007 RED

Please bear in mind that having a DNR instructions logged with your hospital, or having a DNR tattoo/bracelet, is not going to stop the first responders/rescue doing CPR (and possibly using an AED) on you if you collapse in a public area (street/shopping mall etc) or if you are involved in a serious accident and do not have a pulse when they arrive.

Sorry, but unfortunately Thai first responders/rescue are not aware of DNR means.

18 hours ago, marko kok prong said:

This shows you know little about pesticides,it could have been Pyrethrum which has basically no effect on mammals,even Synthetic Pyrethroids are fairly harmless,i worked 20 years in Pest control so i know what i am on about.

I’m sure that with 20 years experience in pest control you know what your about.  But your knowledge of the potential side affects of Pyrethrum appear to be somewhat limited.

From the video it can be clearly seen that the 'volunteer' spays whatever into the face of the 'willing victim', so there is a high chance that the person will inhale/swallow whatever is being sprayed.   If the liquid being sprayed does contain pyrethrum, then I think there are grounds for concern.

Source:  US Environmental Protection Agency

Warning: Inhaling pyrethrum, on the other hand, is a more serious risk. Individual responses to inhaling pyrethrum insecticides vary, but inhaling pyrethrum can result in difficulty breathing, sneezing, nasal irritation, headache, nausea, swelling and flushing of the face, loss of coordination, tremors, convulsions, and a burning or itching sensation. Pyrethrum has a low chronic toxicity overall for humans, and the most common problem associated with contact or inhalation result from allergic responses.

Obviously the reaction which an individual will suffer will depend upon the concentration of the liquid that is being sprayed into their face. 

23 hours ago, dondondont said:

Thanks yeah I didn't mean to be rude but I have read so many posts where guys get arrested on overstay after their court appearances and they did not know a THING about the visa that they could get because of being involved in a court case. 

22 hours ago, Just Weird said:

Really?  So many people have been arrested immediately after their case has finished because of an overstay caused entirely by the court case?  Could you point to just one, specifically, where that actually happened?

FYI..... Here's one.   I think there was another when the individual was given a suspended sentence by the Court in Phuket for possession of a very small amount of weed and told he was free to go.  As he left the Court he was arrested by the police for overstay and deported.

QUOTE:

"Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit wants to know why many hospitals have not yet received fresh supplies of protective facemasks.

He said ........ the Commerce Ministry will on Thursday have 20 vans selling them in busy areas of Bangkok for Bt2.5 each, he announced".

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And locals will snap them up PDQ and sell them on at a handsome profit.

20 THB per mask.... yesterday in central Bangkok.

Passed through central Bangkok yesterday (4 March) and there were lots of roadside stalls selling hospital type face masks at very inflated prices (20 THB per mask).... I just wonder if these were from the cottage industry somewhere in Thailand that were recently reported to be recycling used masks - washed, tumble dried and ironed?

PS... Almost got lynched by a very irate seller when I took this photo.????

Passed through central Bangkok yesterday (4 March) and there were lots of roadside stalls selling hospital type face masks at very inflated prices (20 THB per mask).... I just wonder if these were from the cottage industry somewhere in Thailand that were recently reported to be recycling used masks - washed, tumble dried and ironed? 

PS... almost got lynched by very irate seller for taking the photo.

47 minutes ago, BritTim said:

The system allows for transmission of such things as visa number, visa date and place of issue. However, I do not believe airlines are required to include these by Thai immigration.

Tim.... FYI.... At present there is no facility within the APIS (worldwide) for the inclusion of visa information.  Many countries are gradually moving towards the ICAO recommendations for Machine Readable Documents (ICAO DOC 9303 7th Edition), which includes visas (e.g. the 'sticker' type). I suspect that at some time in the future this will become a requirement but I'm unable to give any indication as to when this might be.

32 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

After transmission (used to be within 1 hour after departure, now may be 15 minutes) this then gets bounced up against the Thai "undesireable" DB. And a greeting party is arranged.

FYI... The airline normally sends the Advance Passenger Information to the APIS 24 hours prior to departure of the flight, hence on occasions when the passenger checks in the they can be refused boarding because the APIS has returned a 'Do not board' code.  The airline does not know the reason why the passenger has received a 'Do not board' code.

However, in cases where a passenger books a flight at the last minute, the APIS can handle the passenger data up to 1 hour prior to the flight's departure, hence the reason for most airlines closing the 'gate' 30 minutes before departure to still give the APIS to respond = Board or Do not board code.

