ThaiBunny

22 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

It's another warning for ALL who want to leave Thailand within the next weeks (at least).

Grounding news from misc. airlines pile up (Emirates, Lufthansa/Swiss/Austrian, BA and others).

This week might be last chance to get out by air for many.
Thai Airways might be the last one to close down?

Singapore Airlines has just announced the cancellation of (I think) 96% of its flights through to the end of April 2010

5 minutes ago, scorecard said:

I already paid by CC for a flight departing Sydney on 5 April to Chiang Mai on AirAsia (booking confirmations just shows AirAsia and doesn't mention any of their subsidiary companies, but flight since cancelled by the airline.

 

I received an e.mail from AirAsia separately indicating that for flights cancelled by the airline they would be offering either a refund or a credit not to be used within 365 days, the 365 crdit is what I'm looking for.

 

So far no further contact after they cancelled the flight. I've tied to contact them using their 'Ava assistant' but no response, their chat line just keeps saying it doesn't understand, then says my chat will be transferred to a live star agent, but I've waited around 6 hours twice, nothing happens. I've tried to find a direct telephone number but no luck.

If you want the "valid 365 days" credit that's up to you. I doubt that things will return to "normal" much before then. I'd simply log on to your bank's web site and dispute the credit card transaction giving "service cancelled" as a reason; they'll then return you the money after directly contacting Air Asia themselves

4 minutes ago, TPI said:

Sit tight, don't spend too much! Ozy dollar now at 18:1 in Oz 13:1! As the temperature rises you're as safe here as anywhere else.

AUD at 18.742 on Transferwise, after fees (14:43 on 23/3)

20 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

I remember the days when I could walk in, say I'd no money and they'd lend me some to get a flight home.

Did that happen often? When was the last time?

For me the interesting question arises when the next couple of months is over. COVID-19 will still be widespread, planes won't be flying, etc. etc. Does the Thai Immigration office keep extending visa exempt and tourist visa limits? The UK talks about a 12-month lifespan for this virus, not a 2-month one. It's an issue for all countries, not just Thailand; they all have tourists on limited-stay visas

1 minute ago, watthong said:

(while westerners were too puritanical to ever venture that far, hence the invention of toilet paper that leaves unintended consequences...)

You're including the French with their bidet are you?

2 minutes ago, Hanuman2547 said:

Two terrible human beings.  They need lengthy prison sentences and hefty fines to repay.  

And not even Burmese

2 minutes ago, JacobD said:

leave Thailand before the door shuts (it could be any day now, but my gut feeling says we have another week so want to leave ASAP), so my question is...

To my knowledge no country has shut its doors to those who want to leave

Fakebook. Of course

2 minutes ago, nausea said:

Indeed. I'm just hoping the alternative explanation, that the heat kills it, is true. 

Just like Singapore and Australia and Vietnam and ...

"Bondi Beach has been temporarily closed amid confusion over the NSW government's attempts to enforce a limit of 500 people on the beach, as the state experiences the biggest jump in the number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases to date.  Waverley Council also closed Bronte and Tamarama beaches on Saturday afternoon after NSW Police Minister David Elliott said the NSW government would enforce restrictions on crowds at beaches, with lifesavers withdrawing from the iconic beach and alerting police where crowds exceed that number."

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/unacceptable-health-minister-blasts-beachgoers-amid-coronavirus-crisis-20200321-p54chw.html

5 minutes ago, LivinLOS said:

The fact remains, Thailand is creating bureaucratic hurdles to deny its citizens the constitutional right to return to thier home country.  I know of no other country in the world doing this, in fact almost all are doing the precise opposite, trying to get thier people home. 

Living in Thailand is the world's greatest privilege, even for Thais

2 minutes ago, BookmanBkk said:

All Dental clinics in Melbourne to be shut down as a precaution

Do you have a link for this?

2 minutes ago, CygnusX1 said:

I can’t find a reference to this anywhere on Australian media. Source?

Sounds like a misinterpretation of a hypothetical worst case scenario.

Urban myth. I assume she uses Fakebook

Just now, unsubscribe said:

Title should read: "Italian government reports a higher death rate in Italy than what the Chinese government is reporting in China."

Since the Italian government is recording every death as "coronavirus" that's hardly surprising

14 minutes ago, ICELANDMAN said:

Some experts says the virus that it can last from one year to two years, and two years also for the distribution of the vaccine

A link to these experts would be useful

Just now, koratkarlos said:

Rumors around the airport pointed at the 23-March. 

????

1 minute ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

...even more so than the drinks only bars, where some are actually still operating.

Alcohol is a disinfectant after all