JerseytoBKK

34 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

Please stop quibbling about terminiology, does not help the OP

 

OP are you sure the flight route you envision exists? There is a complete ban on inbound international commercial flights to Thailand until end of June and it is likely to be extended

It seems that India has a similar ban to Thailand. No commercial flights until June 30 and if OP qualifies, then must go through Indian embassy/consulate to get on a repatriation flight.

If India lifts the ban, then Singapore and Hong Kong now allow international transit passengers so OP could fly through those airports.

This information is currently not accurate due to Covid restrictions, but from the Thai Embassy site: http://www.thaiembassy.org/telaviv/en/services/685/17388-Entry-to-Thailand.html

Foreigners, who travel via Thailand to other destinations from the same port of entry, are allowed to transit without a visa. In this regard, the Thai Immigration Division is authorized to instruct the airlines or persons in charge of the transit to ensure that the transit passengers remain in a prescribed area. Should the transit passengers be forced for any reason to remain in the prescribed area for a period longer than expected, the Immigration Division may allow such passengers to do so under guarantees by the airlines or persons in charge of the transit.

The first 2 links you posted are commercial sites and use terms meant for inexperienced travelers.  

The HKG site says Transfer / Transit. I have frequently traveled thru HKG and know that they have signs with Transfer to keep things simple, especially for non-native English speakers. 

Once again if the OP wants to find official sources about what airport/country he can transit, then he needs to search on the term transit. I can post links to dozens of airlines that use the term transit as I have used it. You can continue to insist that your definition is correct but I hope the OP doesn't try to fly based on your expertise.

https://www.koreanair.com/global/en/2020_02_TSA_detail.html?fbclid=IwAR0JnLH-Ldp2UOzSLXX0cq65rtfLnVPYeRdpPXWMNhtpouIJiD7V5olpBK8

"Foreign nationals who have visited or transited in 111 countries in the past 14 days"

https://www.airnewzealand.eu/new-zealand-entry-and-transit-requirements 

"If you are transiting through New Zealand to your final destination "

The airlines post official requirements because they are following their goverment's orders.

https://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/sg/travel-info/covid-19/

If the original poster wants to know what airports he can travel through, he needs to search on "transit" information for official permissions and criteria relating to transiting that airport/country. 

You're confusing terms and originally listed a site that's meant for travel for newbies.  Also, many airports have signs that point to "transfer for international passengers". They don't say transit because the general public doesn't know that term. However, the definition I used is the generally accepted definition for transit and that's what the OP needs to search for to get the correct answer from official sources and not some confused blogger on the internet. 

Trillian, congratulations for finding one site that inaccurately contains information that is contrary to accepted norms. Meanwhile 99% of official sites use the term transit the way I described it. 

IATA is the International Air Transport Association. It's the official assn of the airline industry.

Transit for international passengers is the term that the airlines use. 

See https://www.iatatravelcentre.com/international-travel-document-news/1580226297.htm where they use the term repeatedly.

Also "From 1 June 2020, air transit services at Hong Kong International Airport resumed in phases. Passengers will be able to transit through Hong Kong if:" from the Cathay site: https://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_TH/travel-information/travel-preparation/travel-advisories/travel-restrictions-for-passengers-travelling-to-transiting-through-hong-kong.html

You currently cannot transit through Bangkok or any Thai airport. Transiting means flying into an airport on an international flight and leaving on another international flight without entering the country. Hong Kong and Singapore just recently started to allow transiting passengers. 

4 minutes ago, GinBoy2 said:

Well I'm sorry what you think, but I'm just telling you what the rules on the ground are.

 

We follow what we're told to do, and if you want I'll post a picture of this morning's 9am flight to Denver after we've boarded it 

Multiple reports of jammed flights. Maybe your location isn't experiencing the traffic other airports are seeing.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2020/05/11/viral-photo-crowded-united-flight-shows-potential-risk-flying-right-now/

38 minutes ago, GinBoy2 said:

So I can't answer for American, but on the flights I service, Delta & United here are the rules we work with;

 

On regional jets with a 2x2 config we can only book the window seat, the aisle seat is blocked. On mainline all middle seats are blocked.

1st class cannot be booked above 50%

The only exception to people seating next to each other is 'if they belong together', in other words family members.

 

All turns are sanitized (basically we fog the aircraft with disinfectant and wipe down all arm rests and tray tables) before passengers can re-board and the flight departs.

 

All passengers and crew are required to wear a mask, in point of fact you can't even check in if you don't have a mask!

 

Thats the current state of US domestic air travel

Those are not the rules United is using: https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/passengers-stunned-by-full-flights-despite-coronavirus-social-distancing/2270178/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2020/05/11/viral-photo-crowded-united-flight-shows-potential-risk-flying-right-now/

1 hour ago, GalaxyMan said:

The VA said that their trials with it resulted in more people dying who took it than those who didn't. That's the VA, too, experimenting on American veterans, and killing them, just because Trump said it works. ????

The VA didn't conduct a trial. A couple of ophthalmologists with questionable motives reviewed some charts and posted online a non-peer reviewed article (essentially an opinion piece) that has been since heavily criticized. The media hyped the story because they know the religious fervor with which the "orange man bad" club consumes any negative information about the evil orange man.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/dr-stephen-smith-study-hydroxychloroquine-coronavirus-treatment

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/04/08/fact-check-did-michigan-dem-credit-trump-her-covid-19-recovery/2967210001/

LA doctor talking success of hydroxychloroquine: 

52 minutes ago, GinBoy2 said:

 

What you fail to realize is that prior to this disaster most airlines have been very profitable, yet TG has been deeply in the red for years, and as previous posters have pointed out thats not Thai bashing just fact.