Although for some reason best known to themselves, Thailand has decided to call to Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) something different, namely the Advance Passenger Processing System (APPS).  They are one and the same thing.

Please bear in mind that the information which the airline will pass to the APIS about you from your departing country is not only transmitted to Immigration of your arriving country.

The information about you is also passed to Immigration; Customs and the Law Enforcement agency of your departing country as well as those agencies in your destination country.

The information that the airline will pass to the APIS is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) which functions under the United Nations (UN) and basically comprises the following:

1...... Your Biographical Information as shown at the bottom of the photo page of your passport between <<<< >>>>, plus;

2......  The Fight Code comprising the International Air Transport Association (IATA) airline code and flight number, plus;

3......  Scheduled Departure Date and Time of the aircraft based upon local time of departure, plus;

4......  Scheduled Arrival Date and time of aircraft based upon local time.

7 hours ago, ChipButty said:

According to Using a Foreign Driving Licence in Thailand

To drive or lease a car in Thailand as a tourist or visitor it is necessary to have either a Thai driving licence or a valid foreign driving licence with a photograph. The foreign licence must either be in English, or be accompanied by an official translation into English or Thai. The licence needs to have been issued by a country that has a treaty with the Thai government allowing the mutual acceptance of driving licences.  Most countries, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the USA have this agreement with Thailand under the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic or the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Traffic.  Those in doubt should contact their embassy for advice: Click here

Quote from the British Embassy (Bangkok) website - Advice on driving in Thailand...

"To drive a car or ride a motorcycle in Thailand, under Thai law you must have the correct licence and appropriate insurance for the category of vehicle you’re using. You will need to apply for a Thai driving licence or, if you already hold a UK licence, an International Driving Permit. If you drive a car or ride a motorcycle in Thailand without a valid licence, your travel insurance may be invalidated in the event of accident or injury".

5 hours ago, Tops said:

I was @ Ramathibodi Hospital 3 weeks ago as immigration wanted a health certificate that I didn't have Corona. I only could do it in some hospitals. Ramathibodi was one of them. The price you see here is only for the blood test. They also make a X-ray of your chest / lungs. Price for that is 9,000 THB. All together I spend almost 20,000 THB overthere. Many hidden costs !!!

I’m somewhat confused, if not alarmed, by your post above and by your previous post which you made on the 4th February  (Post # 11) in the thread regarding “Coronavirus: Concern for tourists as Immigration wear masks and gloves.”

Firstly, since when has Immigration required that anyone get a medical certificate saying “they are clean and have been tested for all kinds of diseases, including Corona, HIV, TBC etc.” for an extension of permission to stay?

Secondly, regarding the costs of the tests that you had at Ramathibodi hospital, they seem excessively high.  You state in your post (4 Feb) that you had to pay “7,800 THB for the blood tests plus 3,750 THB for the medical certificate”.  In the above post you mention that you had to pay 9,000 THB for a chest x-ray.  Total cost = 20,550 THB.  Really?

FYI…. I have an annual ‘head-to-toe’ medical checkup at Ramathibodi hospital through their premium service which includes the following: Initial check of temperature, pulse, BP, Blood/Oxygen saturation, height and weight; Initial consultation with consultant which includes a thorough head-to-toe physical check; Chest x-ray; Ultrasound scan of abdomen and pelvis; 12 point ECG; Complete blood analysis and chemistry covering some 39 factors (including HIV, various STDs, PSA, blood group etc.); Urine Analysis; Fecal examination; Feedback consultation with consultant; Copy of medical report sent in post a few days later.... All for the grand sum of 6,500 THB (price as at 15/10/19).

"Army spokesman Colonel Win Thai Suvaree confirmed that the helicopter did not belong to any of the three armed forces, because military choppers do not normally fly at night".

Really.... I took the photo below at 05:45am a couple of months ago from the BTS platform at Sanam Pao (central Bangkok) which overlooks the Kings Guard army base.  The approaching whirlybird is a Blackhawk and it landed on the helipad beside the BTS station.

5 hours ago, KCM said:

When I was denied entry arriving to BKK on a flight from Japan I went directly to Cambodia. After immigration processed my denial I was escorted by Thai Air staff to one of their offices where I was told by the staff I needed to either go back to Japan or go to the U.S. since it's my home country. After a couple of minutes discussion it was agreed that I could choose any destination I want. They agreed that Thai Immigration doesn't care where you go.

