The Fugitive

Interesting, thank you. Recently, Air Asia cancelled the first leg of my two leg booking (both Air Asia internal flights). Automatically rebooked onto the next available flight. I was clearly warned that this later flight wouldn't connect in time for my second leg. I tried to change the second leg flight but the terms and conditions didn't allow that. My only option was to cancel the first leg and receive refund. Was your case similar?

Important to appreciate that the reason for refund is nothing to do with flights. No booking was ever made. It's a payment system glitch. Therefore, it should be very quick and easy to obtain refund. Charge back request to the credit card company is the way to go.

Agree it's gone on too long. You paid via credit card which is good. Your credit card issuer should be able to do a 'charge back'. I would contact them and request that they do so.

Down to price. Agents offer discounts off hotel bookings when you book flights with them in the same transaction. Also, the other day I priced up an air fare using Skyscanner. The cheapest result was to book direct with airline. This I tried but the fare was unavailable. The new fare had risen by 20,000 baht. I then selected the next lowest price listed which was, of course, via an agent. That fare was still available for almost 20,000 less.

Most helpful thanks and sorry you wasted your money. I'm sure many of us wouldn't have known or thought about this.

Use both Skyscanner and Kayak for searching. Almost invariably, the cheapest price appears to be available on Trip.com. Where flights have been retimed or cancelled Trip.com has always provided plenty of notice, automatically rebooking onto the next available flight and offering the option to change or cancel. Last month AirAsia cancelled a flight. I opted to cancel. Trip.com refunded the full cost onto my card within 24 hours. Admittedly, a basic process where you wouldn't expect any difficulty.

Totally agree on taxi. Where flights are concerned most people would rather be at their departure airport sooner rather than later.

Unfortunately, we stopped partway. I had a friend and neighbour (now deceased) who hadn't (or couldn't) accept that temperatures had been expressed in Celsius for decades. Having said that, most people I know in UK insist upon continuing to use feet/inches and stones/pounds for their own height and weight.

Refusing claims on the basis of undiagnosed preexisting conditions worries me. Someone suffers a heart attack, the hospital then discovers their arteries are 'furred up' with plaque (arteriosclerois). Could they argue that this didn't occur overnight and must have existed at the time you took out your policy? I have read that arteriosclerois can begin in your 20's. Mild cases usually don't have any symptoms.

Agreed, if your DNA was found upon the victim/at the crime scene it would be more than difficult to prove innocence. There are at least two ways that could be achieved; 1) Planted by police, 2) Tampering with computer records to produce a match.

Agree. Also, the police cannot be trusted. They find someone who fits their profile. They work on obtaining confessions and collecting evidence. However, negative evidence (proving their suspect couldn't have done the crime) somehow never gets presented in court.

Agree that Khon Kaen is very good for medical services (and dental too reading the reports although I have no direct experience). My mother-in-law received excellent attention at Queen Sirikit hospital. Mrs and myself at Khon Kaen Regional.

Interesting thanks. Presumably this is because your replacement plastic card licences are based on the reissue of your old style paper with glued photo laminated licence? Or, does your present age have something to do with it? (thinking pink ID cards for those aged 60 or over).

Yes, I have read comments on Facebook that money has been sent, then demands for more and more money for additional 'fees' are received. The photos are of a genuine Thai driving school with smiling satisfied customers holding up their new licences. The bogus Facebook page owners are from Thailand, Bangladesh and Myanmar.

The other week my Thai Mrs bought some items for her Buddhist goods shop from a Facebook advertisement. They never arrived. The scammer had copied photos from a legitimate retailers website and changed the bank details. She reported the scammer's bank account number to her bank. Fortunately, she only lost a little over 7,000 baht.

Same here. Injections were available and I asked about them but my consultant said he didn't do them because they don't work/last very well. Had traditional strip and ligate. In hospital the surgeon asked; 'Are you telling me the Royal Navy will accept you after we've stripped your veins?'. He shook his head in disbelief.

Same here. My optometrist wasn't that surprised. I hadn't been tested for seven years (because I was in Thailand). Had reading glasses too that weren't all that necessary so I no longer use those either. Consider myself very fortunate!

Wow! Great that it was diagnosed as such and treated promptly. A young guy (aged 16) that I worked with returned to work after suffering pneumonia. He looked something like a cross between a ghost and a skeleton. However, he went on to become an enthusiastic squash player and competed in local tournaments.

I have done that now and thank you for the additional information. Your link was apparently posted two hours after my comment so I don't believe the 'heaven's sake' should apply?

Good point! Could be he quickly skipped Thailand whilst on police bail and re-entered before the police processed his arrest warrant and input it into the immigration system?

Surprised 20 iPhones didn't ring alarm bells at the boarding stage. Both hand and hold luggage is X-rayed. However, if they'd been in his hold luggage they probably wouldn't have arrived.

Some situations are just too emotional to refuse. Prior to moving to Thailand my then GF asked if I would pay for an operation for her friends mother who had cancer. The government hospital were to operate next day. Unfortunately, the latest test results revealed the operation would be ineffective hence they cancelled. Neither Mum nor daughter were prepared to give up, having believed only 24 hours previously that there was a chance. Having been in exactly that same situation with my own Mum I couldn't and didn't refuse.

Thank you for explaining location of temple. His fragments were complete because no one else was involved hence cremation urn(s) not required. Cremation and 'burial/scattering/floating' were performed consecutively.

Don't know how you did it for that! Just curious, if you 'buried' his bone fragments at sea, (presumably one cremation urn full), where is the remainder of him? My Thai family were previously split three ways, now only two, with the remainder going into earthernware pots buried at strategic measured distance from our family column at our local temple.

We have a 2012 V6 3 litre petrol Mitsubishi Pajero. Bought in 2020 from a friend of the Mrs. We paid 400,000 baht. Apart from tyres and batteries the only expense has been steering rack/power pump replacement costing 14,900 baht only last month. Comfortable enough for 5 or even 7 if you fold down the rearmost seats.