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i knew to use the re-entry permit number - but i couldn't tell from the scrawled numbers what is was. i just left the visa info blank. seemed to be ok, no problems. i also left the accommodation section blank. i never saw it as i filled out the form but when i saw my completed form at the end, i saw that part was empty. no problems without that info. edit: i now see other comments about leaving visa number blank if using re-entry permit. thanks.

ok, thanks. that is good to know. can keep phone in my pocket next time.

i arrived on May 7 from USA via Korea (suvarnabhumi). before going up the ramp to the passport check area, a gal asked if i had done my TDAC. i said 'yes'. she directed me up the ramp. she didn't look at the TDAC on my phone. nor did the immigration officer (he also did not look at my boarding pass - also on my phone). i was never asked for the TDAC. i went through the priority lane (business class). maybe they are focused on the higher volume entry lane.

i paid 500thb for that route quite a few times via private car taxi. 364thb is a bargain.

i'd go with Emirates. i've got a trip i'm setting up soon. i'm looking at the 2:00am dep (BKK) and arrive JFK 2:25pm (both flights on A380). return is dep JFK at 11:20am, arrive BKK at 6:55pm (both flights A380). 2.5 hr layover and one hour 45 minutes for the other one.

i've been using a 2s model from Xiaomi for a couple years (only use during the bad air months). it works great. i've recommended their models to others and they've been happy with theirs.

i also prefer the orange can noted by a couple others.

most ATMs i use in Bangkok have a screen at the very end of the transaction. something about 'doing a conversion', you want to answer NO to that. don't answer YES. one bank's ATM specifically mentions a 5% fee related to 'the conversion', i think it's SCB. maybe others do also and i haven't noticed. i'm pulling cash from my account in USA. it comes out in THB. so somehow i get the 'conversion' without answering YES. i can't explain it. maybe someone else can. edit: i'd say this new screen with the conversion question started showing up about a year ago. maybe a little longer than that. and wasn't on all ATMs in the beginning. much more common now.

i used the C section at CW to go from exempt to 90 day Non O - retirement. 2017 and 2021. both times there was not much of a wait. one or two people in front of me. if you can get an appt that's great, but probably not much of a wait if you go in person. for me, the C desk has been the area that takes the least time if you go with no appt, compared to O extensions, 90 day reports in person, tourist visa extension, re-entry permit, etc.....

if your 800k is held in a Foreign Currency Account - eg. the equivalent of 800k in a different currency - you don't need the bank statements.

i did the Exercise Stress Test at Bumrungrad, as a separate thing, not part off the Health Screening Package where they do all sorts of stuff (including the EST). it was 10,000thb. that's just a data point for you. not saying it's the best place. i'm also interested in the artery calcium scan, will probably do that in the next year or so. let us know what you find out there.

i agree. real easy. no lines, no hassles.

DJIA to 5,000 ? it's at 40,000 now.

i've crossed their several times, i've got friends in Buriram and i've done a couple true border bounces (to get new visa exempt) plus a couple visits just for the casino (on a Non-O retirement). a couple times, i had to pay the Cambo folks a fee to come/go same day. i think it was 300thb. they asked how long i was staying when i got the Cambo visa. it didn't happen every time, i'd guess it was 2 out of 5. be it a scam or not, i wasn't going to make a fuss about it.

i'm still seeing BEIN 1, 2, and 3 on True. might the message you saw have said F1 wouldn't be shown on BEIN after August 1 ? with F1 on the summer break, we may not know for sure until the next race in roughly 30 days. i may be wrong as my memory does fail at times, but i recall F1 being dropped by a channel on True but was then picked up by another one, i think one of the TSP (1,2,3 etc..) channels. i believe it was BEIN who stepped in the next year.