 

I went online and booked the next flight on Thai Air to Phnom Penh. Once the Thai Air staff saw my reservation in their system they told me what time to meet them at the gate to get my passport. I then waited in the lounge until it was time for my flight.

 

In my case, the airline at first did say I would have to go back to where I departed or go to my home country, but with just a little resistance they quickly agreed it didn't matter where I go.

I think that the situation which you have described is somewhat unusual.  Please don’t get me wrong, I’m not suggesting that you have concocted this story.  In fact I believe the key to your ‘luck’ of being able to determine where you fly too, after having been denied entry because the IO thought that you were working, is down to the fact that you travelled from Japan in business class and Thai Air didn’t want to upset one of their premium passengers (even if Immigration did).

Most plebs who travelled ‘cattle class’ and get denied entry at BKK are held in the detention room which is managed by the Airport of Thailand (AOT) security.  The airline staff come to the 

facility to arrange their departing flight and the individual is not allowed to leave the facility until their departing flight is ready to board.

The normal procedure is that shortly before the flight is scheduled for passenger embarkation, the person is escorted to the gate by security and allowed to board the plane before the other passengers.  Security gives their passport to the purser who will return it to the person upon arrival at the destination.

Maybe the moral of this is travel to Thailand in First or Business class so if you get denied entry you can chose where you fly too.

5 hours ago, KCM said:

From the moment I left the Immigration office I didn't have contact again with anyone from Thai Immigration.

You may not have had further contact with Immigration once you left their office after having been denied entry, but the airline certainly will have. 

The airline staff will have had to notify the IO of the details of your departing flight to Phnom Penh.  The IO will then have exit stamped your passport and annotated it with your departing flight number.  Again, you are lucky that the IO allowed you to fly to Phnom Penh and not insist (as they can) that the airline return you to your original port of embarkation.

1 hour ago, lovethai123 said:

Perhaps an easier way to get entire list is going on this link and check airlines and destination

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Tapao_International_Airport

 

Some flights may be seasonal but you can check time and fare on any flight booking app.

As you pointed out some, if not all, of those listed on https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Tapao_International_Airport may well be seasonal international flights. 

I suspect that the list may also be out of date as more airlines may have decided to use this facility since that list was published.

I just had a look at Flightradar24 info for U-Tapo departures for tomorrow and the following international flights are shown:

Airline              City

Royal Flight      Yekaterinburg (Russia)

Azvr Air            Tyumen (Russia)

Norwind           Krasnoyarsk (Russia)

TUI Fly             Birmingham (UK)

Royal Flight      Novosibirsk (Russia)

Azur Air            Novosibirsk (Russia)

Norwind           Khabarovsk (Russia)

TUI Fly             London Gatwick (UK)

Azur Air            Moscow (Russia)

Delta                Tokyo (Japan)

Interesting to note that there are no flights from China.

1 hour ago, JustAnotherHun said:

The fingerprints won't be the problem. To compare them with millions of others even a supercomputer would need hours to match.

FYI..... The fingerprint system used by Thai Immigration was supplied by a German company, Dermalog.  Are you ready for a shock?  According to their recent press release they claim that their system can scan 3.6 billion prints per second.  No super computer needed, but I'm not sure if it works that fast in the 'Smart Car'.

https://www.dermalog.com/news/article/fingerprint-matching-world-record/

2 hours ago, Toadie said:

Fully concur. People making claims otherwise have no idea of the sheer scale of such a system that could instantly match all details. Just not happening.

Sorry Toadie but your observation above is incorrect.  If you had taken the time to read some of the previous posts, in particular post #48, you would seen that the fingerprint  system used by Thai Immigration was supplied by a German company, Dermalog.  Are you ready for a shock?  According to their recent press release they claim that their system can scan 3.6 billion prints per second.

https://www.dermalog.com/news/article/fingerprint-matching-world-record/

@how231 ......  I went through the same experience as you (some 3 years ago), namely suddenly seeing what appeared to be small insects flying in front of my left eye and the occasional flashes of bright lights.

I made an appointment at to see an eye doctor (ophthalmologist) at Ramathibodi hospital in Bangkok (a government hospital).  Really great doc who spoke very good English.  She did a series of tests and explained that the floaters were small fragments of collagen which have come a drift from the outer wall of the eye and are literarily floating about in the fluid inside the eye.  These small fragments appear to move about as you move your eye.  Hence people often think, like I did, it’s a small insect is buzzing about in front of my eye.