 

 

Talk to me about India Air, Malaysia Air, Etihad, Avianca and many others that have been posting losses for a very long time. JAL was in trouble for a long time as were any many others. 

Poor decision making? How about the massive share buybacks by the US airlines? Instead of paying off debt and shoring up their financials, the CEO's spent billions on share buybacks to increase the EPS and their bonuses. 

Is Thai Air poorly run? Yes, of course it is. Most airlines that are captive (national airlines) or semi-captive are poorly run. 

As for Delta, they led the race to the bottom of the US airlines by gutting their frequent flyer program. They are the last airline I would fly in the US. 

just about every major airline in the world has gone running to their respective governments asking for bailouts. Those that didn't get them are in receivership/bankruptcy.

Oops, my bad... this thread isn't about an airline, it's about Thai bashing. Well then ,,,..  carry on

Very interesting ap news story on the timeline surrounding the CV: https://apnews.com/68a9e1b91de4ffc166acd6012d82c2f9

4 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Go back and check yourself, don't rely on receiving an email. 

First time for me using the online 90 day report. Yesterday evening I filled out the form and today received the approval email (CW). Took your very good advice and went online and was able to grab a pic on my phone of the approval and also of the next appt date notice.

2 hours ago, topt said:

Thanks but my Android version is too old.

As Ubonjoe mentioned, it's working now. I got the same error message you did at about the same time earlier today. Just completed the form using Chrome on my laptop.

On 4/13/2020 at 4:22 PM, Yme said:

He must have paid big money for the machines. I was trying to buy some in early March and they were quoting 150 days for FOB. Quite remarkable how quick he got them here. Now he just needs to find operators. 

 

There are 2 very good articles that describe the effort along with pics that show the machines and the special masks that they are making. The masks are the latest design using "meltblown non-woven fibre". Don't know if I can post a direct link about the CP articles but google "thaiger cp masks" and the articles come up.

On 4/9/2020 at 12:49 PM, Phuketshrew said:

Not so sure about banks. HSBC tanked last Thursday on the dividend news. I bought Put options for $1.00 a couple of days earlier and within 10 minutes of the opening bell they sold for $3.00 - 200% profit was a nice little earner ???? They even went up further to $4.

Banks were hurt bad in 2008/2009 because they had so many non-performing loans. The gov is propping up all sorts of businesses and most banks will be making money this time around.

The market was so volatile a couple of weeks ago that buying puts on many stocks could return big payoffs if you waited 3-4 days. That was before the latest sustained run up. If we return to having more 1000 pt up, 2000 pt down, 800 pt up, 1500 pt down weeks, then you'll have another chance to play the buy/close out puts game.

29 minutes ago, CGW said:

True! playing the game is how I read it, have a read of attached, message I get is "we will be playing the game" the brainwashing brigade is powerful at this time, better to go with the flow than fight them - & make money on the way, worth noting that Blackrock are major RDS shareholders.

https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/investor-relations/larry-fink-ceo-letter

I think a lot of Fortune 500 CEOs like the eco-terrorist agenda because the more government regulations that exist, the harder it is for small and medium size businesses to compete with the big companies.

The brainwashing brigade is already blaming Covid (and future versions of Covids) on climate change. Just one example: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/03/a-green-reboot-after-the-pandemic/

On 4/9/2020 at 4:12 PM, CGW said:

THE USA will not be the worlds biggest oil producer after this "event" oil price is too low for Shale oil, doubtless part of the Saudi plan, the "Majors" RDS, XOM,CVX, will mop up and prosper - yet again, though when to buy is always the question, all have good dividends too.

I bought XOM last month at 36. Div yield 9.66%. I'll gladly wait a year or three for XOM to go back to $80.

I was very tempted to also add RDS with their higher yield and excellent div history but 3 little reasons I didn't are: they have a lot of debt; they're forced to waste money placating eco-terrorists; and XOM has more upside. If someone wants geographical and geopolitical diversity, then picking both XOM and RDS are great choices. 

12 hours ago, khaowong1 said:

Although this is a great thing, they should have started about 2 months ago.  Not complaining, just saying.  

They did start 2 months ago. Had to put together a team to decide things like where to locate the plant and more importantly they had to find a source for the mask making machines. For the 2nd machine, they had to charter a flight to bring the machine from China because of flight restrictions. Seems some people don't understand that setting up an entirely new manufacturing plant takes time.

The founder supposedly got very angry at the people who were price gouging and decided to build the plant and give away the masks for free to put the price gougers out of business.

Hope more people do this because 3M allowed their distributors to price gouge and they should be put out of business. 

So I was curious about how much they would discount if we stayed a month at Emerald Cove, and shocked to see that they are closed April 1 - June 30!

https://www.emeraldcovekohchang.com/

Accidentally posted this is a different topic, but it belongs here:

https://video.foxnews.com/v/6142694474001/

Interesting interview with the CEO of FedEx. Has 700 employees in Wuhan. Predicts V shaped recovery.

Bought large amount of Exxon twice this past week, way more than prudent, but couldn't resist the bargain. Obviously a little ahead of the curve but current average cost is $37.7, yielding 9.2% while I wait for Russia & Saudis to play nice or Iran to lob a couple more missiles into the Saudi oil fields.

If oil stays below $20 and Exxon cuts div first time after 37 years of consecutive increases, then I'll be OK with a 50% div reduction while waiting patiently for the rebound.