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1 minute ago, johng said:

I never could get my head around the resistor color codes...why the hell dont they just print the the number in plain numbers  for example 2.2K

Physically larger ones have just that.  Impractical for smaller ones.

3 minutes ago, stouricks said:

And to remeber the colour bands on resistors, I was taught Bad, Boys, Rape, Our, Young, Girls, But, Prefer, Grown, Women !

Virgins, Go, Without, for the last three when I learned it.  Violet, Grey, White.

On 7/24/2020 at 9:38 AM, graham67 said:

im sure I speak for a lot of us who are stranded abroad and can not get back.

i,like many others,I own a house in Thailand,have a retirement visa,pay what I must etc.etc.

it seems unfair that film crews , migrant workers etc. are allowed in but no one seems to speak about our group

Why didn't you come back in March when you could see what was happening?

2 hours ago, CNXBKKMAN said:

BA are still operating into BKK. Three flights a week at the moment.

Nothing showing on their website - only an indirect flight via Hong Kong on a Sunday.  Final leg to BKK is with Ethiopian Airlines.

1 hour ago, JimGant said:

Why in the world would you opt to have to fat finger in your monthly payments online?

It takes up to two months (billing periods) to set up the direct debit and I move every two or three months.

Paying through the PEA App. does not require you to enter the payment amount, only scan a QR code.

5 hours ago, Chao Lao Beach said:

. . . . while getting to Thailand is not that hard, returning will be a nightmare.

Where would you (she) be trying to get back to?

6 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

EK 448 shows as operating today DXB-BKK/BKK-AKL, although it hasn't departed DXB yet.

I don't think this can be booked ex BKK, and the return goes through Brisbane instead.  EK373 weekly to Dubai has been the only Emirates one recently, but I can see more being added this week.

6 hours ago, Marjf said:

The only direct flight I can find from BKK is to Paris which is not my preference (want to be more south).

Lufthansa, Swiss and KLM all have regular flights too, although perhaps not daily.

My understanding is that if you have a transit where you can mix with people from all over then quaarantine will be required, but I'm not sure how this is practised.

11 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

You won't be able to report online if you leave it to the last day, I believe it's 15 days before to 5 days before, after the 5 days, you must report in person.  

It changed a couple of months ago and can now be done up to the final day.

1 minute ago, n00dle said:

Source please

Have a dig about the forum - the number of threads started about it must be in double figures by now.

8 hours ago, andux said:

Try then... Chances are your flight will be canceled and you'll be out a few grand.

I would go on QR837 then QR3.  Bangkok to Doha to London Heathrow.  Here's their records for the last week (and it goes further back) so you can see there's not much chance of Covid cancellations.  If you book a random flight from a search engine then you'd be right.  If you do some basic research then you're almost completely wrong.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/qr837

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/qr3

Bookable tomorrow for just over 27,000 baht with a return in September so even the price is reasonable.

Could you say where to help anyone that comes across this thread in future?

1 minute ago, Keyser Soze666 said:

BS. NO there are not.

Where are you checking for flights to?  I know for me I have multiple options to get home if I wanted to.

On 7/19/2020 at 3:18 AM, bkk6060 said:

I would never use Transferwise.

Why is that?

Can you stick it in an ATM and draw cash or even use it for everyday purchases?  Probably fees to pay but you'll get some value out of it.

15 hours ago, Sanoook said:

Any other alternative besides Transferwise?

My backup for Transferwise is Xendpay, but I'm in the UK and can't tell you if it's available in the USA.

12 hours ago, mjakob007 said:

From what the embassy has told me,

 

1. Submit all documents available, then await embassy's advise on seat availability on repatriation flight (this seems to be the most scarce variable), date and time for the same.

2. Once you have a ticket on repat flight, obtain ASQ booking with full payment.

3. All docs back to embassy for issuance of CoE.

4. Get F2F cert and C19 test done within 72 hours of the flight, get them across to embassy.

As you and other posters have said, it seems to all depend on your embassy.  The London embassy appears to require the ASQ booking with the COE application, but has no interest in the F2F and C19 test except to say you must present them at check in and on arrival in Thailand.

http://www.thaiembassy.org/london/en/services/7742/119247-Requirements-for-Certificate-of-Entry-during-trave.html

It's not ideal, but I don't see another way without the airlines risking losing even more money, and that is not good for either them or the customers in the longer term.

28 minutes ago, unheard said:

How can Emirates and any other airline continue selling tickets into August and September without a permit issued by Thai government to fly passengers into the country?

The airlines are kind of stuck betweeen a rock and a hard place.  If they don't sell tickets now and the entry restrictions are lifted, they wont have anyone booked to bring in, however if they sell tickets and the restrictions are extended then they'll have to cancel.  The airlines are making a guess as to when they'll be allowed, and I don't blame them.

22 minutes ago, Alphim said:

Thanks Allane, can you please to tell me how I can get it online?

As allane suggested just search "Thailand Alternative State Quarantine" and you'll see various sites listing the options.  Here's a couple:

https://thaiest.com/blog/list-of-alternative-state-quarantine-asq-hotels-thailand

https://en-gb.facebook.com/Alternative-State-Quarantine-105755234490444/

16 minutes ago, tabbycat said:

1) Dominica's borders are currently closed to all, not even repatriation flights.

UK government travel advice mentions Dominica's borders and airports opened for nationals on the 15th July.  Is this incorrect?

7 minutes ago, JerseytoBKK said:

Good luck! I hope it works for you. Please update the thread if it does.

 

Since April, I've been postponing a 3-4 week trip I really need to make to the US because I don't want to get locked out of returning to Thailand. I would be happy to pay 68K for a wellness suite at Movenpick if it was a viable means to return.

The OP has said in another thread that this package is only available to Thai nationals.  I asked him to update this thread but he has declined to do so.

20 minutes ago, Olmate said:

Is it off Klang, I don’t know where?

14 minutes ago, Wongkitlo said:

It moved a few weeks and I have been out of town but I think you cross Pattaya Klang at the lights and go down Soi Aruntai heading south. I think first on left. Their Facebook page will tell you. There is one on the Darkside too. 

Yes, south on Arunothai and in a small arcade just after the big 711 at the first junction.  Turn in opposite the modern 24 hour laundromat on the right, and it's the second or third unit on your right.  Well signposted.

18 minutes ago, JackThompson said:

As there is no way to predict in-advance which flights will be cancelled, I hope they let us show up at the airport, stamp out while our permitted-stay is still valid, then just camp (i.e. "be incarcerated") there until a flight is "really leaving" which can get us to our destination. 

 

I am not making "airline company donations" for "roulette-wheel-maybe" flights.  I'll pay for a ticket when I can verify an airplane is physically present, and which takes me where I need to go. 

 

As things stand, that is probably Turkey, unless other countries open-up in August.  I continue monitoring here:
https://www.kayak.com/travel-restrictions

Perhaps a more practical method would be to look at what flights are departing regularly and opt for one of those.  For example, Qatar have continued with a reduced service throughout the "blockade" and are now departing twice daily, or going in the other direction Cathay Pacific are flying daily to Hong Kong.  Many more have been highlighted in other threads and it's easily checked whether they are flying or not.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/qr837

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/cx654