The doc explained that it’s an age thing, apparently quite a common in people over 60 (although it can happen in much younger people).  She advised that the floaters are not serious problem and given time the brain will become accustomed to them and ignore them.  A fact that I found subsequently to be true.

Then came the not so good news.  She said that she was concerned more about the occasional flashing lights that I had experienced.  She said that this may be an early sign of something that could be more troublesome and recommended that I see her boss (consultant) for further examination. 

Obviously I agreed and about an hour later I was being given a full eye examination by the ‘boss’.  Again, a really nice guy who also spoke very good English.

After examining both eyes and sending me for a series of tests, he advised me that the pressure of the fluid inside my left eye was on the upper limit of what is accepted to be normal.  He also advised that there was a slight loss of peripheral vision in my left eye.

He explained that if left untreated, the fluid pressure inside the eye will continue to increase to a point where it will damage the optic nerve which sends the signals from the eye to the brain.  Damage to the retinal nerve will cause permanent loss of vision in the affected eye.  The condition is called Glaucoma.

He said that the pressure of the fluid inside the eye needed to be kept in check and prescribed eye drops which I have to put into the eye every night.  Since that initial consultation three years ago I’ve had regular follow-up appointments about every 6 months.  So far, touch wood, the fluid pressure has slightly reduced and the sight in my left eye is perfectly OK (with no floaters).

As mentioned, I use a government hospital which has a ‘premium’ service which can be booked online.  It costs a bit more than the ‘standard’ service but means that I don’t have to wait all day to see the consultant. 

The consultation (including examination/tests) costs me about 1500THB.  Because Mrs MoneyBaht was a government employee (now retired) I qualify for a 50% discount on the cost of the ‘premium’ service, so it only costs me about 750THB.  The eye drops I get from my local pharmacy (no prescription needed) at the cost of 650THB per month.  A very small price to pay for keeping my sight.

Although floaters are nothing to really get worried about and your brain will soon ignore them, I would recommend that you see an eye doctor (ophthalmologist) to get your eyes examined and tested properly.  Unfortunately, shops that provide glasses don’t have the facilities to do much more than very basic vision tests for glasses.

Best of luck.

10 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

Who told you about the 99 years?

You wrote this make me think it was immigration in your home country.

Joe.... lt is more than possible that Immigration in his home country told him that he was now banned from Thailand for 99 years.

It is normal practice in deportation situations for lmmigration to notify their counterparts that an individual is being returned and the reason(s) why etc.  Given the language differences, it is highly probable that his home country lmmigration have got it wrong.

As has already been mentioned, it would be helpful if the OP could post a copy of the deportation notice he would have been given 15 days prior to his removal as that would not only clarify the reason(s) for his removal, but also stipulate any length of ban that is being imposed.

2 hours ago, moonhiker said:

007 RED, I'm a bit sceptical of anonymous people on forums who happen to have a lot of direct experience with the issue being discussed, who happen to meet the right person the other day (whom they've known for a long time) who again shows them in person all the inner workings, and they take the time to type in all the detailed story and solution. 

 

Don't get me wrong, I'm not calling you a filthy liar, you might be indeed an honest, very knowledgeable and might be doing us all a huge service by sharing your knowledge. But I've seen people on forums that for some reason like to hang around a lot and type a lot of detailed, made up stories, for whatever reason (about which I won't even try to speculate). Some of them are more obvious, some are less so... So I'm just cautioning everyone trusting strangers on the internet too much, and getting into really long conversations over too legit-looking posts...

I have no problem with you being sceptical, or even someone implying that I may be a filthy liar.  Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

However, if you cast your mind back to my response (post #32) to your earlier post, I enlightened you as to my background in the field of eBoarder security.  Also, if you take the time/trouble to read through my previous posts (which I don't think for one moment that you will) the first thing that you will notice is that I'm not glues to TVF 24x7 and that 90% of my posts are directly related to eBoarder and Immigration issues for which I have considerable experience and knowledge.

