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  1. 9 hours ago, BritManToo said:

    How much of every ticket is tax they don't have to pay?

    Aircraft fuel they don't have to buy?

    Pure profit from our tickets.

    Fuel aand taxes are paid in arrears so they will still be paying bills for a few months ago.  They will benefit in months to come but this is currently a cash flow problem with next to none coming in but nearly all the usual amounts going out.

     

     

    7 hours ago, Guderian said:

    @cornishcarlos I got a reply from the Sindbad Club about my flight BKK-MCT-LHR that was due to fly on April 13th. This is what they said:

     

    Thank you for contacting Sindbad Service Center.

     

    We acknowledge receipt of your email and would inform you that all the flights are suspended till further notice. for rescheduling you are allowed for two free date change to your ticket, within the validity period. Moreover, you can keep your ticket open and reuse it again later (within the validity period) . For more information, please contact Oman air call center or Oman air city office.

     

     

    No offer of a refund and I'm not sure what the 'validity period' is, I can't see any mention of it on the e-ticket. My base plan is to try and fly back to the UK in August for a quick visit, and if that's possible then I'll be quite happy with rebooking the flight rather than asking for a refund. If it's not going to be possible this year then I'd prefer the refund as I expect the 'validity period' won't extend that far into the future.

    Validity is one year from the booking date.

     

    3 hours ago, nchuckle said:

    If you paid for the flight using a UK credit card contact the bank saying you wish for a refund (chargeback) as under section 75 of the Consumer Credit act the card company is jointly liable . This even applies to whole amount if you only paid a proportion on the card.

    Chargeback and Section 75 are two different things.  Readers should make sure they understand the differences before making a claim.

  2. 12 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

    Good way to trash your airline business.  This would be totally unaccptable on a large scale and unworkable in most western coutries and in Asia where it would be seen as akin to common assault.   Other airlines would just take all their passengers off them.   

    Seems to me like it would make it more popular if you knew there was a reduced risk from your fellow  passengers.

  3. 17 minutes ago, VBF said:

    With respect, I wonder if:

    "the site that reports this...." is actually accurate

    Does Emirates own booking system allow these May bookings, or are you only looking at a 3rd party?

     

    Thanks for your earlier posts  - clearly well-intentioned ????and I'm NOT just being argumentative but am wondering why that Travel update page hasn't been updated since I posted (14 hours ago) - it's now 06:30 GMT, 10:30 Dubai by the way. 

     

    To try and answer for tso310, these flights have been added to the GDS system and if you go onto Emirates' site you can see that they are bookable.  However, there's a long way to go before they actually take off and lots could change before then.  For example, just a few weeks ago they added Dubai to Heathrow, Frankfurt, Brussels, Paris and Zurich but only 2 of the 5 got over the start line.

     

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  4. 1 minute ago, taiwanatoa said:

    You are one of the most obvious. Keep talking to the mirror, clown. Not everyone is down to your intellectual level.

    Check the OP/thread title out for a low intellectual level.  It's a cracker.

     

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  5. 6 minutes ago, thecyclist said:

    On a two-wheeler at least , with the way the checkpoints have been arranged it should be no problem to enter Pattaya via Nakluea from the north or via Jomtien from the south, unless they have smaller checkpoints on those roads. 

    Jomtien and Naklua are both inside the Central Pattaya "zone" so you could come in with a double decker bus if you want.

  6. 4 minutes ago, Schlepenstein said:

    . . . . . and then they will be swamped again on May 1st unless they grant everyone another 30 days.  And I doubt they will extend your retirement visa if it is expired, so I think you'd better get it done today.

    This is incorrect.  A period will be specified for renewals to be made to prevent any avalanche on the day the extension expires.  This is mentioned on a sign at the entrance to immigration in Jomtien.

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  7. 15 minutes ago, Max69xl said:

    Even people living on the Dark side are allowed to go to the stores on the west side of Sukhumvit. Try read the news online instead of asking here. For example: The Pattaya News,Pattaya One News and Pattaya Mail. 

    Here's yesterday's articles from all three.  None of them indicate to me that going shopping inside the blockade is permitted for darksiders.

     

    https://www.pattayamail.com/news/pattaya-lockdown-to-be-enforced-on-thursday-april-16-295463

    https://pattayaone.news/pattaya-lockdown-to-be-enforced-on-thursday-april-16/

    https://thepattayanews.com/2020/04/14/pattaya-city-begins-dry-run-of-city-closure-restrictions-tomorrow-full-closure-thursday/

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  8. 21 sqm is probably a bit small, but having stayed 30 years in houses with spare bedroom(s), hardly used dining rooms, extra toilets and eventually 30 years worth of accumulated junk, a much smaller space is more than appreciated. As long as there's cooking, washing sleeping and relaxing space, with minimal storage, then that's more than enough and can be done in roughly 30 sqm with a good layout.

  9. 1 hour ago, SidJames said:

    Do people bother to check facts before posting?

    Swapmy never closed & a flight from Shanghai landed 45 mins ago.

    Qatar running flights & there are flights to europe running as well.

    EVA runs a direct flight to London but I don't think it's daily.

    https://www.bangkokairportonline.com/flight-status-arrivals-departures/

     

    Yes, BKK has had flights every day since the so called closure.

     

    Other airlines have also loaded inventory even if not available for purchase yet.  I can see BKK pencilled in for 1st May on one at least.  Entry restrictions will be a bigger issue than availability IMO, as a lot of folk won't want to leave if they're unsure when they'll get back, and most won't come if they face quarantine.

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