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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.

i did an in person 90 report at CW two weeks ago. the IO did not ask me to see a TM30 or to update the TM30 (or give me the stamp you posted a picture of). my apartment manager gives me a screenshot of the TM30 in the immigration system for my visit to do the one year extension each year. unfortunately, i don't know when she updates it so i can't say how old it is.

thank you for the info, i was not aware that appts could be made for the 90 day reports. i did see desk A2, is that the area that handles appts ? where do you check in when you have an appt ? the appt system sure made the one year extension much easier. i didn't mind this 2 hour session at CW but i'll gladly take a less than 30 minute session instead !!

reportedly, CW now requires an in person 90 day report if you've just returned to the country. i've been on the NON O for almost 8 years and that's only the 4th 90 day report i've done - two in person and two online (before rule change). i travel a few times a year so don't need to them much.

you can get the TM47 Form at the desk just inside the entry door to the Immigration section.