Regarding the sudden 'friend' who I visited yesterday.  Again if you took the time/trouble to read some of my previous posts you will see that I have made mention of her on several occasions.  The family friend is actually my Thai wife's friend from when they both attended one of the very reputable universities in the UK to do their MBAs some 25 years ago.  When I met, and subsequently married my wife some 10 years ago, this person also became a very good friend of mine as well and both my wife and I meet her on a regular basis whenever we are in Bangkok.  It just so happens that she works for Thai Immigration and holds the rank of Colonel.  Her position has given me opportunities to see a side of, and insight into, Immigration that other would not normally be able to even comprehend.

PS... I love the ... your forgiven.

1 hour ago, bbi1 said:

What exactly shows up on the IO's screen once they scan your passport?

If the IO manually enters your passport number into the system, he/she will have displayed your biographical information identical to that shown on the photo page of your passport e.g. Passport number; Gender (M or F); Date of Birth; Family Name; First Name(s) plus the photo of you which was last taken by Immigration (e.g. at departure or when obtaining an extension to stay etc.).

If the IO places the photo page of your passport onto their desktop scanner the scanner will read the information at the bottom of the photo page.  Certain characters and numbers in the two lines of information are then used as a key to unlock the first level of encrypted information which held on the microchip that is embedded in your passport. 

The first level of encrypted information is (or should be) the same biographical information as shown on the photo page (including you photo and signature).  It is the decrypted biographical information that is then displayed on the IOs screen. 

You will often see the IO hold up the photo page of your passport next to the screen and look at the passport, look at the screen then look at you.

The photo page can be changed, but it is extremely difficult to change the encrypted data held on the micro chip.  This is how forged passports are easily discovered.

1 hour ago, bbi1 said:

How many "clicks" on the computer does the IO need to do to get to the history screen after the initial scan of the passport has been done?

Depends upon what level of authority the Officer has.  Some IOs can only do a limited number of tasks on the system whereas other are able to access a lot more facilities.  My understanding is that most Officers will need to go into 2 screen to be able to access the history facility. 

Access to the facilities within the system is obtained in the same way as you, or I, do when were using say MS Internet Explorer e.g. by pull down menus.

1 hour ago, bbi1 said:

Also wondering how accurate those biometric scanners are. Say someone decided to scan the bottom part of their fingers the 1st time. The 2nd time they scan the top of their fingers. Surely the fingerprinting won't match up when scanning different parts of your finger.

I assume by biometric scanners that you are referring to the fingerprinting facilities at Immigration arrival/departures.

If you do not put your fingers flat onto the scanner the IO will instruct you to do so.  They see an image of the scan on their screen and can reject it if it is not done properly.

1 hour ago, bbi1 said:

What happens if the 2nd country's passport has a slightly different name shown. Eg. the person has a middle name which consists of two words in the 1st passport and only the first word appears in the 2nd passport?

The system initially very much relies upon matching the gender code (M or F) plus date of birth plus family name plus the first of the person's first names when making a match.  But as you indicate sometimes where the person has dual nationality the spelling of the first name can sometimes be different, for example:

English = Peter   French = Pierre

English = William  German = Wilhelm

In these cases the system uses what is called a fuzzy match, that is to say if the first couple of letters are the same it suggests that this may be a match.  It is not always correct and that is why when the possibilities are shown to the Immigration Officer, it is his/her decision (with the photo of the holder) to link the passports.

1 hour ago, bbi1 said:

My passport doesn't have the birth date at the bottom of the passport of those two lines of code where you have all those <<<<<<< icons. Guess my government must've given me a fake passport lol

The information at the bottom of the photo page of your passport does contain your date of birth, its just not that obvious at first glance.

The top line will start with the letter P (indicating the travel document is a passport < a three letter Country Code of the Passport Holder (GBR = UK) the Passport Holder’s Surname << The Passport Holder’s First Name(s) which if more than one are separated by <

On the bottom line there is the Passport Number with an added number (called a check digit) Three letters of the Passport Holder’s Country Code (GBR = UK) Date of Birth (format = YYMMDD) plus an additional number (Called a check digit) Gender (letter M or F) Expiry Date of Passport (format = DDMMYY) plus a check digit <<<<<<<<<<<<< the last two numbers are the number of passports that have been issued to the holder by the issuing authority.

How that helps to put your mind to rest.

On ‎2‎/‎12‎/‎2020 at 10:48 PM, London Boy said:

I know this isn't true because I was stopped and interagated at DM, coming back from Yangon in 2016. They printed out my entries and were looking for a reason to deny me entry. As we went through the entires, it was only my UK passport that history that was available to them. They did let me in on that occassion, as I was able to show a flight out within two months.

