my appointment time. Ok, fair enough, so can I just take a regular queue number instead? "No." So, I sat in the garage waiting area for half an hour while those who arrived after me without appointments went in and did their reports. Once I was allowed in to see an officer, she pointed to a place on my form and asked, "this is your room number?" Yes. "You have to put in the room number and house number to use the online system." Yes, I did that twice and was rejected twice. "Well, you can try again next time." Very helpful indeed, that really explained things for me. So, OP, I'm glad the system worked for you, but no, it doesn't work for everyone.

It's very strange. Back when they had the previous appointment system, there were retirement slots every 15 minutes, all day. Then they announced that appointments would become mandatory (the starting date was supposed to be July 2021, I think), and shortly after that the appointment function was taken down completely in reaction to a data leak, and the mandatory appointment idea was never mentioned again. A couple of months ago the appointment system reappeared in a different form, but didn't include Bangkok. A bit later, Bangkok began using it as well, but with the absurdly small number of non-O extension slots that you mentioned - and no explanation of why they would want to keep the number so low. Over at MTT, meanwhile, there are appointment slots for 90 day reporting every five minutes throughout the day. Go figure.

The self-congratulatory rhetoric is irritating, but this has actually been a nice event when I've attended in past years.

Fares on the Green Line(s) have been incoherent ever since they started building extensions many years ago. Depending where you get on and off, you might pay (a) a capped distance-based fare; or (b) a flat 15 baht; (c) a combination of (a) and (b); or (d) zero. It's very hard to take all the BMA cries of poverty seriously when they've been leaving money on the table for years by letting commuters in outlying areas ride for free. It's reminiscent of when they were going to shut down the BRT because it was hemorrhaging cash, until people started pointing out that they were charging only five baht, which was lower than the fare for any bus. They seem to have absolutely no coordinated plan at all for how to set fares on public transport, as seen by the fact that apparently no one ever thought to write any of this into contracts in advance, deciding to instead determine the pricing after the systems were built and running. At some point they have to make a firm decision as to whether they want Bangkok rapid transit to be self-sustaining but with fares that much of the population can't afford, or subsidized in order to increase ridership and make the system accessible to all. Instead, they're indulging the fantasy that it can pay for itself with low fares.

What they told you was correct on Tuesday when they said it, but at this moment their website contains the following statement, which has zero ambiguity: "The pre-departure test requirement for travellers transiting through Singapore will be removed from 22 February 2022."

Not working to eliminate a criminal scourge in order to stop thousands of desperately poor people from being harmed, but working to upgrade the country's status on an international list in order to save face.

...says the man wearing a mask to give a press conference

Yes, and the Carlsberg story in Thailand was even more complicated than that. They came into the country and partnered with what is now ThaiBev, only to find their partner learning the beer business from them, then creating a new beer with a very similar label and taking over the nationwide beer distribution network that had been created for Carlsberg. https://www.nationthailand.com/business/30191495 https://scandasia.com/403-carlsberg-breweries-ends-joint-venture-with-chang-beverages/

The MFA rep told him that orally during an interview, but MFA has never put it in writing. No disrespect intended, but if you need "definitive" statements from the government, then Thailand probably isn't the right place for you, as this is far from the only matter here where actual policy in practice differs from what is stated in official documents. I don't like it, but that's the reality.

YQ and YR are both used for fuel surcharges - or, more accurately, "carrier-imposed surcharges", which can be for fuel or for absolutely nothing other than the airline's bottom line. The government has said repeatedly since this was first mooted that it will not be applied to migrant laborers. You're correct. Australia's Passenger Movement Charge, which is often described as a "tourist tax", is also paid by all air passengers, including Australians.

It seems that TAT staff have been doing a very extensive test of the recreational cannabis bubble - that's the only thing that could possibly explain the psychedelic word salad they came up with.

I just looked it up, and you're quite right. I've never been a gun guy, so I didn't know. Thanks!

That's good news, but the many different combinations and timings are pretty complicated. For instance, I've had one AZ and two Moderna - where would I fit into this scheme? Or is Thailand not mixing mRNA vaccines, even though doing so appears to have some benefit?

Thailand has a fairly fanatical cadre of hard-core craft brewers already, including (or so I've read) the MP behind the bill. They're currently forced to have their beers produced by contract breweries overseas and then imported into Thailand, but if this bill can get passed, they'll be off and running with local production in no time, and prices should be far lower than what they're forced to charge for their "imported" Thai beers.

Didn't the police keep saying that he was shot with a .38?

It was known as the "Immigration Division" until sometime in the early-to-mid 90s, when it was upgraded to "Immigration Bureau". As a Division it was headed by a Major General (two-star), but as a Bureau the officer in charge is a Lieutenant General (three-star).

Hasn't the Vancouver press said repeatedly that this fellow is not a Canadian citizen, and was in fact deported from Canada to India?