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2 hours ago, Kalasin Jo said:

Why? I've not seen anything about it's demise.

It's being re-absorbed into Thai Airways who are continuing most (all?) its routes.

10 hours ago, Keep Right said:

Buying a condo in Thailand will most likely be the worst investment of your life. Condo prices have continually depreciated for decades in Thailand. In twenty years, you will be living in a slum as the Thais do not maintain their buildings.

Perhaps it's not being bought as an investment but as a place to live?

7 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Interesting point... If you have 'tier status' with an airline which gives you an additional 15 kgs baggage allowance... could you purchase a 'Light ticket' that has no baggage allowance and use your 15 kgs ???

 

... There's nothing on the internet about this, I'm sure its cropped up... 

 

OR... as the wording suggests... is the baggage allowance with 'frequent flyer tier status - silver, gold etc'  just 'extra baggage'... i.e. extra baggage on existing baggage and as the ticket has no baggage allownace there is nothing on which to add on the extra ????

 

I'm sure this will be different for different airlines...  But its surely an issue we're going to read about in the future at some point.

British Airways don't allow extra according to the oneworld information page, but they are the only exclusion.

https://www.oneworld.com/travel-benefits

7 minutes ago, MangoKorat said:

Hadn't thought of that. I get 15kg extra - are you saying that on a flight advertised with no bags, I would get 15kg?

Certainly on Finnair Light tickets as a One World Sapphire.

9 hours ago, bamnutsak said:

For example, all air tickets ex THL are issued in THB (Sold Inside, Ticketed Inside - SITI), so if using a foreign credit card you'll essentially be remitting your foreign currency for that purchase. For a THL-USA-THL RT in business that might be a 175,000 Baht (assessible income) hit.

I just purchased an airline ticket a couple of days ago and was doing it through "airline".co.th  and it appears as you say and was priced in THB.  I reneged at the last minute and made the purchase through "airline".co.uk and was charged in GBP.  Is this still a SITI situation and just done behind the scenes, as there was no apparent Thai link except for the origin of the flight?

11 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Finn Air do the same...    a couple of years ago I saw a great Business Class deal (worth it for 3 of us when I'd usually only want to pay Eco)....   But, it was without baggage... prices with baggage were much higher, and then the baggage was only 23 kg per ticket...  It was just about worth it at the time (I think it ended up being about 100,000 baht for 3 of us one way - its now more than that for 1 one way ticket).

 

Finn air went though a brief period of offering very favourable rates, then their prices sky rocketed... perhaps because their flight-routes had to change (and avoid Russia & Ukraine) and the fuel costs are much higher.

This unpackaging of ancillaries is good for frequent flyers who get luggage, lounge etc as a perk of their status so can buy these cheap tickets but not lose out on the features they require.  I've done it a couple of times with Finnair "Light" tickets but as you say prices have gone up, although I see signs of Finnair returning to almost pre-covid level on some routes/dates.

OP has been posting about his fictitious friend on overstay since October and just needs to bite the bullet and leave or resign himself to hiding forever.

https://aseannow.com/topic/1310066-overstay/

On 11/30/2023 at 8:08 AM, hotandsticky said:

Not if dealing personally with Immigration....twice I have been told 30 days...

6 posts up from yours someone has reportedly done it, but has obviously been asked to help the process along with a brown envelope.

On 11/28/2023 at 1:13 AM, Red Phoenix said:

Entering on Dec 21 will provide you with a Permission to stay till March 20, 2024.

No effect on the OP but it'll be 19th March as next year is a leap year.

1 hour ago, Bobthegimp said:

I believe they can extend up to 90 days out.  Someone please correct me if I'm mistaken.

They can in Pattaya, not sure about other locations.

On 11/28/2023 at 4:18 AM, charleskerins said:

Much appreciated.   Just curious on the Thai website is states income of 65k per month (does not mention transfer of funds) but since US Embassy won't verify Thai authorities accept the one year of transfers as verification?

Yes, as long as the bank transfer process shows them as coming in from overseas.

8 hours ago, alien365 said:

I thought it was a province, not a city.

Chonburi city is the capital of Chonburi province.  Head north past Laem Chabang and Sriracha and you'll come across it.

51 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Yeah, i reported a few weeks ago no notifications for some followed threads. Support were looking into it, heard nothing

I fixed my issue in my settings.  The second tick box below had been unset somehow.

Anyone noticed any issues with following threads automatically?  My setting appeared to have changed for threads I post in.  Firefox and Windows 10 on a laptop.

1 hour ago, hotandsticky said:

Just enter visa exempt...........

I'm not going to look for another link, but they're probably not on that list either.

Any visa would need to be issued by their Embassy or hon. consulate.  Does Sealand have one of these?

On 11/23/2023 at 5:47 PM, beautifulthailand99 said:

My wife seems to beleive it is 10% every year compounded - I think that is nonsense and impossible.

You are right and your wife is wrong.  It's 10% of the sum insured as cashback every year, but the premium is important here and they've probably just loaded it so they can afford to give you back 10% at the end of the year.

18 hours ago, anotherexpat4444 said:

i use android phone and I am not a thai national . when i opened the app it was asking for thai id . that is where i got stuck

Was it Thai ID or User ID?  The other thread indicates User ID as one of three options.

The latter is the 10 digit ID number you were given for iBanking I believe.

Not sure if you're in the same position but there's discussion on it here.

https://aseannow.com/topic/1309736-bangkok-bank-app-pita-setup-when-using-a-new-phone/