When I read your comment that when Immigration printed out your entries only your UK passport history was available, particularly given your extensive history of TV and ED visas during the past 6 years (which can be derived from reading your earlier posts). I was somewhat puzzled as to how you have managed to escape further scrutiny.

I first came to Thailand 29 years ago using my good old hardbacked British passport as shown below.

Since my first entry back in 1991, I have entered the Kingdom over 160 times using both UK and my other EU passport.  In fact, during those 29 years I have had 3 replacement UK and 3 replacement other EU country passports.

Not once during those 29 years have I ever declared to immigration that I have more than one passport, nor have I ever been asked if I hold dual nationality, and yet my compete entry/exit history showing the details of all my entries/exits, and which passports were used on each occasion, are available to the Immigration Officer to see through their history screen which I have seen on several occasions.

Yesterday I needed to go to Bangkok Bank HQ on Silom Road.  After concluding my business at the bank, I met up with a family friend who happens to be a senior Immigration Officer (Colonel) based at Immigration HQ office just around the corner.  During lunch I mentioned your comments concerning the printout of your history only showing data from one passport.  My friend was as perplexed as me, so after lunch I went back with them to their office and we did a few tests.

My friend entered my UK passport number into the computer and after being presented with my biographical details (as shown on my photo page) they ‘drilled down’ several layers to the ‘history’ facility. 

There, low and behold, was my complete entry/exit history going back to 1991.  The screen display showed every date of arrival/departure, passport number and country code, visa code/type plus quite a lot of other coded information.  On scrolling down from the latest entry, there must have been about 6 or 7 screen pages of data and it clearly included entries/exits using both my UK and my other EU passport.

My friend called up the print facility and was presented with a very comprehensive display of printing options which could be selected by clicking the appropriate ‘radio button’ on the screen.  These included: B&W, colour, greyscale, all pages or specific pages, single or double sided, portrait or landscape.  But most importantly there was a pulldown facility which allowed the Officer to select from several filter options e.g. all details or other specific details such as dates, entry and or exit only, passport numbers, passport country code etc.

The default setting was B&W, all pages, single sided, portrait, all details.  On hitting the print button, the printer spewed out all the pages of my history which included the details of all the passports (numbers) I had used to enter/exit the Kingdom during the past 29 years.

My friend then requested a second print out, but this time by selecting the specific passport filter option.  When this option was selected, my UK passport number (which had been entered at the start of this experiment) was automatically displayed in the filter box.  On Hitting the print button, the printout only showed my entry/exit history when I used my UK passport.

My friend repeated the test using my other EU country passport.  This time it was necessary to physically over type my UK passport number which appeared automatically when the passport filter was selected.  Again, the printout only provided entry/exit data relating to my other EU passport.

It was noted that when a new print request was made, the printer options always reverted back to the default settings.

My friend contacted the IT support team and described your scenario to them e.g. the printout only showing your UK passport entry/exit history.  They (IT support) advised that several years ago there was a bug within the print module which did not reset the default settings once a print had been executed.  They indicated that if someone else request a print on the same computer and did not check the pull-down filter setting they would end up with possibly the same filtered printout e.g. using the passport number that was entered at the beginning of the enquiry.  Apparently this bug has been fixed by the software supplier several years ago and hence the reason why we could not replicate the same result as you described.

From your description, I would suspect that this occurred before the print bug was rectified and whoever had requested a printout previously used the filter facility and the Officer checking your details did not notice the filter setting was set to current passport number only.  Hence, when the Officer having entered your UK passport number to start of his/her the enquiry then requested your history printout, the printer only showed your entry/exit history relating to your UK passport.

As I said in my previous post, the Immigration system is not dumb and is very capable of linking passports together.  This is a very basic requirement within the Immigration community throughout the world.  If a linking facility did not exist within the system that would mean a person who was banned from entering a country for whatever reason would only needs to get a new passport to be able to re-enter without being detected.  That just does not happen.

FYI.... The system used by Thai Immigration is currently used by over 40 other countries throughout the world.

I’m extremely confident that your two passports are linked, and I’m sorry to say that it will only be a matter of time before you are faced with further questioning as to why your spending so much time in the Kingdom.  That said, “a millionaire (£)” like yourself should have no problem explaining it to the IO.

Best of luck.